Jockey Blake Shinn has found himself on the wrong side of stewards inquiring into tactics in a race at Rosehill. Several jockeys were questioned after Saturday’s benchmark 71 handicap (1400m), which was won by Bull Market over Poetic Charmer, with Shinn’s mount Star Sensation third. Shinn took exception to being… Read More »
Matt Dunn may not have managed to win the Highway Handicap at Rosehill but he has come away with an even bigger prize following Miss Dubois’ victory in the Country Classic. The Murwillumbah trainer is the most successful in the two-year history of the Highway races for country-trained horses. On… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley is increasingly confident he can score a revenge win in next month’s Group Two Villiers Stakes after his gelding Crack Me up scored an impressive stakes victory at Doomben. Crack Me Up ($2.70) made the most of the inside barrier and a light weight on Saturday to… Read More »
Mum-to-be Notonyourlife has proved her owner Scott McAlpine was correct in wanting her to race on when she won the Listed Ubet Classic at Doomben. The mare belied her $41 price when she stormed home to beat Our Beebee by half a length on Saturday, with a further length to… Read More »
Tezlah has exceeded the expectations of trainer Robert Smerdon despite collecting his third win from four starts. The victory in the Eureka Stockade at Ballarat on Saturday provided a healthy payday for the three-year-olds connections. Not only did he collect $66,000 first prize money, there was an extra $30,000 in… Read More »
Jason Collett has found the key to getting Invinzabeel back to the winner’s circle, riding him to a narrow victory at Rosehill. Until Saturday, the Chris Waller-trained gelding had not won since May but his good record meant he carried top weight of 59kg in Saturday’s Thoroughbred Breeders NSW Handicap… Read More »
South Australian trainer Lloyd Kennewell has continued his success in Magic Millions-sponsored races with La Pomme De Pin streeting her rivals in the Clockwise Classic at Ballarat. The only race run right-handed in Victoria, Saturday’s Magic Millions Clockwise Classic turned into a one-horse race for La Pomme De Pin after… Read More »
Adding blinkers to his race day gear has put improving gelding Magnufighter on the road to a Magic Millions Guineas start. Trainer Jack Duncan has wanted to add blinkers to the gear of Magnufighter ($8) for some time and made the final decision for the three-year-old handicap (1350m) at Doomben… Read More »
It was the best kind of photo-finish for Peter and Paul Snowden as their stable runners took out first and second at Rosehill ahead of the favourite. Three-year-old colt Bull Market ($13) crossed the line a head in front of Poetic Charmer ($4.20), another three-year-old, in Saturday’s HQ of Insurance… Read More »
The benefit of race experience has come to the fore, with Secret Lady causing an upset over the heavily supported debutant Plague Stone at Rosehill. Backed from $2.10 earlier in the week to start at $1.35 on Saturday courtesy of a recent 5-1/4 length win in a 900m trial, Godolphin… Read More »
Hometown trainer Darren Weir received a little more satisfaction out of the win of Brugal Reward at Ballarat. Weir retained a share in the winner of Saturday’s Sam Miranda Handicap but says the result is more pleasing because of his association with longtime stable clients Boswald and Blonde Parker. The… Read More »
Premier jockey Jeff Lloyd has warmed up for an international engagement in Mauritius by steering Blue Book to an easy win at Doomben. Lloyd has won the past two Brisbane jockeys premierships and brought up his 36th winner for the new season on Saturday when Blue Book ($2.05) bounced straight… Read More »
Scott Jones has undergone surgery and skin grafting on burns he suffered in an explosion at the Lismore racecourse. The manager of the Lismore Turf Club, Jones was hurt in the gas explosion on Thursday morning and take to Royal Brisbane Hospital. His wife Liz told Racing NSW on Friday… Read More »
There could be no more fitting horse than a rejuvenated Torgersen to help Chris Waller’s Queensland stable reach two milestones at Doomben. Torgersen will run in the Listed Recognition Stakes (1350m) at Doomben where he will be ridden by Robbie Fradd. If Torgersen can win, he will become Waller’s first… Read More »
The deeds of Rich Charm through the spring carnival have turned trainer Udyta Clarke into a media star. Last Monday the Cranbourne trainer was named the Victorian Racing Media Association’s personality of the year. While Group Two winner Rich Charm enjoys a short break before the autumn, her ATM, It’s… Read More »
One thing Speedy Kitty won’t be lacking in is experience when she tackles the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat. The two-year-old race on Saturday is run right-handed and the only race run in a clockwise direction in Victoria. It is designed to give young horses experience ahead of the… Read More »
James Cummings is looking forward to running the rule over another Golden Slipper contender from Godolphin’s seemingly endless supply of two-year-old talent. Sheikh Mohammed’s operation has 102 newcomers nominated for the world’s richest race for two-year-olds in March. Plague Stone is the latest to appear with the colt to make… Read More »
Liam Howley has been given the green light to take over from Robert Hickmott as head trainer at Lloyd Williams’ Macedon Lodge training complex. Hickmott, who trained Melbourne Cup winners Green Moon and Almandin, is leaving Macedon Lodge to branch out on his own. Howley was the assistant trainer to… Read More »
The Ballarat Cup has been a late spring target for Antonio Giuseppe who will be out to give Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller a second win in the race in three years. Waller won the $300,000 Listed Ballarat Cup two years ago when Junoob carried top weight of 60kg. Antonio… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan will have 15 runners at Doomben but it is one of his first starters which holds most interest. Gollan has Rock ‘N’ Sol making his debut in Saturday’s Two-Year-Old Handicap (1200m), with the gelding an eye-catching second in a recent barrier trial at Doomben. “He… Read More »
