Inglis has called for expressions of interest to fill its slot for the $14 million Everest. One of 12 original slot holders, the auction house will canvas owners and trainers of graduates of Inglis sales and says priority will be given to Inglis graduates that have been paid up for… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is confident she has made the right decision by redirecting sprinter Cannyescent from Toowoomba to Eagle Farm. Cannyescent was an acceptor for the Listed Weetwood Handicap on Saturday but Forster scratched him with the Open Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm a week later in mind. “I really… Read More »
Winx’s record says for the past four years everything has gone right. Her trainer hopes her final race on Saturday is not where it goes wrong. As the countdown begins to her farewell in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Chris Waller has fashioned her preparation the same way he has since… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy will make a rare appearance at a Melbourne midweek meeting, with the star Sydney jockey to travel to Sandown to test out exciting Godolphin colt Chenier with a view to an upcoming Group One race. The Anthony Freedman-trained Chenier made a big impression when he raced to a… Read More »
Apprentice Ethan Brown has felt the impact of the four-year disqualification of trainer Darren Weir. Brown, who leads the Victorian apprentices’ title, was due to finish his apprenticeship last Friday but has been granted an extension to ride the final four metropolitan winners needed to outride his claim. He was… Read More »
Group One-winning colt Written By has been retired and will stand at Widden Stud in the next breeding season. Trained by Grahame Begg for his father, retired Hall of Fame trainer Neville who also bred Written By, the colt won the 2018 Blue Diamond Stakes and retires with six wins… Read More »
Connections of Aristia are hoping rain steers clear of Sydney this week to give the three-year-old her best chance to become the first filly in more than a decade to claim the VRC Oaks/ATC Australian Oaks double. Aristia capped her spring preparation with wins in the Group Two Wakeful Stakes… Read More »
In-form trainer Toby Edmonds should have a clearer idea of his winter chances with smart sprinters Whypeeo and Keen Array to trial at the Gold Coast. The pair will be rivals in the sixth of 18 trials on Monday. Stakes winner Whypeeo, who was having his second public hit-out since… Read More »
The investigation into the wrong horse starting in the wrong race at Rockhampton is yet to be completed 10 days after the event. And another review will begin on Monday about how the wrong fourth placegetter was declared in the last race at Toowoomba on Saturday. The Queensland Racing Integrity… Read More »
There could soon be a new statue on display at Michael O’Leary’s home after Tiger Roll became the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back runnings of the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree. With his two Cheltenham Gold Cup winners War Of Attrition and Don Cossack having sculptures built… Read More »
Four-time Group One winner Trapeze Artist has been retired after suffering a shoulder injury in his attempted defence of the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick. The four-year-old came out of the race with a large haematoma after finishing seventh. Trainer Gerald Ryan said owner Bert Vieira had immediately decided he… Read More »
Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller signalled he will again be the dominate factor in the winter when Sexy Eyes won the Listed Weetwood Handicap to give him the feature double at Toowoomba. Waller had 40 minutes earlier had won the Toowoomba Cup with The Lord Mayor. He has been by… Read More »
Riding at his lowest weight for 10 years, Glen Boss has steered three-year-old Brutal to what he describes as the easiest of his record seven wins in the Doncaster Mile at Randwick. Now domiciled in Singapore, 49-year-old Boss jumped at the opportunity offered by Hawkes Racing to ride Brutal on… Read More »
The $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes was billed as the race of the day but Santa Ana Lane has made a one-act affair of the Group One sprint at Randwick, earning himself an international campaign. In a field littered with Group One winners, Santa Ana Lane ($7.50) settled back in… Read More »
Nikita Beriman and trainer Ciaron Maher have wound back the clock with a stakes race win at Caulfield. In 2007 Beriman partnered Tears I Cry giving then Warrnambool-based Maher his first Group One victory in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington. The pair have gone separate ways since with Maher taking… Read More »
Three-year-old Brutal has given jockey Glen Boss his seventh Doncaster Mile win. Sent forward from a wide barrier, Brutal raced outside leader and edged clear to beat Dreamforce and topweight Hartnell in the $3 million race at Randwick. “That’s the easiest Doncaster I have ever won. That was painless,” the… Read More »
A rails-hugging ride by Linda Meech has helped Bandipur to a hard-fought win to bring up a double on the day for the jockey. Meech had earlier ridden Grinzinger Star to upset victory over odds-on favourite Mr Quickie in a tight finish to the Tile Importer Handicap before Bandipur rallied… Read More »
James Cummings has paid tribute to his legendary grandfather Bart after Microphone continued Godolphin’s clean sweep of the major juvenile races with a brilliant win in the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick. Microphone had to settle for second to stablemate Kiamichi in the Golden Slipper but on a… Read More »
Jockey Matt McGillivray made the most of a breakneck speed in the middle stages to score an upset win on Rosendahl Red in the $105,000 Toowoomba Guineas. After a slow early pace, Countess De Galvez whipped around the field to lead by a big margin coming to the home turn…. Read More »
He’s only had his trainer’s licence for 18 months but as of Saturday Todd Blowes has a win at Royal Randwick under his belt. Blowes’ four-year-old gelding Noble Boy snatched victory in the final stretch of the $500,000, 1400m Country Championships in a thrilling ride by star jockey Hugh Bowman…. Read More »
