Lightly raced He’s The Deel’s staying bloodlines indicate he should be suited over 1800 metres at the Gold Coast although he is up in class. Trainer Stuart Kendrick admits he might be testing He’s The Deel a little early in Saturday’s QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap. “I know he is a maiden… Read More »
These days trainer David Payne concentrates on quality rather than quantity and his Rosehill stable comprises two and three-year-olds with the notable exception of dual Group One winner Ace High. Payne will saddle up debutant Peralta in the two-year-old race at Randwick on Saturday hoping he can show enough to… Read More »
After recently making the move from New Zealand, 27-year-old Joe Waldron is embarking on a new and exciting phase of his fledgling training career in Victoria. Waldron, who has been training for a couple of seasons, moved to Mornington about a month ago and is set to saddle up his… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds has called on last season’s leading apprentice Jag Guthmann-Chester to offset a big weight hike for classy sprinter Tyzone at the Gold Coast. Tyzone has been carrying close to the minimum weight in stakes races recently, finishing just behind the placegetters three times. But he has risen… Read More »
An investigation into the injury and subsequent euthanasia of The Cliffsofmoher during the Melbourne Cup has found it was a freak accident which could not have been predicted or prevented. The Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish horse broke down passing the winning post at Flemington on the first circuit, sustaining a fracture… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy’s chance to defend the Magic Millions Classic rests with Hills who has to win her way in at the Gold Coast. The filly runs in Saturday’s $100,000 QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap, the same race her stablemate Sunlight won a year ago before winning the $2 million Classic at… Read More »
Dual stakes-winning filly Nomothaj faces a campaign-defining race when she steps out at Caulfield after two defeats on rain-affected ground this preparation. Nomothaj won twice at Listed level in Melbourne during a four-start juvenile season but has been unplaced in her two starts as a three-year-old in November at Flemington… Read More »
Australian sprinter Faatinah has begun his latest stint in Dubai with victory over 1000 metres on the opening night of the Meydan carnival. The Lindsay Park-trained Sheikh Handam-owned Faatinah produced a powerful finish under Jim Crowley to go to the line 2-1/2 lengths in front of Hit The Bid on… Read More »
Apprentice Stephanie Thornton has lodged an appeal against the severity of a suspension for improper riding at a recent Moonee Valley meeting. Thornton was outed for 25 meetings after pleading guilty to improper riding aboard Belwazi during a 955m race on December 21, in which the sprinter finished fourth. The… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockey and ex-pat New Zealander James McDonald has made a fleeting visit to his homeland to boot home three winners at Te Aroha. McDonald went across the Tasman to ride at Thursday’s meeting primarily for trainers Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie who prepared the first two of his… Read More »
The new year brings with it a new and exciting challenge for young Victorian jockey Ben Thompson who is set to begin an overseas riding stint in Singapore. Thompson made a flying visit to Singapore in November to ride at two meetings and claimed victory in a Group Two race…. Read More »
Trainer Mick Price is keen to see Mastering over 1400 metres for the first time this preparation at Caulfield, believing the distance rise will be to the gelding’s liking. Four-year-old Mastering won a 1200m-race at Kilmore by six lengths first-up this campaign in his first start as a gelding before… Read More »
Gary Portelli would rather be sending Nicci’s Gold out at Warwick Farm on a soft track. Instead the trainer will take the mare to Randwick on Saturday to race on the Kensington track which is likely to be firm. Earlier this week, the meeting was switched from Portelli’s home track… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan will have many more high profile horses running in the next month but a win by Metis at the Gold Coast will give him a special buzz. The front-running Metis will be chasing a hat-trick of wins in the Aquis Farm Plate (900m) on Saturday. Gollan has… Read More »
A mishap in a float on the way to the races brought Just Hifalutin’s previous campaign to a premature end but trainer Enver Jusufovic has the mare ready to make her season return for her first start in almost six months. Five-year-old Just Hifalutin has not raced since finishing a… Read More »
Peter Hulbert is one of several trainers caught between a rock and a hard place trying to ensure their Magic Millions Classic contenders make the field. Oh Five Glory, trained by Hulbert and his son Will, runs in Saturday’s QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap (1100m) at the Gold Coast. The filly drew… Read More »
Visiting German jockey Martin Seidl has finally broken through for his first metropolitan success in Melbourne, riding Robe De Fete to victory at Sandown. Seidl has teamed with trainer Robbie Griffiths at Cranbourne and at one of his first meetings was narrowly beaten aboard Nothin’ Leica High at Sandown on… Read More »
Sun City is out of the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic with a leg infection but could still be a chance to run in the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper. The Tony McEvoy-trained colt was a $9 chance in the $2 million Classic at the Gold Coast on January 12 after… Read More »
Veteran stayer Destiny’s Kiss is nearing the end of his career but trainer Joe Pride will let him go out on his own terms. Pride admits he almost pulled the pin after the 10-year-old was buffeted on the home turn in Tuesday’s New Year’s Day Cup at Randwick. Naval Warfare… Read More »
Heath Conners says it’s a shame Sandown is not utilised more than as a midweek track for most of its racing. The Geelong-based trainer had just watched sprinter Villa Sarchi maintain a perfect Sandown record, coming from last to win Wednesday’s Spicer Thoroughbreds Handicap (1000m). Villa Sarchi won over the… Read More »
