Written Choice has won a $55,000 cheque for his trainer Logan McGill as the fastest horse over 955 metres at The Valley for the night racing season. The speedster was the only horse to break 55 seconds in the 17-race series sponsored by betting firm Ladbrokes, running 54.77s on October… Read More »
Speedy filly Spirit’s Choice is a perfect example of how the value of her sire Spirit of Boom’s offspring has skyrocketed. Spirit’s Choice was heavily backed to win the $200,000 Jewel Three-Year-Old (1200m) at the Gold Coast before it was washed out last Saturday. She will front up on Saturday… Read More »
Tommy Berry already has a pair of Golden Slippers and gives himself a genuine chance to snare another when he rides one of a host of chances for global powerhouse Godolphin in this year’s $3.5 million race. Berry won his first Golden Slipper on favourite Overreach for Gai Waterhouse in… Read More »
Kris Lees thought long and hard about whether to take blinkers off Graff for his Sydney return in the Group One Galaxy and is comfortable with his final decision not to tamper with the colt’s gear. Although it might have been a different outcome on another track. Graff over-raced in… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney welcomes back sprinter Tribal Wisdom in the Group One Galaxy and will be represented from both sides of the Tasman in the Group One Rosehill Guineas. Victoria Derby placegetter Chapada is trained from his Flemington stable while Arrogant has travellied from New Zealand for his Australian debut… Read More »
The Randwick Guineas did not go to plan for John Thompson and Purple Sector but the trainer is hopeful the colt can bounce back and produce a much better showing in the Rosehill Guineas. Purple Sector is among the outsiders for Saturday’s Group One Rosehill Guineas for three-year-olds over 2000m… Read More »
Jason Collett will traverse two states this weekend in search of an elusive Group One win and his best chance looks to come in one of the country’s biggest races. The in-form jockey will be in Melbourne on Friday night to partner Spright in the William Reid Stakes before returning… Read More »
A big weight and a wide draw has swayed trainer Tony McEvoy to scratch Manuel from the Listed Hareeba Stakes at Mornington. Instead McEvoy will switch Manuel to Sydney for a start in the Group Three Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday week. Manuel won the Group One C… Read More »
Former neighbours in New Zealand, dual Olympic gold medal-winning equestrian Sir Mark Todd and jockey James McDonald are joining forces in Sydney to try to win the Group One Ranvet Stakes with British horse He’s Eminent. “We go back a long way,” Sir Mark said. “We were neighbours back in… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney hopes Hang Man has a better outcome than stablemate Vengeur Masque in the Mornington Cup. The winner of Saturday’s race gains an automatic start in October’s Caulfield Cup, a race Moroney was hoping to get a start in with Vengeur Masque. But Vengeur Masque failed by a… Read More »
A Doncaster Mile start awaits Japanese visitor Kluger who is settling into the quarantine facility at Canterbury racecourse having arrived in Sydney in preparation for The Championships. Kluger arrived on Tuesday ahead of a planned start in the $3 million Doncaster Mile (1600m) on April 6 at Randwick and the… Read More »
Jockey Tegan Harrison can complete a big week if she continues her good run with trainer Chris Meagher on Divine Dice in the Listed Goldmarket at the Gold Coast. In an unusual situation the Goldmarket was washed out last Saturday and transferred to this Saturday’s Gold Coast meeting even though… Read More »
Group One performer The Lord Mayor has arrived in Queensland to further boost the ranks of the in-form Chris Waller Gold Coast stable. The Lord Mayor will make his Brisbane debut in the TAB Open Handicap (1500m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Waller has a strong hand in the race… Read More »
THE RANVET STAKES 2000m, $700,000, Group One standard weight-for-age for three-year-olds and up at Rosehill HISTORY *Originally named after Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, the Governor of NSW from 1902-1909 * The race was first held in 1903 and won by Great Scot * In 1921 Richmond Main and Poitrel dead-heated… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla was the toast of Rosehill 12 months ago when he won the Golden Slipper on Estijaab and he returns to the scene of his biggest triumph with another handy book of Group One mounts. While Avdulla doesn’t have a ride in this year’s Slipper, he has good opportunities… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie’s application for a further stay order of an internal review decision to stand him down has been deferred until early next month. In what is becoming an increasingly confusing legal battle it means Currie can continue training for at least the next fortnight. Currie was seeking… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller believes multiple Group One-winning three-year-old The Autumn Sun will only get better, but whether the prized colt remains in training long enough to realise that potential remains to be seen. While the Waller-trained champion Winx continues to reign supreme in Australian racing having been unbeaten for… Read More »
A bruised foot has forced the Anthony Freedman-trained Shoals out of the Group One William Reid Stakes at The Valley. A three-time winner at the highest level, Shoals had been heavily supported from $4.20 into $3.10 ahead of her scratching from Friday night’s 1200m sprint. Freedman had been confident of… Read More »
With two Golden Slippers and three Blue Diamonds to his name as a trainer, Peter Snowden has often got it right when it comes to the big days with his quality juveniles. But Snowden admits he got it wrong with Catch Me in last month’s Group One Blue Diamond at… Read More »
Stakes-placed Golden Tycoon has stamped his class on the Provincial Championship qualifying race with a dominant win at Newcastle. Thursday’s 1200m-heat was transferred to the Newcastle program when Gosford was rained out on Saturday. Ridden by Shaun Guymer, the Greg McFarlane-trained Golden Tycoon ($7.50) jumped straight to the lead and… Read More »
