Trainer Danny O’Brien is looking at an interstate Group One double with stable newcomer Iconoclasm beginning with The Goodwood at Morphettville. The Melbourne trainer is sending Iconoclasm to Adelaide for Saturday’s The Goodwood before taking him north to Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 8. A… Read More »
Stewards have opened an inquiry into how two horses including the winner carried the wrong saddle cloths in a race at Toowoomba. Number five saddlecloth was first across the line in a race on Saturday night, but instead of being carried by Unimaginable, it was being worn by the horse… Read More »
Fan favourite The Candy Man will probably head to the Gold Coast after missing a run in the Chairman’s Handicap at Doomben. Trainer Barry Baldwin is keen to step The Candy Man up in distance and Saturday’s Chairman’s won by Le Juge was to be his first test at 2000m…. Read More »
Having decided to spell emerging star Libertini and sprinter Baller, Anthony Cummings will rely on a small team of young, progressive horses to fly the flag for his stable during the winter carnival in Brisbane. Libertini franked her promise with an impressive win in Saturday’s Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone… Read More »
Cool Passion will get her third chance to snare a Group One win when she lines up in The Goodwood in Adelaide alongside her emerging stablemate Despatch. Trainer Tony McEvoy, chasing a first Goodwood win, is planning to run both Cool Passion and Despatch in Saturday’s 1200m The Goodwood at… Read More »
A three-year-old race on the support program is set to steal some of the limelight from the Group races on Doomben Cup day with the likely clash of Zoustyle and Plague Stone. Trainers Tony Gollan (Zoustyle) and James Cummings (Plague Stone) have indicated the two will contest Saturday’s 1200m-race which… Read More »
Premier Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd is likely to appeal after being suspended for 16 days for his ride on Outback Barbie in the Doomben 10,000. As it stands, the ban rules Lloyd out of some major races during the winter carnival. Lloyd pleaded not guilty to causing interference to White… Read More »
Trekking may have added his name to Godolphin’s Brisbane winter carnival team with his strong win in the Luskin Star Stakes at Scone. The gelding came with a powerful finishing burst to win Saturday’s 1300m-Listed race to set up a possible tilt at next month’s Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). The $2.80… Read More »
Bought in Kentucky to join the Newgate Farm broodmare band, Con Te Partiro has reignited her racing career with victory in the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic at Scone. A Listed winner as a two-year-old at Royal Ascot for trainer Wesley Ward, Con Te Partiro also boasts victories at Saratoga… Read More »
Qafila, the lone filly in the field, has won the South Australian Derby for Lindsay Park and given jockey Cory Parish a second Group One win. Parish rode Boom Time for the Lindsay Park team of David Hayes, Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig to win the 2017 Caulfield Cup. He… Read More »
Order Of Command won’t be joining a number of Danny O’Brien stablemates on interstate assignments after an impressive victory at Caulfield. Instead O’Brien will target the Victorian Sprint Series with the four-year-old after his win in the Spicer Thoroughbreds Handicap on Saturday. Victory on Saturday was a leg of the… Read More »
The Brisbane Cup is suddenly on the radar for Le Juge after he continued his meteoric rise to Group Three success in the Chairman’s Handicap at Doomben. Le Juge ($6) made it four wins in a row and his sixth from his past seven outings when he stormed to victory… Read More »
After being kept in Victoria for a race at Caulfield, former Perth filly Bam’s On Fire has rewarded her connections with a city win over favourite Propelle. Saturday’s Le Pine Funerals Handicap (1100m) for fillies at Caulfield was the preference for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly who had… Read More »
New Zealander The Bostonian has delivered a knockout blow to the best Australian sprinters in training to claim the Doomben 10,000. In a race of sensations, the favourite Nature Strip ($2.35) was slow to jump and went around three deep before finishing fourth. The second favourite Osborne Bulls was also… Read More »
Missile Mantra has made the leap from country maiden success to stakes race winner, storming home to claim the Vale Redoute’s Choice Stakes at Caulfield. A debut winner at Ballarat last month, Missile Mantra jumped straight to Listed race level at Caulfield on Saturday. Ridden by Beau Mertens, Missile Mantra… Read More »
A Doomben Cup to go with an Australian Derby. That’s the scenario jockey Corey Brown is hoping will unfold after Archedemus scored an all-the-way win in the Listed Members Handicap (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. Brown, along with trainer Gwenda Markwell and owners, the Superhorse Syndicate, combined to win this… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald produced one of his best rides to win on Dubious before declaring the colt was ready to tackle the remaining big-name two-year-old races during the Brisbane winter carnival. After being in a pocket in the straight, McDonald got Dubious ($2.80) into the clear and he was far… Read More »
Tough stayer Zacada has bounced back from a disappointing Sydney carnival to win the Group Three Rotorua Cup and bring up a century of winners this season for New Zealand’s premier stable. Runner-up in the 2018 Sydney Cup, the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Zacada carried 60kg in Saturday’s win… Read More »
Damian Browne, who is retiring after almost 30 years in the saddle, has been honoured in style at Doomben. Jockeys formed a guard of honour as Browne walked into the winning enclosure to be officially farewelled. The popular jockey announced his retirement two weeks ago after losing an on-going battle… Read More »
The hype surrounding Libertini has proved spot-on with the filly claiming a soft win as odds-on favourite in the Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone. Among those spruiking the two-year-old is her trainer Anthony Cummings who has no doubt she is a future Group One winner. Having her third start in… Read More »
