Talented sprinter Nature Strip could be a starter in a heat of the A R Creswick Series at Flemington if he pleases new trainer Darren Weir in a gallop. Nature Strip will be entered for the 1100m-race on Saturday, but a gallop on Monday will determine whether the gelding takes… Read More »
Star jockey Matt McGillivray is set to be reunited with his old boss Craig Smith when he rides Timetus in the $100,000 Battle of The Bush final at Doomben. Racing Queensland has launched the series in an effort to boost interest in country racing and there have been 16 heats… Read More »
Joao Moreira has become the fifth rider to reach 700 winners in Hong Kong but a treble at Sha Tin has not been enough to close in on Zac Purton’s premiership lead with his rival also producing three winners. Moreira, who is to relocate to Japan in the new season,… Read More »
Ongoing delays with a return to racing at Eagle Farm are expected to mean more Saturday meetings at the Sunshine Coast in the new season. Racing Queensland is working on plans for metropolitan racing and barrier trials to cover for Eagle Farm which has been dormant for most of the… Read More »
Marmelo has continued his build-up to a second crack at the 2018 Melbourne Cup with victory in the Listed Grand Cup at York. The Hughie Morrison-trained Marmelo, who finished ninth as equal favourite in last year’s Cup, was sent out the 11-8 favourite in the 2800m-race on Saturday (Sunday AEST)… Read More »
High-profile jockeys Jeff Lloyd and Kerrin McEvoy will ride at the Tatt’s Tiara meeting before both spend time on the sidelines serving careless riding suspensions. Lloyd was outed for causing interference in a race at Ipswich on Saturday while McEvoy incurred his ban at Rosehill. They both pleaded guilty and… Read More »
Class has told as Tradesman gave Australia’s premier trainer Darren Weir his first win at the Ipswich racetrack when he took the Listed Ipswich Cup. Weir had had four previous Ipswich runners without success but Tradesman ($1.80) had too much class and won a fight up the straight to beat… Read More »
Jockey Craig Williams has shed a tear after guiding Magic Consol to victory in a race named in his cousin’s honour at Moonee Valley. Williams won Saturday’s Travis Harrison Cup on the heavily backed $4 favourite, which scored a runaway seven-length win. Harrison was killed in a car accident while… Read More »
Manolo Blahniq will join the tail end of the Queensland winter carnival after producing a dogged victory at Rosehill. The Mornington-based gelding justified trainer Tony Noonan’s decision to go north early in this preparation by claiming the Sydney’s West App Handicap (1300m) second-up. Noonan says the Listed Glasshouse Quality (1400m)… Read More »
Chris Waller-trained import My Nordic Hero has broken through for his first Australian win after knocking on the door in his recent starts. My Nordic Hero was given the right run by Michael Walker in Saturday’s GJK Facility Services Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley, scooting through along the fence and… Read More »
A plan hatched six months ago has come to fruition, with Magic Alibi winning the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich. Jockey Michael Cahill was able to get across to near the rails from a wide barrier on Magic Alibi ($9.50) and she finished too well to beat Foxy Housewife… Read More »
Striking grey Albumin appears to have found his niche, scoring his second win from as many starts this campaign at Rosehill. Having been previously tried up to 1400m, the Gerald Ryan-trained Albumin backed up his 1100m victory two weeks ago with another on Saturday to boost his record to four… Read More »
Trainer Shaun Dwyer has lofty plans in mind for Miss Leonidas after her explosive win at Moonee Valley. The three-year-old was sent off a $3 favourite in Saturday’s Embassy Print Solutions Sprint on Saturday, racing away to a six-length win. Dwyer plans to spell Miss Leonidas before a spring campaign… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan could barely contain his glee when tough gelding I’m A Rippa sailed over the $1 million mark by winning the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich. Gollan has trained two previous horses to be millionaires – the Boom brothers, Spirit Of Boom ($2.4 million) and Temple… Read More »
Godolphin gelding Flow could be in line for a return to stakes grade after making a successful racing comeback at Rosehill. Almost 12 months after he secured his only black type through a third in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas, the four-year-old lobbied for a step up by claiming… Read More »
After missing out on a start in a Group One race in Queensland, bargain buy Widgee Turf has returned to Melbourne racing with a narrow but impressive win at Moonee Valley. Bought for $4500 as a weanling, Widgee Turf’s victory in Saturday’s Catanach’s Jewellers Plate (1200m) took the four-year-old gelding’s… Read More »
Although he is the country’s leading Group One trainer, Chris Waller has paid tribute to next-level horses such as Black On Gold who keep the stable at the top of the tree in Sydney. Black On Gold’s win in Saturday’s Kensei Handicap (2000m) at Rosehill gave Waller 169 metropolitan wins… Read More »
Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller has amassed 300 winners in a season for the first time as the milestones continue to mount for the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame inductee. Success through In Times Of War on the Gold Coast enabled Waller to post a triple century nationwide then Chatelard… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has reached a milestone of the most winners he has had in a season after Envy Of All won at Ipswich. With Jeff Lloyd aboard, the filly came from mid-field to score an impressive victory in the Cooney Three-Year-Old Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. Lees had a… Read More »
La Chica Bella might have a few peculiar traits but there is no denying her ability, with the mare adding to her record with a strong victory at Rosehill. Trainer Joe Pride has her pretty much worked out but admits she keeps him on his toes. “She’s pretty quirky and… Read More »
