Darren Weir says it takes a decent horse to be a three-time Group One winner. Humidor joined those ranks on Saturday taking out the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield to go with previous Group One victories in the Makybe Diva Stakes and Australian Cup. The gelding also pushed Winx in last… Read More »
Consistent performer Call Me Handsome has graduated to better company with an all-the-way win in the Heatherlie Stakes at Caulfield. The victory on Saturday has opened up options for the former Hong Kong-trained galloper. Sent off the $2.70 favourite under Craig Williams, Call Me Handsome scored a long neck win… Read More »
Redzel has made an emphatic statement by kicking off his defence of the $13 million Everest with victory in the Group Two Concorde Stakes at Randwick. His co-trainer Peter Snowden arrived with his lucky charm, grand-daughter Demi, but Redzel, the $2.30 favourite, needed little encouragement to first pick off Invincible… Read More »
Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir is planning to run Night’s Watch in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes on a seven-day back-up after the promising galloper raced to a soft victory at Caulfield. Next Saturday’s Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley also carries a ballot… Read More »
Gordon’s Leap has come from behind to give Port Macquarie trainer Lisa Sheppard one of the biggest wins of her two-decade training career at Randwick. The five-year-old gelding, who started at $17, shot through a gap to score by a short neck in the Highway Handicap (1400m) on Saturday from… Read More »
The Lord Mayor has cemented his place as a spring carnival player for trainer Chris Waller with a benchmark victory at Randwick. Waller will now set him on a path to the Group One Metropolitan Handicap on September 29 after he beat stablemates Quick Defence and Brimham Rocks in a… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Paul Nolan couldn’t be blamed for having a beaming smile after he won a metropolitan QTIS bonus race on Saturday. Nolan’s Spending My Time ($11) charged home to beat Racecourse Road ($6) by a half head in the Rhumba Beach Resort Handicap at the Sunshine Coast. The race… Read More »
Darren Weir has trained more than 3500 winners but landed a career-first when Mrs Gardenia and Bellaria dead-heated at Caulfield. The Weir-trained pair shared the spoils in Saturday’s Hockingstuart Handicap, the first time the trainer has had two horses from his stable dead-heat a race. “It’s a good way to… Read More »
Jockey Larry Cassidy was far from disappointed after favourite Order Again was beaten into second place at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Order Again ($2.25) loomed as the winner at the 250m but was outsprinted, going down a length to Prioritise ($4.40) with a nose to Glitra ($7) in third… Read More »
Last year’s Warrnambool Cup winner High Church has bounced back to winning form with a hard-fought victory in a staying race at Caulfield. The Darren Weir-trained gelding won the 2017 Warrnambool Cup and was later third in the Group Two PJ O’Shea Stakes in Brisbane last June before spending 11… Read More »
Reginae has caused an upset as heavy race favourite More Sundays disappointed in his Randwick debut. More Sundays, the $2 favourite, failed to fire in the ATC Heritage Society Handicap (1300m) after his impressive first-up win at Geelong, with Reginae powering to the post to score by 1-1/2 lengths on… Read More »
Gold Coast jockey Scott Galloway was happy he made the four-hour round trip for one ride at the Sunshine Coast when promising filly Belle Roc scored an impressive win. Sent out favourite, Belle Roc ($2.50) came from second last at the 600m to beat Sugar Sizzle ($8) by a short… Read More »
Winx has headed a Chris Waller-trained Group One line-up in race-day outings at Randwick ahead of their next assignments. The champion exerted her authority late in a 1000m jump-out against The Autumn Sun, Foxplay and Patrick Erin, clocking 33.97 seconds for her final 600 metres. Winx is scheduled to have… Read More »
Two confirmed Everest contenders will clash in the Concorde Stakes which looms as one of the highlights on the Chelmsford Stakes program at Randwick. Star sprinter Redzel makes his return in Saturday’s Group Three Concorde (1000m), a race he won last year during an unbeaten spring preparation which included victory… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy has ridden the winners of the two feature races at Wyong with Savatiano taking the Mona Lisa Stakes and Carzoff the Gold Cup. It was a first win in the Cup (2100m) for McEvoy and a sixth for Carzoff’s trainer Chris Waller on Friday. Carzoff ($6) benefited from… Read More »
The McNeil Stakes will launch the spring campaign of Group One-placed colt Bondi who is in Melbourne to target the Caulfield Guineas. Bondi raced seven times as a two-year-old, beginning with a second in Sydney’s first juvenile race of last season, the Breeders’ Plate in September and culminating in a… Read More »
The Australian arm of Godolphin is set to unveil the third of its Cups entries in a stakes race at Randwick. Imports Avilius and Best Of Days have already been seen in action while Mr Moonlight Magic runs for the first time in Australia in Saturday’s Group Two Chelmsford Stakes…. Read More »
Trainer Lloyd Kennewell has had six years of pleasure and pain with stable stalwart Heart Of A Lion. The nine-year-old begins his eighth campaign in Saturday’s Group Three Heath 1100 at Caulfield, his first outing since March. Heart Of A Lion has won 11 of his 35 starts since making… Read More »
Trainer Kevin Kemp has resisted the temptation to again head south with Fighting Teo and instead will test a theory he has about the giant gelding. Fighting Teo scored a last-start win over 2200m at the Gold Coast when he sat four deep for the whole way. The gelding will… Read More »
David Payne is not dwelling on Ace High’s less than flattering beginning to his campaign, with the trainer filing it away as one to forget. Ace High finished last of the 11 runners in the Winx Stakes (1400m) on August 18 won by the mare for whom the race was… Read More »
