Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy will have a new rider when she runs in the Danehill Stakes at Flemington. Regan Bayliss takes over from Craig Williams for the first time in the filly’s six-start career which has netted four wins. Williams, who rode the filly when she ran second first-up… Read More »
Hydrangea has sprung a surprise to beat her illustrious stablemate Winter in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown. She had been put in her place four times in Group One races by Winter since beating her in the Irish 1000 Guineas Trial at the same course in April. The pair are… Read More »
Group One winner Yankee Rose has been named Queensland’s Horse of the Year giving trainer David Vandyke the award in his first year in the state. Vandyke moved his operation from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast in 2016, taking the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner with him. Last season, she… Read More »
Decorated Knight has pounced late to record his second Group One success in Ireland for the season with a 25-1 upset in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. The Roger Charlton-trained five-year-old had been beaten three times since lifting the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh in May, but he… Read More »
Godolphin colt Harry Angel has answered any questions about his ability on wet ground to win the Sprint Cup at Haydock. The three-year-old quelled any fears about the conditions with a performance out of the top drawer on Saturday (Sunday AEST). The heavy going was an unknown and connections had… Read More »
The best-backed runner at Rosehill has won and then lost his race on protest with Wayanka’s rider Brenton Avdulla successfully arguing Tye Angland on Interlocuter took his running in the straight. Godolphin’s Interlocuter was backed from $4.80 to $3 and was first past the post in the tab.com.au handicap (1400m)… Read More »
Australian Oaks winner Bonneval has made an immediate impression in her spring return, winning an action-packed Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. There was drama at the start of Saturday’s 1600m race when $4.40 favourite Star Exhibit reared up as the barriers opened, losing his rider… Read More »
Brave Smash has kept the door open for a slot in The Everest with a fighting win at Moonee Valley. The former Japanese galloper is one of five horses short-listed to take the ATC’s slot in the $10 million race at Randwick on October 14. Brave Smash is in a… Read More »
The biggest horse in the Run To The Rose field has also turned out to be the best with Menari dominating his rivals to give his jockey Josh Parr a Group Two treble at Rosehill. The $2.30 favourite, Menari crossed from the outside barrier with Parr positioning him behind the… Read More »
Quality filly Shoals has continued an unbeaten start to her career in her first appearance as a three-year-old in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes. Shoals registered three wins as a juvenile, including two Group race victories, and signalled she can go on with the job as a spring three-year-old with… Read More »
A year after running a close second in the Sheraco Stakes, Ravi has earned an emphatic Group Three win in the same race at Rosehill. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, the five-year-old gained a stakes win during the summer in Brisbane when she took out the Listed Just Now… Read More »
One part of a two-race plan towards a start in The Everest has been achieved by Russian Revolution at Moonee Valley. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained galloper took out Saturday’s Group Two McEwen Stakes (1000m) at his first look at the Melbourne track. Now the Snowdens have the Group One… Read More »
Talented Ric McMahon hopes his win on Outraged will help put him back in the limelight as a Saturday metropolitan jockey. McMahon turned in a perfect ride on Outraged ($7.50) to win the Mother Mary Magdalan Burke Handicap (2040m) at Doomben. He was Brisbane’s leading apprentice a decade ago and… Read More »
Eight-year-old Magnapal has pressed his claims for a crack at another Naturalism Stakes with his first win in two years at Moonee Valley. Having his fourth start since being transferred to Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman, Magnapal ($21) appeared to be under pressure approaching the home turn in Saturday’s LF Sign… Read More »
For the second time in as many starts, underrated sprinter Deploy has a run a track record but connections are not fielding any calls to put him in The Everest. The Gerald Ryan-trained Deploy ran 1:08.06 in the Show County Quality to set the standard for 1200m at Randwick on… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse is eyeing her first Golden Rose win after Gold Standard put himself in the frame with a dominant win in the Group Two Stan Fox at Rosehill. Waterhouse and her training partner Adrian Bott have lost another Golden Rose contender, Siege Of Quebec, for the spring but Gold… Read More »
Irish import Ebediyin has appreciated the forgiving Moonee Valley surface to break through for his maiden Australian victory. Ebediyin came to Australia having competed in some Ireland’s best races and was expected to be hard to beat at his Australian debut in July. The race didn’t go to plan with… Read More »
Jockey Jake Noonan has made the most of his opportunity to stick with the Mick Price-trained colt Masculino, guiding the three-year-old to a fighting win at Moonee Valley. Noonan decided to kick up from barrier one to lead on Masculino in Saturday’s Sweeney We Know West Handicap (1509m) and it… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster received a special thrill when Someday defied age and the threat of retirement to win at Doomben. Nine-year-old Someday ($13) stormed home to beat Dreams Aplenty ($3) by three quarters of a length with 1-3/4 lengths to Mystic Opal ($3.40) in the St Vincent’s Care Services Handicap…. Read More »
A horse his jockey describes as ditzy has set himself up for a big pay day by winning the Highway Handicap at Rosehill. Saturday’s win was Suncraze’s second consecutive win in races for country-trained horses and puts him in the running for the $200,000 Anniversary Highway at Randwick on October… Read More »
