Promising two-year-old Sugar Boom will make her debut at Doomben but trainer Tony Gollan has yet to decide which of this week’s two meetings to target. Gollan has entered Sugar Boom for a 2YO maiden (1200m) on Wednesday and expects to also nominate her for the $1250,000 Fillies Jewel Prelude… Read More »
Lindsay Park will have a three-pronged attack on the Group One Australian Guineas as it looks to break a losing streak in the Group One race. Amphitrite, Hawkshot and Long Leaf will represent the stable in the 1600m-race for three-year-olds at Flemington on Saturday. Senior trainer David Hayes’ only win… Read More »
Queensland’s Grandview Stud has completed its first shipment of horses from Toowoomba Airport to Asia. Grandwiew has sent 21 horses to Korea with Equine International Air Freight after they spent three weeks in quarantine at the complex. Grandview is a registered quarantine facility approved by the Australian government and provides… Read More »
Racing Queensland’s official track walker Allan Reardon will inspect the Ipswich track before racing goes ahead after the last meeting was controversially called off. For the third time in five months an Ipswich meeting had to be abandoned on Friday because of the track condition despite there being little or… Read More »
Three horses formerly with disgraced trainer Darren Weir have run the trifecta in the Listed Parramatta Cup at Rosehill. In the fall-out from Weir’s disqualification earlier this month for possession of banned electrical devices known as jiggers, his owners have had to find new homes for more than 600 horses…. Read More »
James Cummings-trained Avilius has completed a successful day out at Caufiled for the Blue Army by winning the Peter Young Stakes. The imported French galloper’s victory in Saturday’s Group Two race came on top of a Group One double for global racing giant Godolphin. Cummings trained Alizee to win the… Read More »
Anthony Freedman has extended the successful Australian Group One run of global racing giant Godolphin, claiming the Blue Diamond Stakes with Lyre. While most of the Godolphin team are trained by James Cummings, Freedman has five two-year-olds for the Blue Army. Lyre, a winner of three of her four starts,… Read More »
Anthony Freedman has extended the successful Australian Group One run of global racing giant Godolphin, claiming the Blue Diamond Stakes with Lyre. While most of the Godolphin team are trained by James Cummings, Freedman has five two-year-olds for the Blue Army. Lyre, a winner of three of her four starts,… Read More »
Punters have been left nursing their wounds after White Moss turned in a stunning all-the-way win in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill but her trainer Jason Coyle was less surprised than most. The striking grey was sent out at $51 in Saturday’s 1300m-race for mares and under… Read More »
Paul Shailer will leave it to his boss Chris Waller to decide whether promising filly Tatcee tackles distance stakes races in the winter. Tatcee ($9.50) covered a lot of extra ground but still beat Rocknavar ($16) by 1-1/4 lengths with a neck to Love Struck ($18) in the Three Year… Read More »
Narrowly beaten in the Oakleigh Plate as a three-year-old, Booker has triumphantly returned to deliver co-trainer Matthew Ellerton a third win in the Group One sprint at Caulfield. Ellerton has previously won the time-honoured race with Miss Kournikova (2001) and River Dove (2003). Now training in partnership with cousin Simon… Read More »
Star mare Alizee has shown her class and determination to continue on her winning way in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Sent out $2.80 favourite in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race, which had nine individual Group One winners among the 12-horse field, Alizee covered ground but was in for… Read More »
Star mare Alizee has shown her class and determination to continue on her winning way in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Sent out $2.80 favourite in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race, which had nine individual Group One winners among the 12-horse field, Alizee covered ground but was in for… Read More »
After a spring in which he cemented himself as the star three-year-old in Australia, The Autumn Sun’s much-anticipated return has followed the script at Rosehill. The nation’s most valuable colt came from last to win Saturday’s Group Two Hobartville Stakes (1400m) as the $1.55 favourite, overhauling previously unbeaten Vegadaze ($3.70)… Read More »
Unbeaten Terbium has earned himself a break after taking his first stakes race at Caulfield. After sitting three-wide without cover against four opponents in Saturday’s Zeditave Stakes, he showed he’s an above average three-year-old with an impressive victory. Ridden by John Allen, Terbium ($7.50) recorded a 1-3/4 length win from… Read More »
Jaminzah will stick to distances around 1600m despite again indicating he could be a stayer with a win at Eagle Farm. The Chris Waller trained five-year-old ($16) was having his first run since December when he came from last and stormed past stablemate Veladoro ($7.50) to win by a 1/2… Read More »
Qafila has snapped a lengthy absence from the winner’s stall in an encouraging start to her campaign in the Group Two Angus Armanasco Stakes at Caulfield. The filly won the Listed Debutant Stakes on debut at Caulfield in October 2017 and Saturday’s win was the three-year-old’s first victory in 12… Read More »
Trainer Gary Portelli’s dream of a matched pair of Golden Slippers has been reignited by Time To Reign’s upset win over Godolphin colt Tassort at Rosehill. Since his winning debut in November, Tassort has been favourite for next month’s $3.5 million Golden Slipper and punters couldn’t see him being beaten… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce has 100,000 reasons to be happy with filly Zoucara’s come-from-last win in the Priceline Ascot Plate (1300m) at Eagle Farm. Munce is usually a bundle of energy when he gets a winner but was even more animated than usual when Zoucara ($9) charged home to beat Ella… Read More »
Lightly-raced Global Exchange is likely to be put on a path towards the Group One Australian Derby in Sydney after announcing himself as colt on the rise with victory in the Autumn Classic at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old went into Saturday’s Group Two 1800m race off… Read More »
