Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse has her best chance to win one of the few Group One races to elude her after Dawn Passage qualified for the Stradbroke Handicap with a clear-cut win at Doomben. Sent out the popular elect, Dawn Passage ($2.15) needed to win the Group Three Fred Best… Read More »
Having begged to get more rides from the Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr stable, Ben Melham has produced the goods aboard Tavisan at Caulfield. Price explained he had an extensive chat with Melham a couple of weeks ago with the jockey putting forward a compelling case to gain more… Read More »
Tough stayer Le Juge returned to his favourite track to lead home a Chris Waller stable plunder with the first six across the line in the Group Three Chairman’s Handicap at Doomben. Waller had started the Brisbane carnival in low-key mode but won his first winter black-type race earlier in… Read More »
Promising filly Fiteuse has suffered her first campaign defeat at Rosehill, unable to stave off the late surge of seasoned Godolphin sprinter Esperance. An odds-on favourite, Fituese was extending to 1200m for the first time in the Trapeze Artist@Widden Handicap on Saturday and briefly hit the front, only to be… Read More »
Jockey Boris Thornton scored his biggest win since moving to Queensland when Scallopini got up in the last stride to win the Listed Hinkler Handicap at Doomben. Thornton, the brother of top Victorian jockey Damien Thornton and leading Queensland apprentice Stephanie Thornton, has been riding in Brisbane for the past… Read More »
Right You Are is showing the signs of a potential stayer after adding to his winning sequence with a fighting win at Caulfield. The Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr galloper is unbeaten at his past three starts after taking out the Nick Johnstone Real Estate Handicap on Saturday. A… Read More »
Dubbo trainer Clint Lundholm had an afternoon he would rather forget after being questioned by stewards at Rosehill over three tubes of paste found in his float. Lundholm, who had three runners at Saturday’s meeting, initially told stewards he had borrowed the float and assured them the pastes had not… Read More »
Jockey Rachel King is building a handy record aboard progressive gelding Soldier Of Love, with the pair joining forces for another city win at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained Soldier Of Love is working his way through the grades and took his overall record to six wins from 15 starts with… Read More »
Classy Gold Coast filly Vanna Girl again emphasised her versatility with a storming win in the Listed Pam O’Neill Stakes at Doomben. Jockey Brad Stewart was able to angle Vanna Girl ($3.20) over one off the fence from barrier 12 at the notoriously treacherous 1600m start. Her then got her… Read More »
Sydney filly September Run has completed her lightning mission to give champion trainer Chris Waller his first stakes winner of the winter carnival at Doomben. September Run ($6) went straight to the lead and held on by a half neck to beat Plutocrat ($31) with a neck to favourite Gotta… Read More »
Lindsay Gough produced one of the training performances of the year to get Right Or Wrong to win his first race in more than four years at Doomben. Gough rated Right Or Wrong a genuine Group One horse but a series of injuries have had the horse almost continually on… Read More »
Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace continue to plunder Sydney’s juvenile races, with Anders delivering their third two-year-old city win this month. Promising filly Macroura scored a brace of wins during May, highlighted by her Listed Woodlands Stakes victory, and Anders has added to the tally in capturing Saturday’s Darley… Read More »
Jockey Brad Rawiller has taken on board insight from his brother before steering Kementari’s younger half-brother Valaquenta to a determined win at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained two-year-old Valaquenta returned to Melbourne racing in the Catanach Jeweller’s Handicap (1100m) having resumed from a spell when unplaced at Randwick under Nash Rawiller…. Read More »
Master Montaro has justified a lofty purchase price with a stylish victory at Geelong and is set do his future racing in Hong Kong. The three-year-old son of Toronado was purchased for $1.5 million following his debut win for Richard Laming at Pakenham in March. Unfortunately for his new connections… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has declared the Caulfield Cup as a spring target for Kinane after pulling the pin on his winter campaign. Waller said the Frank Packer Plate winner had been in work for a long time and the decision was made to give him a break after his defeat… Read More »
Promising filly Dzsenifer effectively ended the JJ Atkins hopes of her rivals when she won at the Gold Coast. Racing Queensland introduced Friday metropolitan level meetings at the Gold Coast during the coronavirus pandemic but the club will revert to provincial level next month. And several trainers used the metropolitan… Read More »
A horse of Bottega’s quality would ordinarily be in the spelling paddock preparing for the spring but his immaturity has prompted a different approach. The three-year-old, who defeated subsequent Hobartville Stakes winner Brandenburg on debut, has been a work in progress, taking time to hone his craft. With that in… Read More »
The decision to geld Translator after a spring campaign that netted one minor placing has paid off for connections. After that gelding operation, the Nigel Blackiston-trained three-year-old is undefeated in two starts and will attempt to keep the winning run going in Saturday’s Nick Johnstone Real Estate Handicap. Translator was… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida admits he is worried about the race pattern for the Group Three Fred Best Classic after The Odyssey drew an outside barrier. The Odyssey has proven one of the best three-year-olds in Queensland at distances up to 1200m but is an unknown quantity at the 1350m of… Read More »
Joe Pride is prepared to keep an open mind with Superium as he tries to get a better gauge on the horse’s capabilities during the winter. A three-time winner over 1100m, Superium will resume over that distance in the Iron Jack Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday after two promising barrier… Read More »
