Short-priced favourite Pierata has passed a second veterinary inspection and will take his place in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission vets conducted the usual inspections of runners in the Guineas and the Magic Millions Classic on Thursday and wanted to see… Read More »
On the day Nomothaj will try to win the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast, another two-year-old filly sporting the same colours gets an opportunity to make an immediate impression at Flemington. The Lindsay Park stable has Maribyrnong Trial Stakes winner Nomothaj in Saturday’s Magic Millions Classic… Read More »
Anthemoessa has arrived at the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic after days of waiting to get on a flight. The Matt Cummani-trained filly was finally transported from Melbourne on Thursday night along with the Darren Weir-trained He’s A Moral who runs in the Country Cup. The Weir-trained… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Calanda has scored a narrow win in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford for the China Horse Club. Formerly the Pacesetter Stakes, the 1200m-race was renamed in honour of the 2004 winner who went on to become a champion Group One sprinter, winning races… Read More »
Imported stayer Lead Choreographer will step up in distance in an attempt to complement his first win in Australia. Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller has broadened the five-year-old’s horizons by racing him over 2400m for the first time since his Ennglish swan song for Roger Varianin June 2016. Lead Choreographer… Read More »
Apprentice Zac Spain has made a good start to the new year and he will be out to build on it at Flemington. Spain has ridden a winner at the two city meetings in Melbourne this week and has five rides on Saturday’s program including two for his bosses Trent… Read More »
A colt by speed sire I Am Invincible has fetched $2 million on the second day of the Magic Millions yearling sale at the Gold Coast. The colt bought by the partnership of Reg Inglis, John Kelly and Paul Frampton, is slated to go the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott… Read More »
Premier Adelaide jockey Jamie Kah has already landed one of trainer Jack Duncan’s biggest wins and is set to deliver a much bigger prize at the Gold Coast. Kah will ride Magnufighter for Duncan in Saturday’s Magic Millions Guineas and the gelding has attracted some support at long odds in… Read More »
Matt Dunn’s patience with the promising Care To Think is paying off with the gelding set to have his 11th start when he lines up in the $1 million Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast. Care To Think is rated so highly he remains the favourite in most markets… Read More »
Supply And Demand’s disastrous trip to Perth doesn’t weigh heavily on Josh Parr’s mind, but the gelding’s handicap for the Maroubra Mile at Randwick is a concern. The consistent five-year-old has to carry 61kg at Randwick on Saturday and his jockey is mindful of Supply And Demand has not yet… Read More »
Joe Bowditch will be returning to a happy hunting ground when he rides Group One-winning mare Viddora in the $1 million Magic Millions Snippets Handicap at the Gold Coast. The Adelaide mare has arrived in Queensland in fine fettle and will be having her first run since winning the Group… Read More »
Short-priced Magic Millions Guineas favourite is among four horses in the race who will have to pass a second veterinary inspection before being allowed to start at the Gold Coast showpiece meeting. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission vets conducted the usual inspections of runners in the Magic Millions Guineas Field and… Read More »
Million-dollar earner Burning Front is winless so far this season but the Darren Weir stable believes that could change in the Chester Manifold Stakes. Burning Front has netted more than $1.3 million prize money from his 58 starts, with 18 wins and another 20 placings, but he has only figured… Read More »
The Doncaster Mile remains the goal for Crack Me Up who will first try to snare the $1 million Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast. Crack Me Up has been freshened since winning the Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on December 16, a victory which earned him… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick only has to look at the effort of another Caloundra-trained horse in a Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic to lift his confidence with Fullazaboot in the $2 million race. Kendrick was naturally deflated when Fullazaboot drew the outside barrier in the Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on… Read More »
Tiffani Brooker will add another highlight to her career as the only Queensland apprentice to ride at the rich Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast. Brisbane’s reigning premier junior rider, Brooker will be one of only two apprentices at the meeting with Melbourne’s Ben Thompson to ride Ozi Choice… Read More »
A win in a race at Sandown has also come at a cost for young jockey Jye McNeil after he was fined for breaching the whip rules. Stewards fined McNeil $1000 for using the whip nine times before the 100m mark in Wednesday’s Chandler Macleod Handicap (2400m) aboard eventual winner… Read More »
Trainer John O’Shea and Coolmore’s Tom Magnier have bought the first million dollar lot at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale. The Fastnet Rock colt out of stakes winner Risk Aversion went into the ring late on the first day on Wednesday. “It’s all about the type,” O’Shea said. “This… Read More »
Shumookh has taken the first tentative step towards emulating her three-time Group One-winning dam Shamekha with an impressive debut at Canterbury. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly was clinical on Wednesday, leading all the way in the Pluck@Vinery Plate (1250m). Finally making it to the races after seven barrier… Read More »
Another stunning win in a midweek race at Sandown has prompted jockey Ryan Maloney to rate lightly raced sprinter Nature Strip as good a horse as he has ridden. Three-year-old Nature Strip started odds-on favourite in Wednesday’s United Petroleum Handicap (1000m) and the gelding lived up to the hype, belting… Read More »
