Julius Sandhu could not have wished for a better start to his training career. Holding his licence for about eight months and with four horses in work, Sandhu has produced three winners from just 16 starters, his latest coming with Princeton Spirit in Saturday’s Silver Thomas Hanley Plate (1200m) at… Read More »
Comeback galloper I Feel Good is headed for better things after going one better than last year and winning the $100,000 Winter Stayers Final at Ipswich. I Feel Good ($31) got up in the last stride to beat Ready For Danger ($5.50) by a short half-head in the 2150m race,… Read More »
My Blue Jeans seeks to graduate from Highway Handicap class in a fortnight after recording back-to-back wins for Goulburn trainer Danny Williams. The three-year-old gelding ticked off his maiden midweek at Canterbury in his previous start and the $10,000 purchase then made a convincing debut at Rosehill by finishing the… Read More »
A well-judged frontrunning ride from Jye McNeil has helped Single Note add a Saturday city victory to her name in her final racing preparation. The Robbie Griffiths-trained Single Note is scheduled to head to the breeding barn this spring but the trainer hopes the rising six-year-old can add a couple… Read More »
The 2K Thoroughbreds syndicate has confirmed it is a new force in Queensland racing with a quinella in the Bundamba Two-Year-Old Handicap at Ipswich. Michael Nolan-trained Unconditional ($10) beat the Chris Anderson-trained Tipping ($12) by 1-1/2 lengths on Saturday, with a further length to Parko ($3.40) in the 1100m race…. Read More »
Soon after watching two-year-old Ronstar suffer his first defeat, trainer Gary Portelli has gained compensation from the win of Nicci’s Gold at Rosehill. Ronstar was a well-beaten third in Saturday’s first race but Nicci’s Gold’s barnstorming run in the Ascot Restaurant Sale Handicap (1400m) 35 minutes later was rewarded when… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols has his eyes set on an early-spring target with Tahitian Dancer after her breakthrough win at Moonee Valley. Tahitian Dancer rode the pace before taking over while turning for home to win Saturday’s Ladbrokes Info Hub Handicap. Ridden by Clayton Douglas, Tahitian Dancer ($6) scored a three-quarter… Read More »
Well-bred Zamex has shown his appreciation for an even playing track by winning the Ipswich Mile. Zamex ($10) was one of four runners for trainer Matt Dunn in the 1666m race, which often produces a good future stayer. The gelding did the best of the quartet, beating Tony Gollan’s El… Read More »
Toulouse will attempt to follow stablemate Ace High’s path to the Group One Australian Derby next autumn after breaking his maiden at Rosehill. The two-year-old has responded positively to his recent gelding, with trainer David Payne nailing the quinella in the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Toulouse ($4.40)… Read More »
Fit For Purpose is headed back to stakes class after an impressive win at Ipswich. Jockey Matt McGillivray was able to get the gelding ($4.20) off the fence at the right time to beat Bluebrook ($6) by three-quarters of a length in the Ray White Ipswich Handicap (1350m) on Saturday…. Read More »
A stable first with a double at Dubbo has set trainer Gerald Ryan up for what he hopes is a good weekend in two states. Ryan sent Miss Celebration and Nuke to the NSW country track on Friday and both came away winners and the trainer has expectations for his… Read More »
Disqualified trainers Robert Smerdon and Stuart Webb have lodged appeals against their bans with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Have Your Say 🗣: Should they be given a lighter sentence? – Comment below Both trainers were outed last month after being found guilty of charges of race day treatment… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has issued a statement supporting its new chief steward after an allegation the Singapore based steward had a share in an Australian horse. Chadwick will take over from Allan Reardon as chief steward in Queensland from August. QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett issued a statement on… Read More »
Phillip Stokes expects the addition of blinkers will help keep Symphonette focused at the business end of the race when the filly makes her Melbourne debut at Moonee Valley. Adelaide-based Stokes has three horses set to compete at Moonee Valley on Saturday, starting with Symphonette in the Ladbrokes Info Hub… Read More »
Tegan Harrison will have to help rewrite the record books if she is to record her 12th career stakes win on Ecuador in the Ipswich Cup. Ecuador has 60kg in the Ipswich Cup (2150m) which means he will create a weight carrying record if he can win on Saturday. The… Read More »
Hobby trainer Gary Tobias admits to being spoilt at the beginning of his career when his first horse won at Casterton early in the new millennium. A linesman with PowerCorp, Camperdown-based Tobias thought training racehorses was easy but has since realised how wrong he was, waiting 12 years for his… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Beer has kept a close eye on the wet weather that’s been sweeping Victoria. The prospects of firmer footing at Moonee Valley over that at Albury on Monday means Gweneth will resume in the Epi Cafe Plate on Saturday. “I think going to Albury on Monday would have… Read More »
A decade ago South African jockey Keagan Latham won a Group One race in Abu Dhabi, the HH Presidents Cup on Dynamite. These days he is more likely to feature in race books for Kembla Grange, Muswellbrook or Nowra, and the well-travelled 30-year-old couldn’t be happier. After stints in Ireland… Read More »
Regan Bayliss considered Pilote D’Essai a genuine Caulfield Cup chance last year before the imported stayer was struck down by a tendon injury. Pilote D’Essai has been working his way back to full fitness in three runs back from more than a year on the sidelines and Bayliss is looking… Read More »
Group Two-winning New Zealand filly Spanish Whisper is set to join the Lindsay Park stable and will be aimed towards feature races in the spring. Spanish Whisper won the Group Two Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Matamata in February before finishing third in the Group One Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie… Read More »
