Dwayne Dunn has picked up the Golden Slipper ride on Teaspoon with an ear infection keeping her original jockey in Hong Kong. Zac Purton had to forfeit rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, missing out on three winners. The problem prevents him from flying to Sydney with Dunn the… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick has thought long and hard ting about setting Divine and Margin Trader for the feature double at the Gold Coast. Kendrick spent days going over the form of the opposition and the likely race patterns before committing to run the pair on Saturday. Divine Centuri will back… Read More »
Winning doubles at the two city meetings in Melbourne so far this week has Mertens, son of retired Group One-winning rider Peter Mertens, second in the metropolitan jockeys’ premiership. The 19-year-old, who rode his first city winner 11 months ago, is in a battle with fellow young gun Ben Allen… Read More »
After being warned against taking an aerial route to the Black Opal Stakes, Bert Vieira will go to any lengths to watch Trapeze Artist perform in the Golden Slipper. Vieira certainly wasn’t upset when trainer Gerald Ryan urged him not to watch the colt’s attempt to qualify for Saturday’s $3.5… Read More »
Craig Williams enjoyed a successful association with Criterion and now Melbourne’s premier jockey is eyeing a Group One win on the former star horse’s younger sibling Comin’ Through. Williams rode Criterion six times with the highlight their win in Sydney’s richest race, the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes two years… Read More »
Mick Mair has long been one of the dominant trainers on the Sunshine Coast but lately has made his mark at the other end of the south east Queensland tourist strip. Mair was a successful trainer when based at Warwick Farm in Sydney but moved to Caloundra 30 years ago… Read More »
Hong Kong-based Australian jockey Zac Purton has been ruled out of the Golden Slipper meeting with an ear infection. Purton, who was due to ride Teaspoon in Saturday’s $3.5 million Slipper at Rosehill, was stood down from riding at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. On Thursday, the jockey announced on… Read More »
Single Bullet has been given the all-clear to run in the Golden Slipper after taking skin off his front legs in a stable mishap. Trainer Gary Portelli told Sky Sports Radio the colt had undergone a veterinary inspection on Thursday and been passed to run in Saturday’s $3.5 million race… Read More »
Apprentice Allanah Fancourt’s stellar form has earned her the ride on favourite Flamboyer in the non-claiming Listed Goldmarket Stakes. Fancourt has ridden 10 winners since March 1 including a double at Doomben on Wednesday on Ercolano and Happy Hooves for her master Tony Gollan. She is currently second on the… Read More »
Special Tiara has claimed an upset win in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham with odds-on favourite Douvan found to be lame after the race in which he finished seventh. Most racegoers at the second day of the Cheltenham Festival had anticipated a routine success for the 2-9 favourite,… Read More »
Golden Slipper contender Single Bullet will have to pass a veterinary inspection to take his place in the $3.5 million race. Trainer Gary Portelli told stewards the colt had become cast in his stable on Wednesday afternoon, suffering abrasions to both front legs and swelling to his right eye. Portelli’s… Read More »
Well-bred filly Rock Giselle has put herself in the frame to emulate her mother by chasing an Oaks win. The Lee and Anthony Freedman-trained Rock Giselle broke through for a maiden win in Wednesday’s Argyle Maintenance Plate (1500m) at Sandown at her fifth start. Rock Giselle is by Fastnet Rock… Read More »
Almost 30 years after Brixton Town couldn’t finish in the same postcode as Beau Zam, Stephen Autridge hopes Gingernuts can close in on the Australian Derby with an impressive run in the Rosehill Guineas. The three-year-old gelding arrived in Sydney from New Zealand on Monday, fresh from a victory in… Read More »
Craig Williams has his sights on a second Golden Slipper with a filly he has compared to the horse who gave him his only win so far in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. Williams won the 2006 Slipper on Miss Finland and on Saturday rides Catchy in the $3.5… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd has become only the second jockey in 160 years of Queensland racing to ride 100 metropolitan winners in a season. Lloyd brought Medieval ($3.80) with a well timed run to win Wednesday’s Class Three (1630m) and join Chris Munce in the centurion club. Munce set the Brisbane metropolitan… Read More »
Lindsay Park never shies away from a contest. Many a stable would already have conceded Saturday’s Blamey Stakes at Flemington to Melbourne’s leading trainer Darren Weir who has a strong hand in the seven-horse 1600m Group Two race. Weir has the $2.10 Luxbet.com favourite Black Heart Bart supported by Tosen… Read More »
Hugh Bowman is at a stage in his life to appreciate just how good Winx is and how privileged he is to be a part of her career. But rather than sit back reflecting on what the mare has already achieved, the jockey is focused on the job ahead aboard… Read More »
Winter carnival-bound stayer Emerald City is an example of breeding not always being a good indicator of a horse handling wet tracks. Emerald City showed he was a talent when he won four metropolitan races in a row late last year. He is headed for the winter carnival via the… Read More »
Mick Kent believes the handicap conditions of the The Galaxy in Sydney is the best option for talented sprinter Supido who will make his second interstate trip in as many starts. Supido finished third in the Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m) on heavy going at Randwick last start before Kent… Read More »
THE GOLDEN SLIPPER 1200m, $3.5 million, two-year-old race at Rosehill HISTORY * Todman won the inaugural Slipper in 1957 by eight lengths and started at 1-6 * Magic Night (1961) the first filly to win * Won by 28 colts, seven geldings and 25 fillies * Eighteen favourites have won,… Read More »
