Kementari has moved closer to fulfilling his Group One destiny, with a decisive win in the Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill over a field featuring Sydney’s best three-year-old colts and geldings. The Godolphin owned and bred Kementari was sent out the $3.20 favourite in Saturday’s Group Two race over 1400m, with… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has returned to the big stage in Australian racing while jockey Jordan Childs has claimed his first Group One win with brilliant colt Written By in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Written By made it three wins from as many starts, blowing away his rivals in Saturday’s $1.5… Read More »
Russian Revolution has racked up his second Group One win in a tight finish to the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained four-year-old was sent off the $4.60 favourite and after racing wide dug in the final 300m of Saturday’s 1100m sprint to beat Snitty Kitty ($9)… Read More »
More Energy’s first win in almost a year caught punters off guard but trainer Jason Coyle always felt the veteran was a top chance for the Parramatta Cup after the barrier draw. After copping outside gates in two of his previous starts, the seven-year-old gelding used barrier two to his… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir has landed a Group One quinella with two Japanese imports at Caulfield. Brave Smash and Tosen Stardom have given Victoria’s leading trainer Saturday’s Futurity Stakes (1400m). He also trained fast-finishing fourth placegetter Humidor. Brave Smash’s victory provided Weir with back-to-back Futurity victories, having won last year with… Read More »
For trainer Ron Quinton, keeping his two best horses apart is not easy but the first leg has paid off with Daisy Doom’s narrow win in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes. A week after Daysee Doom’s victory at Rosehill on Saturday, Dixie Blossoms will run in the Group Two… Read More »
I Am Excited relished a return to her favoured trip as the promising sprinter made a successful comeback at Rosehill. Trainer David Pfieffer conceded racing over a mile is no longer on the agenda for the Snitzel three-year-old after she claimed the Spark Of life Handicap (1100m) with an impressive… Read More »
Group One winner Silent Sedition has shown her class in the Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield, winning the Group Three race for mares’ for the second-straight year. After Silent Sedition finished fifth in her return from a spell in the Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield two weeks ago, trainer Andrew Noblet opted… Read More »
Magic Millions winner Sunlight has strengthened her grip on the Golden Slipper with a stirring victory at Rosehill over Estijaab. There was a neck between the two fillies in Saturday’s Group Two Silver Slipper (1100m), with the pair clearing out from the pack in the straight. The Hawkes Racing-trained Estijaab… Read More »
Summer Sham has progressed to stakes company and maintained her unbeaten record with an all-the-way win at Caulfield. After victories at her first two starts at Ballarat and Moonee Valley, Summer Sham collected Saturday’s Group Two Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m), adding important black type to her pedigree page for a… Read More »
Overshare and Wild Heart have given the Hawkes Racing stable a one-two finish in the Group Three Zeditave Stakes at Caulfield. Overshare, ridden by Dwayne Dunn, got home by a long neck in Saturday’s 1200m race for three-year-olds over his stablemate but the winner and runner-up then had to survive… Read More »
Durable gelding Cellarman shows no inclination to quit despite a punishing workload. The four-year-old opened this campaign in July, took on his 13th field at Rosehill on Saturday and notched his fourth win in five starts by claiming the #slipperstyle Handicap (1500m). Cellarman ($3) held off $2.80 favourite Show A… Read More »
Daniel Williams is considering a start in the Australian Cup with Valiant Spirit after the three-year-old provided the trainer with his first city winner at Caulfield. Leading from the outset in Saturday’s Group Two Autumn Classic (1800m), Valiant Spirit ran his rivals into the ground, setting up a four-length break… Read More »
Homesman has withstood a late challenge from stablemate Almandin to make an immediate impression in Australia in the Listed Mornington Cup Prelude. The former Aidan O’Brien-trained Homesman made his Australian debut in Saturday’s 2000m race at Caulfield, having joined Lloyd Williams’ team of horses in Victoria. The 2016 Melbourne Cup… Read More »
Unbeaten colt Sandbar has pleased his trainer and jockey with a gallop around the Rosehill circuit before his assignment in the Skyline Stakes on the road to the Golden Slipper. Christian Reith rode the Brad Widdup-trained Sandbar in a solo hit-out on Saturday, with the colt timed at a solid… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn has several alternate plans up his sleeve with three-year-old Snitz missing a vital run at Doomben. Saturday’s Doomben meeting was abandoned after the track was soaked by 135mm of rain in just 24 hours. Snitz had been set to run in the Three-Year-Old (1350m) as a lead-up… Read More »
The Doomben meeting has been called off after further heavy rain soaked the track. More than 135mm fell on the track from Thursday morning until 6am on Saturday. Stewards and track manager Jim Roberts inspected the track at first light on Saturday. Chief steward Allan Reardon said there was no… Read More »
A race morning track inspection at Doomben will determine whether classy three-year-old Snitz gets the chance to run in his lead-up to the NSW Country Championship heat. Doomben was rated heavy on Friday afternoon with more rain forecast. Trainer Matt Dunn has elected to keep Snitz with his own age… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has in recent years been one of the biggest buyers of yearlings at the different sales around Australia. Last year’s batch has already won McEvoy a first Magic Millions Classic when Sunlight was successful at the Gold Coast last month. On Saturday, at Caulfield, McEvoy has three… Read More »
Working Get On The Grange like a sprinter has been identified as the key to prolonging the career of stayer Get On The Grange. Wyong trainer Allan Kehoe attributed the 65-race veteran’s durability – and enthusiasm – to brief, precise sessions as the eight-year-old approaches Saturday’s Listed Parramatta (1900m) at… Read More »
