Victoria’s premiership-leading trainer and jockey combined with a French import to claim the Listed Winter Cup at Rosehill and delay Chris Waller’s next milestone. Gallic Chieftain justified his pre-race favouritism by comfortably scoring the 2400 metre endurance test on Saturday, to indicate a productive spring looms in his adopted home…. Read More »
Talented filly Unique Lovely has continued a recent winning run for trainer Frankie Stockdale and his apprentice son Brandon. Unique Lovely gave Frankie Stockdale his first city winner as a trainer at Moonee Valley last month and the filly backed it up with a narrow win in Saturday’s 1100m Handicap… Read More »
Trainer Darryl Hansen resisted the temptation to find another race meeting before staying at Caloundra to see his two-year-old Bring It Home Pop win the Bruce McLachlan Memorial Handicap on Saturday. Bring It Home Pop ($4) landed some big bets when he beat Dynastic ($3.30) by 1-3/4 lengths with a… Read More »
The aptly named Itsa Fait Accompli has played his part to give his trainer, jockey and owner an overdue metropolitan win at Rosehill in the Highway Handicap. The three-year-old is trained at Gundagai by David Blundell who rarely brings horses to town, nowadays, after enjoying city success in the late… Read More »
Rustic Melody provided music to Hugh Bowman’s ears at Rosehill as the mare won for the first time in over a year to give the Sydney premiership chasing jockey an early double. The five-year-old, who duelled with Winx earlier in her career, broke an 11-race winless sequence over 1900 metres… Read More »
Darren Weir’s racing manager Jeremy Rogers admits Kiwia’s rise through the grades in his first preparation has exceeded their early expectations. The Weir-trained three-year-old gelding Kiwia landed his first city win at Caulfield in Saturday’s Handicap race over 2000m to make it three wins from his first five starts. “Early… Read More »
Insensata has exacted revenge over Just Dreaming in another close finish at Rosehill to keep trainer Jason Coyle’s run of winter winners coming. After being beaten a head when they last met on June 17, Insensata ($5) got the better of the Kris Lees-trained Just Dreaming ($2.90 fav) on Saturday… Read More »
After a luckless run at his previous start, promising colt Lone Eagle has raced to his first victory at Caulfield to give trainer Mick Price his 100th winner for the season. The Price-trained two-year-old colt was having his third career start in Saturday’s card-opening Handicap over 1200m and after settling… Read More »
Promising gelding Badajoz ensured Darren Beadman would spend his last Saturday as interim trainer for the Godolphin a winner with an impressive performance at the Sunshine Coast. Despite sitting deep for the race, Badajoz ($2.70) was too strong, winning by 1-1/2 lengths from Invincible Express ($4.20) with a long head… Read More »
Promising colt Hualalai atoned for a last-start glitch in style at Rosehill to stay on course for a crack at the Group One Caulfield Guineas in spring. After finding himself too far off the pace to catch Gaulois at the same track a fortnight ago, the addition of blinkers sharpened… Read More »
Noel Mayfield-Smith’s rehabilitation plan to return Romney’s Choice to racing after a last-start fall only has one element outside his control. Unfortunately for the Hawkesbury trainer, the mare has drawn precisely where he didn’t want her to be when the 11-strong field for a Benchmark Handicap (1200m) jumps on Saturday… Read More »
Former Australian Turf Club executive Matt Rudolph has been appointed to a new position with the Brisbane Racing Club as general manager of its racing division. Rudolph was in Brisbane last week and attended Doomben races on Saturday. The BRC has been under fire for several aspects of its racing… Read More »
It might look like a mountain to climb, but Sydney trainer Gary Moore believes black-type regular Mount Panorama will not be out of place in the Listed Civic Stakes at Rosehill. Mount Panorama is the rank outsider but Moore continues to rate the three-year-old who stepped up to Group company… Read More »
Racing Australia has successfully negotiated changes to the federal government’s skilled migration occupation policy regarding overseas workers in the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry. RA chief executive Barry O’Farrell said the 457 visa modifications would be welcomed by the industry which relies heavily on skilled foreign workers. “Racing Australia commends… Read More »
Goulburn trainer John Bateman is hoping history repeats when It’s A Lottery makes his Sydney debut in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill. Bateman claimed the corresponding race 12 months ago over 1800 metres with Erika, and he considered It’s A Lottery a realistic chance of matching the mare’s exploits on… Read More »
In-form trainer Kelly Doughty has some extra reasons to hope she can get a feature race double at the Sunshine Coast. She will saddle Flamboyer, who will defend his crown in Saturday’s Listed Glasshouse Hcp (1400m) and Where’s That Dragon in the $100,000 Provincial Sprinters Final (1200m). Flamboyer has been… Read More »
A lack of forecast rain in Queensland means The Monstar will head to Rosehill rather than the Sunshine Coast to try to make it back-to-back stakes wins. Trained at Scone by Brett Cavanough, The Monstar was devastating in the June Stakes on a heavy Randwick track three weeks ago, winning… Read More »
Jockey Larry Cassidy couldn’t have a more aptly named mount than War Baby to help him break the record for the number of wins in the Listed Caloundra Cup. The mare will be having her 36th start since she returned from a 10-week break in June 2016 when she lines… Read More »
Trainer Henry Dwyer will have a foot in both camps after booking premiership-chasing jockeys Craig Williams and Beau Mertens for rides in separate races at Caulfield. Williams leads apprentice Mertens by one win in the Melbourne title race and Saturday’s Caulfield program is the first of nine city meetings in… Read More »
Robbie Fradd will be aboard favourite Too Good To Refuse in the Glasshouse Handicap with stewards ruling he had a commitment to the Desleigh Forster-trained runner over Godolphin’s Handfast. Fradd had ridden Too Good To Refuse at his past two starts for a second and a third at Doomben but… Read More »
