Five-time champion Brisbane jockey Jim Byrne is looking to make a successful late appearance at the winter carnival on his favourite track, Ipswich. He will make his return to race riding at Doomben on Wednesday and then hopes to have close to a full book at Ipswich on Saturday for… Read More »
The final field for the $100,000 Battle of the Bush is nearly complete with the final heat to be run at Cairns. Monday’s heat was to be held at Mareeba last week but the meeting was called off because of heavy rain and the race moved to the Cairns meeting…. Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols is banking on home track advantage being the key when Annabeth makes her debut at Mornington. Nichols had the option to run the two-year-old at Flemington on Saturday in a race won by St Edward’s Crown, but reasoned Monday’s Mornington Nissan Handicap to be a better option…. Read More »
Shane Fliedner has spent a lifetime in racing and has finally come to the realisation there is more to life than the sport. After a successful career as a jockey, Fliedner has spent the past 20 years as a trainer, based at Bendigo. There have been successful forays to town,… Read More »
Lawyers for trainer Ben Currie say he is committed to fighting his ever-growing list of convictions through the legal process. Currie has been disqualified for a total of four-and-a-half years after being hit with a further two years on the sidelines on Friday. Stewards imposed the two-year disqualification after he… Read More »
Australian ex-pat jockey Zac Purton has become the second rider in Hong Kong history to reach 1000 wins. His victory on Thanks Forever at Sha Tin on Saturday brought up the milestone with the now-retired Douglas Whyte, who rode 1813 over 23 seasons in Hong Kong, the only jockey to… Read More »
Sir Winston has given the Triple Crown series another unexpected turn, rallying to capture the Belmont Stakes in New York. The win gave trainer Mark Casse the final two jewels in the showcase for three-year-old thoroughbreds. He won the Preakness with War Of Will who was expected to battle favourite… Read More »
Corey Brown remains in a Brisbane hospital with back injuries after a fall in the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm. The Australian Jockeys Association said on Sunday, Brown had full movement of his arms and legs and had not suffered any head injuries. The AJA said he may need treatment… Read More »
Deprive’s rise through the grades to his first stakes win at his first attempt sets him up for bigger and better things in the future. The Godolphin four-year-old has won his past four starts and his two this preparation with Rachel King aboard, with the jockey giving him a patient… Read More »
A plan hatched months ago by trainer Kris Less paid off when Sixties Groove won the Group Two Brisbane Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm. Following placings in the Doomben Cup and PJ O’Shea Stakes in his lead-up, Sixties Groove ($3.80) withstood a determined challenge from Grey Lion ($11) to win… Read More »
Blazejowski has answered a number of questions for trainer Greg Eurell with his impressive victory in the Henry Bolte Handicap at Flemington. Eurell held concerns about the four-year-old running out a strong 1400m but Blazejowski put those fears to rest while remaining unbeaten this campaign. Providing Jye McNeil back-to-back winners… Read More »
Legendary trainer Bart Cummings would have been proud of his grandson James Cummings’s planning for Trekking to win the $1.5 million Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm. The late Bart Cummings was noted for the way he mapped out the campaigns of his Group One horses and James Cummings… Read More »
WHAT THE JOCKEYS SAID AFTER THE STRADBROKE HANDICAP Kerrin McEvoy (Trekking, won): “He was suited by the fast pace and got into the race at the right time.” Tommy Berry (Tyzone, 2nd): “Had a beautiful cart behind the winner but just wan’t quite good enough to pick him up.” Leith… Read More »
New Zealand trainers are noted for bringing stayers across the Tasman with success but their sprinters don’t rate as highly. So Brendon Hawtin knew he was taking a gamble with Simply Optimistic ‘who has lived up to his part of the bargain with victory at Randwick. A $10 chance in… Read More »
Mr Quickie survived a protest to give trainer Phillip Stokes his first Brisbane winner in an action-packed Group One Queensland Derby. Celebrations were cut short when jockey Damien Oliver who rode runner-up Vow And Declare lodged a protest against Mr Quickie for interference over the final 300 metres of the… Read More »
Chouxting The Mob has completed a winning hat-trick at Flemington with his trainer now looking to the first Tuesday in November. Trainer Simon Morrish said the Lavazza Long Black, a support staying race at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day, was the logical option for Chouxting The Mob after his win… Read More »
The decision to ride two-year-old Catwalk back in the field has helped the filly post her first win at Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained Catwalk was having her second start and has yet to establish a racing pattern, but from barrier seven of nine, the stable decided she would be more… Read More »
The Epsom Handicap will be the spring carnival goal for Queensland Guineas winner Kolding. Trainer Chris Waller wasted no time naming the Epsom Handicap as Kolding’s spring carnival target after he extended his winning sequence to four straight wins in the Guineas. Kolding, the $2.80 favourite, provided jockey James McDonald… Read More »
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has won some of the world’s biggest races but rarely has he received such an ovation as did after he won his third Group One JJ Atkins Plate on Prince Fawaz. There was mayhem in the winners enclosure as the syndicate that races Prince Fawaz celebrated wildly… Read More »
Jade Darose has become the first dual licence holder to land a Flemington winner with her only horse in training Parwan Prince. Having had a long career in the saddle, Darose, along with Michelle Payne and Rhonda Mangan, was granted a trainers’ licence in 2016 and combined with Parwan Prince… Read More »
