Unbeaten filly Macroura is set to be the only runner for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace in the Group One JJ Atkins. Two-year-olds from the Maher and Eustace stable have been to the fore in a host of juvenile races during 2019-20 and Macroura gets a chance to cap… Read More »
Prize money for NSW thoroughbred races will be restored to pre-COVID-19 levels from next month with the state’s feature spring race dates also locked in. Racing NSW has confirmed prize money levels for spring feature races will be maintained with this year’s The Everest to be run for $15 million… Read More »
Jockey Blake Spriggs expects to get valuable insight into Stradbroke Handicap contender Hightail when he rides the in-form gelding for the first time in an important gallop ahead of the Group One race. Sydney-based Spriggs travelled to Queensland with the plan to ride Grand Piano in Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap (1400m)…. Read More »
Australian jockey Damian Lane has had to settle for second in the Grade One Japanese Derby aboard Salios. Sunday’s prestigious 2400m race in Tokyo was won in dominant fashion by star colt Contrail who remained unbeaten from five starts including the first two legs of the Japanese triple crown. The… Read More »
Mark Newnham predicts dual Group One winner Shadow Hero to be a smash hit in Hong Kong as he looks toward the next generation of horses to carry his stable into the future. The sale of the Randwick Guineas winner to Hong Kong interests was confirmed last week in a… Read More »
Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes will delay his departure to Hong Kong for as long as possible in the hope quarantine restrictions are eased. Hayes, who trains in partnership with son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, is booked to fly to Hong Kong next month. But anyone who travels… Read More »
SEVEN UK HORSES WHO WILL MAKE HEADLINES WHEN UK RACING RETURNS PINATUBO The Charlie Appleby-trained colt carried all before him as a juvenile and ended the campaign with an official rating of 128 – some 10lb more than any of his rivals and officially making the son of Shamardal the… Read More »
Australian Zac Purton has extended his lead over Joao Moreira in the Hong Kong Jockeys’ premiership. Purton started Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting with a three-win advantage over Moreira and ended the 11-race card with one winner on the day while the Brazilian went winless. It means Purton holds a four-win… Read More »
Mamaragan showcased his potential as an autumn two-year-old but trainer John Thompson believes the Golden Slipper placegetter can only get better as a spring three-year-old. The colt has already returned to work at Thompson’s Randwick stables and the Group One Golden Rose (1400m) will be his first major spring target…. Read More »
A quick back-up holds no fears for Tulloch Lodge as the celebrated Sydney stable puts the finishing touches on Dawn Passage’s Stradbroke Handicap campaign. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Dawn Passage will go into the Stradbroke Handicap after an easy win in the Fred Best Classic at Doomben… Read More »
A leading Australian syndicator is forging ahead with plans to strengthen an already impressive domestic spring team despite conjecture surrounding potential international carnival runners. OTI Racing is hoping to bring up to six overseas-trained horses to Melbourne as Racing Victoria officials canvas options to counter issues over pandemic restrictions. While… Read More »
Classy three-year-old Profit has been sent for a break, leaving trainer Chris Anderson to have Ballistic Boy as his runner in the Group Three Rough Habit Plate at Eagle Farm. Profit and Ballistic Boy have been among the best three-year-olds in Queensland this season but Profit’s last two runs have… Read More »
Les Bridge had cleaned out the stable, said his goodbyes and wondered if he would ever put a bridle on another horse as good as Classique Legend. The four-year-old was all but on a plane to Hong Kong, the homeland of his owner Bon Ho who planned to continue the… Read More »
Connections of well-bred two-year-old Superare will have an anxious few days waiting to see if he can sneak into the field for the Group One JJ Atkins. Superare lifted his prize money to $40,800 when he won at the Sunshine Coast on Friday night. It puts him on the borderline… Read More »
Greg Eurell has Caulfield Guineas ambitions for stakes-winning colt Ilovemyself but the trainer is keen to know Melbourne’s spring program as soon as possible so he can plan an appropriate course towards the Group One race. The Caulfield Guineas (1600m) is traditionally run in the first half of October. But… Read More »
Racing will resume behind closed doors at Newcastle after the government gave its permission for competitive sport in Britain to restart from June 1. The ‘stage three’ guidance for elite and professional sport, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Saturday, outlines the facilities and processes… Read More »
Leading jockey William Buick is looking forward to the prospect of racing resuming in Britain. The British Horseracing Authority has been allowed to restart racing on Monday and Buick has a big-race ride to look forward to on the opening weekend as Pinatubo will go for gold in the 2000… Read More »
Mahamedeis has broken through for a long overdue win, coming with a late flourish to score at Caulfield. The Nick Ryan-trained gelding had been winless since scoring over 1600m at Caulfield in April last year. Relishing the 2000m journey on Saturday, Mahamedeis registered his third Caulfield victory when taking out… Read More »
Five-year-old mare Shalwa has led in a stable quinella for Brisbane’s premier trainer Tony Gollan with her first stakes victory in the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes at Doomben. The 1350m race for fillies and mares offered a ballot exemption to the winner into next Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap but Shalwa is… Read More »
If Chris Waller had a headache trying to sort out his stayers at the start of the week, he ensured it was worth it with a clean sweep of the feature middle-distance races in two states. Noted wet-track specialist Wu Gok led home a Waller trifecta in the Listed Lord… Read More »
