Trainer Robbie Griffiths has seen positive signs from his unraced fillies entered for the Blue Diamond Preview and is now keen to see how they perform when it matters most – on race day. Griffiths has Don’ttelltheboss, Lady D’Oro and Miss Elena in Saturday’s Group Three Blue Diamond Preview (1000m)… Read More »
The Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick has been rated the second-best race in the world after the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The top 100 ranked races for 2018 have been announced in conjunction with the World’s Best Racehorse award shared by Australian mare Winx and English horse Cracksman. Three… Read More »
Archer’s Paradox will help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Queensland’s last official metropolitan match-race when she steps out at the Sunshine Coast. Archer’s Paradox races in the same colours as Susan Brolga who was trained by John Rosenthal and owned by Ian Hocking when she won the last official match-race… Read More »
Given the form of Bring Me Roses at Flemington, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare would not be out of place in the All-Star Mile. Whether Bring Me Roses earns a crack at the $5 million All Star Mile on March 16, for which 10 of the 14 spots are… Read More »
For Mark Newnham, the hardest thing about training Burning Passion is finding the right races in which to run him. With a handicap rating of 104, the gelding is weighted out of the benchmark system and over the past 12 months has found himself just short of stakes class. He… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson has more than a sentimental reason for hoping Subsolar runs well in the Open staying handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Subsolar,who runs over 2400m on Saturday, was one of the first horses given to Anderson by the late racing legend Dato Tan Chin Nam. Anderson got to… Read More »
Tasmania’s star filly Mystic Journey has signalled she is on target for another big campaign with an impressive first-up win at Launceston. The Adam Trinder-trained three-year-old came from last under Anthony Darmanin in Wednesday’s night’s Lady Lynette (1100m), her first start since she won the Group Two Fillies Classic (1600m)… Read More »
World traveller Spectroscope begins a new phase of his career in the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup with bigger races on the horizon. Spectroscope arrived in the Caloundra yard of trainer Natalie McCall last week and has settled in well. McCall won the 2014 Group One Stradbroke Handicap with River Lad… Read More »
Racing Queensland has announced a prize money increase of $1.7 million for the winter racing carnival. Horses will race for $18.4 million across the carnival which starts in early April and finishes in July. Racing Queensland chief executive Brendan Parnell said the increases aimed to attract more emerging stars to… Read More »
Wonder mare Winx has been crowned the world’s best racehorse at the Longines International Federation of Horse Racing Association awards in London. The seven-year-old shared the honour with English superstar Cracksman – the pair each holding an official handicap rating of 130 – emulating the feat of Black Caviar who… Read More »
Stakes winner All Too Huiying has notched his first victory in more than a year, dominating a race from the front at Sandown to upset odds-on favourite Hang Man. The former Gary Moore-trained four-year-old is in his first preparation for Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir and he had blinkers re-applied… Read More »
John Bateman admits he will have to solve a problem that would most likely be the envy of fellow country trainers after Common Purpose won at Canterbury. Common Purpose resumed in outstanding order but caught Bateman off guard to win the Summer Racing Handicap (1100m). The victory was Common Purpose’s… Read More »
Four-year-old La Tigeresa has been restricted to only a handful of starts but trainer Jason Warren believes the mare has the talent to keep progressing through the grades after landing her first city win. La Tigeresa went into Wednesday’s Mypunter.com Handicap (1200m) at Sandown after a second at Geelong first-up… Read More »
Dual Australian stakes winner Long Leaf has drawn barrier 11 in the $NZ1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie in Auckland. Trained by Lindsay Park, Long Leaf will be ridden by Sydney-based New Zealander James McDonald who will be aboard Aotea Lad in the other million-dollar race on Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross believes tough filly Miss Sara is the best extra $2000 he has ever spent after her runaway win at Doomben on Wednesday. Miss Sara ($3) bolted in by four lengths in a Class 1 Plate (2200m) and will back up on Monday at Beaudesert over 2400m. The… Read More »
While it’s not uncommon for jumpers to start their campaigns on the flat, it is rare to see one the calibre of Self Sense running at Randwick. The David Brideoake-trained gelding runs in Saturday’s Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) with the Sydney Cup and the famous Warrnambool jumps carnival in his… Read More »
Debut winner Microphone will need to overcome the outside barrier draw if he is to remain unbeaten in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview for colts and geldings at Caulfield. The Godolphin-owned colt has barrier 13 for Saturday’s 1000m race which is one of two Blue Diamond Previews on the program… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke has elected to keep his Golden Slipper hopefuls apart and will run only Alligator Blood in the $125,000 2YO Classic Plate at the Sunshine Coast. Vandyke had nominated Alligator Blood and Iamican. But he will keep Iamican for Eagle Farm on Saturday week. Vandyke has high hopes… Read More »
Racing Queensland is closely monitoring water supplies at race clubs as an unseasonal dry spell takes hold in the state’s southeast. Toowoomba is the first to be impacted with Friday’s meeting transferred to Warwick. The Toowoomba track had a recent refurbishment and had not been used for more than a… Read More »
Four Group One winners headline the field for the Group Two Australia Stakes at The Valley including Malaguerra who will be aiming to win the weight-for-age race for a second time. A field of 10 has been declared for Friday night’s feature under lights with the other elite-level winners in… Read More »
