A clash with champion Winx in the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick has been ruled out for Avilius, who will be sent for a spell after a successful campaign highlighted by back-to-back Group One wins. Avilius won four of his five starts this preparation with his only defeat… Read More »
Veteran New Zealand trainer Murray Baker has won four of the past 12 editions of the Australian Derby and could be two-handed as he targets a fifth. Madison County confirmed his berth in Saturday’s 2400m Australian Derby at Randwick with his second to Angel Of Truth in the Tulloch Stakes… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg and the connections of Our Libretto have had a change of plans with the mare to remain in Victoria for her next couple of starts. Our Libretto was to head to Sydney for the Group One Coolmore Legacy at Randwick on April 13 after her first-up showing… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has finished March with 18 TAB meeting wins in Queensland for the month ahead of the most important stage of his career. Currie’s winners in March included the feature Gold Coast Stakes, Three-Year-Old Jewel, and Dalby Newmarket. The biggest day of his year is on Saturday… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller will field a small Group One team for the first day of The Championships at Randwick, with the Doncaster Mile his chance for another elite victory. Waller and Godolphin trainer James Cummings dominated the Golden Slipper carnival which ended at Rosehill on Saturday. And it is Cummings… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is pleased with the news he is getting about his star mare Houtzen who is at Newmarket in England preparing for the Royal Ascot meeting. Houtzen was accompanied by Edmonds’ son and stable foreman Trent who has told his father everything went to plan for the long… Read More »
Star three-year-old Sunlight is set to gallop at Randwick ahead of her next attempt to add to her Group One record but her trainer Tony McEvoy is wary about the weather. Already a three-time Group One winner, Sunlight is being aimed at Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. But… Read More »
Godolphin’s Thunder Snow has become the first dual winner of the Dubai World Cup in a fighting finish to the Meydan showpiece. The five-year-old gave trainer Saeed bin Suroor a record eighth World Cup success last season, dominating proceedings from the front in the hands of Belgian superstar jockey Christophe… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s internal reviewer Kane Ashby has published reasons for rejecting an application on penalty from jockey Beau Appo on sexual harassment charges. Appo was disqualified for six months with three months suspended after a protracted series of stewards hearings. In February, he was charged with sexual… Read More »
Japanese superstar filly Almond Eye has maintained her unbeaten record in the Group One Dubai Turf at Meydan. The Sakae Kunieda-trained four-year-old was unbeaten in five previous starts in her homeland, including top-level triumphs in the Japanese 1000 Guineas and Japanese Oaks before beating the males in November’s Japan Cup…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter has made a winning return to beat Godolphin stablemate Ispolini in the Group Two Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan. Cross Counter became the first British-trained horse to win the Flemington showpiece last November and despite having been off the track since, he was the 7-4… Read More »
Viddora has fared best of three Australian horses in the Group One Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai when fourth behind Godolphin’s Blue Point. The Charlie Appleby-trained Blue Point had to be withdrawn at the start before the 1200m-race last year, but set the record straight with what was ultimately an… Read More »
If a Group One clean sweep wasn’t enough, James McDonald has put the icing on the cake to a brilliant afternoon with a well-judged Doncaster Prelude victory aboard tough gelding Mister Sea Wolf. McDonald earlier claimed the Vinery Stud Stakes aboard Verry Elleegant and added the Tancred Stakes on Avilius,… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price is looking ahead to the spring with Mystery Love after the filly remained unbeaten with a fighting victory at Bendigo. After wins at Benalla and Sandown, Mystery Love added black-type to her record taking out Saturday’s Listed Bendigo Guineas. Ridden by Michael Walker, Mystery Love ($6) scored… Read More »
Avilius has completed Sydney’s weight-for-age middle distance double in style with a facile win in the Tancred Stakes at Rosehill a week after his victory in the Ranvet. Stepping up from 2000 to 2400 metres within seven days held no fears for Godolphin trainer James Cummings with Avilius doing too… Read More »
It didn’t take long for Haripour to make an impact on the Melbourne staff of Chris Waller. The former Darren Weir-trained galloper has been described by Waller’s Melbourne assistant Jo Taylor as one of the happiest horses in the stable after his win in the Listed Golden Mile at Bendigo… Read More »
Chris Waller was quick to quash any thought of Verry Elleegant backing up against the males in the Australian Derby after the filly gave him his first Group One Vinery Stud Stakes win at Rosehill. Starting the well-backed $2.05 favourite, Verry Elleegant was allowed to find her feet early and,… Read More »
Veteran jockey Robbie Fradd will urge Sydney trainer Matthew Smith to bring brilliant sprinter Tonsor back to Brisbane for the winter carnival after his impressive win at Doomben. Smith accepted with Tonsor in an Open handicap and a restricted-class race but decided to give the well bred gelding his chance… Read More »
Siren’s Fury has come from behind to take out the Star Kingdom Stakes in a photo finish. The five-year-old mare faced a depleted but speedy field in the 1200m race at Rosehill on Saturday before overtaking Manuel at the final moment to win. “Mid-race when she wasn’t really travelling that… Read More »
The experience of Corey Brown has proved the difference in the Group Two Emancipation Stakes with his aggressive ride helping Invincible Gem make an overdue return to the winners’ stall at Rosehill. It was the second leg of a race-to-race double on Saturday for the jockey who led all the… Read More »
