Zamex has unleashed another staggering finish to graduating from the Highway Handicap class with ease at Rosehill. Despite trailing the leaders by five lengths with 200m left on the first heavy track he had encountered, the $2.80 Sportsbet favourite stormed home on Saturday to beat O’Lordy ($12) by half a… Read More »
A return to turf racing has enabled well-bred filly Pure Emotion to break her maiden status at Moonee Valley. Pure Emotion was well supported before the Friends Of Epworth Handicap on Saturday but had to work hard to defeat rank outsider Magic Mila. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, Pure Emotion ($4.60)… Read More »
An inquiry into interference in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap should be completed by stewards on Sunday. New Zealand-based jockey Leith Innes, who rode Counterattack, was charged with causing interference to Patrick Moloney on Kaeprenick in last week’s race at Eagle Farm. However, the inquiry was adjourned when Moloney left… Read More »
Godolphin colt Gaulois has finally opened his account at the fifth attempt with an all-the-way win in the TAB Handicap at Rosehill. The two-year-old jumped cleanly from barrier one and dictated terms under Brenton Avdulla throughout the 1350m trip on Saturday. Hualalai made a brief surge on the home straight… Read More »
Trainer Louise White has called on a rarely used gear change, a nasal strip, to help Bettabet Red win her first Queensland start at Ipswich. Bettabet Red ($9.50) finished strongly to beat Fleur D’Orage ($8) by 1-1/2 lengths, with three-quarters of a length to Real Ego ($7) in the Bundaberg… Read More »
Test The World has cleared practically every obstacle this preparation, but Bjorn Baker fears a wet track will bring the classy filly back to the field at Rosehill. The three-year-old is after her fourth consecutive victory on Saturday, but the Warwick Farm trainer admits her first start on heavy ground… Read More »
Matthew Dunn’s alternative schedule for Zamex has gone to plan with the gelding set to return north regardless of whether he wins back-to-back Highway Handicaps at Rosehill. Originally aimed the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m), Zamex’s program was revised when the race meeting was switched from Eagle Farm to Doomben…. Read More »
A combination of factors has influenced trainer Kelly Doughty to back up noted wet tracker Flamboyer in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich. Flamboyer resumed at Doomben last Saturday when 11th to Miss Gunpowder in the Listed Hinkler Stakes (1200m). Doughty said the run was a lot better… Read More »
Apprentice Deanne Payne has been stood down from riding until she passes a second concussion test after a fall at the Warwick Farm barrier trials. Panya, who came off a horse before a trial on Thursday, was assessed on Friday by Racing NSW doctor David Duckworth who determined she should… Read More »
A painful fall during trackwork has accidentally presented Jason Attard with a fresh perspective on training as his broken shoulder mends. Hawkesbury-based Attard won’t be back on a horse for at least six weeks, and even when he is able to handle his team at close quarters again, watching from… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds admits he isn’t sure what to expect from new stable acquisition Tears Of Joy in the Listed Ipswich Cup. Edmonds has made an art form of getting well bred former NSW and Victorian mares and winning races with them in Queensland. The latest example was at the… Read More »
New Zealand stayer Megablast is embarking on a two-run Melbourne winter campaign to test his spring carnival prospects. The Nigel Tiley-trained stayer has travelled to Victoria for Saturday’s Silver Thomas Hanley Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley, with a 2500m race at Flemington seven days later also on the agenda. His… Read More »
Encouraged by the win at Canterbury this week of debutante Miss Que, Joe Pride’s attention has turned to a stable veteran at Rosehill. While Wednesay’s Miss Que looks to have a bright future ahead, Destiny’s Kiss has been there, run that, and shows no sign of slowing down. Age has… Read More »
Just how long Whistle Baby races on depends on her performance at Moonee Valley. The six-year-old runs in Saturday’s G J K Facility Services Handicap (1200m) which may turn out to be her last start. But if she happens to win, the career of the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained… Read More »
Petite’s Reward is the smallest horse in Brendan McCarthy’s stable. But she doesn’t act like it. “She’s very tiny but she makes up for it with massive determination,” McCarthy said. “And she’s actually the pushiest horse in the stable. She would walk right over the top of you. She has… Read More »
Godolphin trainer Darren Beadman can’t split his runners in two key races at Ipswich as he bids to add to his stakes wins in his short training career. Beadman, who took over as Godolphin’s interim trainer in early May when John O’Shea resigned, has already saddled 25 winners up until… Read More »
Craig Williams has tried to downplay his concerns over Magic Consol’s wide draw in the race named after his late cousin at Moonee Valley. A last-start winner at Moonee Valley on June 3, Magic Consol has drawn the widest gate in Saturday’s Travis Harrison Cup. “I’ve got Travis on my… Read More »
Claiming apprentice Tiffani Brooker’s hard work has given her another chance to add to her stakes-winning tally at Ipswich. Brooker will reunite with classy mare Banda Spice for her master Stuart Kendrick in Saturday’s Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1350m). She has ridden 60 winners this season of which 44 have… Read More »
There could be no better track than Ipswich for jockey Jim Byrne to break another record. Byrne is having a great winter with his Stradbroke day double on Capital Gain (J J Atkins) and the Chocante (Brisbane Cup) added to his win in the Group One Doomben 10,000 (Redzel) last… Read More »
Michelle Payne has fronted the British media ahead of her ride on Kaspersky in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Payne, who became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015, is in England to ride for fellow Australian Jane Chapple-Hyam and does not expect her… Read More »
