The last race at Doomben has been abandoned after jockeys voiced concern about visibility in overcast conditions. The riders agreed to take part in the second last race of the day, the Bottle-O Class 6 Handicap at 4 pm, because the field was small. With four horses scratched, only six… Read More »
New Horizons will never reach the great heights of his international breeding but will forever hold one small piece of history. The gelding has become the first offspring of super galloper and sire Frankel to win a Saturday metropolitan race in Brisbane. New Horizons ($3) gave owner Paul Fudge and… Read More »
Robbie Laing has his sights on winning his second Victoria Derby, this time with a son of the horse he trained to win the Group One race six years ago. Laing will target the 2500m Victoria Derby for three-year-olds at Flemington on November 2 after Fabulanski lived up to his… Read More »
The inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle in Sydney is on trainer Mike Moroney’s radar with promising import Buffalo River, who remains unbeaten from three Australian starts. After convincing wins at Ballarat and Sandown in his first two Australian starts since joining Moroney’s stable, Buffalo River was sent out odds-on favourite… Read More »
Co-trainer John Meagher has been quick to thank owner Paul Fudge with former stakes-winning gelding Handsome Thief returning to form with a barn-storming victory at Doomben. Handsome Thief ($10) came from well back in the field to beat stablemate Divine Dice ($4.40) by a long neck with another long neck… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has made a perfect return at Randwick with victory aboard exciting sprinter Sir Elton at his first race ride in over two months. Exhausted after a relentless Sydney autumn carnival period, Bowman took a break shortly after Winx was retired following her Queen Elizabeth Stakes win in April…. Read More »
Miss Mandito has brought up a milestone for Charlotte Littefield at Flemington, giving the trainer her first city winner in the Leilani Series Final. With Michael Walker aboard, Miss Mandito ($5.50) defeated favourite El Questro ($3.20) by a half neck in Saturday’s $125,000 race for mares over 1400m, with another… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is far from surprised after her filly Kim Alicia caused an upset in the Madam Wu Two Year Old (1350m) at Doomben. The race was expected to be an easy win for short priced favourite Snazz “N” Charm ($1.30) but the colt ended up fifth despite looking… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge will look to the spring with Rule The World after the two-year-old made it two victories from as many starts with an all-the-way opening race win at Randwick. Jockey Tim Clark was able to get an uncontested lead on the youngster and Rule The World kicked strongly in… Read More »
Gold Coast gelding Gold Ambition has earned himself a chance in stakes company after confirming his reputation as a horse with a mind of his own at Doomben. Despite coming from well back off a muddling early pace Gold Ambition ($5.50) beat Awake The Stars ($4.20) by a neck with… Read More »
A filly produced by two horses Mitchell Freedman knows really well is a chance to give the trainer his first stakes race victory at Flemington. Freedman will saddle up Moonlight Maid in Saturday’s Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) for two-year-olds, with the untapped filly earning her shot at the Listed… Read More »
Securing Hugh Bowman to ride undefeated sprinter Sir Elton happened by chance but it’s a moment Adam Duggan has been waiting for a long time. The trainer was happy to retain Tommy Berry but he wasn’t riding at Randwick on Saturday, so Duggan rang jockey manager Bryan Haskins to see… Read More »
Roman Wolf’s headstrong nature can get him into mischief off the track, but on the racecourse it’s an attribute that could hold the two-year-old in good stead. Trainer Gary Portelli says the colt can be a handful around the stables and often needs some extra coaxing to be compliant. “If… Read More »
Melbourne’s reigning premier jockey Craig Williams has been a dominant force in Flemington Finals Day meetings in recent years and once again he is a major player. Saturday’s meeting is billed as ‘Flemington Finals Day’ because the races are a culmination of a number of different winter series races in… Read More »
Three-year-old Halvorsen will face a late-season test against older horses when he runs in the Listed All Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington on Saturday. In previous years the Listed AR Creswick Stakes for three-year-olds has been run on the corresponding program to Saturday’s at Flemington, but this year that… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Steve Tregea has some unfinished business as he tackles the $150,000 Rockhampton Cup with two runners on Saturday. Tregea thought he could win the Rockhampton Newmarket last year with Niccanova, a short priced favourite. But freakish rain changed conditions and led to track bias with Niccanova finishing sixth… Read More »
Former Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has been appointed to the Racing Queensland board, but not before some debate within state cabinet. The board position has been vacant for several months after Mark Sowerby resigned. Quirk stepped down as Lord Mayor in April and had been widely tipped to fill… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is hoping a more relaxed preparation will reignite Realing, who has his first start for her at Doomben on Saturday. The five-year-old will run in the Open Hcp (1200m) where he has drawn the rails. As a three-year-old, Realing was considered good enough to run in Stakes… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida has booked claiming apprentice Corey Bayliss to give Shogun Sun every chance to run a strong 1600 metres at Doomben on Saturday. Shogun Sun will have his second run at 1600m in Saturday’s Class Six at Doomben and was given 59.5kg. Bayliss’s 2kg claim gets him into… Read More »
The Anderson Heathcote training partnership’s ploy of placing their promising horses in midweek first is reaping benefits. The new team had their first treble at Ipswich on Wednesday to give the stable 19 winners since coming together on May 1. And at Doomben on Saturday, Anderson Heathcoate will saddle up… Read More »
