A multiple Group placegetter in Germany, Singing has finally cracked it for a stakes win in Australia, taking out the Listed Gosford Cup for trainer Kris Lees, jockey Glyn Schofield and his loyal owners, an Australian Bloodstock syndicate. Singing had his first start for Lees in July 2016 and has… Read More »
Eight-year-old Amber Sky will make his Australian debut in the Kensington Stakes at Flemington and shapes as one of the most interesting runners in the Listed sprint. Amber Sky is one of three runners for trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra in Saturday’s 1000m-straight race along with multiple Group One… Read More »
Named for an expensive blend of of tequila and coffee, in horse terms Patron Black came pretty cheap. The colt cost $40,000 and is by Patronize who stands in Western Australia and is not so well known in the eastern states. But trainer Gary Portelli thinks his profile may be… Read More »
Champion Winx will meet Australia’s best sprinter Redzel in a barrier trial at Rosehill as the pair embark on their next campaigns. Monday’s 900m-heat on the course proper also features Group One winners Ace High (Victoria Derby) and Trapeze Artist (Golden Rose). Winx ended the spring with her 22nd consecutive… Read More »
Nature Strip is the odds-on favourite to continue his winning ways in the $250,000 Inglis Dash and his jockey Ryan Maloney is excited to see what the boom sprinter can produce again. Three-year-old Nature Strip has won three of his four starts including his past two, both by 5-1/2 lengths…. Read More »
The Bryan and Daniel Guy training partnership is confident Slydini can finally put to rest a theory he is just a wet-track horse when he runs at Doomben. There have been few more consistent horses racing than Slydini who has had an Ipswich win, four seconds and two thirds at… Read More »
Highly rated Japanese import Ambitious has been given a good look around Caulfield with a Group One race at the track looming as his Australian debut. Trainer Anthony Freedman said next month’s G1 Futurity Stakes was among the options for the six-year-old whose five wins from 16 starts in Japan… Read More »
Champion jockey turned trainer Chris Munce has given former country rider Les Tilley a vote of confidence with the mount on comeback horse Lucky Black at Doomben. Tilley will ride Lucky Black in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1050m) against what appears a moderate field of off-season sprinters. Lucky Black, who has… Read More »
Queensland country trainer John Patterson has been disqualified for 18 months after being found guilty of four charges involving cobalt. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards opened an inquiry into four post-race urine or blood samples taken from runners trained by Patterson at Roma, in western Queensland, during July last year…. Read More »
Forecast temperatures of more than 40 degrees in the NSW Hunter Valley have forced a change of venue for racing at Scone. Sunday’s meeting will now be run at Wyong with predictions of 44 deg at Scone. Two 1000m-races will now be run over 900m with the 2100m race changed… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman has had an impressive winner at Caulfield but the best-performed horse he brought to the track was not there to race. The Group One-winning trainer had two starters at Wednesday’s twilight meeting, highlighted by four-year-old Bedford’s six-length win in the Ladbrokes Up For The Challenge (2000m). Freedman… Read More »
Apprentice Jag Guthmann-Chester has had to work hard to get his first metropolitan winner since his return from injury. Guthmann Chester was leading the Brisbane apprentice’s premiership on eight winners when he injured a leg in a fall at Doomben in October. He resumed last month and landed his first… Read More »
Apprentice Blaike McDougall has kept his winning momentum going with a double at Warwick Farm to go with his Randwick treble. McDougall’s three winners on Saturday was a personal milestone in town and he emphasised his form was no fluke with his two on Wednesday. He brought up his first… Read More »
The opening race at the twilight city meeting at Caulfield has been won by the aptly named filly Twilight Song. The well-bred Twilight Song ($7) was on debut in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Cash In (1100m) and made an immediate impression to win the maiden by three-quarters of a length from another… Read More »
Proven performer Palazzo Pubblico will spearhead Matthew Smith’s trio at Randwick with the trainer also keen to see how newcomer Tell No Tales performs. Group One-placed Faraway Town joins the pair as she embarks on a campaign designed to improve on her solitary win from 17 starts which have also… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Freedman has Guineas ambitions for promising colt Bravo Tango who will begin his campaign in the Inglis Dash at Flemington. Boom sprinter Nature Strip headlines the field of 12 for the richest race on Saturday’s Kensington Stakes program. Freedman pinpointed Saturday’s $250,000 Inglis Dash (1100m), for three-year-olds eligible… Read More »
Apprentice Nyssa Burrells continues to make slow progress as she recovers from a brain injury suffered in a fall. Burrells ended up underneath the horse she was riding in a Warwick Farm jump-out on December 29 when it fell and she suffered a bleed on her brain. Racing NSW’s Dr… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Kelly Doughty has retired giant galloper Arki but hopes mare Benfica Princess is ready to fill the void as a stable star. Arki, who stands nearly 18hh, came back from a tendon injury to win all five of his starts early last year progressing to open company…. Read More »
Trainer Greg Hickman will return to the normality of his Warwick Farm stable after the excitement of Pierata’s stunning win in the Magic Millions Guineas. Hickman and Pierata are on the way home from the Gold Coast with the colt to have a week or two in the paddock while… Read More »
Grass eating insects have damaged part of the Warrnambool course proper, forcing officials to move an upcoming meeting to Terang. The meeting next Tuesday has been transferred while officials tackle the problem caused by Cutworm and African Black Beetle which thrive in hot and humid conditions. Insecticide was put on… Read More »
