Compounding his last-stride defeat aboard Pierata in the All Aged Stakes, Tommy Berry has been suspended and fined for flouting the whip rules in the Group One race. Berry was hit with a $1000 fine for exceeding the legal number of times he was allowed to strike Pierata with the… Read More »
A proud Greg Hickman will farewell Pierata from his Warwick Farm stable with mixed feelings after the five-year-old went down by a half head in his final race start. Pierata, who will join the Aquis Farm stallion roster, was caught by Tofane on the line in his defence of the… Read More »
Tommy Berry has landed a consolation win aboard Greyworm in the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick, forty minutes after finishing a heart-wrenching second on Pierata in the sprinter’s final race. Chasing back-to-back wins in the Group One All Aged Stakes, Pierata surged to the front, only to be nailed by… Read More »
Tofane has crashed Pierata’s farewell party with a last-stride win in the All Aged Stakes to end Group One racing in Sydney for the season. Pierata ($5.50) gave his rivals the slip halfway down the straight with Tofane ($12) the one to give chase. Under hard riding from Opie Bosson,… Read More »
Trainer John Price says the stars had to be aligned for William Thomas to take out the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield. Coming back in distance, combined with a quick back-up and a fast pace has enabled William Thomas to come from last place before the turn to claim… Read More »
Matt Cumani made a conscious decision in establishing his stable after arriving from the United Kingdom that he wanted to show he could prepare two-year-olds. The Ballarat-based horseman did not want to be pigeon-holed as a trainer of distance horses and realised to be successful in Australia you needed winners… Read More »
Eight-year-old Life Less Ordinary has chased down Greysful Glamour to snare his first win in almost a year in the Group Three Japan Racing Association Plate at Randwick. One of six runners for Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller in the field of 12, Life Less Ordinary enjoyed a cosy run… Read More »
Gytrash has posted a decisive victory over multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the Group Three Irwin Stakes at Morphettville. Saturday’s meeting signals the start of the Adelaide carnival with the two star sprinters scheduled to meet again in the Goodwood next month. Trained by Gordon Richards, Gytrash has emerged… Read More »
A plan to revert to leading with wily veteran Sabkhat has resulted in an upset win at Doomben. Sabkhat ($21) led before hanging on to beat Magnufighter ($4.20) and Get Stuck In ($1.65) in a three way photo finish to the Bernborough Ascot Handicap (1650m). Nine-year-old Sabkhat hadn’t won since… Read More »
Coolmore’s decision to purchase a stake in King’s Legacy has delivered immediate success, the colt stamping himself one of the country’s best two-year-olds with a second Group One win in the Champagne Stakes. His narrow victory over game Victorian Glenfiddich has also given jockey Hugh Bowman a rare clean sweep… Read More »
So Si Bon has often teased but he finally lived up to his underlying ability with a decisive victory in the VOBIS Gold Mile at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park-trained galloper registered his fourth win on Saturday from 49 starts, but importantly did favourite backers a good turn. Punters had watched… Read More »
Michael Kent’s judgment about Kinane’s ability has been vindicated and fellow trainer Chris Waller is the beneficiary with the three-year-old an impressive Group Three winner at Randwick. Victorian handler Kent had planned an extended break from training to travel overseas and dispersed his horses to various trainers with Kinane ending… Read More »
Less than a week after landing his first professional win as a trainer, Mark Pegus has secured his maiden city success with Sentimentalist at Caulfield. Sentimentlist joined Pegus before his victory in last Sunday’s Stawell Cup and was back in action six days later to claim Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Heath…. Read More »
The Golden Eagle features in the spring plans for exciting filly Rubisaki who has capped an unbeaten three-year-old season with another stakes victory at Randwick. The Patrick Payne-trained Rubisaki made it six-straight wins this season in Saturday’s Group Three JHB Carr Stakes (1400m) but was forced to dig deep. In… Read More »
It has taken a while for Vainstream to finally break through for his first city success, landing the VOBIS Gold Sprint at Caulfield. Vainstream was lining up for his 26th start in Saturday’s 1200m sprint having previously won five races. Trained at Moe by John Pascoe, Vainstream won his first… Read More »
Matthew Dunn has won his share of Highway Handicap races but the NSW northern rivers trainer has celebrated a first Sydney win against metropolitan opposition with Snitz. Ridden a typically aggressive race by Nash Rawiller, Snitz ($12) camped at the flanks of leader Star Boy, quickly getting the better of… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan made two correct decisions to help filly Starosa score a strong win at Doomben. Starosa ($12) sat second for much of the race before bounding clear in the straight and holding on to beat the favourite Tumbler Ridge ($1.95) in the QTIS 2YO (1350m). Gollan had… Read More »
Fender’s Highway Handicap win has extended his unbeaten record to three which may or may not be a blessing for trainer Brett Cavanough. With interest in the three-year-old from Hong Kong already high, Cavanough might be farewelling the three-year-old sooner rather than later. The final day of the autumn carnival… Read More »
Claiming apprentice Maddy Wishart showed her maturing attitude to riding with a clever all-the-way win on Boom Boom Epic at Doomben. Wishart was able to take Boom Boom Epic ($4.40) to the lead and walked the first 1200m before sprinting home to beat Populist ($1.80) by a neck in the… Read More »
Racing Victoria has relaxed its segregation policy for a select group of jockeys to allow them to take part in jumpouts. The 21 jockeys have since last month been isolated from the remaining jockeys in the state on race day because of COVID-19 precautions. They have also been stopped from… Read More »
