Bjorn Baker barely welcomed Crack Me Up to his team before heading to Melbourne, leaving Jason Collett to ensure the Doncaster Mile-bound gelding made the ideal first impression for the stable at Randwick. The in-from jockey at least had background with the four-year-old gelding, having ridden him to victory in… Read More »
Trainer Barry Baldwin put aside his frustrations with Glendara after the gelding finally won a stakes race at Doomben. Glendara, the $3.90 favourite, made a long run from the 600m and held on to beat Capetown Hussey ($4) by three-quarters of a length in the Listed Tattersall’s Members Cup (1640m)…. Read More »
Disappointment one week, cheers the next. That’s the scenario for the connections of Flippant. Sent out favourite when fifth at Caulfield last week, the mare returned to winning form on Saturday in the Group Three Frances Tressady Stakes. Providing Damian Lane with his first win for Peter and Paul Snowden,… Read More »
Winx has overtaken Black Caviar for Group One wins with a resounding return in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. The world’s best horse on turf posted her 16th victory at racing’s elite level to make it 23 consecutive wins. Winx’s eight rivals were no match for her speed as… Read More »
Santos remains Gai Waterhouse’s leading contender for a seventh Golden Slipper after his Skyline Stakes win with Melbourne trainer Mick Price introducing a filly to Sydney as he searches for his first. The Price-trained Seabrook ($7.50) upset the $4.40 favourite Fiesta in Saturday’s Sweet Embrace Stakes to stamp her claims… Read More »
David Hayes believes Hear The Chant has gone to another level this campaign and the trainer is keen to give the mare another crack at a feature race. Hear The Chant was a Group Three winner as a three-year-old and her connections gave the filly a shot at the Group… Read More »
The new trainer in charge of six-time Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams has hit the ground running. Since taking over at the helm of Macedon Lodge following the resignation of Robert Hickmott last year, Liam Howley has produced three runners for Williams, registering two wins and a second. After… Read More »
Trainer Kevin Kemp’s decision to switch plans with Plumaro looks like delivering him a huge pay day after the filly won at Doomben. Kemp had wanted to start Plumaro over 1350m last weekend but when the meeting was abandoned he was left with a big decision. He had the option… Read More »
Nomothaj boasts a win over Golden Slipper favourite Sunlight and the filly has added another Listed race victory at Flemington. The Lindsay Park-trained filly won the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington on debut in October with Sunlight finishing third. Sunlight has since gone on to win her next four starts… Read More »
Emerging trainer Clare Cunningham has celebrated her first Saturday metropolitan winner with Just Shine capping a big few days for her stable. To make Saturday’s win even more memorable Just Shine was ridden by Cunningham’s partner Jason Collett to win the 2000m-handicap. “We’ve had five runners this week for three… Read More »
Fui San has made amends for racing keen on his last visit to Randwick by ticking off a Highway race at the fifth attempt for Shoalhaven Heads trainer Terry Robinson. A step back in trip to 1600m for the Highway Plate and a more relaxed ride under Jason Collett enabled… Read More »
Apprentice Boris Thornton threw pre-races plan out the window to help tough stayer Morendi to his second win in a row at Doomben on Saturday. Morendi ($4.80) is a noted backmarker but found himself in the lead after 900m and went to win by a short neck to Exoteric ($4.80)… Read More »
A week after being ruled out of the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes, talented two-year-old Ollivander has been cleared to start in a Listed race at Flemington. Ollivander was found to be lame in the near fore leg by Racing Victoria vets in a race eve inspection last Friday and… Read More »
Trainer Ron Quinton is confident Dixie Blossoms can emulate her stablemate and make a triumphant return to racing in the Group Two Guy Walter Stakes. Daysee Doom set a benchmark for the two five-year-old mares when she resumed with a dogged victory in the Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill last… Read More »
Linda Meech has likened her first win aboard a horse she also trains as up there with her Group One success on Plucky Belle. Meech holds a dual licence in Victoria and on Friday at Swan Hill, three-year-old gelding Beeokay gave the star jockey her first win as a trainer… Read More »
Egg Tart’s quest to rediscover the form that produced back-to-back Group One victories as a three-year-old finally gets underway at Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained mare races for the first time since November when she was unplaced in the Group One Kennedy Mile at Flemington. Egg Tart had built a six-race… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Michael Nolan believes tough gelding Jumbo Prince can pass the magic $1 million prize money mark this campaign. Jumbo Prince is one of the smallest horses racing in Queensland but he has already shown he has one of the biggest hearts by earning $847,000. He is one of… Read More »
The jostling for positions in the Golden Slipper is reaching the business end and trainer Gerald Ryan is hoping his three runners at Randwick can press their claims. Legend Of Condor who runs in the Skyline Stakes, is the closest to a start with $83,000 prize money. Ryan had hoped… Read More »
After missing a spring campaign with a minor injury quality sprinter Secret Agenda is set to make her reappearance at Flemington. The five-year-old makes her return in the Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) under Damien Oliver on Saturday having not been seen since May last year. “She had filling around… Read More »
Felines finished runner-up for Kris Lees when Winx began her illustrious career, and the Newcastle trainer realises second-best is probably all he can hope for when the mare makes her comeback at Randwick. With a 23rd consecutive victory beckoning in Saturday’s Group One Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m), the connections of… Read More »
