Talented New Zealand three-year-old Tavidream is likely to run in the Queensland Derby with new owners. The Group Two-winning gelding will head to Brisbane this week to prepare for his Queensland campaign. An Australian interest has an option to buy Tavideream who has won five of his seven starts including… Read More »
Queensland Derby winner Eagle Way could have earned a trip back to Australia with his victory in the Group Three Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap at Sha Tin. Eagle Way beat his John Moore-trained stablemate Helene Charisma on Sunday with their trainer saying both were ideal types for the Caulfield… Read More »
Speculation about a new Australian head trainer for Godolphin continues despite no confirmation John O’Shea has resigned. James Cummings was the favourite with a corporate bookmaker on Saturday when the reports broke but the market has since been taken down. Tony McEvoy and Lee Freedman are other names said to… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce will step up his juvenile assault on the winter carnival with two hopes in the Ken Russell Classic at the Gold Coast. Munce won his fourth two-year-old stakes race of the season with Saint Patricks Day in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. He believes… Read More »
No Song No Supper forms part of trainer Patrick Payne’s team for the jumps features at Warrnambool with the gelding to defend his Grand Annual Steeplechase crown. Payne plans to have No Song No Supper and Slowpoke Rodriguez in Thursday’s $300,000 Grand Annual, run over a gruelling 5500m and 33 obstacles,… Read More »
While he is happy Rebel Dane has found a home at stud, trainer Gary Portelli admits it will be hard to see him leave the stable. The dual Group One winner will stand at Swettenham Stud in the spring but first he will try to add to his tally of… Read More »
Apprentice Tiffiani Brooker will consider appealing the severity of her seven-day suspension for excessive whip use aboard Victory Stakes winner Dreams Aplenty while the trainer of the runner-up will try to have the result reversed. Brent Stanley has reportedly sought legal advice after Violate was beaten a nose by Dreams… Read More »
Champion jumps jockey Steve Pateman will be sporting two hats on the opening day of the three-day Warrnambool carnival. He will try to add to his tally of winners at the famous meeting and will also have runners as a trainer. Earlier this year Pateman was granted a dual trainer/jockey… Read More »
Willie Mullins has come back to nail the champion trainer title in a thrilling end to the jumps season in Ireland. The perennial champion appeared to have a mountain to climb at the start of the week as he trailed rival Gordon Elliott by a shade over 400,00 euro ($A582,000)….. Read More »
Apprentice Tiffani Brooker’s biggest day a jockey has been soured by a seven-day suspension for excessive use of the whip. Brisbane’s leading apprentice, Brooker rode a double on Saturday including her first stakes win on Dreams Aplenty who won the Group Three Gunsynd Classic by a nose. Brooker pleaded guilty… Read More »
Perth Cup winner Star Exhibit has made an instant impression in the eastern states with a Listed win at his first start for Victoria’s premier trainer Darren Weir at Caulfield. Star Exhibit won the Group Two Perth Cup (2400m) on December 31 and owner Bob Peters then sent the gelding… Read More »
First-up disappointment Fabrizio has confirmed what Gai Waterhouse had known for more than a week in the lead-up to the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. After he finished down the course when he resumed from a spell at Randwick, Waterhouse and her co-trainer Adrian Bott took the precaution of giving Fabrizio a… Read More »
Trainer John McArdle has received some consolation for the defeat of two-year-old Doubt I’m Dreaming with Grey Street’s victory at Caulfield. Doubt I’m Dreaming was looked on as Saturday’s bet of the day and sent out the $1.55 UniBet favourite in the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup. But the colt could… Read More »
The horse who gave trainer John Price his first Melbourne city winner has added another with a first-up success at Caulfield. Promising three-year-old Wise Hero made it three wins from four starts with a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s Next Payments Handicap (1200m). Price, a Group Two-winning trainer in Western Australia,… Read More »
The biggest win of Scott Singelton’s career was given added significance as Shazee Lee claimed the Hawkesbury Guineas. Shazee Lee is owned by Dr Max Kowalczuk, a dentist who has been one of Singleton’s most loyal supporters. “I started training when I was 20 (years old) and I’m 33 now… Read More »
Toowoomba gelding Dreams Aplenty has confirmed his rating as a tough fighter when he got up off the canvas to win the Group Three Gunsynd Classic at Eagle Farm. Dreams Aplenty was sent out at $2.30 with luxbet.com went to his usual position in the lead from the jump but on… Read More »
Originally bought with the Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast in mind, Kobayashi has made it two wins in succession with a stakes race win at Caulfield. Kobayashi led throughout to score in the Listed Thoroughbred Club Cup (1200m) on Saturday and in the process burst the bubble over… Read More »
Premier Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd has been seen at his best in a clever front-running ride on Music Magnate to win the Group Two Victory Stakes. A runaway leader in this year’s premiership, Lloyd has won many of his races by leading and dictating the pace. It was exactly what… Read More »
Chris Waller is tipping more Sydney form reversals like the one turned in by former New Zealand mare Shillelagh to win the Godolphin Crown. Sent out at double-figure odds, Shillelagh posted her first win since a transfer to Sydney’s premier stable with a come-from-behind victory in the $175,000 race at… Read More »
Illness forced apprentice Beau Mertens out of a midweek city meeting but he has kept up his title challenge by returning to his winning ways at Caulfield. Mertens missed Wednesday’s Sandown meeting but was back in action on Saturday and notched his 52nd city winner for the season aboard the… Read More »
