Trainer Matt Dunn and his bloodstock agent Neil Jenkinson’s quest for a quality staying filly gathered momentum when Rocknavar took a step closer to an Oaks assault at Eagle Farm. However, exactly which Oaks is will chase is a welcome headache for the pair. Rocknavar ($2.70) had to survive a… Read More »
Jockey Barend Vorster has only called Australia home for a week, yet the 42-year-old has already claimed one of the country’s most famous races. Vorster guided the Tony McEvoy-trained filly Sunlight to victory in the $1.25 million Newmarket Handicap, the time-honoured Group One sprint run on Super Saturday at Flemington…. Read More »
Jockey Jamie Kah was left speechless after claiming her first Group One win guiding Harlem to a second successive victory in the Australian Cup at Flemington. Kah dominated South Australian racing in recent seasons before making the move across the border in January to fulfil her dream of winning a… Read More »
In a Winx-like performance, the champion’s stablemate The Autumn Sun has come from a seemingly impossible position to win the Group One Randwick Guineas and confirm he is Australia’s best three-year-old. The $1.80 favourite was near the tail of the field early when Miss Fabulass ($21) set off and led… Read More »
Champion trainer David Hayes is confident the best is still ahead of former New Zealand filly Spanish Whisper after the three-year-old raced to her first Australian stakes win at Flemington. Spanish Whisper won two of her first four starts in New Zealand, including a Group Two race victory as a… Read More »
Tough gelding Ball Of Muscle has edged out champion sprinter Redzel in a thrilling finish to the Group Two Challenge Stakes at Randwick to set himself up to fulfil his family destiny. In a major upset, Ball Of Muscle ($11) held off the $1.60 favourite by a nose to win… Read More »
Star filly Sunlight has given jockey Barend Vorster a memorable start to his new life in Australia, with the pair combining to win the time-honoured Group One Newmaket Handicap at Flemington. South African Vorster had ridden successfully in Singapore for the past 15 years and only arrived in Australia late… Read More »
Godolphin’s success with it’s strong brigade of two-year-olds has continued with La Tene winning the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. The global giant won Victoria’s major two-year-old race, the Blue Diamond Stakes, with Lyre for Anthony Freedman while earlier on Saturday Tenley boosted their Golden Slipper stocks with victory for… Read More »
A fall involving premier jockey Jeff Lloyd overshadowed the brilliant win of Manaya in the Rod Kemp Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm. Lloyd was tossed from the favourite Shala ($2.05) after about 200m and was galloped over by several horses. The three times Brisbane premier jockey was able to walk… Read More »
Blake Shinn has ridden Trapeze Artist to an all-the-way win in the Group One Canterbury Stakes, a ride that means more than most. The win was a fourth at Group One level for Trapeze Artist whose regular rider Tye Angland has been confirmed quadriplegic after a fall in Hong Kong… Read More »
It’s a yes to the Golden Slipper for trainer Chris Waller who has his best chance yet after the Todman Stakes at Randwick. Yes Yes Yes, a colt having his first start for Sydney’s leading trainer on Saturday after coming to the stable when the disqualified Darren Weir’s horses were… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Glen Colless brought up another milestone when he reached 2000 career Australian winners on Gold Coast winner Lucadeal. Colless produced a perfect ride in a Maiden Plate to land Lucadeal ($4.80) who is trained by Tony Gollan and owned by Linda Huddy. He started his career… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price plans to keep Anjana to sprinting after the talented filly let down strongly to win first-up at Flemington in her first start for her new stable. Formerly trained by the now-disqualified Darren Weir, Anjana was stretched out to 1600m last spring and finished fourth in the Group… Read More »
Godolphin may have lost its No.1 seed for the Golden Slipper but still has plenty of ammunition with Tenley confirming she is on target with victory in the Reisling Stakes at Randwick. Long-time Golden Slipper 2019 favourite Tassort has been ruled out for the rest of autumn after failing to… Read More »
Jockey Les Tilley produced a near perfect ride on Sizzling Babe to atone for a last start defeat by winning the Gallopers Sports Club Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Tilley was very forthright about his last start ride on Sizzling Babe when the two-year-old finished third in a similar race… Read More »
Queensland mare Winter Bride has added a third Group Three win to her record with a narrow but convincing victory in the Wenona Girl Quality at Randwick. Trained at the Gold Coast by former Sydneysider Toby Edmonds, Winter Bride won two races at the same level in Melbourne during the… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler joked after landing the opening two races at Flemington that his best chance was still to come. Sadler won Saturday’s KIIS 101.1 Jase & P J Sprint with Superhard who cruised to an easy win before Simply Invincible landed a last stride win in the World Horse… Read More »
All-Star Mile favourite Alizee has continued her preparation for the $5 million race with a comfortable gallop between races at Flemington. Alizee had Hugh Bowman aboard as she galloped solo between the first and second races on Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup program, a week out from the inaugural… Read More »
Legendary Queensland jockey and trainer Norm ‘Whopper’ Stephens has died aged 87. Stephens hit the headlines in 1948 when as a teenage apprentice he won the Stradbroke Handicap on Bally Vista. He went on to win hundreds of races at a time when there were only two meetings a week… Read More »
Long-time Golden Slipper favourite Tassort will miss the race and the rest of the autumn after a setback with a bruised hoof. Godolphin trainer James Cummings has told Racing NSW the colt has not shown the necessary improvement over the past few days to continue with his preparation. Earlier this… Read More »
