Quiet Reflection has sent a loud and clear message she might be the sprinter of a lifetime with her second Group One success of the season in the Sprint Cup at Haydock. The Karl Burke-trained three-year-old won the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and had been aimed at Haydock since… Read More »
Stephen Baster has won the two feature races at the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes meeting at Moonee Valley but it came at a cost, with stewards suspending him for careless riding. Baster won Saturday’s Group Two McEwen Stakes on Wild Rain and added the Group Two Dato Tan Chin… Read More »
Felines has lived up to her part of the bargain with a Group Three win and now all her trainer has to do is persuade her owner to keep her racing. Gerry Harvey has her earmarked for the broodmare barn but Kris Lees hopes her Concorde Stakes win on Saturday… Read More »
Awesome Rock has earned himself a shot at the Cox Plate with an impressive win in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. As the winner of Saturday’s Group Two race, Awesome Rock gains an automatic start in next month’s weight-for-age championship. Ridden by Stephen Baster, Awesome Rock… Read More »
With chief executive John Ferguson at the races, Godolphin landed a Group Two double at Randwick. Ferguson, who is also Godolphin founder Sheikh Mohammed’s racing manager, was in Sydney on Saturday to see Hauraki win the Tramway Stakes after Hartnell dominated the Chelmsford Stakes. After racing near the tail of… Read More »
Jockey Chris Parnham believes Voodoo Lad is destined to make his mark at the top level after a last-to-first win at Moonee Valley. Parnham ended up further back than he had hoped on Voodoo Lad in Saturday’s SAJ Fruit Supply Stakes (1200m) after he stepped away slowly. But was stunned… Read More »
Racegoers might have been disappointed by the absence of Winx in the Chelmsford Stakes, but Hartnell has made up for it with a stunning display in the Group Two feature. After connections opted not to run the champion mare on Saturday’s heavy track, Godolphin’s Hartnell assumed favouritism at $2.05 and… Read More »
On the day where Chris Waller and Hugh Bowman were supposed to take centre stage with Winx, Foxplay’s Furious Stakes win has eased their frustrations. Waller scratched Winx from the Chelmsford Stakes on Saturday morning due to the heavy Randwick track. The jockey-trainer combination then teamed up for High Mist’s… Read More »
A day that started disastrously for trainer Toby Edmonds has ended on a high note with consistent gelding Mr Epic winning at Eagle Farm. Edmonds’s Group One performer The Virginian was a late scratching when he arrived on course and was found to have colic. “He appears to be getting… Read More »
The Thousand Guineas Prelude will determine the spring path for Moonee Valley winner Merriest. The Danny O’Brien-trained three-year-old took out the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes on Saturday, her second victory from four visits to the racetrack. Ridden by Damien Oliver, Merriest ($26) sat outside the leader before scoring a short-head… Read More »
Wild Rain’s hard-fought win in the McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley has earned the sprinter a shot at the Group One Moir Stakes. A virus kept Wild Rain out of a recent Listed race at Moonee Valley with trainer Mark Kavanagh taking a cautious approach and waiting for Saturday’s Group… Read More »
A horse close to his trainer’s heart, Burning Passion continues to repay James Cummings and his new owners. The five-year-old was formerly raced by Goree and when he was put up for sale, Cummings recommended him to the Darby Racing Syndicate. He has brought in several cheques and recorded his… Read More »
After 30 years of owning thoroughbreds, Andrew Love can finally boast a city winner. And it is thanks to the dumbest horse Terry Robinson has trained. Persistence paid off for the part-owner from Wollongong as Grand Rouge ($9) went past $2.50 favourite Galaxy Warrior in the final 100m to win… Read More »
Little more than a month into the new season, Hawkes Racing has brought up its 12th three-year-old win with Swear taking out the Ming Dynasty Quality at Randwick. Co-trainer Michael Hawkes said the colt was an example of the team’s patience with last season’s juveniles which was now paying off…. Read More »
Apprentice Regan Bayliss has carried out instructions to perfection to guide Mihany to an all-the-way win at Moonee Valley. Mihany ($6) bounced to the front under Bayliss and the five-year-old gelding gave a strong kick coming to the home turn and set up a winning break. Sadaqa sat just off… Read More »
The task that now confronts Robert Smerdon is to find a black-type race for Dulverton after her return to winning form at Moonee Valley. Dulverton landed her second metropolitan success in the William Hill Handicap on Saturday but for her breeding career she needs a victory at black-type level. Ridden… Read More »
Trainer Brian Smith’s theory about the new Eagle Farm surface being a track for fit horses was proven with Shuda Known Better’s win. Shuda Known Better ($9.50) came from second last at the 600m to run down the leader Social Vampire ($4.20) by 1-1/4 lengths with a length to Son… Read More »
On the day where Chris Waller and Hugh Bowman were supposed to take centre stage with Winx, Foxplay’s Furious Stakes win has eased their frustrations. Waller scratched Winx from the Chelmsford Stakes on Saturday morning due to the heavy Randwick track. The jockey-trainer combination then teamed up for High Mist’s… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Blaike McDougall has scored his first Saturday metropolitan winner, combining with in-form Signposted at Randwick. Signposted took out the first race on Saturday, winning by 1-1/4 lengths from Dee I Cee with Oh So Splendido three-quarters of a length away third. McDougall has now partnered Signposted to four… Read More »
Champion mare Winx will not run in the Chelmsford Stakes with trainer Chris Waller not prepared to risk her on the heavy Randwick track. Waller said the delay would not impact on Winx’s Cox Plate preparation and she would run in the Group One George Main Stakes in two weeks… Read More »
