The prize money on offer for young stayers was the catalyst for New Zealand trainer Paul Richards to bring Mazzuro to Victoria. The trip paid dividends at Sandown on Saturday when the $41 outsider scored in the Ladbrokes Cash Out Handicap. Ridden by Jye McNeil, Mazzuro defeated Mr Monaco ($26)… Read More »
There are better horses racing in Sydney but few more durable or popular than Destiny’s Kiss who has won the Listed McKell Cup as a nine-year-old at his 83rd start. Joe Pride has trained multiple Group One winners, recently retiring one of those, Terravista. But Destiny’s Kiss shows no signs… Read More »
Godolphin sprinter Impending scored his second Group One win on Saturday and will now return to the Doomben track in a fortnight with a chance to head to stud as a three-times elite level winner. Impending ($4.20) came from near the tail of the field to swamp Le Romain ($4.20)… Read More »
Jockey Michael Dee put the Doomben track dramas behind him to produce a flawless winning ride aboard Pedrena in the Group Three Glenlogan Park Stakes (1350m). Taking full advantage of the rails barrier, Dee had Pedrena ($10) travelling smoothly behind the leader Schism before sprinting to the lead at the… Read More »
As Live And Free rubber-stamped his presence in the Queensland Derby, Julie Manning’s joy was surpassed by a more significant victory. A part-owner of the developing stayer, Manning’s thoughts were soon with husband Gary, who watched the Wilson Asset Management Handicap (2000m) unfold from Forster Private Hospital. The couple were… Read More »
Trainer David Brideoake is loving his restored relationship with jumps racing. A former Australian member of show jumping teams in Europe, Japan and America, Brideoake first burst onto the thoroughbred scene in the late 1990s, primarily with jumpers. He drifted away from the sport after winning the 2003 jumps premiership… Read More »
Bastia has provided trainer Kris Lees with some consolation after promising colt Graff was a late scratching from the Group Two Sires’ Produce Stakes at Doomben. The four-year-old gelding notched the fourth win of his 17-race career when surging to a 2-1/4 length victory as the $3.50 favourite for the… Read More »
Trainer John Salanitri hasn’t had many jumpers go through his stable but whenever one arrives he invariably lands a feature race win. Don’t Be Shy won Saturday’s Australian Steeplechase at Sandown almost 10 years after Salanitri’s last jumper Derringer won the Grand National Hurdle at Flemington. “We never saw the… Read More »
Danny Williams’ confidence in She Knows has been rewarded with victory in the Highway Handicap at Randwick with the filly seemingly unperturbed by the 62.5 kilograms on her back.. The Goulburn trainer resisted the temptation to use a claiming apprentice, opting for the experience of Blake Shinn. Sent out second… Read More »
Premier trainer Chris Waller’s quinella in Saturday’s Group Two BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes has given him a stranglehold on an even bigger prize. The Sires’ Produce (1350m) was marred by two late scratchings at the barrier including the race favourite Graff while Mischieviousmarilyn broke down in the run. But Waller… Read More »
Duca Valentinois scored his first weight-for-age win in Saturday’s Lord Mayor’s Cup at Doomben but it might not be his last during the winter carnival. The strength the six-year-old showed at the end of the Lord Mayor’s Cup could tempt trainer James Cummings to back him up at the Sunshine… Read More »
Godolphin filly Savatiano might be set for a stakes race after her dominant win at Randwick. James Cummings has adopted a cautious approach with the three-year-old but the manner of victory in the McCarthy Homes Handicap (1200m) suggests a black-type race could be on the agenda. After Zonk’ blew the… Read More »
Tough stayer Rising Red showed he had developed the maturity to win a big stakes races with his victory in the Group Three Premier’s Cup at Doomben. Rising Red ($6.50) was given the run of the race by jockey Corey Brown before coming away to win by 1-1/4 lengths to… Read More »
Touch Of Mink has earned a return to stakes class with her odds-defying win at Randwick. The Matthew Smith-trained filly was sent out at $12 in Saturday’s Benchmark 78 handicap over 1400 metres and defeated the previously unbeaten Vontaine ($2.30 fav) by a half neck. Smith’s opinion of Touch Of… Read More »
The second foal of unbeaten Black Caviar has finished out of the placings at his debut at Sandown but didn’t disappoint those associated with the colt. Prince Of Caviar, ridden by Luke Nolen, was sent out third favourite at $5.50 in finishing fourth in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1200m),… Read More »
Champion trainer Darren Weir produced another masterstroke when Heavenly Thought emerged from midweek obscurity to win Saturday’s Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (2200m). TAB Fixed Odds reacted to Heavenly Thought’s win, slicing his Queensland Derby quote from $17 to $7. Heavenly Thought earned a trip north after winning against older… Read More »
The Autumn Sun has issued a warning to his rivals as the Group One JJ Atkins looms on the horizon for the talented colt. The Chris Waller-trained two-year-old confirmed his rating as a leading chance for the $600,000 JJ Atkins Stakes at Doomben on June 9 with a comprehensive victory… Read More »
Premier jockey Jeff Lloyd brought up 100 Queensland metropolitan winners with a patient ride on Tyzone at Doomben on Saturday. Lloyd didn’t panic when Tyzone ($4.20) got pushed back to near the tail of the field before coming with a well-timed run to beat Sword of Justice ($9) a short-head… Read More »
Order Of St George has won the Listed Saval Beg Stakes for the third year in succession at Leopardstown. Part-owned by Australian Lloyd Williams, Order Of St George was sent off the 1-10 favourite against four rivals and didn’t let his supporters down, beating last year’s runner-up Twilight Payment by… Read More »
The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has imposed a $90,000 fine to go with a life disqualification for Robert Smerdon over the trainer’s role in the Aquanita case. Racing Victoria had sought a maximum $100,000 fine in submissions to the RAD Board before penalties were handed down on May 10…. Read More »
