The globe-trotting, champion jockey Ryan Moore has not only virtually done it all … but he just continues to ride winners on the biggest stage time after time after time. No surprise then that Moore landed a winner when he rode the Richard Gibson trained Wellington to a dominant win… Read More »
There was drama in the HK$30 million LONGINES Hong Kong Mile with the odds-on favourite and Hong Kong Champion, Golden Sixty, who was looking to record a hat trick in the race, being defeated by California Spangle trained by Tony Cruz and ridden superbly by Zac Purton. The finish of… Read More »
James McDonald’s victory salute aboard the Danny Shum trained Romantic Warrior in the Group 1, HK$34 million LONGINES Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday placed an exclamation mark on McDonald’s stellar year in the saddle. The 2022 LONGINES World’s Best Jockey and Romantic Warrior faced a quality field… Read More »
Jockey Damian Lane and his Japanese connection have become a powerful dual force in International racing and that relationship again produced another magical moment in the Australian rider’s career when the Takahisa Tezuka trained Win Marilyn claimed glory in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase over 2400m. It was… Read More »
The LONGINES Hong Kong International 2022 racing came to a dramatic close at Sha Tin on Sunday with two hot favorites being defeated in the Group 1 races, but the events of the day did little to diminish the world class racing we got to enjoy over the entirety of… Read More »
The 2022 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races marked the end of a significant career in Hong Kong – that of Joao “The Magic Man” Moreira. For the past nine years Moreira has dominated the Hong Kong riding scene along with Zac Purton …with the rivalry of these two champion jockeys… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will now be one of the Australian representatives in the Longines International Jockeys’s Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Bowman, who has over one hundred Group 1 wins to his credit and whose unique partnership with the mighty Winx will forever illuminate the records books, will… Read More »
“What’s with that guy at the pool trying to tell me how to ride!” It was a comment by a young apprentice that brought a wry smile to the lips of Damian Browne … the ‘pool guy’ in question at the training facilities at the Sunshine Coast Turf Club. Browne,… Read More »
Jockey Jake Bayliss’ career in Singapore is finally up and running after the young hoop landed a double at Kranji on Saturday. The situation surrounding Covid-19 and other formal protocols and paperwork initially delayed Bayliss’s scheduled arrival in Singapore to the point where he only had his first taste of… Read More »
Jockey Andrew Mallyon took the Doomben meeting on Saturday by the scruff of the neck in the early part winning the first three races on the card. Mallyon struck first with the Kris Lees trained Mystic Gem, who was winning on debut after a promising barrier trial. Mystic Gem starting… Read More »
Last season, as an apprentice, Baylee Nothdurft took out both the Brisbane Jockey Premiership titles … the first apprentice to do so since Zac Purton and Michael Rodd did so all those years ago. Towards the end of the season, Nothdurft smashed his jaw and when he resumed riding, now… Read More »
What a difference a week can make. While the dust has not yet settled on the six-week suspension Corey Bayliss received last Saturday the young rider made the very best use of his stay of proceedings when bringing home the winner of the last race at Doomben in the form… Read More »
James McDonald has been booked to ride the Matthew Dunn trained Care To Think in the Kingsford Smith Cup (Group 1) at Doomben next Saturday. James McDonald returned to racing at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The pin up jockey was riding at his first meeting since November 5, 2016, after… Read More »
Just last week promising apprentice Nick Keal suffered a fractured collar bone in a fall at Clifford Park that will see him sidelined for several months. This morning another promising Toowoomba based apprentice Baylee Nothdurft was been involved in a horrific track work incident involving veteran jockey Todd Banks and… Read More »
Promising apprentice Nick Keal has suffered a fractured right collar bone following a fall in a trial at Toowoomba this morning. Nick’s horse veered to the right and crashed into the plastic fencing throwing him heavily to the turf. Fortunately, it was only a small field and Nick escaped further… Read More »
