Far from being disappointed , trainer Pat Duff and jockey Nathan day are encouraged by Steel Zip’s performance in a $1 million race at the Gold Coast. The veteran sprinter showed there was still plenty of life left in his nine-year-old legs when beaten just over three lengths in the… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Le Romain will avoid a clash with champion mare Winx early in his autumn campaign, with trainer Kris Lees confirming plans to kick him off in the Southern Cross Stakes. Le Romain stepped out in a barrier trial at Wyong on Monday morning, pleasing Lees in… Read More »
Dual Group One-winning filly Yankee Rose has returned a positive result to a banned substance from her second in the Flight Stakes. Racing NSW Stewards said a sample taken from the filly after her second to Global Glamour in the Flight Stakes at Randwick on October 1 showed the presence… Read More »
Australian sprinter Odyssey Moon is an $8 chance to claim a Group One win in New Zealand in The Telegraph Handicap at Trentham. The Telegraph over 1200 metres emerged as an option for Odyssey Moon after his win in the Group Three Standish Handicap at Flemington on New Year’s Day… Read More »
In the same week Dundeel’s first progeny have made an impact in the sale ring, his younger sibling has opened her winning account in country NSW. Forreel, a Nom Du Jeu four-year-old half sister to the champion, had her first Australian start over 1300 metres at Scone on Sunday, claiming… Read More »
Melbourne filly Flying Jess has written herself into the record books in more ways than one with her win in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas. Starting at 100-1 she equalled the record for the longest priced winner in a Queensland feature race with 1977 Stradbroke Handicap winner Sir Wisp…. Read More »
Hall Of Fame has given the Te Akau Racing training partnership of Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards a Group One win more satisfying than most. The colt won Saturday’s Levin Classic at Trentham to help erase memories of stablemate Xtravagant’s fourth a year ago as the $1.30 favourite. “It’s great… Read More »
Apprentices were to the fore on Chester Manifold Stakes day at Flemington, and some of Victoria’s top young riders are making an impression in this season’s Melbourne premiership. Seven of the nine races on Saturday’s Flemington program were won by apprentices on a day when a host of senior riders… Read More »
Sydney apprentice Deanne Panya has joined an elite group with her win on Testashadow in the Magic Millions Cup. The $1 million Cup was by far the biggest win for the 23-year-old who has ridden 11 metropolitan winners this season in Sydney. She was the only apprentice riding at Saturday’s… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Robbie Fradd will have to rely on the appeals process to avoid a lengthy suspension. Fradd picked up his third ban in a fortnight at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Stewards found him guilty of interference on Most Important near the line in the Magic Millions Cup and… Read More »
He’s Our Rokkii is already a Group One winner at Caulfield and will be given the chance to add another two early in his upcoming campaign. The four-year-old won the Group One Toorak Handicap (1600m) during his spring preparation and his co-trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig are… Read More »
Jeff Lloyd won’t rest on his laurels after winning the Magic Millions Classic on Houtzen and is poised to become the first jockey to ride 100 winners for the season. The veteran South African expat is locked in a fascinating struggle with Perth’s William Pike to be Australia’s leading jockey…. Read More »
South Australian jockey Josh Cartwright has been stood down from riding pending the determination of a penalty for reckless riding at Morphettville. Cartwright pleaded guilty to the serious charge in the final race on Saturday when he shifted out in the straight and cannoned in to another horse which in… Read More »
A break-neck speed battle has landed jockeys Leigh Roche and Blake Spriggs in hot water with stewards at Randwick. Roche vigorously rode the Bjorn Baker-trained Zatopaz to try to get the lead from Blake Spriggs and Thewayweare in the TAB Handicap (2400m) on Saturday. Spriggs came under fire for not… Read More »
With some of Melbourne’s most prominent jockeys away, the younger Victorian riders have come out to play at Flemington. Apprentices rode seven of the nine winners on Saturday’s program including 20-year-old Ben Thompson who brought up his first career treble. Beau Mertens chimed in with his first Flemington double aboard… Read More »
Mature-age apprentice Sairyn Fawke has claimed his first Flemington winner with victory aboard Kourkam. Fawke is apprenticed to John and Chris Meagher in Queensland but is on loan to trainer Tony McEvoy in Adelaide. Fawke had two rides for McEvoy at Melbourne racing’s headquarters on Saturday including Kourkam ($19), which… Read More »
Godolphin jockey James Doyle has stamped his world class credentials with a four-timer at Randwick. Doyle has ridden 12 winners since arriving in Australia from England in late November to replace James McDonald after he was charged with a betting offence. McDonald has subsequently been handed an 18-month disqualification, but… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley has never won a Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic but horses he trains have now won more than $1 million in bonus payments. Connections of Birchley’s Classic runner Real Princess are $325,000 richer despite the filly finishing eighth on Saturday. Magic Millions have a Racing Women’s Bonus of… Read More »
Target In Sight completed a remarkable comeback from a career-threatening setback to win the Magic Millions Sprint (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Target In Sight’s career was in jeopardy when he suffered a bleeding attack after finishing last in the QTC Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm last June…. Read More »
A last-minute decision to stick to tried-and-true tactics with Houtzen has paid off big-time with the free-wheeling filly a brilliant winner of the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic at the Gold Coast. Houtzen signalled she could be the fourth horse to win the Magic Millions-Golden Slipper double with a… Read More »
