Mugatoo has been promoted to Sydney Cup equal favouritism on the back of his strong win in the Canberra Cup. The Kris Lees-trained Australian Bloodstock-owned import added Monday’s Listed 2000m-race to his two wins at his other two Australian starts. Starting the $1.90 favourite, Mugatoo wore down Fun Fact and… Read More »
King Of Leogrance has recorded an emotional win for the Danny O’Brien stable in the 150th Adelaide Cup at Morphettville. Earlier on Monday, a track rider from O’Brien’s Thirteenth Beach stable near Geelong was killed when he and the horse he was riding were struck by a car. The driver… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller cannot fault Kolding’s condition ahead of the $5 million All-Star Mile but admits the left-handed direction holds some fears. Waller’s trepidation comes from Kolding’s first start at Caulfield in Melbourne where Saturday’s race is run. Market 💰: View the All Star Mile odds The winner of the Epsom… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy could not hide his elation at finally winning the race named in honour of his former boss at Morphettville. The Listed C S Hayes Memorial Cup (1600m) on Monday was taken out by the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Over Exposure. Tony McEvoy worked for the late Colin… Read More »
Star New Zealand filly Probabeel is the favourite in first markets on the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Her arch-rival Funstar will stick to three-year-old company in the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes on Saturday’s program. Probabeel is also nominated for the Phar Lap over 1500m, the same distance… Read More »
With two confirmed runners in the All-Star Mile, West Australian trainer Alana Williams will not be playing favourites despite a soft spot for the younger of the pair. Williams and her husband and co-trainer Grant will be represented by four-year-old Regal Power and the year younger Superstorm in Saturday’s second… Read More »
Five-time Group One winner Eremein has died aged 18 of colic. Robrick Lodge said the gelding died at the property on Sunday. Trained by Allan Denham for Geoff and Beryl White, Eremein won the 2005 Rosehill Guineas and Australian Derby. The following autumn he added the Ranvet Stakes, BMW and… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien has expressed his heartbreak after the death of one of his track riders in an accident near Geelong in Victoria. The registered stablehand was killed after a car struck a horse he was riding on Thirteenth Beach Road at Connewarre on Monday morning. The man,… Read More »
Well-travelled Amish Boy has broken through for his maiden victory in the Magic Millions Adelaide Classic at Morphettville. The two-year-old trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace was lining up for his fourth start in Monday’s $200,000 race and just prevailed over fellow Victorian Glenfiddich. Amish Boy was a $300,000… Read More »
A registered track rider working for Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien has been killed after a car struck a horse he was riding near Geelong in Victoria. The accident happened on Thirteenth Beach Road at Connewarre on Monday morning with the rider, a man aged in his 30s, dying at… Read More »
Queensland jockey Matt McGillivray has been suspended for four weeks after being found guilty of reckless riding at the Sunshine Coast. The ban was McGillivray’s fourth suspension in three weeks and his second in two days. Stewards found McGillivray had moved out aboard favourite Winning Shot at the 450m-mark in… Read More »
Trainer Nicky Henderson will do all he can to get Altior to the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham after revealing the horse has a lameness issue. Altior suffered his first career defeat over jumps at Ascot in November, but bounced back on his return to his favoured two miles… Read More »
Former Golden Slipper favourite Cellsabeel remains on the borderline to get in the field after running a close third in the Black Opal Stakes. The race was won by the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Barbaric from stablemate Bartley with a long neck covering the first three. Cellsabeel’s jockey Tommy Berry… Read More »
The Cody Morgan-trained Ligulate has been promoted to favouritism for the $500,000 Country Championship final after his heat win at Tamworth. The TAB reacted immediately to Ligulate’s victory on Sunday, firming him from $9 to $6 for the final at Randwick on April 4. The former Godolphin sprinter is now… Read More »
Danny O’Brien is delighted with the return of Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare as the stayer starts a long campaign aimed at a defence of his title. Having his first start since his Cup win in November, Vow And Declare finished third behind Fifty Stars and Regal Power in… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote is eyeing off a rich double at the Gold Coast with Rothfire and Guntantes. The unbeaten Rothfire will start the short-priced favourite in the $500,000 Two-Year-Old The Jewel on Saturday while Guntantes runs in the $300,000 The Jewel for three-year-olds. Guntantes trialled strongly at Eagle Farm… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is likely to resist the lure of the Group One Coolmore Classic with Funstar and instead opt for a rematch with star New Zealand filly Probabeel. Saturday’s Coolmore Classic (1500m) is for fillies and mares and Waller is reluctant to run Funstar out of her age group…. Read More »
Glen Boss will miss the All-Star Mile ride on Kolding but believes if the gelding brings his A-game to the $5 million race at Caulfield he will be a leading chance. After a winning double at Flemington on Saturday including the Group One Newmarket Handicap on Bivouac, Boss began a… Read More »
Having tested Mustajeer in an exhibition gallop, top jockey Kerrin McEvoy is looking forward to warming the saddle on the imported stayer in the Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. Hugh Bowman partnered Mustajeer to his first-up win in the Parramatta Cup but will be in Melbourne on Saturday to ride… Read More »
Clerk of the course Simon Claisse is delighted with the way the ground has been received by racing professionals ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. Thanks to a mainly dry week, Claisse was able to change the going from soft to soft, good to soft in places on both old and… Read More »
