A day after Group One winner I Am A Star was retired, trainer Shane Nichols has collected a hometown double on Mornington Cup day. Nichols announced I Am A Star’s retirement following the mare’s unplaced effort in the Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. I Am A Star… Read More »
Godolphin has claimed a memorable Golden Slipper trifecta with Kiamichi, the longest-priced of six runners in the famous blue colours, beating Microphone and Lyre. The winner and the runner-up are prepared by Sheikh Mohammed’s head Australian trainer James Cummings, with third placed Lyre one of a handful of Godolphin horses… Read More »
Veteran Straturbo showed times don’t lie when he scored an impressive win in the Brisbane Racing Carnival Open (1000m) at Eagle Farm. The race was delayed by 30 minutes when apprentice Clayton Gallagher was thrown from Hard Stride on the way to the barrier after the horse bucked. Gallagher was… Read More »
By the barest of margins, Nature Strip has delivered on his Group One sprinting potential to win The Galaxy at Rosehill over the fast-finishing Pierata. As $4.20 favourite Nature Strip was starting to feel the pinch late in Saturday’s 1100m sprint on a heavy track after leading and kicking clear… Read More »
A lunch to celebrate the victory of Self Sense in the Mornington Cup will determine the future path of the gelding. Success in Saturday’s Mornington Cup (2400m) has earned Self Sense a ballot exemption into October’s Caulfield Cup. David Brideoake said he would have to sit down with his fellow… Read More »
WINX’S 32 CONSECUTIVE WINS * Group One George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill – March 23, 2019 * Group One Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick – March 2, 2019 * Group Two Apollo Stakes at Randwick – February 16, 2019 * Group One Cox Plate at Moonee Valley – October 27,… Read More »
The continuing saga of inquiries arising from a raid at trainer Ben Currie’s Toowoomba stables has taken another turn with a further delay. Currie faces 28 charges from the raid in early April last year and 14 of those charges were heard last week. The other 14 charges were to… Read More »
Troubled trainer Ben Currie is banned from attending Eagle Farm, but his top colt Mishani Hustler did the talking for him in the $200,000 TAB Jewel Handicap (1200m). Mishani Hustler, who was $2.40 in original markets, defied a big betting drift to start $4.80 before beating Spirit’s Choice ($2.90) by… Read More »
Quality import Avilius has bounced back from his Australian Cup defeat to land his first Group One win in the Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill. After two impressive victories to start this campaign in Melbourne, Avilius was a short-priced favourite in the Group One Australian Cup at Flemington two weeks ago… Read More »
Former Singapore-based South African rider Barend Vorster has continued his remarkable start to his Australian career, guiding Vinco to victory at Mornington. Vorster came to Australia to ride for Tony McEvoy as his Adelaide-based stable rider and, after arriving earlier in the month, has notched six winners from 14 rides…. Read More »
The Rosehill crowd has given Winx a reception like no other with the mare gracing the track for the final time. For the record, of which there are many when it comes to Winx, she won her fourth George Ryder Stakes on Saturday to take her Group One tally to… Read More »
Jamie Kah’s disappointment about Harlem’s no-show at Rosehill has turned to delight after her Group Three win aboard Midterm. Kah, who recently moved to Melbourne from South Australia, claimed her first Group One win on the Lindsay Park-trained Harlem in the Australian Cup earlier this month. The stable elected not… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller unveiled his second string for the coming winter three year old classic races when he took out a quinella in the TAB Three Year Old (2200m) at Eagle Farm. Waller brought up his 30th Queensland metropolitan winner of the season when gelding Borazon ($5.50) beat filly… Read More »
The Autumn Sun has been forced to work overtime, but the star colt has come out on top again to win a thrilling Rosehill Guineas. The Chris Waller-trained three-year-old claimed his fifth Group One win from nine career starts when the $1.40 favourite rallied in testing heavy track conditions to… Read More »
The decision to bring Victorian three-year-old Krone north for Sydney carnival targets has been rewarded, with the filly finishing well to take out the Listed Darby Munro Stakes. Having her second start this autumn for Melbourne trainer Mick Price after doing her earlier racing with now-disqualified trainer Darren Weir, Krone… Read More »
One of the best decisions trainer Steve O’Dea has made in recent times was not to send his two year old Hit Snooze to north Queensland. Hit Snooze ($18) made it two wins in a row when she beat Magic Beans ($9.50) by long head with a short neck to… Read More »
Star New Zealand filly Avantage has made a triumphant return to racing with a determined victory in testing conditions in the Group Three Birthday Card Stakes at Rosehill. Having her first start since winning the Group Three Gold Trail Stakes at Hastings in September, the Jamie Richards-trained three-year-old rallied strongly… Read More »
A last start placegetter in a hurdle race in England has made a winning debut on the flat in Australia. Now in the hands of Chris Waller, Master Shuhood took out Saturday’s Peninsula Essence Handicap (1600m) at Mornington. Waller’s Melbourne assistant Jo Taylor thought Master Shuhood could be competitive in… Read More »
YES YES YES (Trainer Chris Waller): “He is the right horse for the race but it is made a little harder by the barrier draw where he will start from the extreme outside. The horse at least comes into the race with very good form and is well prepared and… Read More »
Sunlight has erased the memories of her previous visit to The Valley with a breathtaking victory in the Group One William Reid Stakes. The only time Sunlight has finished out of the placings was in the Group One Manikato Stakes at The Valley last October when she was slow into… Read More »
