The reach of the Ciaron Maher stable is underlined by the fact that Maher is the only trainer to have runners in the two richest races set to be contested in Australia on Saturday … the $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in Perth and the $750 000 Zipping Classic… Read More »
A four-year-old first-timer and a seasoned jockey will combine in the second race at Hawkesbury on Thursday … and both will be arriving fresh for their respective first-up assignment. Sam Clipperton will be having his first race ride for close on a year … his last ride was at Rosehill… Read More »
There is plenty to play for at Happy Valley tonight where Hugh Bowman will be involved in what is basically a two-way shoot-out with Luke Ferraris for one of the two remaining places in the Longines International Jockey’s Championship (IJC) which will be held at the same track on December… Read More »
You wouldn’t expect the Longines World Best jockey of 2025 to announce his arrival for a riding stint in Hong Kong in any other way, but James McDonald’s treble at Sha Tin on Sunday … which included wins in two of the three feature races on the day … was… Read More »
There appears to be just no stopping the Chris and Corey Munce training partnership and the four-year-old mare Walsh Bay … that is, either individually or collectively. Walsh Bay’s gritty win in the $160 000 Mooloolaba Cup at the Sunshine Coast was the daughter of Deep Field’s sixth successive win,… Read More »
One race after taking his number of wins in the WA Guineas to six, Willie Pike claimed his sixth win in the $1.5 million Group 1 Railway Stakes when guiding the Grant and Alana Williams trained Watch Me Rock to a 0.75 length victory over his stable-mate Western Empire. Watch… Read More »
The $500,000, Group 2 WA Guineas provided the Daniel Morton trained King Of Light with yet another stage on which to display his superior ability as he claimed a fifth straight career win to keep his unbeaten record intact in thrilling fashion. Just as it was in their last clash… Read More »
The Sean and Jake Casey trained Beatty scored an untroubled win when saluting for the second time in two starts, proving too strong for the opposition in the $100,000 Magic Millions Crystal Slipper Stakes over 1100m at Ascot. The promising two-year-old colt finished a similar clearcut winner on debut when… Read More »
He is a two-year-old who made headlines before he’d even run a race. The Stuart Kendrick trained Boots, a son of Capitalist, won his only trial by 6.85 lengths which immediately caught the attention of Hong Kong racing interests and that, in turn, led to a substantial offer to purchase… Read More »
As per his usual careful and precise planning and placement of runners, powerhouse trainer Ciaron Maher will only send out two starters at the Metropolitan meeting at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday … Mr Buster and Negotiations … both last start winners. Mr Buster has a second placing and an… Read More »
It has been quite a round trip for the five-year-old mare Party For Two who started her career at the Sunshine Coast and who now returns to the scene of her first career victory on Saturday to tackle the $125,000 Swiss Ace Plate. A win on Saturday would be Party… Read More »
When the stars come out to play … it’s almost magical. Ok, maybe that’s a stretch, but the Hong Kong meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday has literally a feast of equine excellence on offer, enough to thrill even the most even the most battle hardened of racing enthusiasts. And… Read More »
The field for Saturday’s $500,000 WA Guineas at Ascot has several genuine contenders in the lineup … and it also puts into play what could be a mouth-watering rematch between King Of Light and Heeza Phoenix. King Of Light and Heeza Phoenix clashed two weeks ago when they both went… Read More »
The unbeaten King Of Light will step up onto a bigger stage when he lines up for the $500 000 Group 2 WA Guineas at Ascot on Saturday. The striking chestnut son of Earthlight has a perfect record from his four career starts to date, getting the job done on… Read More »
The Grant and Alana Williams trained Storyville rubber-stamped her readiness for Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes when she powered home along the rail under the usual strong ride by Willie Pike to edge out a wall of horses in a testing finish in the Group 3 R J Peters Stakes… Read More »
Now you don’t see that every day. It brings a whole new slant to the whip use story. It happened as the field straightened for home in the fourth race at the Gold Coast when a slight shift out by the eventual winner Dirty Dancing carried Aratirti, the mount of… Read More »
The Bernie Miller trained Jokers Grin took out the $200 000 Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes at Ascot to complete a notable hat trick of wins and improve his already substantial race record to nine wins and two runner-up finishes from only twelve starts. Jokers Grin, the $1.75 race favourite,… Read More »
The three-year-old filly Luana Miss turned in a scintillating performance to take out the $500,000 Listed Placid Ark Stakes at Ascot, bursting through over the final 200m with a burn of acceleration that proved too hot for her rivals to handle. Trainer Trevor Andrews, who saddled a previous Placid Ark… Read More »
The extraordinary hot winning streak of the Chris and Corey Munce training partnership and jockey Maryin Harley put one more notch in the sequence on the belt when the debutant Zip Lock ($4) outgunned the $2.70 favourite Itchintogo in the closing stages to secure victory in a QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap… Read More »
Multiple and reigning Newcastle Trainers’ Premiership winner Kris Lees will be looking to add another memorable win to his honour roll when he fires a double-barrelled shot at a $1 million The Hunter at his home track on Saturday. The two runners that Lees will saddle in his attempt to… Read More »
