One of Australia’s best known equine vets Reg Pascoe has died aged 88. Pascoe is credited with saving the careers of thousands of racehorses during his 65 years of practice mainly at Oakey on Queensland’s Darling Downs. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Queensland Vet… Read More »
English Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby has confirmed Folkswood will line up against dual winner Winx in the Cox Plate. The gelding put himself in the frame for Saturday’s $3 million Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley with his win in last Sunday’s Listed Cranbourne Cup (2025m). “Folkswood has come through… Read More »
Librisa Breeze has claimed some big-name scalps to win the British Champions Sprint at Ascot. With Harry Angel sent off favourite to follow up his Haydock win and Commonwealth Cup winner Caravaggio plus Quiet Reflection and The Tin Man all in the line-up, there was no hiding place. But they… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien is looking to three upcoming Group One races in Europe to claim the outright world record for most top-level victories in a calendar year after equalling it at Ascot. O’Brien drew level on 25 with the late Bobby Frankel when Hydrangea won the British Champions Fillies & Mares… Read More »
Cory Parish would have been happy with any ride for the powerful Lindsay Park operation, let alone in a Caulfield Cup. Now he has scored his first Group One win by guiding Boom Time to an upset victory in the $3 million race. Parish had been scheduled to ride in… Read More »
A procession of jockeys made their way to the stewards’ room following the Caulfield Cup, leading to three careless riding suspensions and a whip breach. Ten jockeys were quizzed with five suspended or fined while the other five were called as witnesses. Harshest hit was Ben Melham who was suspended… Read More »
Boom Time, the least-fancied of three runners for Lindsay Park, has produced a boilover to win the $3 million Caulfield Cup. Giving jockey Cory Parish his first Group One win, Boom Time took an inside run to beat Single Gaze and the Irish-trained, Australian-owned Johannes Vermeer. Boom Time, who started… Read More »
A fighting win by Global Glamour in her return from a spell has capped a big day at Caulfield for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable. The team had three horses competing at Saturday’s Caulfield Cup meeting and they all won. Global Glamour won the Group One Thousand Guineas… Read More »
Canberra trainer Nick Olive had tears as he spoke with pride about the performance of runner-up Single Gaze in the $3 million Caulfield Cup. The pint-sized mare led around the home turn and was only overhauled by eventual winner Boom Time passing the 100m of the famous 2400m handicap. “Unreal,”… Read More »
The break down of one-time favourite Admire Deus has led to Boom Time scoring a surprise win in the Caulfield Cup. Lindsay Park had settled on three runners for Saturday $3 million handicap – He’s Our Rokkii, Ventura Storm and Harlem – before news filtered through of the breakdown of… Read More »
Just over an hour after cheering home Boom Time to win the Caulfield Cup, the Lindsay Park team were back in the winner’s circle with sprinting mare Fuhryk. Boom Time scored an upset in Saturday’s $3 million Caulfield Cup before Fuhryk bounced back to winning ways in the Listed Alinghi… Read More »
What the jockeys said after the Group One $3 million Caulfield Cup (2400m): Cory Parish (Boom Time) 1st : “I couldn’t ask for any more. I’ve been here five years now (from New Zealand). I’ve been working for David (Hayes) and he owns the whole horse and he had the… Read More »
Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig have added their names to their family’s rich history in the Caulfield Cup after the upset win of Boom Time. Both Hayes and Dabernig are grandsons of the late Colin Hayes, an Australian hall of fame trainer who won the 1976 Cup with How Now…. Read More »
Lee Magorrian was in no mood to celebrate after Mortar Platoon clung on to record the Irish apprentice’s first Saturday double at Randwick. Not only had the effects of getting his weight down to 54kg tempered Magorrian’s excitement, he also has to work some of Chris Waller’s team at the… Read More »
The least experienced horse in the Group Three Nivison has shown her rivals a clean pair of heels to reinforce her trainer’s belief she is a future topliner. Punters echoed Jason Coyle’s sentiments, sending White Moss out the $4.40 favourite in Saturday’s 1200m-feature for mares. Jason Collett took the striking… Read More »
A mare trainer Henry Dwyer thought would struggle to win a race has continued her rapid rise to prominence with a dominant victory in a feature sprint on Caulfield Cup day. Four-year-old Snitty Kitty made the step up to Group racing with ease as she broke the race record for… Read More »
Goodfella has earned a trip to Melbourne as well as a return to the Magic Millions after the colt underlined his class at Randwick. The promising Bjorn Baker-trained three-year-old confirmed Group One plans in winning the Listed Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Goodfella had to be spelled after flashing… Read More »
Ulmann will spearhead a team of Darren Weir-trained horses to Perth following his victory in a stakes race at Caulfield. Weir has Group One entries for the Perth carnival in the Winterbottom Stakes, the Railway Stakes and the Kingston Town Stakes and plans to take a team of up to… Read More »
The win of Improvement at Randwick has helped offset Gary Portelli’s discontent at the non-appearance of Single Bullet at the meeting. The trainer withdrew the colt from the Listed Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m) when the track was rated heavy at the 7.30 scratching time on Saturday morning. The surface was… Read More »
Kiwia is on target for his main spring aim after racing to his first stakes victory at Caulfield. Continuing a successful day for the Darren Weir stable, Kiwia came from the tail of a small field in Saturday’s Group Three Coongy Cup (2000m) to win by three-quarters of a length… Read More »
