The Anderson-Heathcote partnership hope to set the tone for the new racing season at Eagle Farm. Chris Anderson and Robert Heathcote started their new training partnership on May 1 and have already had 29 winners. They are relying on Ruling Dynasty to end the season on a bright note in… Read More »
A long-range bid for the Melbourne Cup has moved a step closer for Just Hubert, winner of the Young Stayers Handicap at Sandown. A son of 2011 Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden, three-year-old Just Hubert is being targeted at next year’s running of Australia’s most famous race. The William Muir-trained Just… Read More »
Veteran NSW jockey Robert Thompson has not ridden his Townsville Cup mount The Harrovian in a race but he knows first hand about the gelding’s ability. The Harrovian is favourite for Saturday’s $150,000 Townsville Cup which is the third leg of the northern staying series. Originally trained in Victoria by… Read More »
Jockey Nash Rawiller has made an immediate impression on his return to riding after a long ban with a double at Kembla Grange. Rawiller’ had six rides at his first meeting since he was sidelined for 15 months for tipping horses he rode in Hong Kong. Rawiller’s first winner came… Read More »
With less than a week of the season remaining, Teo Nugent is hopeful of holding his lead in the Victorian apprentices premiership. While Michael Poy has an unassailable lead in the Melbourne metropolitan apprentices’ premiership, Nugent’s 84 wins across the state so far during the 2018/19 season has him six… Read More »
With Singapore jockey numbers down due to suspensions, Victorian-based Patrick Moloney is set to join the ranks on a short-term licence. Moloney heads to Singapore on Monday to commence riding trackwork ahead of his first meeting at Kranji on August 2 with his licence to expire on August 31. The… Read More »
David Brideoake is in no rush with dual-purpose galloper Self Sense who kicks off his spring campaign at Caulfield. Self Sense, who has campaigned successfully over hurdles and on the flat, has a ticket into the 2019 Caulfield Cup courtesy of his win in the Mornington Cup in March. The… Read More »
The weather forecasts played a big part in Grahame Begg’s decision to keep Romancer closer to home to run at Caulfield rather than travel him interstate. Begg had also nominated Romancer for Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge in Sydney at Rosehill to keep that option open but with rain on Tuesday… Read More »
In the short time Bandipur has been with Richard Laming, the gelding has shown the trainer a sign of his toughness. A former member of the Godolphin team, Bandipur was purchased by a client of Laming’s last month on the Gold Coast and will line up for his second run… Read More »
There isn’t much the Cummings family hasn’t achieved in racing and in the opening event at Rosehill they are set to create their latest slice of history. Anthony Cummings and his sons Edward and James will each have individual runners in the same race for the first time when they… Read More »
Clare Cunningham has learned a lot about Cradle Mountain this preparation and while the campaign hasn’t gone to script, she wouldn’t have it any other way. Expectations for the five-year-old were high after he underlined his promise with back-to-back wins last spring and a placing at his first attempt at… Read More »
Trainer David Murphy’s theory his gelding Bel Burgess is better at 1400m than 1600m will be put to the test at Eagle Farm. Bel Burgess has turned in good efforts at his past two runs at 1600m finishing fourth at the Sunshine Coast and then third at Doomben. He drops… Read More »
After a highly successful stint in Japan and a short holiday, star jockey Damian Lane will return to Melbourne racing on the opening weekend of the new season. Lane has not ridden in Australia since April 20 after which he went to Japan for a two-month riding stint. The 25-year-old… Read More »
A change in race day gear and a sharp drop in class are expected to help Torgersen return to top form at Eagle Farm. The Chris Waller-trained pair of Torgersen and Araaja are set to back up from last week’s Listed Tattersall’s Mile in the TAB Handicap (1800m). Torgersen has… Read More »
Smart three-year-old Red Chase will be given a final chance to chase a QTIS bonus when he backs up from last week at Eagle Farm. Red Chase was second at Eagle Farm last Saturday and trainer Desleigh Forster believes he can go one better in a similar race this week…. Read More »
Tony McEvoy will long remember the opening of the new Murray Bridge racecourse in South Australia, with the trainer dominating the first meeting at the venue with six winners on the eight-race program. Combining with stable jockey Barend Vorster for five of his six wins, McEvoy said Wednesday’s meeting was… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham has celebrated the birth of his third child by guiding Ghodeleine to victory at Sandown. Daughter Piper was born on Tuesday and Melham reported he’s taking advantage of a few good night’s sleep before starting a holiday courtesy of a suspension in Singapore on Sunday. “I’ve been… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes has some thinking to do with Sansom after the improving gelding made it three straight victories with a city success at Sandown. Sansom backed up his two wins on the Pakenham synthetic track at the start of his preparation with an all-the-way win in heavy conditions on… Read More »
With star filly Mystic Journey bypassing the Bletchingly Stakes because of the weather, dual Group-winning colt Sesar has assumed short-priced favouritism for the weight-for-age sprint at Caulfield. And while Sesar’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes says the race will still not be a pushover for the three-year-old against older horses, he admits… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Gillian Heinrich made a successful return to Brisbane racing when her promising gelding Liability won at Doomben. Liability was posted an odds-on favourite in early markets but blew in betting to $3.50 following heavy backing for Keppel Island who started $1.65. However, Liability went straight to the… Read More »
