In-form apprentice Beau Mertens has continued his run of success with victory in the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush at Bendigo on the lightly raced Speed Street. Mertens is having a breakout season to be sitting second in the overall jockeys’ metropolitan premiership in Victoria and he has added to his… Read More »
Filly Cooroi Chase has lived up to her recent runaway trial win and earned herself a winter carnival campaign with victory in the two-year-old handicap (1050m) at Doomben. Despite blowing from $2.80 to $4.40 late in the betting on Saturday, Cooroi Chase scored by 1-1/4 lengths in front of the… Read More »
Caulfield-based Acatour is set for another cross-border incursion after a strategic triumph on his “D-Day” secured the Group Three Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick. Co-trainer Peter Snowden confessed the talented colt was headed for a vet check had he not performed on the opening day of The Championships, but now… Read More »
Winx has added another dimension to the first day of The Championships at Randwick with a solo gallop before her next assignment. Seven days out from the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the champion was given a workout over 1000m, with race jockey Hugh Bowman putting her through her paces after Saturday’s… Read More »
Four-year-old Sebring Sun has broken through for his first win since August 2015, which could provide a stepping stone to bigger targets. Sebring Sun won the Listed Rosebud Quality in August 2015 and was third in the Group One Golden Rose later that preparation when trained by Gary Portelli. He… Read More »
Melbourne trainer Robert Smerdon has launched a successful raid on Sydney, with Property continuing his good form to win the Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick. The Group Three race for two-year-olds over 1100m on Saturday’s program was the first test of the heavy track, which jockeys said was fair despite the… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy tackles the opening day of The Championships at Randwick with two good chances in Group One races but harbours concerns over the state of the track. Hey Doc contests Saturday’s G1 Doncaster Mile while Aspect meets the two-year-olds in Sires’ Produce Stakes. The Randwick surface was upgraded… Read More »
Scott Singleton was groomed for the equine industry by Bart Cummings as a leading trackwork rider, and now the Hawkesbury-based horseman is hoping to impress Sydney’s elite trainers on a regular basis. That process takes a potential step forward on day one of The Championships at Randwick when he saddles… Read More »
Golden Slipper winning jockey Ben Melham will be out to add to his Sydney feature race success on the opening day of The Championships at Randwick but has been ruled out of other major autumn meetings after failing in an appeal against a ban. Melham was suspended for two weeks… Read More »
A dominant win in a race named for the great Sunline has I Am A Star ready for her shot to become the first filly since that champion to win the Group 1 Doncaster Mile. Sunline won the first of two Doncasters as a three-year-old in 1999 and I Am… Read More »
Apprentice Tiffani Brooker finished the best month of her career with a double on Wednesday and hopes to carry the momentum in the lead up to the winter carnival. Brooker rode nine winners in March and now leads the Brisbane apprentices premiership with 26 winners and is equal fourth in… Read More »
New Zealand colt Jon Snow gave Damian Lane his first Sydney winner and now has the chance to give the Melbourne jockey his first harbour city Group One victory in the Australian Derby. Lane won last Saturday’s Group Two Tulloch Stakes on Jon Snow and partners the colt again in… Read More »
From Port Macquarie to the racing capital of NSW. The Country Championships final at Randwick presents an ideal opportunity to gauge how far Cogliere and Andrew Adkins have travelled since those formative days at Marc Quinn’s stable. Inseparable until Adkins, Sydney’s leading apprentice, headed south to continue his development with… Read More »
Golden Slipper placegetters Frolic and Tulip are vying for favouritism in the season’s third Group One race for two-year-olds but a better behaved Menari could put them to the test. The Gerald Ryan-trained colt was third across the line in the Slipper but was demoted to fourth on protest. He… Read More »
Former Sydneysider Brazen Moss has been thrown in the deep end at Doomben but has things in his favour as he tries to make the jump from midweek class horse to open company. Brazen Moss scored an impressive win in a Class Six race at the Gold Coast two weeks… Read More »
Doomben has bounced back from a soaking and is set to host Saturday’s scheduled race meeting. Queensland stewards inspected Doomben on Friday afternoon and declared it safe for racing. Chief steward Allan Reardon said the track had dried out considerably thanks to strong winds during the day. “We could race… Read More »
A heavy Randwick track is a cause of concern for Melbourne trainer John Moloney ahead of the Carbine Club Stakes. Moloney has Magic Millions Guineas winner Flying Jess engaged in Saturday’s Group Three Carbine Club Stakes with the filly facing heavy conditions for the first time. While the prospects of a… Read More »
When Perfect Dare attempts to clean up the Country Championships final at Randwick, trainer Matthew Dunn can take a short break from mopping the flood waters that have inundated his stables at Murwillumbah. Dunn had barely arrived in Sydney for Saturday’s $400,000 decider over 1400m before turning tail for the… Read More »
Despite trainer Robbie Laing’s initial reservations about stretching So Si Bon out to a staying distance again, the talented colt will line up as a genuine contender in the $2 million Australian Derby at Randwick. So Si Bon finished fourth in the Victoria Derby over 2500m during the spring before… Read More »
A significant milestone is within reach of iron horse Burning Front who will smash through the $1 million prize money barrier if his rich vein of form continues at Bendigo in the Golden Mile. The Darren Weir-trained six-year-old gelding, who was bred by his part-owner Justin Lovatt, is the $3.50… Read More »
