Racing Queensland remains confident Eagle Farm racecourse will be ready for next year’s winter carnival despite continuing worries about delays in starting reconstruction work. Eagle Farm was shut in late May when it became apparent the surface was unsuitable for Group One racing. RQ commissioned a survey headed by Victoria… Read More »
Irish horse Riven Light has been ruled out of the rest of the Melbourne spring carnival by a leg injury suffered in the Caulfield Stakes. Riven Light finished seventh in Saturday’s Group One race over 2000 metres won by Gailo Chop. Trainer Willie Mullins was at the Newmarket meeting in… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien is on the cusp of Bobby Frankel’s Group One record haul after US Navy Flag’s win in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. For good measure, the trainer saddled the next three horses home in the seven furlong (1400m) race on Saturday (Sunday (AEDT). The win took O’Brien to… Read More »
Michael Walker has been suspended for 10 meetings on a careless riding charge aboard his Caulfield Guineas-winning mount Mighty Boss. The suspension rules Walker out from riding Main Stage, who is equal favourite in the Victoria Derby in next Saturday’s Caulfield Classic 2017. He was also in the running for… Read More »
Some of Redzel’s owners will find flights from Launceston to Sydney much more affordable after he won the richest turf race in the world. Mark Waddington was surrounded by fellow shareholders, many dressed in red and screaming or in tears, when Redzel collected $5.8 million for his share of the… Read More »
Trainer Andrew Noblet has got the balancing act right when Super Cash was successful first-up at Caulfield. Noblet had the mare primed to run first-up in the Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 29 but had to switch his sights to Saturday’s Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield after… Read More »
Apprentice Rachel Hunt savoured a ground-breaking win on a $101 shot at Randwick after Hugh Bowman and Corey Brown were left sprawling on the turf. In a dramatic end to Everest Day, Bowman and Brown were unseated from Machinegun Jubs and Balancing Act, respectively, as the barriers opened for the… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy and Corey Brown will miss the Manikato Stakes meeting through suspension but both will be available for the Cox Plate. McEvoy, who celebrated a huge payday with victory on Redzel in the $10 million Everest at Randwick, and Brown were outed for incidents in the Highway Consolation. They… Read More »
Gary Moore could never take centre stage after The Everest, but the trainer did his best after Classic Uniform upset Happy Clapper in the Group Three Craven Plate at Randwick. Despite the race being run after the $10 million Everest, Moore joined the raceday festivities, performing his customary post-race celebration… Read More »
Officials are thrilled with the response to the inaugural $10 million Everest, the world’s richest thoroughbred race on turf. A crowd of more than 33,000 people went to Randwick on Saturday to witness the 1200m sprint won by the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Redzel. Kerrin McEvoy was aboard the five-year-old,… Read More »
In a triumph for the little guy in racing, a horse owned by a group of everyday people has won the world’s richest thoroughbred race on turf at Randwick. Redzel claimed the inaugural $10 million Everest (1200m) on Saturday for Triple Crown Syndications, which paid $120,000 for him as a… Read More »
In the colours worn by former Caulfield Guineas and champion sire Redoute’s Choice, Mighty Boss has scored a shock win in the $2 million classic for three-year-olds. The Mick Price-trained colt was an emergency for Saturday’s 1600m race and gained a start following the scratchings of Summer Passage and Eclair… Read More »
Hopfgarten has defied an amazing betting drift to score a first-up win at Doomben. Hopfgarten opened at $5 on Saturday but drifted to $10 before beating Supreme Effort ($3.80) by three-quarters of a length in the Bartons Open Handicap (1200m). Hopfgarten, who has won up to Group Three races, was… Read More »
The Snowden training business is much more than just father Peter and son Paul. Peter Snowden left Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley Australia organisation in 2014 to go into business as a public trainer with Paul expecting to operate a small stable. It is now among the biggest in Sydney. In the… Read More »
Gailo Chop will take on champion Winx in the $3 million Cox Plate after capping his comeback from injury with a Group One win in the Caulfield Stakes. The former French-trained Gailo Chop ($5.50) controlled Saturday’s 2000m race from the front under jockey Mark Zahra and beat the fast-finishing international… Read More »
Ben Smith was philosophical after In Her Time won won the consolation prize, the race he did not want to run her in on Everest Day. The first emergency for the $10 million showpiece at Randwick proved she would not have been out of place in the main event after… Read More »
Big Duke has underlined his Melbourne Cup credentials with a display of stamina over 2600m to win the reinstated St Leger Stakes at Randwick. He was immediately cut for the Melbourne Cup from $34 to $26, with his Darren Weir-trained stablemates Admire Deus and Amelie’s Star the second and third… Read More »
Seven-year-old Fast ‘N’ Rocking has snapped a two-year absence from the winner’s circle in the Listed Weekend Hussler Stakes at Caulfield. Co-trainer Tom Dabernig said it was satisfying to see the gelding win for the first time since the 2015 Caulfield Cup carnival in Saturday’s Listed 1400m race. Fast ‘N’… Read More »
Invincibella has shown how much she’s improved following her winless Brisbane campaign by finishing strongly to claim The Star Mile at Randwick. Sydney trainer Chris Waller sent the four-year-old north in May-June for a three-race schedule culminating in a sixth in the Group One Queensland Oaks. “She’s come back a… Read More »
Aloisia has provided trainer Aaron Purcell with his first Group One win following her impressive run in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. Purcell took over the horses of suspended trainer Ciaron Maher just more than two weeks ago and has been riding the crest of a wave. Ridden by Luke… Read More »
