Jockey Nick Hall insists Jameka has the credentials to win a Caulfield Cup after her explosive win in the Naturalism Stakes. Hall, who won the 2013 Caulfield Cup on Fawkner, gave the Ciaron Maher-trained mare a perfect ride in Saturday’s Group Three race at Caulfield before taking advantage of an… Read More »
Talented sprinter Keen Array has claimed his first win since last year’s spring carnival – but only just. The four-year-old gelding started the $3.80 favourite in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday and held on to deny the fast-finishing Well Sprung by the barest margin at the… Read More »
Winx has confirmed her standing as Australia’s best racehorse with a soft win in the George Main Stakes at Randwick. Making it 11 consecutive victories, Winx was untouched to edge clear from the 200m in beating Hauraki and It’s Somewhat in the Group One weight-for-age race. The Chris Waller-trained star… Read More »
Winx is as Winx does – and she does it better than any other horse in Australia with a lot less effort. The champion mare has cruised to her 11th straight win and her seventh at Group One level, to claim the George Main Stakes at Randwick in front of… Read More »
Secret Agenda has made a winning stakes race return at Caulfield, but her trainer isn’t getting too ambitious. Mick Price said while there was improvement to come from the daughter of Not A Single Doubt, he will be keeping her to mares company after her win in the How Now… Read More »
Hartnell’s devastating Hill Stakes win has rocketed him to Caulfield Cup favouritism. And Godolphin trainer John O’Shea believes that would be his best hope of winning a spring Group One. Jockey James McDonald had time to stroke Hartnell’s mane as he cruised over the line with more than five lengths… Read More »
Winx is as Winx does – and she does it better than any other horse in Australia with a lot less effort. The champion mare has cruised to her 11th straight win and her seventh at Group One level, to claim the George Main Stakes at Randwick in front of… Read More »
A victory against the colts and geldings at Caulfield has provided the springboard to Group One targets for the filly Harlow Gold. Harlow Gold will be aimed at the Group One Thousand Guineas and then at the VRC Crown Oaks after winning Saturday’s Ladbrokes Supports National Jockeys Trust Plate by… Read More »
She’s one of the smallest horses in Chris Waller’s stable, but Foxplay has shown size doesn’t matter in a fight, coming out on top in the Group Two Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick. The $2.80 favourite to add Saturday’s 1400m-event to her Furoious Stakes win, Foxplay was crowded by her… Read More »
Trainer George Osborne has taken advantage of a grass gallop at Caulfield with his popular mare Miss Vista. The Apache Cat lookalike with the white face and distinctive markings on her legs, galloped over 800m between races on Saturday in preparation for her return to racing. Osborne has struggled to… Read More »
Guard Of Honour has stamped himself as a Group-class colt with a narrow win in a strong Heritage Stakes. Guard Of Honour ($4.80) held off Flash Fibian ($61) by a half head in the Listed race at Randwick on Saturday. The James Cummings-trained Hair Trigger ($7) finished third. Jockey Hugh… Read More »
Jockey Dwayne Dunn rates Exocet a VRC Oaks prospect after a strong victory at Caulfield. But whether the filly also tackles the Thousand Guineas on her way there remains to be seen. The Lee and Anthony Freedman-trained Exocet has firmed from $51 to $17 for the Group One Thousand Guineas… Read More »
A 10-hour road trip and the engagement of one of Australia’s finest jockeys has proved a winning formula for trainer Matthew Dunn. Hanwritten became the second Highway Handicap winner in as many weeks for Dunn and jockey Hugh Bowman at Randwick on Saturday. Quatronic took out last Saturday’s race for… Read More »
As a three-year-old, First Seal had the better of Winx but much has happened in the two years since she beat her twice in the spring. Two separate injuries have interrupted First Seal’s career but trainer John Thompson believes he has her back near her best ahead of her return… Read More »
Barthelona will be given his chance at stakes level after maintaining his unbeaten record at Caulfield. After victories at Bendigo and at midweek city level at Sandown, Barthelona graduated to Saturday three-year-old company with victory in the Telstra Phoneworlds Supports The Alfred Foundation Plate. Ridden by Ryan Maloney, Barthelona was… Read More »
Improving Balboa Rocks has lived up to his impeccable wet-track breeding. Balboa Rocks ($5.50) responded to a clever ride from leading jockey Jeff Lloyd to beat Hi Harry ($7.50) by 3/4 length in the Hamilton Hotel Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The gelding is by Easy Rocking, a sire… Read More »
Merv Cooper, one of Brisbane’s best-known bookmakers and racing radio personalities from a golden era of racing, has died aged 89. The son of a Gallipoli veteran, Cooper played rugby league for Brisbane’s Western Suburbs but made his name as a big betting and opinionated bookmaker from the 1960s. He… Read More »
Winx’s opposition in the George Main Stakes field has dwindled but that doesn’t mean Chris Waller will take the race lightly. The trainer says he respects all the horses Winx runs against and tries to prepare for an upset but bookmakers cannot see her beaten at Randwick on Saturday. After… Read More »
A granddaughter of 2001 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups winner Ethereal has made a winning start to her Victorian spring campaign, with the VRC Oaks on the radar. Trained by New Zealanders Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman who are no strangers to success in Australia, Eleonora was sent out the $1.45… Read More »
Hugh Bowman and Sacred Master have avenged their last-start defeat at Wyong with victory in the Newcastle Gold Cup. The Chris Waller-trained Sacred Master was beaten by Slow Pace in the Wyong Gold Cup on September 2 but was more relaxed on Friday, beating Dee I Cee to win the… Read More »
