Veteran sprinter Steel Zip has been retired and will start a new career as a show horse. The now-almost-white grey gelding had a cult following in Brisbane where he had 87 starts for 11 wins and 21 minor placings, reaping $948,100 prize money. He had 53 starts in stakes or… Read More »
The new nine-day deferment rule recently brought into Victoria will allow jockey Mark Zahra to ride at upcoming feature meetings. Zahra was suspended for eight meetings at Moonee Valley on Friday night for careless riding aboard Chess Star in the opening race. The deferment allows Zahra to ride next Saturday… Read More »
The Gold Coast Turf Club hopes to attract speed horses from around Australia by offering an unusual prize for the wining trainer of its Bat Out Of Hell race. The club will give the winning trainer a Harley Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle as a prize. The Bat Out Of Hell… Read More »
Quilista has opened her Sydney autumn campaign in style by securing coveted black-type in the Group Three Birthday Card Stakes at Rosehill. Perth trainer Justin Warwick transferred the four-year-old to Darren Weir with the goal of boosting her potential as a broodmare and Victoria’s leading trainer delivered to cap a… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Jason Waddell and Victorian John Allen have been suspended for incidents in the Rosehill Guineas. Waddell lost second place in Saturday’s Group One race on NZ Derby winner Vin De Dance on protest from fourth-placed Furore’s jockey Brenton Avdullah for interference in the straight. Vin De Dance… Read More »
Estijaab has overcome a wide barrier to win the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill. Ridden by Brenton Avdulla, Estijaab led all the way to beat Oohood and Sunlight in an all-fillies finish to the world’s richest two-year-old race. The victory gave trainer John Hawkes and his sons their second… Read More »
Imported galloper Kings Will Dream has earned a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup by spacing his rivals in the Mornington Cup. Irish-bred Kings Will Dream remains unbeaten in Australia with his win on Saturday and extended his winning streak to five since being purchased by his Australian connections and… Read More »
Trainer Kevin Kemp isn’t worried about whether Mr Marbellouz makes the field for the rich Weetwood Handicap, despite the gelding’s brilliant win on Saturday. Mr Marbellouz ($1.45 favourite) made it four wins in a row and six wins from seven career starts in the Mandate Class 6 (1200m) at Doomben…. Read More »
The most expensive horse in the Golden Slipper has won the world’s richest race for two-year-olds to give trainer John Hawkes a fourth win and jockey Brenton Avdulla a first. Estijaab cost $1.7 million at the 2017 Easter Sale and also proved to be the fastest, flying out of her… Read More »
Tony McEvoy was philosophical after Sunlight succumbed to a rival filly she had beaten in the lead-up to the Golden Slipper. McEvoy secured both minor placings in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill, some consolation after Estijaab avenged a narrow loss to Sunlight in the Group Two Silver Slipper… Read More »
After a few near misses and hard-luck stories, the Ben Smith-trained In Her Time has snared a deserved Group One win in The Galaxy at Rosehill. In Her Time had been knocking on the door with three Group One placings in the past year and the mare got her time… Read More »
Stellar Collision has well and truly shrugged off his pretender tag with a narrow but stylish win at Mornington. Perfectly handled by Dean Yendall, Stellar Collision claimed a second stakes race win when taking out the Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Trainer Darren Weir said the sprinter was being… Read More »
Tough galloper First Crush defied his usual racing pattern to continue trainer Chris Munce’s great run of success at Doomben. Munce has had nine overall winners in the past month and five metropolitan winners at the past three Saturdays. First Crush ($4.80) led all of the way to beat Honey… Read More »
The best horse in the world has given the fans what they came for with Winx claiming a world-record 17th Group One win in the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. Her winning streak stands at 24 after Saturday’s George Ryder win against five well-credentialed rivals who made her work a… Read More »
D’Argento has emphatically answered a distance doubt trainer Chris Waller had on the colt, winning the Rosehill Guineas brilliantly on his home track. Giving Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman their second Group One win for the day on Saturday after champion Winx’s George Ryder Stakes, D’Argento powered home out wide… Read More »
Veteran Bodega Negra has beaten the threat of retirement and earned himself a start in the Toowoomba Cup with his first win in more than a year at Doomben. It was the first time Bodega Negra struck a wet track after five times of late he was headed to the… Read More »
Victoria’s master trainer Darren Weir has secured his first Group One in Sydney, and now sets his sights on a quickfire double with Gailo Chop. After the seven-year-old gelding’s commanding win in the Ranvet Stakes (2000m), there was no hesitation in challenging Gailo Chop to return to Rosehill for next… Read More »
Jockey Damian Lane has rebounded straight away to win the Manion Cup at Rosehill on Master Of Arts after being dislodged at the start of the previous race. Lane steered the Darren Weir-trained Master Of Arts to victory in the 2400m race, 35 minutes after he came off Harlow Gold… Read More »
Five Golden Slipper contenders will undergo veterinary examinations after being held up in traffic on the way from Randwick to Rosehill. Written By, Santos, Long Leaf, Ef Troop and Qafila were stuck in their floats in the M5 tunnel because of an accident. Written By is the second favourite behind… Read More »
Jockey Jim Byrne is confident with time filly Shamurt can join several others from the Tony Gollan stable as top flight gallopers. Shamurt ($4.20) shared the lead to the turn and then came again to beat Grand De Lago ($6.50) by a half neck in the Mandate Two Year Old… Read More »
