Trainer Gary Newham’s theory about having a small but quality team was again proved correct when Queensland Oaks candidate Winning Ways scored a Eagle Farm. Three-year-old filly Winning Ways ($5) was too strong for the older horses beating the fast finishing High Opinion ($4.80) by a head in the Brisbane… Read More »
A dramatic two-horse fall in the opening race on day two of The Championships has dampened the mood at Randwick with jockey Andrew Adkins taken to hospital for precautionary tests. In a roughly run event, the Hayes and Dabernig team came out on top with Power Scheme ($7.50) fighting strongly… Read More »
Impressive Scone filly Longbottom again defied her reputation as a poor trackworker with her win at Eagle Farm. Longbottom started $21 when she won at Muswellbrook but was sent out $4.80 in the TAB Handicap (1000m). She sat behind the leaders and wore down the favourite Epaumada ($2) by a… Read More »
Toowoomba gelding Devil’s Temptation finally got a chance to show his ability when he won in good style at Eagle Farm. Devil’s Temptation has had a rocky path to the racetrack and was having his first start on Saturday. Starting at $8.50, Devil’s Temptation had far too much pace, leading… Read More »
Les Bridge doesn’t know how long Classique Legend will be in his stable but if the horse does stay in Australia, he has no doubt the sky is the limit. Classique Legend will line up in the Group Two Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday before a decision… Read More »
With the autumn carnivals in Melbourne and Sydney drawing to an end the attention of many trainers switches to the bigger country meetings. While most Victorians aim at Warrnambool in the first week of May, Wodonga-based Craig Widdison is looking over the border with Willi Willi. The winner of the… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will have two chances on the second day of The Championships at Randwick as the co-trainers continue their bid for their first Group One win since relocating to Australia. Busuttin and Young have already achieved Group One success both in their native New Zealand and… Read More »
Happy Clapper has finished second to Winx five times and his trainer Pat Webster is hoping for the same result in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Webster is under no illusions the best horse he has ever trained can beat the best Chris Waller or anyone else is likely to train…. Read More »
The lessons Shaun Dwyer learned from another sprinter he trained are being used to calm Miss Leonidas. Lazyaxl, a debut winner at Bendigo five years ago, had the potential to be a Group One horse according to Dwyer but did not reach his full potential because of his racing manners…. Read More »
After a flashing third in her most recent start, Kenedna is set for her first Sydney appearance in the Group One Coolmore Legacy Stakes at Randwick. Kenedna is one of three runners for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace on the second day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday,… Read More »
Trainer Kim Waugh will have three runners in the $500,000 Provincial Championships Final with second emergency Fuchu gaining a start. Waugh already had Spring Charlie and Safado in Saturday’s 1400m-race at Randwick before Fuchu gained a start on Friday after the scratching of the Greg McFarlane-trained It’s So Obvious because… Read More »
Two-year-old Super Seth will be out to back up an impressive debut win when he makes his first city appearance at Caulfield. The Anthony Freedman-trained colt showed his raw talent with a six-length win in a Ballarat maiden on March 24 and he stays at 1200m for his second start… Read More »
Promising three-year-olds Trusty Lad and A Man To Match will revive their rivalry when they take the first steps towards the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm. The pair will use Saturday’s Three-Year-Old Handicap (1400m) as a Derby launching pad after sharing the honours when they clashed in the… Read More »
The champion qualities of Winx have not been lost on another of racing’s high achievers who will be watching from the jockeys’ room when the mare runs for the last time at Randwick. Ten-time Victorian premiership winner and the winner of more Group One races than any other active rider,… Read More »
There’s one question Hugh Bowman has been asked over and over again about Winx. Could the greatest racehorse of our time have won the Melbourne Cup? And it’s a question the star jockey can only answer with another question. “I believe she would have won it, but would she still… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant is an overwhelming Australian Oaks favourite but rival trainer Mark Newnham has identified one significant statistic he hopes can bring her undone. “She hasn’t won on a dry track so I’m hoping that’s the chink in her armour,” Newnham said. “If she’s as good on… Read More »
Promising Sydney sprinter Tonsor keeps passing each new test but faces a career-defining race at Eagle Farm. Tonsor made short work of an Open Handicap over 1350m at Doomben last Saturday week at his first Brisbane start. It took his record to five wins and three minor placings from eight… Read More »
Five-time Group One winner The Autumn Sun has been retired and will stand his first season at Arrowfield Stud for $77,000. Arrowfield boss John Messara has confirmed the decision not to race on next season has been made more compelling by the recent death of the colt’s sire Redoute’s Choice…. Read More »
Chris Waller will be a central figure amid Winx celebrations at Randwick but he still has a stable to run and other races to win. Forty minutes before Winx has her final race in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Verry Elleegant lines up in the Australian Oaks as favourite and perhaps… Read More »
Trainer Symon Wilde believes the Listed Galilee Series Final at Caulfield is the next logical step for developing stayer American In Paris. A son of 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain out of city winner Manhattan Treasure, American In Paris steps up to 2425m for the first time in Saturday’s Galilee… Read More »
