Glyn Schofield and James McDonald will each miss one Saturday meeting because of careless riding in the Group Two Missile Stakes. But the two jockeys will be back for August 18, the first Group One meeting of the new season featuring the Winx Stakes after electing to begin their bans… Read More »
A late decision to run Call Me Handsome at Moonee Valley has paid off for the gelding’s connections, with the six-year-old snapping a recent run of placings to land his first win of his current preparation. Call Me Handsome had finished in the placings in his first three starts this… Read More »
Pierata has vanquished his Kementari demons and staked a claim for a slot in the $13 million Everest with his win in the Group Two Missile Stakes. The Greg Hickman-trained Pierata finished second twice to Godolphin’s Kementari in the autumn in the Group Two Hobartville Stakes and Group One Randwick… Read More »
A slow and steady approach with French import Avilius has paid off with the gelding making an impressive winning debut at Randwick after almost a year away from the track. Formerly trained by Andre Fabre, Avilius is now with Godolphin’s head Australian trainer James Cummings. He had two barrier trials… Read More »
Leading apprentice Jackson Murphy has put aside the disappointment of a hefty suspension to ride the feature double at Doomben. Murphy was suspended for 15 days at Gatton on Friday after he pleaded guilty to causing interference. However, he put the disappointment of that suspension behind him to win the… Read More »
Victorian stayer Red Alto has beaten the odds and an army of Chris Waller-trained horses to score a determined win at Randwick. Brent Stanley was the only trainer to take up the challenge against Waller, who fielded nine of the 10 runners in Saturday’s Cindy Sullivan Memorial Handicap (2400m). When… Read More »
Multaja has stamped herself as a filly on the rise with a dominant win at Moonee Valley to remain unbeaten from two starts. The Godolphin-owned, James Cummings-trained filly cruised home to win by 3-1/2-lengths on debut at Werribee in April and made her return in Saturday’s SAJ Fruits Handicap (1000m)… Read More »
Progressive mare Naantali has given the newly formed training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace a city win at the opening metropolitan meeting of the new season. Eustace had been Maher’s assistant but was elevated to co-trainer from the start of this season, which began on Wednesday. Reserve Street… Read More »
Winx has made a cameo appearance at Randwick ahead of her return to the track to run in the race named in her honour. Trainer Chris Waller opted to bring her from Rosehill for a day out and a gallop, hoping the Randwick track might have a little more give… Read More »
Syndicate head David Dawson was quick to pay tribute to trainer Stuart Kendrick after speedy Tarzan scored another all the way win at Doomben on Saturday. Tarzan ($5) made it 11 career wins from 27 starts when he beat Cannyescent ($14) by a half length with 1 1/4 lengths to… Read More »
The Brent Stanley-trained Mig Energy has made an immediate impact in his first race appearance with a stylish win at Moonee Valley. Mig Energy ran in two barrier trials earlier this year before being gelded and Stanley said the three-year-old had come back a smart horse, impressing in a recent… Read More »
Troubled mare Linlithgow has again emphasised just how good she could have been but for a string of injuries with an easy win at Doomben. Linlithgow ($3.30) made it three wins and a second from four starts when she won Saturday’s Diversity Dash (1110m) in a class record 64.18 seconds…. Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Matt Kropp’s trip across the Tasman in search of a young staying type horse has paid off with Trusty Lad at Doomben. In a thrilling finish to a five-horse race on Saturday, Trusty Lad ($13) beat Red Stina ($2.50) by a nose with a short head to Tatcee… Read More »
The time has arrived for Jarrod McLean to test Cougar Express at the highest level. The Warrnambool trainer has kept Cougar Express away from the better performed jumpers in the lead-up to Sunday’s $250,000 Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. After three hurdle runs towards the end of last year’s jumps… Read More »
While other people talk about the prospects of Pierata getting a start in the $13 million Everest, his trainer Greg Hickman is concentrating on the horse delivering on his Group One promise. Pierata is among the favoured runners in Saturday’s Group Two Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick which is being… Read More »
Trainer John Price has some trepidation ahead of the city debut of All In Brawl at Moonee Valley. An impressive debut winner on the Geelong synthetic track last month, All In Brawl lines up in the Essendon Mitsubishi Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The colt is also an acceptor for Sandown… Read More »
German import Vive Marie will make her Australian debut at Randwick, with new trainer Kris Lees hoping to see an encouraging introduction to Sydney racing from the lightly raced mare. Vive Marie, who will race in the colours of syndicator Australian Bloodstock, won one of her seven starts in Germany,… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is preparing for one of his biggest attacks on the spring carnivals but his immediate focus is getting handy sprinter Prompt Return back in the winners list at Doomben. Edmonds hopes a return to the gelding’s favoured track will help him in Saturday’s Tim Bell… Read More »
Lindsay Park’s Tom Dabernig expects Ennis Hill’s class to take her a long way in her return race at Moonee Valley despite the early season sprint being a stepping stone towards bigger targets. Ennis Hill was a Group Three winner as a juvenile, taking out the Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at… Read More »
In-form apprentice Jackson Murphy is expected to help overcome problems for key runners in the two open company races at Doomben. Murphy will ride Tarzan in Saturday’s Tim Bell Memorial Open Handicap (1110m) and Sabkhat in the Eureka Stud Open Handicap (1630m). Tarzan is poorly drawn in barrier nine which… Read More »
