Having conquered Caulfield at his first attempt, Hong Kong’s champion rider Joao Moreira will return to Australia a week later to renew his association with Randwick. Moreira won Saturday’s Group One Oakleigh Plate on Sheidel who was a $7.50 chance with Sportsbet.com.au and also took out the Group Two Angus… Read More »
Steve Tregea believes the lure of training a top class horse outweighs the big offers being made for rising star three-year-old Niccanova. Tregea has had offers from Hong Kong and also Australian interests to sell Niccanova who made it two wins from three starts at Doomben on Saturday. Niccanva looked… Read More »
There was no way former Caulfield girl Jenny Chapman was going to miss being trackside when co-favourite Property raced in the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes, even if it was not part of the original plan. Property was meant to follow the successful Price Bloodstock formula of buying Australian horses… Read More »
A last-start Group Two win has earned the Robert Smerdon-trained Oak Door a shot at the Australian Guineas. Smerdon is planning to start Oak Door in Saturday’s Group One race for three-year-oldsover 1600m at Flemington and he could be joined by stablemate Theanswermyfriend. Oak Door is a winner over 1400m… Read More »
Forgotten two-year-old Madeenaty will press her claims for a 2017 Golden Slipper start in a stakes race at Flemington. The Lindsay Park-trained filly runs in the Listed News Sport Stakes (1000m) on Saturday as a lead-up to the Golden Slipper at Rosehill two weeks later. A debut winner at Flemington… Read More »
Veteran French jockey Thierry Jarnet, best known in recent years as the rider of the brilliant mare Treve, has announced his retirement from the saddle because of an ongoing knee problem. The 49-year-old steered the Criquette Head-Maarek-trained Treve to eight of her nine career victories, including successive triumphs in the… Read More »
The Brisbane Race Club and Racing Queensland are confident they will have sorted out problems with the new official price fluctuation service for the next metropolitan meeting. A new system called Queensland Official Price was introduced last Wednesday but there have been some problems and confusion. There was a problem… Read More »
Ron Quinton’s 100th runner of the season has delivered the desired result at Randwick, giving the champion jockey-turned-trainer a win after a tragic start to the year. Quinton’s wife, Margaret, died from a heart attack on January 8, and jockey Tim Clark was happy to give him a reason to… Read More »
For the second time in less than a month, Stephen Baster has received dual suspensions following a winning ride on Farson. The Gai Waterhouse and Anthony Bott-trained three-year-old won the Group Two Autumn Classic at Caulfield on Saturday, but Baster was suspended on two careless riding charges. He received a… Read More »
Andrew Noblet has Sydney Group One aspirations for Silent Sedition following her win in a stakes race at Caulfield, but only if the track is dry. Silent Sedition led through to win the Mannerism Stakes (1400m) on Saturday and now Noblet is eyeing the Coolmore Stakes at Rosehill on March… Read More »
Her trainer admits he came close to scratching Winx from the Chipping Norton Stakes as steady rain drenched Randwick, but the champion has brushed aside the heavy track as if it was her preferred surface. The seemingly invincible Winx and her laid-back and self-assured jockey Hugh Bowman went through the… Read More »
David Hayes has claimed a sixth Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield with brilliant filly Catchy, but says winning it with his family makes the victory even sweeter. Hayes trained five winners of Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race under his own name, but Saturday’s win was his first in partnership with son… Read More »
For Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes, winning the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes is even better when you get to share it with another member of the Hayes racing dynasty. Hayes has now won Victoria’s premier event for two-year-olds a record six times but rates Saturday’s win by Catchy… Read More »
Desleigh Forster’s dream of winning a Group One race with Cylinder Beach has moved up another notch after the gelding scored an impressive win at Doomben. Cylinder Beach ($3.20) had his last start before heading to Sydney for an autumn campaign with a 1-1/4-length win over Siegfried ($2.60) in the… Read More »
Sheidel has given Lindsay Park and owner Rob Crabtree a race-to-race Group One double by winning the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. Taken to the front by champion Hong Kong jockey Joao Moreira on Saturday, Sheidel was headed in the straight by stablemate Faatinah before fighting back to record her first… Read More »
New Zealand filly La Bella Diosa has reaffirmed her Australian Oaks favouritism with a tough Group Two win in difficult conditions at Randwick. Trainers Mandy and Matt Brown brought the filly to Sydney to enhance her record, which includes the Group One Thousand Guineas at home. Steady ran throughout Saturday… Read More »
Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir has praised the toughness and ability of Stratum Star after the five-year-old notched his third-straight feature race win this campaign, all in different states. Stratum Star held off a late charge from stablemate Humidor in Saturday’s Group Two Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield, having… Read More »
McCreery was never the focal point for Chris Waller at Randwick but he did rise to prominence late to claim the Group Three $150,000 Liverpool City Cup in trying conditions. Racing for the first time since finishing second in the Group One Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington last October, McCreery… Read More »
Winx has shrugged off the wet to claim her 10th Group One victory and extend her winning streak to 15 in the Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. On a soggy Saturday when trainer Chris Waller came close to scratching the champion mare, jockey Hugh Bowman urged her to the… Read More »
The decision by jockey Craig Williams to stick with Catchy as his ride in the Blue Diamond Stakes has been rewarded, with the filly maintaining an unbeaten start to her career with victory in the $1.5 million Group One race at Caulfield. Williams was spoiled for choice, having ridden five… Read More »
