Melbourne mare Secret Agenda has overcome a wide draw to win Adelaide’s first $1 million race at Morphettville. Saturday’s Group One UBET Classic (1200m) had a prize money injection this year, which attracted a top-class field of fillies and mares from around Australia. Secret Agenda, ridden by Damien Oliver, showed… Read More »
The decision to remain in Melbourne has been rewarded for Beau Mertens, who has moved to within two wins of the lead in the metropolitan jockeys’ premiership after a winning treble at Flemington. Mertens could have ridden in a feature race in Adelaide on Saturday but the apprentice elected to… Read More »
Crystal Dreamer has turned the tables on Perth sprinter Malibu Style to give jockey Andrew Mallyon a winning double at Flemington. Mallyon had earlier steered two-year-old debutante Booker to victory in the Phar Lap Club Plate before that filly’s Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained stablemate Crystal Dreamer took out the… Read More »
Rory Hutchings’ first win for the Godolphin stable has drawn a suspension after he pleaded guilty to careless riding following the card-opener at Rosehill. The New Zealand jockey was suspended for five meetings – downgraded from seven after his plea and disciplinary record were taken into account – after admitting… Read More »
After failing to come up during a spring campaign, Zamzam has bounced back to winning form at Flemington. A promising two-year-old who ran third to Extreme Choice and Flying Artie in the 2016 Blue Diamond Stakes, Zamzam won Saturday’s Primacy Handicap with authority. Ridden by Luke Nolen, Zamzam ($18) showed… Read More »
A stakes race at Scone was beyond her but Untamed Diamond has proved a cut above at Rosehill to continue her progression to black type since arriving from New Zealand. The four-year-old mare raced in Listed or Group company three times before Richard Collett brought her to Warwick Farm, and… Read More »
Top Of My List is just that with trainer Anthony Cummings after adding the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill to her recent Group Three win at Randwick. The mare’s win in April’s JRA Plate was the first stakes success for the new partnership of Cummings and his son Edward…. Read More »
Classy filly Savanna Amour has defied a betting drift and foiled a plunge on runner-up Heroic Valour to win the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas. Savanna Amour blew from $7.50 to $16 with Sportsbet on Saturday before winning the Guineas by half a head from Heroic Valour, which was heavily… Read More »
The favourites have fought out the Group One Australasian Oaks, with the Chris Waller-trained Egg Tart finishing strongly to beat Kenedna in a thrilling contest at Morphettville. John Allen took a rails run on the Darren Weir-trained $2.80 Luxbet favourite Kenedna in the straight and hit the front inside the… Read More »
Justin Webb has always known Roguish has ability but is thrilled to see him show it on the racetrack. The 1500m handicap at Rosehill was the Tim Martin-trained gelding’s first Saturday metropolitan win. It also represented a rare city victory for jockey Adam Hyeronimus. Roguish skipped clear late in the… Read More »
Doncaster winner It’s Somewhat has produced a fighting finish to give retiring Godolphin trainer John O’Shea his final stakes win for the international organisation. O’Shea finishes on Saturday night as Godolphin’s Australian victor after 500 winners, including 10 at Group One level. However, few wins would have given O’Shea as… Read More »
Three-year-old Divine Quality has taken the step to city racing in her stride and confirmed herself as a filly on the rise with a convincing win at Flemington. The Robbie Griffiths-trained Divine Quality scored an easy win on debut at Bendigo in April before attention turned to Saturday’s Indian Summer… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie is glad he bowed to the wishes of owner Mike Crooks when outsider With A Promise scored a boilover win in the Silk Stocking on the Gold Coast. Currie was scanning race programs to find a suitable restriced class race for With A Promise when Crooks requested… Read More »
Cannyescent has racked up the third win of this preparation for his new trainers by finishing strongly to claim another benchmark race at Rosehill. The four-year-old gelding won at the Sydney track for the first time on Saturday as Tim Clark drove the $3.50 Luxbet favourite to the line after… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has had to work overtime to win his treble on the Gold Coast and show why he is considered one of the world’s best stakes race jockeys. Religify ($2.70) gave Bowman his third win for Saturday’s meeting, wearing down Siegfried ($5.50) in the last 100m to win the… Read More »
Booker has lived up to the lofty expectations of her trainers with a strong debut win at Flemington. Simon Zahra and training partner Mathew Ellerton said the Written Tycoon filly was the best two-year-old in their stable after Saturday’s win in the Phar Lap Club Plate. The pair considered Booker… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman are eyeing another Queensland Oaks trophy after progressive filly Dawn Wall scored an emphatic win in the Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m). Two years ago, wonder mare Winx captured her first Group One win in the Queensland Oaks, when it was held at… Read More »
Recent recruit New Universe has made a sparkling Australian debut at Rosehill for trainer Chris Waller. The three-year-old crossed the Tasman early this year as a colt but has since been gelded, which has helped improve his manners. New Universe won his first two starts in New Zealand for Chris… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has posted a century of wins in NSW for the third successive season as Sydney’s premiership-leading jockey found redemption with Black On Gold. Disappointed after the gelding was unable to find decent running in his previous start at Randwick on April 22, Avdulla reunited with the developing stayer… Read More »
De Little Engine has proven too classy for his rivals over a staying distance at Flemington to break through for his first win in 18 months. The Danny O’Brien-trained gelding was sent out the $2.40 Ladbrokes favourite in Saturday’s Vintage Crop Handicap (2800m) and didn’t disappoint, looping around his rivals… Read More »
