Trainer Tony McEvoy will chase a two-state fillies stakes double in the Quezette Stakes in Melbourne and Silver Shadow Stakes in Sydney. Oohood will try to shed her tag as arguably Australia’s best maiden when she resumes in Saturday’s Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. On the same… Read More »
Tough stayer First Crush is being aimed at another Cup race after his successful winter during which he won the Grafton Cup and finished second in the Caloundra and Ipswich Cups. Trainer Chris Munce has set First Crush for the Group Three Newcastle Cup (2300m) in mid-September via the Premier’s… Read More »
After a few weeks of waiting, Jordan Childs has been thrilled to get the chance to reunite with Blue Diamond winner Written By in a gallop at Sandown. And the jockey is suitably impressed. The Grahame Begg-trained Written By gave Childs the first Group One win of his career in… Read More »
Some of Queensland’s biggest racing names have volunteered to become slaves for a day in an effort to raise money for drought relief. Many in the state’s racing industry have been hit by the drought which also has a spin-off to the city. Organisers hope to raise thousands of dollars… Read More »
Hayley Turner has spearheaded the all-female team to victory in the Shergar Cup at Ascot and won the Silver Saddle by one point from Joao Moreira. The Girls team, comprising Turner, Hollie Doyle and captain Josephine Gordon, landed the team prize with a points total of 76, with the European… Read More »
Darren Weir has bounced back from a slow start, by his standards, in the new racing season, training seven winners at four racetracks across three states. Weir, who trained 491 winners around Australia last season, had only six winners to his name before racing on Saturday. He prepared four winners… Read More »
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller has had to wait until the last race at Rosehill to welcome a winner with a horse he believes can step up to Group One company. Paret lived up to his $2.70 favouritism to win Saturday’s benchmark 81 handicap over 1350m and stamp himself as… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has got it right in his first ride on quality sprinter Voodoo Lad, who has powered home to win the Group Three race at Flemington. Voodoo Lad settled at the back of the seven-horse field in Saturday’s 1200m sprint on the straight course before letting down… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan has put aside the disappointment of Legend Of Condor’s unplaced run in the Listed Rosebud to celebrate the resurgence of Harper’s Choice. Second to Jon Snow in the 2017 Australian Derby, Harper’s Choice was lumbered with a high benchmark for that performance and took until the end… Read More »
Brad Widdup’s second season in the Sydney training ranks has begun with a bang as stable star Sandbar picked off the first stakes race for three-year-olds. Widdup, a long-time foreman for Darley and Godolphin, was persuaded to branch out on his own by high-profile owner Damion Flower, who has established… Read More »
A plan to take advantage of an apparent lack of pace helped holidaying trainer Robert Heathcote get a quinella in the Brisbane BMW Open at Doomben. Heathcote’s pair of Ingeegoodbe ($6) and Ruling Dynasty ($5.50) shared the lead for virtually the whole race before Ingeegoodbe prevailed by a nose. Stable… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy completed an early two-state double with gallopers he hopes can line up in richer spring races. Just Rolling remains unbeaten in two starts after taking out the opening race at Morphettville on Saturday before Crockett showed a return to form by winning the VRC Member Abigail Bartlett… Read More »
A race-fit Bandipur has turned the tables on Prezado from their previous meeting last spring, scoring a determined victory in his return to Melbourne racing at Flemington. Bandipur had his first three starts of this preparation in Sydney, including a last-start win at Randwick, before trainer James Cummings sent the… Read More »
Fifteen months of frustration for trainer Brian Smith has been eased with Order Again scoring a strong win at Doomben. Despite being slow to jump Order Again ($5) swamped the field at the 200m to beat Time To Torque ($4.80) by 2-1/4 lengths in the Moda Events Portside Open Handicap… Read More »
Matt Dunn’s latest Highway Handicap winner has stamped himself as a contender for the $1.3 million Kosciuszko. Lifesaver has become the Murwillumbah trainer’s 18th winner of the Highway races for country-trained horses with his victory over 1100 metres at Rosehill on Saturday. The lure of the big prize on the… Read More »
Lindsay Park has an early spring target for imported stayer Jaameh it hopes will lead to a bigger prize at Flemington. Senior trainer David Hayes said the Group Three The Bart Cummings at Flemington in October was the stable’s initial goal for Jaameh after his win in Saturday’s VRC Member… Read More »
Jockey Brad Stewart has questioned his own tactics after odds-on favourite Ef Troop was beaten into second place on his return at Doomben. Ef Troop ($1.45) sat four deep under 60kg for most of the race before going down by three-quarters of a length to Mittere ($41) in Saturday’s QTIS… Read More »
A defeat in a Magic Millions race earlier this year is credited with being the making of mare Shesees Everything who has won her first Saturday metropolitan race at Doomben. In January, Shesees Everything started $81 in the Magic Millions Maiden and was beaten a nose after striking trouble in… Read More »
Racing NSW has allocated $1 million towards assisting NSW thoroughbred racing participants who are suffering financial hardship because of the drought. The governing body’s chairman Russell Balding said Racing NSW had spent the past few weeks looking at ways to provide immediate assistance. “Racing NSW management for the past month… Read More »
The inquiry into alleged illegal activities at trainer Ben Currie’s Toowoomba stables is unlikely to be completed before the end of the month. Stewards originally charged Currie with 31 offences arising mainly out of a raid on his stables on the morning of the feature Weetwood Handicap meeting at Toowoomba… Read More »
