Trainer Grahame Begg has turned his attention to the late summer and autumn features with promising two-year-old colt Written By who is having a break after a winning debut at Sandown. Begg had the option to push on to Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) in Sydney but after the colt’s… Read More »
Highland Reel has bowed out of racing in the best way possible with victory in the Group One Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin. It was the second win in the 2400m-race for the Aidan O’Brien-trained Highland Reel who was successful in 2015 after running third to Winx in the… Read More »
Garry Kirkup has been unable to mask his heartache while Highly Geared raced in the memory of his partner Samara Johnson at Rosehill. Saturday’s Mark Hughes Foundation Handicap (1100m) had added significance for the grieving and seriously injured Canberra trainer who watched his favourite mare finish unplaced behind Test The… Read More »
TOP AUSTRALIAN GROUP ONE WINNERS 2017 HORSES Six wins * Winx (Chipping Norton Stakes, George Ryder Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, George Main Stakes, Turnbull Stakes, Cox Plate) Two wins * Black Heart Bart (CF Orr Stakes, Futurity Stakes) * Hey Doc (Australian Guineas, Manikato Stakes) * She Will Reign (Golden… Read More »
Australian Group One winners 2017: Feb: C F Orr Stakes: Black Heart Bart. Trainer: Darren Weir. Jockey: Brad Rawiller. Lightning Stakes: Terravista. Joe Pride. Corey Brown. Blue Diamond Stakes: Catchy. David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig. Craig Williams. Futurity Stakes: Black Heart Bart. Darren Weir. Brad Rawiller. Oakleigh Plate:… Read More »
Leading Victorian apprentice Ben Allen will enter the next phase of his career this week after outriding his claim. Allen’s win on the Archie Alexander-trained So Far Sokool at Moonee Valley on Friday night was the apprentice’s 80th city victory. “It was very exciting,” Allen said. “I outrode my claim… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan’s Ef Troop is rated a leading chance in the Magic Millions Classic but Brisbane’s premier trainer also has a big opinion of Outback Barbie. Ef Troop will run in the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes and Outback Barbie in the Listed Calaway Gal Stakes at Doomben on Saturday… Read More »
Studmaster Scott McAlpine is hopeful first-season sire Spirit of Boom’s outstanding start will get even better in coming weeks. McAlpine, who runs the Eureka Stud on the Darling Downs, raced Spirit of Boom who won the 2014 Group One Doomben 10,000. Rather than send the stallion to NSW or Victoria,… Read More »
Paul Nicholls may have have found his next superstar after Politologue stepped up to win the Tingle Creek at Sandown and give the trainer his 10th win in the Grade One steeplechase. Jumping well throughout, the six-year-old put in a career-best effort to back up his victory on his seasonal… Read More »
Pounamu has caused an upset in the Kingston Town Stakes to take out the final Australian Group One race of the year at Ascot in Perth with the favourite Black Heart Bart the hard luck story of the race. Formerly trained in NSW by Allan Denham, Pounamu now races for… Read More »
Mick Kent was happy to give Amadeus his chance in the VOBIS Gold Bullion given the prize money on offer and the horse did not let the trainer down, racing to a strong victory in the $120,000 race at Pakenham. The 1400m event was restricted to horses paid up for… Read More »
Tim Martin’s decision to let King Darci make amends for a poor run at the earliest opportunity has paid off as the gelding completed a home track double for the Rosehill trainer. Martin says the five-year-old produced probably the worst run of his 21-race career last week on his home… Read More »
Boom Adelaide jockey Jamie Kah has showed Brisbane racegoers what the fuss is about with a perfect ride on Cantbuybetter in the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Doomben. Cantbuybetter ($6) had been unlucky in his first three runs after a spell but Kah was able to get up on the rails… Read More »
Veteran stayer Like A Carousel has caused an upset in the $250,000 Pakenham Cup, winning the Listed race at his second start back from a spell. After a pleasing return on a wet track at Sandown over 1800m, Keys decided to send the eight-year-old gelding into Saturday’s Pakenham Cup (2500m)… Read More »
Apprentice Lee Magorrian has had mixed fortunes at Rosehill, riding two winners and missing out on the possibility of another. Magorrian won Saturday’s Beanie For Brain Cancer (1400m) on Invinzabeel for his master Chris Waller, claiming his full three kilograms to bring the gelding’s weight to 58.5kg. He had earlier… Read More »
Veteran jockey Nozi Tomizawa can thank the internet for his winning ride on Sylpheed in the Listed Just Now Quality at Doomben. Tomizawa rides mainly in Toowoomba on Saturdays but ventures down the range when asked for special rides. He rarely rides for Gold Coast-based trainer Toby Edmonds but has… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club and Australian Bloodstock have banded together to donate more than $33,000 to the Mark Hughes Foundation for brain cancer research. The $33,060 cheque was presented to the charity at Rosehill Gardens racecourse on Saturday by ATF chairman Laurie Macri. Mark Hughes accepted the donation in between… Read More »
Ultra-consistent mare Test The World has won a dramatic feature at Rosehill that doubled as a tribute to jockey Samara Johnson. The Bjorn Baker-trained four-year-old claimed the Mark Hughes Foundation Handicap by a head on Saturday to boost her record to six wins from 10 starts. Test The World ($3.80)… Read More »
NSW will take a narrow lead into the final day of the Jockeys Origin series after scoring a win and a third on the second day of the series at Doomben. New Zealand were the leaders after the first day when Damian Browne won a heat and finished second in… Read More »
Fresh from achieving the milestone of outriding his claim, apprentice Ben Allen has piloted Tried And Tired to an upset win on a soft track at Pakenham. Jungle Edge was sent out the $1.95 favourite in Saturday’s Stabil-Lime Group Handicap (1200m) but, carrying 60.5kg after apprentice Georgina Cartwright’s claim, the… Read More »
