Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham was looking forward and not worried about what might have been after her gelding Victorem won the Listed Hinkler Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm. Graham had been desperate to get a start with Victorem in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday but he failed… Read More »
Vinland earned an extended winter carnival campaign after winning The Wayne Wilson at Eagle Farm. Vinland ($21) was ridden by South-African born jockey Barend Vorster who was having his first ride in Queensland. The gelding won by a long head from Duca Valentinois ($8) with Order Again ($5.50) a short… Read More »
Bendigo trainer Shane Fliedner has high hopes for Flemington winner St Edward’s Crown. St Edward’s Crown broke through for her maiden win on Saturday in the Bruce Gadsden Handicap. Ridden by Damien Thornton, St Edward’s Crown ($8.50) scored by a short neck from Lesage ($4.40) with $2 favourite Witchfulthinking a… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller took an iron grip on the Group One Tatt’s Tiara when his mares filled three of the first four placings in its traditional lead-up, the Group Two Dane Ripper Stakes. Waller’s Invincibella ($8.50) beat Gold Coast mare Platinum Angel ($31) by a long neck with a… Read More »
Sydney colt Signore Fox finally got everything to order which allowed him to show his best form at Eagle Farm. Signore Fox ($6) finished too strongly to beat Malahide ($11) by 1 1/2 lengths with a short neck to Ready To Prophet ($6) third in the Listed Daybreak Lover (1200m)…. Read More »
South Australian trainer John Hickmott has returned to his former home town to win the Golden Topaz at Swan Hill. Hickmott was born in Swan Hill in 1943 and took out Friday’s feature sprint at the three-day winter carnival with Crown Fontein. Now training at Murray Bridge, Hickmott was a… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is not one to worry about bookmakers’ prices but he is stunned by the odds of two-year-old Eric The Eel in the Group One J J Atkins Plate at Eagle Farm. Kendrick admits he thought Eric The Eel would be a quarter of his $51 quote… Read More »
Being booted from a cargo plane bound for Brisbane means Streets Of Avalon will instead take his place in a race at Flemington. Streets Of Avalon was second emergency for Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm with a back-up option of the Hinkler Handicap, but instead he will head to… Read More »
Queensland has been a happy feature race hunting ground for Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker and he is looking to continue the trend at Eagle Farm. Baker recorded one of his first major wins when Unencumbered won the 2014 Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast. He won four stakes… Read More »
Trainer Sharyn Trolove is hoping to enjoy a well-earned break after Not Enough Effort attempts to extend his unbeaten streak at Flemington. Successful at his first four starts, Not Enough Effort lines up in Saturday’s Ken Cox Handicap (1000m) after which he and his trainer will take a break. Trolove… Read More »
The Queensland Guineas helped put Chris Munce in the national limelight as a jockey and he is hoping the race can do the same for him as a trainer. Munce was only 21 when champion trainer Bart Cummings entrusted him with the ride on Solar Circle in the 1990 Guineas…. Read More »
Ron Quinton-trained sprinter Boss Lane will need to prove he still wants to be a racehorse when he chases his first win in almost two years in the June Stakes at Randwick. Having already undergone a significant changing of the guard at his stable with the recent retirement of Group… Read More »
Not A Single Cent is among the outsiders for the Queensland Derby but his co-trainer David Eustace believes the gelding is poised to run better than his odds suggest in the Group One race. A half-brother to one of Australian racing’s most popular horses, multiple Group One winner Happy Clapper,… Read More »
Chouxting The Mob will have his cheer squad from Perth in attendance at Flemington when he attempts a winning hat-trick. A large contingent in the ownership of the Simon Morrish-trained horse will travel from Perth to watch him run in Saturday’s TAB/ATA Celebrates Women Trainers Handicap. Morrish has slight reservations… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy believes he has found the key to his horses racing well in Queensland and hopes to confirm it in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. McEvoy will be chasing his seventh Group One win of the season with Despatch and Dollar For Dollar in Saturday’s $1.5 million Stradbroke… Read More »
Brisbane’s premier trainer Tony Gollan started the week with a setback but hopes it ends better with chances in three Group One races at Eagle Farm. His stable star, three-year-old Zoustyle, has gone to the spelling paddock after being found with a low-grade virus on Tuesday. Zoystyle was expected to… Read More »
Jeremy Noseda is to retire from the training ranks. Noseda, who has trained at Shalfleet in Newmarket since 1998, enjoyed Classic success when he won the St Leger in 2006 with Sixties Icon. He also tasted glory on the international stage with Wilko at the Breeders’ Cup as well as… Read More »
Emerging sprinter Noble Boy faces his biggest test in a surprisingly strong Hinkler Quality Handicap at Eagle Farm. Queanbeyan trainer Todd Blowes brought Noble Boy to Queensland with an outside chance to run in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap but mainly for experience against top class horses. The winner of… Read More »
Having racked up an impressive strike rate of seven wins from 15 starts, Bon Amis is poised to make his first foray into black-type racing in the Listed June Stakes at Randwick. It’s a fair feat for a horse bought unsighted for $4000 over the internet and will be even… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths rates Halvorsen a classy sprinter in the making but the trainer is still guarded about the three-year-old’s prospects of winning at his first attempt racing on the straight course at Flemington. Halvorsen is set to run in Saturday’s Ken Cox Handicap (1000m) against his own age with the… Read More »
