It’s taken four years but Bjorn Baker believes he’s finally found the key to success with Egyptian Symbol. In contrast to previous visits to the Gold Coast, Baker took a different approach this year with Egyptian Symbol by aiming the mare for a first-up tilt at the Magic Millions Snippets… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell is keen to put O’Tauto on a path towards the Australian Guineas after the improving gelding raced to a hard-fought win at Flemington. Jockey Damien Oliver was forced to work overtime on $2.60 favourite O’Tauto who needed all of the Flemington straight to reel in his rivals… Read More »
Leading trainer Chris Waller was talking about a three-peat only minutes after his stayer Tumultuous became the third horse to win back-to-back $1 million Magic Millions Trophies on Saturday. Tumultuous ($4.20) was too strong at the end of the 2200m beating Goodfella ($5) by a neck with a long neck… Read More »
Linda Meech has created her own piece of history as the first dual licence holder to ride at Randwick and has made it count, winning the first two races on Star Fall and Smart As. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Star Fall had also been an acceptor for the… Read More »
Talented sprinter Chapter And Verse emerged as a Stradbroke Handicap contender after winning the Magic Millions QTIS Open at the Gold Coast. Jockey Mark Du Plessis gave trainer Desleigh Forster the green light to aim the four-year-old at feature races in Brisbane during this year’s winter carnival. “He could be… Read More »
Five-year-old gelding Silentz is continuing to build a handy winning record, claiming back-to-back city successes with a strong performance at Flemington. The Darren Weir-trained gelding was coming off a last-start win in a benchmark race at Caulfield on December 26 and capitalised on an ideal run just off the pace… Read More »
Jockey Dan Griffin confirmed his reputation as the “King of The Gold Coast” when he produced an outstanding ride to guide outsider Mr Markou to a shock win at the Gold Coast. Mr Markou ($81) drew barrier 17 but started from barrier 14 when he charged home to beat Reckless… Read More »
Godolphin colt Microphone has backed up some impressive recent jump-outs to score a narrow win on debut at Flemington. Microphone had boldly won two jump-outs at Flemington in the past few weeks and was sent out the $2.45 favourite for Saturday’s The Arbour Plate (1000m). With the field splitting into… Read More »
Promising filly Terminology scored a brilliant win at Magic Millions day, but for connections it was probably a year late. Terminology, the $2.70 favourite, continued the domination of Sydney horses in the $250,000 Magic Millions Maiden Plate (1200m) on Saturday when she beat Rock ($8) by a length with 1-3/4… Read More »
With Star Fall scratched from the Magic Millions Guineas and set to run at Randwick, his jockey Linda Meech will become the first dual licence holder to ride in Sydney. The Victorian-based Meech has five rides at Randwick with Star Fall the short-priced favourite in Saturday’s opening event, the January… Read More »
If recent trackwork is anything to go by, co-trainer Tom Dabernig is confident former West Australian mare Ellicazoom is set to give the Magic Millions Fillies And Mares race a shake at the Gold Coast. Ellicazoom resumes from an eight-week let-up in Saturday’s $1 million 1300m-race and will be out… Read More »
The countdown to Winx’s final campaign is set to begin with the first of two planned barrier trials at Rosehill. Winx is among 10 horses entered in the first heat on Tuesday with Group One winners Ace High and Alizee among her opponents in the 900m-trial. Although Winx has won… Read More »
Fresh from her first city win of the season in Melbourne, apprentice Chelsea Hall is set to ride in Sydney for the first time on fan favourite Jungle Edge. Hall notched a winner at Caulfield on Wednesday aboard Mystyko, the sixth metropolitan win of her career, and she is looking… Read More »
Victorian trainer Patrick Payne has renewed his association with big-race jockey Michael Cahill with two key runners at the Magic Millions meeting. Cahill will ride Zizzis ($2 million Guineas) and Husson Eagle (Magic Millions Cup) for Payne at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Regarded as one of Queensland’s best jockeys,… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is hoping smart sprinter Chapter and Verse can confirm his rating as a genuine winter carnival horse in the $1 million Magic Millions QTIS Open at the Gold Coast, Forster nominated Chapter and Verse for the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) and the Magic Millions QTIS race (1300m)… Read More »
Jay Ford and Christian Reith still have youth on their side but the pair will find themselves among the elder statesmen of the jockeys’ room at Randwick. Only a handful of regular Sydney senior riders will be in action at Saturday’s meeting with the bulk headed to the Gold Coast… Read More »
Stephen Baster is yet to ride Cabeza De Vaca in a race but is convinced the gelding only has to replicate his previous first-up performance behind champion Winx to give the Chester Manifold Stakes a shake. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Cabeza De Vaca will have his first start… Read More »
The inquiry into four alleged positive swabs from horses trained at Toowoomba by Ben Currie has been deferred to allow a legal issue to be resolved. The inquiry was to have begun in Brisbane on Monday but the date was vacated by consent in the Supreme Court on Friday. Currie… Read More »
The road to the Country Championships will start at Randwick for trainer Danny Williams when two of his leading chances resume in the opening race. Williams has earmarked Aquittal and Highway SixtySix for the $500,000 Final on April 6 with both set to kick off their respective campaigns in Saturday’s… Read More »
Tough filly Oh Five Glory is an outsider in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic but in the eyes of her co-trainer Peter Hulbert she should be one of the pin-up girls for the sales and race day at the Gold Coast. Oh Five Glory ran second at Doomben at her… Read More »
