Bart Cummings is racing’s undisputed Cups King, but ageless stayer Destiny’s Kiss is surely the sport’s Cups Prince. The 10-year-old will line up in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, the 47th time in his 95-start career that he has contested a ‘Cup’ race. It is… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn fears one of the three-year-olds could upset his hopes of breaking his duck in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Having cut his teeth in Adelaide before riding in Hong Kong and then Melbourne, Dunn has won most of South Australia’s biggest races, the exception being The Goodwood. On Saturday… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker’s patience has given him a genuine chance to make it back-to-back wins in the Group One Doomben Cup. Walker has picked up the mount on the imported Fierce Impact who was 26th in order of entry when he took the ride. Trainer Matthew Smith was being frustrated… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss has confirmed he is returning to Australia permanently after three years riding in Singapore. Boss has made sporadic trips back to Australia to ride at the major carnivals, including the Sydney autumn when he won his seventh Group One Doncaster Mile, this time aboard… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds hopes in-form jockey Blake Shinn can spark of change of luck for Betaima and Tyzone at Doomben. But first Shinn will need a clearance before he can ride Betaima in the Listed Bill Carter Stakes (1200m) and Tyzone in the Group Three BRC Sprint (1350m)… Read More »
Co-trainer Ben Hayes is expecting Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time to relish a step up in journey as he continues his most recent comeback from injury. Boom Time runs for the third time following the enforced break in Saturday’s Vo Rogue Hall Of Fame Trophy (2000m) at Flemington. It was… Read More »
Enable will make her much-anticipated return at the Royal meeting at Ascot after being taken out of the entries for the Coronation Cup at Epsom. Despite enduring a troubled preparation last year, the John Gosden-trained mare successfully defended her crown in an epic edition of the the Prix de l’Arc… Read More »
Apprentice Chelsea MacFarlane received a belated birthday present with her first metropolitan double at Sandown. MacFarlane, who turned 23 on Monday, took out the final two races on Wednesday’s program for trainer Tony McEvoy. A $26 chance, Despacito took out The Big Screen Company Handicap before the $2.70 favourite Aristocratic… Read More »
James McDonald has ridden his 100th Sydney metropolitan winner for the season on the anniversary of his comeback to the saddle after a ban for betting. Capping an almost seamless return since rebooting his career at the corresponding Warwick Farm meeting last year, McDonald brought up his milestone on the… Read More »
Connery may be diminutive in stature but he possesses a big heart as he followed a first-up Warrnambool victory with success at Sandown. Trainer Archie Alexander wishes the four-year-old was another hand taller following his win in Wednesday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap. With a pre-race handicap rating of 69, Connery… Read More »
OTI Racing will be represented by a quarter of the field in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill, a significant but not unique achievement for the syndication and racehorse management company. “We’ve had four in a Melbourne Cup, funnily enough,” said OTI’s director Terry Henderson. “That was probably about… Read More »
One of Queensland’s oldest races, the Weetwood Handicap, is to have its first date change in its 120-year history. The Weetwood in Toowoomba was for many years run in conjunction with the annual agriculture show in late March or early April as was the case this year. In a media… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike has plenty of options for his impressive filly Intrigue after her easy Sunshine Coast win. The win boosted Intrigue’s prize money to a level where Pike can consider running Intrigue in the Queensland Oaks, Queensland Derby or both. Pike missed the Group Two The Roses… Read More »
Searching for a tough, two-year-old type at the Magic Millions yearling sale, trainer Mark Newnham found a colt by Dawn Approach who ticked all the right boxes. The only problem was, he proved a shade too tough to handle as a colt. “His first start he absolutely went to pieces… Read More »
Trainer David Jolly is acutely aware of the task facing Behemoth in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Racing experience and badly off at the weights are negatives the three-year-old has to overcome, however the Goolwa-based Jolly has seen enough in the galloper to say he deserves his place in the Group… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is making a habit of achieving winter carnival records and he is set to equal a few more with his mares Youngstar and Shillelagh in the Doomben Cup. They will join another mare in Savvy Coup as well their male stablemates Life Less Ordinary and Mister… Read More »
Sydney mare Youngstar has retained favouritism for the Doomben Cup after the barrier draw for the Group One race. Youngstar has drawn barrier 11 but will move in two stalls if the emergencies are not needed. A winner of last year’s Group One Queensland Oaks, Youngstar is one of five… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning trainer Peter Moody makes the trip home to western Queensland in his role as Battle of The Bush ambassador on Saturday. Moody will be in Charleville for a heat of the Battle of The Bush which is run over 16 heats in country centres followed by a… Read More »
Grand National-winning owner Michael O’Leary whose horses race under his Gigginstown House operation, has announced he will phase out his National Hunt team over the next five years. Gigginstown House Stud is one of the biggest in the jumping world, with horses such as dual National winnerTiger Roll and Cheltenham… Read More »
Sixties Groove’s second start for Kris Lees is likely to be in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill with the trainer resigned to him missing the field for the Group One Doomben Cup. Lees will accept with Gem Song, Big Duke, Hallelujah Boy and Sixties Groove at Doomben but… Read More »
