Trainer Kevin Kemp will scrutinise the possible field for the Listed Bribie Handicap before deciding if Sold For Song resumes at Doomben. Sold For Song proved one of the finds of the Brisbane winter, winning the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes and being placed in the Queensland Guineas, Sunshine Coast Guineas… Read More »
Lightly raced Miss Wonderland will put her Magic Millions Guineas credentials on show when she returns to Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained Miss Wonderland won a Pakenham synthetic track maiden for two-year-old fillies by six lengths on debut in June before resuming in the Group Three Red Roses Stakes (1100m) at… Read More »
Lindsay Park is looking to Dibayani to go one better than his close second at his last attempt over the famous mile course at Randwick. During the spring the Irish-bred galloper was nosed out in the Group One Epsom Handicap and on Saturday returns to contest the Group Two Villiers… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald is set to face stewards over a betting charge after an investigation of telephone, betting and financial records. McDonald, who stood down as Godolphin’s retained jockey in Australia on November 15, has been charged with having an interest in a bet on Astern who he rode to… Read More »
Soul Stirring has become the first progeny of Frankel to win at Group One level, taking out the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in Japan. The filly, out of French Oaks winner Stacelita, is trained by Kazuo Fujisawa for the Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd and she cruised to the front 200m… Read More »
Australia’s two representatives have finished out of the placings in the Hong Kong Sprint won by eight-year-old Aerovelocity, winner of the race two years ago. Takedown finished sixth while Rebel Dane was 11th at Sha Tin on Sunday. There was still an Australasian flavour to the 1200m-race with the winner… Read More »
While many of her contemporaries have reached the elite level as three-year-olds, Faraway Town’s trainer Matthew Smith believes it is only a matter of time before she joins them. Faraway Town is nominated for the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas on the Gold Coast on January 14. The Group One-placed… Read More »
After going agonisingly close to winning a Group One race four times, the Matthew Dale-trained Fell Swoop is set to return for another crack at the big time. Dale welcomed Fell Swoop back to his Canberra stable on Friday with his sights firmly set on going one better than this… Read More »
Judging by champion jockey Craig Williams’ opinion, two-year-old Catchy is a filly we will be hearing a lot more about. Catchy made a winning start to her career at Moonee Valley on Friday night and her trainers, the Lindsay Park team, will put the filly on a Blue Diamond Stakes… Read More »
Such has been the transformation of Hell Or Highwater the Lindsay Park stable is now looking at a return to stakes racing for the mare. Hell Or Highwater recorded her fifth win from her past six starts when successful in the Hollywood Nails Handicap (1700m) at Flemington on Saturday. Co-trainer… Read More »
Things did not pan out how Tony McEvoy thought they might with Vinland’s debut but the colt’s recent barrier trial win in Sydney has buoyed the trainer’s confidence for the Inglis Nursery. The two-year-old confirmed his place in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) at Randwick after impressing McEvoy in a… Read More »
Winx, the superstar of Australian racing, is back in work as she looks to plunder more Group One races in the autumn. The champion mare defended her Cox Plate crown with a devastating eight-length win, her 13th-straight victory. Trainer Chris Waller said Winx returned to his stable on Friday for… Read More »
James Innes is putting in his bid for Sydney’s apprentices’ premiership with the in-form hoop rocketing to the top of the tree. Innes went to the equal lead with a double at Rosehill on Saturday and has nine metropolitan wins, along with Deanne Panya. The 21-year-old got Girl Sunday home… Read More »
Darren Weir has scrapped Villers Stakes plans for Rageese, but Victoria’s premier trainer is still likely to be represented in Sydney racing’s summer feature. Weir said seven-year-old gelding Kenjorwood would probably head to Sydney for Saturday’s $250,000 Group Two Villiers Stakes over 1600m raced at Randwick after his last-start second… Read More »
Promising Cylinder Beach is set to miss the Group Two Villiers at Randwick on Saturday to race in Brisbane. Cylinder Beach has been entered for the Villiers and the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Doomben with both races over 1600m. The gelding was a brilliant first-up winner at Eagle Farm two… Read More »
Impressive three-year-old Starcourt will get a chance to confirm the big opinion of him by taking on stakes company at his next start. Starcourt was one of four winners for jockey Michael Rodd and part of a double for the Bryan and Daniel Guy training partnership at Doomben on Friday…. Read More »
Heather Poland will be able to ride her favourite horse Eckstein in the Magic Millions Guineas despite getting a hefty suspension for her winning ride on the filly at Eagle Farm. Poland is developing a great association with the Kurt Goldman-trained Eckstein who gave her a first stakes win in… Read More »
Sydney mare Ravi has confirmed trainer Peter Snowden’s belief she is a future Group horse with her win at Eagle Farm. Starting favourite, Ravi ($2.25) scored by 3 1/4 lengths to Unequivocal ($7) in the Listed Just Now Quality. Snowden had planned to send Ravi to Brisbane a fortnight ago… Read More »
Bypassing a race in Sydney has paid off for the connections of Snoopy with a hard-fought win at Flemington. The Hawkes Racing-trained galloper was heavily supported to take out the Western Health Pharmacy Cup on Saturday and didn’t let his supporters down. Snoopy was an entrant for the TAB Handicap… Read More »
Heather Poland was been rewarded for her hard work with Eckstein, combining with the talented when they combined for their first stakes win on Saturday. Poland went to the lead on Eckstein ($9) and held on to beat Candika ($11) by a half-neck with a head to the favourite Gibraltar… Read More »
