Champion trainer David Hayes is confident Vega Magic is on target to defend the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield ahead of his shot to go one better in the $13 million Everest. Vega Magic returned to winning ways with a dominant performance in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan has stuck with Sydney jockey James McDonald for Outback Barbie in the Group Two Furious Stakes at Randwick. Outback Barbie was unlucky when second in the first leg of the four-race Princess Series, the Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes on August 18 when ridden by McDonald. The… Read More »
Former Victorian jockey Ryan Maloney is keen to keep the lid on the excitement about his move to Queensland while at the same time riding more winners. Maloney swept to the joint lead with Jeff Lloyd in the metropolitan jockeys premiership on 11 winners with a treble at Caloundra on… Read More »
Muntahaa has put himself in line for a trip to Australia for the 2018 Melbourne Cup with victory in Europe’s richest handicap to round off a fine week at the York meeting for trainer John Gosden. Gosden saddled two runners in the PS500,000 ($A875,000) feature and both were to the… Read More »
Leading trainer Darren Weir has criticised the way the Moonee Valley track raced despite landing the final event with all-the-way winner Theanswermyfriend. Surging to the lead in Saturday’s Harrolds Handicap, the $2.70 favourite Theanswermyfriend outran his rivals to win the 1519m event. “I can’t bag it (the track) after that… Read More »
Sparkling work on the training track has translated to a first-up win for Faatinah at Moonee Valley in his return to Australian racing. Faatinah was taken to Dubai for a campaign early this year and raced three times there for a win and a second before being unplaced in the… Read More »
While his trainer is trying to keep a lid on expectations and inevitable comparisons to Hartnell, Avilius is emerging as a genuine star for Godolphin with the former European recording his second win from as many Australian starts at Rosehill. The $1.75 favourite in Saturday’s Group Three Premier’s Cup (1900m),… Read More »
Brutal has graduated to stakes company at his second race start to claim a fighting win at Moonee Valley. The Hawes Racing-trained colt was looked upon as one of the safest bets on Saturday’s program in the McKenzie Stakes but it took him the length of the straight to deliver…. Read More »
Having waited four starts for the talented Danawi to break his maiden, trainer Tim Martin had his celebrations delayed twice, firstly by a lengthy decision on the photo-finish before a protest hearing. All’s well that ends well, with three-time runner-up Danawi now the winner of Saturday’s Group Three Ming Dynasty… Read More »
Lightly raced Divine Unicorn took the first step towards an ambitious plan to win the 2018 Caulfield Cup en route to a possible Hong Kong career with his win at the Sunshine Coast. Divine Unicorn ($4.80) made it five wins in nine starts when he wore down the favourite Bergerac… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees has put the polish on many elite horses with Graff working his way to the top of the list after keeping his unbeaten record intact in the San Domenico Stakes. Samantha Miss is at the top of the tree but Graff’s first appearance as a three-year-old has… Read More »
Some video study helped trainer Tony Gollan devise winning tactics for veteran Straturbo to post his first victory in nearly two years at the Sunshine Coast. Former Sydney galloper Straturbo ($26) got up by a nose to Tisani Tomso ($21) with a short head to Prompt Return ($5) in third… Read More »
Tiffany’s Lass has given her trainer Danny Laws the thrill of his career with a frontrunning win in a staying race at Moonee Valley. “To win a race at the Valley on a Saturday, it’s what you dream of,” Laws said after Stephanie Thornton guided Tiffany’s Lass to victory in… Read More »
Nothing can match a Melbourne Cup victory but Michelle Payne says training her first metropolitan winner rates as a close second. Payne, who won the 2015 Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance, also rode Sweet Rockette to victory in the MSG Signs Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday. “This is… Read More »
The lure of lucrative QTIS bonus money will see promising filly Hold The Line stay in Queensland instead of joining some of her stablemates for an interstate campaign. Hold The Line ($2.20) gave trainer David Vandyke his 11th win from his past 21 runners when she got up by a… Read More »
The jury is still out on whether Chautauqua will be given another chance after he came out of the gates last in a Rosehill barrier trial but picked up the field to run second. Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel says he and his panel will consider whether to… Read More »
Merriest has added to an already impressive second-up record with a determined victory at Moonee Valley. The Danny O’Brien-trained mare took her record to four wins from five attempts when second-up from a spell, holding off Tulip to take out Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1200m) by a long neck…. Read More »
One-time Group One contender All Too Soon has shown no signs of the injury which forced a premature end to her autumn campaign, scoring a decisive win at Rosehill. The David Payne-trained mare missed the Australian Oaks when she pulled up lame from the Vinery Stud Stakes amid fears she… Read More »
From Within finally lived up to the big early wraps on her and some strong trackwork with a brilliant win at Caloundra on Saturday. Now a four-year-old, From Within ($6) went straight to the lead and scored by two lengths to High Cost ($41) in the XXXX Take In The… Read More »
Stradivarius has scooped the inaugural Stayers’ Million ($A1.75m) bonus by completing a clean sweep of the series with victory in the Lonsdale Cup at York. Winner of the Yorkshire Cup, Ascot Gold Cup and Goodwood Cup, the top-class stayer, owned by Bjorn Nielsen, landed the bonus for connections with a… Read More »
