Mike Moroney has yet to confirm plans for debut winner Hawker Hurricane and may bypass the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast to aim the colt at feature juvenile races later in the season. Hawker Hurricane won the $200,000 Magic Millions Clockwise Classic (1000m) at Ballarat on debut… Read More »
Popular stayer Who Shot Thebarman has run his last race with the veteran to see out his days in New Zealand. Starting out with trainer Mark Oulaghan in New Zealand before being sent to Chris Waller in Sydney, Who Shot Thebarman will likely spend time at Living Legends in Melbourne… Read More »
Trainer Jerome Hunter’s horses have an affinity with Moonee Valley he hopes will carry Our Luca to a winning hat-trick at the city circuit. Our Luca and stablemate Angry Gee contest Saturday’s Independent Turf Services Handicap while he has Belwazi lining up in the Spendthrift Australia Handicap. He was to… Read More »
Jockey Tye Angland remains in a serious but stable condition in intensive care in Hong Kong’s Prince Of Wales Hospital with the full extent of his injuries still to be determined. Angland was injured when his mount stumbled out of the barriers in a race at Sha Tin last Sunday…. Read More »
Having put together two-straight wins this preparation, the Symon Wilde-trained Mischa will be out to continue her progression when she returns to Moonee Valley. The filly takes on the males in a small field in Saturday’s Santa’s Workshop @ The Valley Handicap, a 1200m benchmark-70 for three-year-olds. Connections opted for… Read More »
Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will use a stakes race at Doomben to test the Magic Millions credentials of Whiskey Shooter. The stable has always had a good opinion of the filly, who won on debut at Canterbury before earning a spot in the Magic Millions Classic last January,… Read More »
Barn mates Destiny’s Kiss and Tamarack will line up in separate races at Rosehill on Saturday but the pair share a common summer carnival goal. Trainer Joe Pride is aiming both horses at next month’s Christmas Cup and while veteran Destiny’s Kiss is a near-mainstay in Sydney’s summer staying races,… Read More »
Summer specialist Most Important is set to officially join the millionaires’ club when he runs in the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben. Most Important has earned $966,525 from his 10 wins and 10 minor placings. He has actually returned his owners Linda and Graeme Huddy $1.4 million when… Read More »
After a false start to a highly anticipated international racing career Luck Favours is set to step out for the second time in a fillies race at Moonee Valley. Luck Favours was heading to Royal Ascot in June, but spiked a temperature on the day she was due to travel… Read More »
Father and daughter training partners Terry and Karina O’Sullivan have been disqualified until the start of 2020 after being found guilty on three cobalt related charges. The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Thursday disqualified the pair until December 31, 2019 after two horses returned excessive cobalt readings. Darragh, on… Read More »
Mick Kent is eyeing a summer staying feature with Oncidium Ruler who is set to continue his campaign at Moonee Valley. The trainer sees the Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year’s Day as the ideal target for the stayer. But first he will use Saturday’s Adapt Australia Handicap… Read More »
A year after landing a stakes double at the corresponding meeting, Jason Collett heads to Rosehill hoping history can repeat. Collett has mounts in all three feature races on Saturday including early Starlight Stakes favourite Marsupial for James Cummings and last-start winner Our Century for Kim Waugh in the Listed… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster has backed her opinion of three-kilogram claiming apprentice Jackson Murphy by giving him the ride on Conquermore in the Listed Mode Plate at Doomben. Murphy started the season riding plenty of winners but his impetus was stalled by a series of suspensions. He returned to form last… Read More »
James Winks has had a careless riding ban reduced on appeal for an incident in which fellow jockey Ethan Brown fell in a race at Moonee Valley. Winks was suspended for 24 meetings after being found guilty of careless riding aboard Embrace Me in a 1200m race last Friday night…. Read More »
Racing at Canterbury and Rosehill this weekend will be on rain-affected tracks but both have coped well with the deluge in Sydney. Despite almost 60mm of rain this week, Rosehill was just into the Heavy 8 range on Thursday morning, with at least one upgrade expected ahead of Saturday. Canterbury,… Read More »
I’ll Have A Bit forms part of a strong eastern states representation in the Winterbottom Stakes in Perth where the mare gets her second chance to snare a Group One win. The John McArdle-trained I’ll Have A Bit finished third in The Goodwood (1200m) in Adelaide in May, won by… Read More »
A return to racing around a bend and a cleaner bill of health is expected to bring an improved performance from Eurack in a sprint race at Moonee Valley. Eurack suffered her first defeat when she beat two runners home in the final race of the Melbourne Cup carnival at… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa has had nine winners in November and will produce potentially his best horse to start the new month at Doomben. Costa has established himself as a rising star of Queensland racing since moving north from Warwick Farm in Sydney 2-1/2 years ago. He has consistently… Read More »
Gary Moore says he wouldn’t dare repeat his famous sprint along the course proper straight if his horse Paquirri wins at Doomben. It would be an emotional win for the trainer as Paquirri will be the first runner he has had in the race named after his late father, the… Read More »
A fresh Smart Elissim gets the chance to showcase his Magic Millions Guineas credentials when he returns from a let-up at Moonee Valley. Big race ambitions during the spring carnival did not eventuate for Smart Elissim who had been in Sydney with a view to earning a crack at the… Read More »
