Craig Williams has taken a big step in his quest for a seventh Melbourne jockeys’ premiership with a winning treble at Sandown. Williams started Wednesday’s meeting two wins ahead of Damian Lane and victories on Ben Hercules, Legale and Villardo in consecutive races in the first half of the meeting… Read More »
As the season draws to a close, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable has showcased a couple of talented rising three-year-olds to win both juvenile events at Canterbury. Echo Gem won Wednesday’s fillies division over 1250 metres while Master Ash reigned supreme among the colts and geldings. Waterhouse’s association… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has brought up a milestone and given himself a chance at another with a winning treble at Ipswich. Gollan reached 1000 wins with Capital Connection ($1.30) and Prue’s Angel ($1.65) and Natch ($2.90) to his tally on Wednesday. He now has 82 city-class winners for… Read More »
Eight-year-old Rhythm To Spare will be trying for the third time to win a Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington. Rhythm To Spare has finished fifth in the past two editions of the Listed 1600m race at Flemington which is one of the highlights of winter racing in Melbourne. The… Read More »
Former Group One winning jockey Gary Doughty has had his first metropolitan win as a trainer with Bold Warrior at Ipswich. Doughty retired from riding 18 years ago after suffering an eye injury in a fall. He has since been stable foreman for his wife Kelly Doughty but took out… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Lauren Herne is preparing to head north for the winter carnivals but hopes to first achieve a goal in Brisbane. The wife of Brisbane trainer Brad Herne, Lauren Herne has been training in her own right for several months. She is a former accomplished jockey who rode… Read More »
Fresh from bringing up a century of winners for the season, Jamie Mott has scored a satisfying win at Sandown on lightly raced two-year-old filly Humma Humma. Mott brought up his 100th and 101st winners of the season at Geelong on Tuesday and continued the momentum in the opening race… Read More »
Picnic racing returns to Brisbane with about 5000 people expected to attend a meeting at the Deagon track. The Deagon picnic meetings were the brain child of the late racecaller Wayne Wilson who saw picnic meetings were a great success in NSW and Victoria. Deagon was one of Brisbane’s main… Read More »
Planning is underway for a new all-weather synthetic training track at Randwick. The Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW have begun the process which means all four Sydney courses, Randwick, Canterbury, Rosehill and Warwick Farm will have synthetic tracks. The ATC and Racing NSW are also preparing plans for a… Read More »
Trainer Symon Wilde will have a close look at the weather forecast before deciding if Inn Keeper runs in the All Victorian Sprint Series Final or waits for the . Inn Keeper has won seven of his nine starts and is unbeaten in four races this campaign, the most recent… Read More »
Jamie Mott has become the third jockey to reach 100 Victorian wins this season, bringing up the milestone at Geelong. Mott rode a double on Tuesday with the first of his winners for the day on three-year-old gelding Frankiedee in a maiden taking him to a century for the season…. Read More »
Danny Williams will again call on claiming apprentice Sam Weatherley to reduce She Knows’ weight when the filly returns to Randwick. The three-year-old has been given 61.5kg in Saturday’s Benchmark 80 over 1000 metres, a weight her trainer is not overly happy believing she is paying the price for her… Read More »
The way Goldifox has hit the line in her two starts this preparation has co-trainer Troy Corstens upbeat about the two-year-old’s prospects of breaking through for her first win in the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington. Goldifox has finished runner-up over 1200m and 1400m in her two starts… Read More »
Impeccably bred Skyray is scheduled to run at Canterbury but his trainer Clarry Conners has a few misgivings. Conners would prefer not to run him on the heavy track on Wednesday and is hoping it can improve with warmer weather in Sydney. He is also unhappy with his wide barrier… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has paid tribute to the role Al Shaqab Racing played in rejuvenating his career after announcing he will no longer be the owner’s retained rider in Britain. The 47-year-old initially took the job as main jockey for Al Shaqab in June 2013 after splitting with long-term retained owner… Read More »
Another midweek race at Sandown is the next step for emerging stayer Hang Man who is a short-priced favourite to continue on his winning way in his first Australian preparation. The lightly raced Mike Moroney-trained import has three victories from his five starts in Australia, including his past two at… Read More »
Harry Angel has recovered from the injury he suffered at Royal Ascot and is in full work ahead of a possible defence of the July Cup which will also feature Australian sprinter Redkirk Warrior. The Clive Cox-trained Harry Angel was favourite to claim his third Group One success in the… Read More »
Having put a space on his rivals at his most recent start, Magic Consol will now try to break his Flemington duck in the Listed Winter Championship Final. The eight-year-old gelding turned in a career-best win in the Travis Harrison Cup (1600m) at Moonee Valley on June 16, scoring by… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Smith has no regrets about missing a stakes opportunity with Plymouth Road believing the gelding has plenty of time to get to that level. After his dominant win over 2400 metres at Randwick on June 23, connections were tempted to back up in Saturday’s Listed Winter Cup at… Read More »
All eyes will be on exciting sprinter Nature Strip when he heads to Flemington for the Listed A R Creswick Series Final. Nature Strip toyed with his rivals in a handicap for three-year-olds over 1100m at Flemington last Saturday week, in near course record time, at his first start since… Read More »
