Jockey Michael Cahill will miss Queensland Oaks day after being suspended for 11 days at Doomben on Saturday. Cahill was outed for causing interference on second-placed finisher Highly Geared in the Chief de Beers Stakes. The suspension starts next Saturday night meaning he can ride in the Kingsford Smith Cup… Read More »
Mudlark Jungle Edge continues to lift the spirits of trainer Mick Bell. Jungle Edge ($6.50) led throughout to win the BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday and will back up in next week’s Group One Kingsford-Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Bell has experienced the highs and lows this year…. Read More »
Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller reached the 400-win milestone at Rosehill after Dagny snared the last in a dramatic conclusion to Saturday’s meeting. Waller, who recorded his 200th triumph at Warwick Farm midweek, achieved another landmark on his home track after $3.70 William Hill favourite Dagny followed New Universe and… Read More »
Corey Brown has had his Doomben Cup victory on Sense of Occasion soured by a seven-day suspension for excessive whip use. Stewards charged Brown with using the whip three more times than allowed before the 100m in the Cup. Brown, who pleaded guilty, received the same sanction as that received… Read More »
Extra Zero has achieved a milestone victory at Flemington at the expense of punters. Lining-up for his 100th start on Saturday, the 10-year-old gelding burst through the pack in the final 100m to take out the Archer Hall of Fame Trophy (2000m). The victory was just his seventh in his… Read More »
Diminutive filly Kenedna dispelled any stamina doubts, surviving a protest, to win in the Group Two Roses (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday. Stewards had to adjudicate on a protest lodged by jockey James Doyle on runner-up Oklahoma Girl against Kenedna for interference on three occasions in the straight. Doyle told… Read More »
Everything fell into place for galloper Sense of Occasion when a fast early pace allowed him to charge home and win the Group One Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday. Trainer Kris Lees was delighted when rain fell during the week for the noted wet tracker and he was able to… Read More »
Bonny O’Reilly has signalled her readiness for stakes company and earned a trip to Brisbane with a dominant win at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained mare racked up her fourth successive win and sixth from eight starts in a benchmark race on Saturday to set up a tilt at a Listed… Read More »
Beach life is agreeing with De Little Engine after he notched successive staying race victories at Flemington. After winning over 2800m a fortnight ago, De Little Engine added the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (3200m) to his record on Saturday. Ridden by Daniel Moor, De Little Engine was sent out the… Read More »
For once there was little fanfare when Winx was involved. Chris Waller wasn’t even at Rosehill to witness the race that bears the superstar’s name. Yet victory in a benchmark on a low-key Saturday meeting will still rate as a memorable moment of his training career after Invinzabeel finished impressively… Read More »
Sense Of Occasion has won the Group One Doomben Cup under a patient ride from Corey Brown. The Kris Lees-trained gelding appreciated Saturday’s heavy surface and came with a late run to beat Star Exhibit and Rudy in the 2000m feature. During the Sydney autumn, Sense Of Occasion finished third… Read More »
Jim Byrne’s confidence was transformed in to a Saturday win when Bidii Babe gave the in-form jockey his second stakes win of the day. Byrne rode Bidii Babe track work on Tuesday morning and declared to trainer Robert Heathcote she could be hard to beat in the Listed Bright Shadow… Read More »
Greg McFarlane may revise his strategy to aim Clear The Beach at next autumn’s Provincial Championships. The Gosford-based trainer admitted grander plans may be conceived for the lightly-raced four-year-old gelding after he held the chasers at bay to comfortably win the Lloyd Williams Hall Of Fame Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill… Read More »
Tactical Advantage stamped his class and emerged as a lightweight Stradbroke Handicap contender when he won at Doomben on Saturday. Starting the $4 favourite in the Three-Years-Old Plate (1200m), Tactical Advantage shortened from $51 into $26 with Luxbet for the 2017 Stradbroke Handicap after overhauling All Over Bosanova ($6) to win… Read More »
Pymble’s maiden win at Newcastle has given his sire Snitzel the outright record for the number of two-year-old winners in a season. Last year, Snitzel equalled Without Fear’s record of 30 individual juvenile winners and on Saturday set the new standard with two months of the season remaining. Fittingly Pymble… Read More »
Comeback galloper The Virginian could go into next month’s Group One Stradbroke Handicap without another run after his barnstorming win at Doomben. The Virginian ($8.50) finished with a withering burst to beat Highly Geared ($25) by three quarters of a length in Saturday’s Listed Chief de Beers Handicap (1050m) at… Read More »
Some trainers are unhappy to put an apprentice on a horse without being able to use their full claim but Matt Dale wouldn’t have sent Canberra mare Hay Now to Rosehill without Nick Heywood. Hay Now and Heywood brought up their third successive win together in Saturday’s Highway Plate (1500m)… Read More »
The sky could be the limit for New Universe, and so to are sprint distances as enticements like The Everest loom on the horizon. A former New Zealand-based gelding, the three-year-old continued his unbeaten run in Sydney with a withering burst carrying him to the line a neck clear of… Read More »
Don’t knock the Warwick form. That was the advice from Tony Sears after Pardoe rocketed into Group One contention after his fast-finishing win in the Listed Oxlade Stakes (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. Sears took the unconventional step of starting Pardoe at Warwick last month to begin his carnival campaign…. Read More »
Overstep has turned the tables on short-priced favourite Divine Quality in an impressive win at Flemington. The Chris Waller-trained Overstep enjoyed the weight relief in taking out the Light Fingers Hall of Fame Trophy (1200m) on Saturday. Ridden by Craig Newitt, Overstep ($10) scored a three-quarter length win from Motown… Read More »
