Experienced jockey Corey Brown warmed up for a return to the Queensland winter carnival with a treble at Rosehill. Brown reigned supreme on Saturday when Louie Sea Kay won the last after making a dramatic improvement from the Melbourne Cup-winning hoop’s first experience with the four-year-old. They first paired up… Read More »
Connections of talented mare Bonny O’Reilly are hopeful of a penalty from her win in the Helen Coughlan Stakes to gain a Stradbroke Handicap berth. Bonny O’Reilly firmed from $26 into $15 for next Saturday’s $1.5 million Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1350m) but will need to earn a penalty to… Read More »
A stable favourite has provided Darren Weir with another training record at Moonee Valley. Camdus’ victory in the WT Partnership Handicap on Saturday gave Weir his 116th Melbourne metropolitan winner for the season. Weir’s achievement eclipses Lee Freedman’s mark set in the 2005-06 season. Last month Weir went past the… Read More »
Rachel King’s first Saturday win had barely sunk in before the English-born apprentice notched a double at Rosehill. King registered her first milestone when she piloted Just Dreaming to win the McGrath Estate Agents (1500m) for trainer Kris Lees. Later in the program, King, who is apprenticed to the Gai… Read More »
Trainer Rod Ollerton’s decision to go to the well one more time has paid off with a Rosehill victory to Royal Tudor. Ollerton set Royal Tudor for the Scone Cup and was disappointed when the four-year-old finished 11th, seven lengths from the winner Duca Valentinois. The Newcastle trainer decided to… Read More »
Egg Tart has extended her winning sequence to six races with a come-from-behind victory in the Group One Queensland Oaks. Allowed to settle in the second half of the field after being sent out the $3.10 Luxbet.com favourite, Egg Tart produced a dashing sprint down the middle of the course… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Deploy earned an extended winter carnival campaign when he outgunned Dothraki to win the Group Two Moreton Cup at Doomben on Saturday. Last week connections of Deploy decided against paying the first acceptance fee for next Saturday’s $1.5 million Group One Stradbroke Handicap and are unlikely to lodge… Read More »
He is a rising five-year-old but the consensus is Firsthand still has plenty to learn despite maintaining his 50 per cent win record with victory at Rosehill. Trained by Hawkes Racing, Firsthand won his fourth race from eight starts on Saturday and and his second from two starts for jockey… Read More »
Melbourne filly Snitty Kitty wasn’t at home on the track but she was still too good in the Queensland Lightning at Doomben. Jockey Tim Clark reported Snitty Kitty ($4.40) had found the track a little strange before she held on to beat Upstart Pride ($11) by a neck in the… Read More »
The breakdown of Cylinder Beach has marred the win of Single Gaze in the Group Two PJ O’Shea Stakes (2200m) at Doomben. Single Gaze won the O’Shea in emphatic fashion amid distressing scenes when Cylinder Beach suffered a fatal injury near the 200m. Cylinder Beach was looming as a winning… Read More »
Northern NSW gelding Zamex has finished strongly at Rosehill to give trainer Matthew Dunn his eighth win in a Highway Handicap. The Murwillumbah-based Dunn and Canberra’s Matt Dale now share top honours in the Saturday metropolitan races restricted to country-trained horses. Favourite Zamex ($3.30) had too plenty in the tank… Read More »
Kris Lees has earmarked promising three-year-old Just Dreaming for higher honours next season after a hard-fought Rosehill win. Coming off a promising run in the Scone Guineas, Just Dreaming raced on the speed for apprentice Rachel King before taking out the McGrath Agents Handicap on Saturday. “I think we’ll see… Read More »
Aptly named Ability has carried the colours of former prominent owner Phil Sly to victory at Moonee Valley. Ability was having his first run in Saturday’s Cafetto Handicap (1000m) following a long break when the four-year-old was gelded and had bone chips removed from his knee. Providing Craig Williams with… Read More »
Damien Oliver showed why he is rated one of Australia’s best jockeys with a last-to-first win aboard Payroll at Doomben on Saturday. Oliver drove Payroll ($5) through a gap near the fence to beat Maryore ($15) by a short neck in the Listed Spear Chef Stakes (1600m). Trainer Richard Laming… Read More »
A shower of rain before the race wasn’t enough to dampen Cottage’s prospects as she took advantage of firmer footing at Rosehill. The Godolphin mare battled on soft tracks in her two previous starts this preparation, so the good track on offer on Saturday was welcomed. Cottage, a $14 Luxbet… Read More »
Wanted Diva has made the transition from provincial company to city grade with a fighting win at Moonee Valley. The Lindsay Park-trained filly scored at Cranbourne last month before holding on to score narrowly in the Dominant Cleaning Solutions Handicap on Saturday. Ridden by Craig Williams, Wanted Diva ($4.80) scored… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida is happy to take a low-key approach with Cellargirl after her impressive first-up win in the Bill Carter Stakes at Doomben. Cellargirl ($6) enjoyed a perfect trail in fourth spot before producing an impressive turn of foot to win by 1-3/4 lengths from Skate To Paris ($7.50)… Read More »
Syndicator Dean Watt has taken a throw at the stumps but run himself out after lodging a protest against the result of a race at Rosehill. The Dynamic Syndications-owned Arbeitsam ($3.70), ridden by Blaike McDougall, was run down late by Corey Brown on Test The World ($13) in Saturday’s ATC… Read More »
Toowoomba colt Pardoe is not certain to start in next week’s JJ Atkins despite an easy win at Doomben on Saturday. Star jockey Hugh Bowman took Pardoe straight to the lead and he ran a field of smart two-year-olds into the ground in the Listed The Phoenix (1350m). It was… Read More »
Silence ended his first preparation on a high note at Rosehill, recording his second victory thanks to a canny ride from Glyn Schofield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt claimed the TAB Handicap on Saturday after Schofield bided his time before unleashing Silence ($12) widest in the straight. “It’s a… Read More »
