Jockey Skye Bogenhuber gets a chance to win a second stakes race for the winter on another of her favourite horses at Caloundra. Bogenhuber had her first ride in a Group Two race when she won the Moreton Cup on The Monstar at the Sunshine Coast on June 2. She… Read More »
Joe Pride has revised some of his expectations for the stable’s Rosehill runners with the prospect of a slightly better than expected track. The track was in the soft range on Thursday two days out from the meeting with the Pride team headed by Destiny’s Kiss in the Listed Winter… Read More »
Imported gelding Al Galayel made an instant impression in his Australian debut and looms as the shortest-priced favourite on the program for his next test at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher-trained Al Galayel stepped out for his local debut at Sandown earlier this month in a midweek benchmark-70 and did what… Read More »
Jockey Damian Browne has only one reservation as he chases a Caloundra Cup victory at the Sunshine Coast on Megablast. Browne was furious on Wednesday when stewards suspended him for two months on a handling charge involving Fighting Teo who was unplaced as favourite in a race at Caloundra three… Read More »
Craig Newitt will make the trip to Melbourne to continue his association with Tasmanian filly Derasa at Caulfield and is confident the filly has the quality to overcome the outside barrier. Tasmanian-based Newitt came to Melbourne earlier this month to ride the Barry Campbell-trained Derasa in a 1000m-sprint for three-year-olds… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is in two minds about the weather as he prepares for the biggest day of the year on his home track. Kendrick has seven acceptances on Saturday but his best chances appear to be smart filly Italia Bella in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m)… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla has secured a short-term contract to ride in Japan. Avdulla will take up the challenge on August 4 and will be riding for leading trainer Yasutoshi Ikee with Katsumi Yoshida his contracted owner. Ikee was the original trainer of Tosen Stardom who now races in… Read More »
Giant galloper Fighting Teo will take on stakes class in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas on the recommendation of his regular trackwork rider Nozi Tomizawa. Fighting Teo was the centre of a stewards’ inquiry when jockey Damian Browne was suspended for two months on a handling charge on Wednesday…. Read More »
Spurred on by the chance to claim a seventh Melbourne jockeys’ premiership, Craig Williams has regained the lead in this season’s title race after a winning double at Moonee Valley. Williams started Wednesday’s meeting one win behind Damian Lane who was not riding at the meeting and will also miss… Read More »
Champion Winx has been odds-on favourite for 24 of her past 25 starts and nothing has changed in the lead-up to her next campaign. The mare is at $1.10 to win the race renamed in her honour, formerly the Warwick Stakes which has also been upgraded to Group One status… Read More »
Chris Waller has already set a Sydney training record this season but is not resting on his laurels with a strong winter team to represent the stable at Rosehill. The weather will play a part in determining if all will run including Invinzabeel, the most favoured of the five stable… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has responded to a challenge from Sydney jockeys’ premiership rival Blake Shinn in the best possible way with a winning double at Canterbury. Chasing his maiden title, Avdulla took an 11-win lead into the meeting on Wednesday but it was Shinn who struck first. Shinn had an armchair… Read More »
After a successful first racing preparation, Group Two winner Summer Sham is back from a spell and ready to kick off her latest campaign in sprint race for fillies at Caulfield. The Danny O’Brien-trained Summer Sham has won three of her four starts, highlighted by her victory in the Group… Read More »
Co-trainer Sheila Laxon recalled one of her most unpleasant experiences in racing after Checkmate Lad scored a strong staying win at Doomben on Wednesday. Checkmate Lad ($4.60) finished too strongly for Slaughter Bay to win a Maiden over 2200m. Laxon, who trains the colt with John Symons, bred Checkmate Lad… Read More »
Trainer Shea Eden and jockey Craig Williams believe there is plenty of upside to two-year-old filly Bright Eyes who has claimed a city win at Moonee Valley at her second race start. Bright Eyes finished fourth on debut over 975m during the three-day Swan Hill carnival earlier this month but… Read More »
As a former footballer, Chris Anderson knows all about the ups and downs in sport. Anderson is hoping the wheel of fortune will turn to the lucky side when his three-year-old Mishani Bullitt runs at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Mishani Bullitt returns to the scene of his best run… Read More »
Damian Browne has been suspended for two months after being found guilty on a handling charge out of a Caloundra meeting. Stewards opened an inquiry after Browne’s mount Fighting Teo ran sixth on June 1. It was adjourned to Wednesday where further evidence was taken from Browne and trainer Kevin… Read More »
Regan Bayliss has been booked to ride Redkirk Warrior in the July Cup at Newmarket with the Lindsay Park team hoping to erase the memory of his unplaced effort behind Merchant Navy in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Tom Dabernig says he and fellow Lindsay Park trainers David… Read More »
Gold Coast Turf Club chief executive Steve Lines is confident his club’s newly acquired management rights of the Beaudesert racetrack will be an outstanding success. The Beaudesert club has been in financial trouble in recent times as well as having some internal friction. The members voted overwhelming to hand the… Read More »
While the build-up to the spring is already intensifying, trainer Gerald Ryan has some unfinished winter business with stable favourite Red Excitement. The consistent gelding will run in Saturday’s Listed Civic Stakes (1350m) at Rosehill as long as the track remains soft and doesn’t deteriorate. “Provided we don’t get a… Read More »
