Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins will send out Absurde in the $5 million Caulfield Cup on Saturday. The race will kick off Absurde’s third campaign down under and it provides a slight, and what could turn out to be a very important point difference from his last visit, in the… Read More »
David Hayes has been facing the media at every turn with regards to his champion Ka Ying Rising. Thankfully, it is the trainer and not the horse who has to absorb all of the pressure that comes with having a blazing hot favourite in a $20 million race … who… Read More »
It is often said that Australian sprinters, in general, are the best in the world and generally that claim goes unchallenged given the combination of their inherent strength on the home front and their notable successes on the international scene. Well, they now have to defend that heavyweight title …… Read More »
It has been a long, at times tortuous climb, but the Robert Heathcote trained Rothfire has finally made it to The Everest race-day — that is to the race-day and not yet to the big race itself. While it is likely he may not reach the summit of that long-held… Read More »
The Joe Pride trained Private Eye will not take part in The Everest for the first time in three years when the field for the $20 million Group 1 contest line up at Randwick on Saturday … but the eight-year-old warrior is also scheduled to be in action on the… Read More »
Walsh Bay, the runaway winner of the Toowoomba Cup two weeks ago, will be looking to add even more substance to her resume when she heads into action in the Listed Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Walsh Bay has sizzling form. Not only did this Chris and Corey… Read More »
It’s an ideal partnership … and it didn’t have to be officially ratified for it to be just that. The Barry Lockwood and Emma-Jane Vincent training partnership is now officially underway (they had their first runners on October 1) but they have already been a formidable team for a number… Read More »
Gold Coast based trainer Paul Shailer has visited the winner’s enclosure frequently in recent times. Six out of his last fifteen runners have saluted bringing the stable’s strike-rate since September 21 up to a very impressive forty-percent. Of those six winners, two runners – the three-year-old Savabeel gelding Contingency and… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote is keeping the faith with his two southern raiders, Rothfire and Abounding as the duo head to different states for their next targeted assignments, both on October 18. Rothfire will race the $2 million Sydney Stakes on The Everest Day at Randwick. Rothfire, who carries the proud… Read More »
When Robbie Dolan and Royal Supremacy … two Irish-breds … scored their spectacular Group 1 in the Metropolitan at Randwick last Saturday, it thrust the possibility of a Dolan Melbourne Cup defence into play following his stunning, boilover Cup victory last year aboard Knight’s Choice at the punter flattening odds… Read More »
‘Aussie Tom’ Marquand will ride the Francis-Henri Graffard trained Gezora in Sunday’s prestigious £4.1 million Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Recognised as one of the top riders in the world, Marquand was given his nickname by his Australian fan base after riding stints in Sydney where he excelled at… Read More »
Twelve months ago, Sir Delius was being prepared for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. (This year’s edition of the race takes place on Sunday). Now he is strutting his stuff in Australia on a Cox Plate / Melbourne Cup path. The son of the mighty Frankel will… Read More »
It is a case of yet another problem for Noel Callow. A three-month suspension for an altercation with a another jockey in the jockey’s room … then a ten month ban after being found guilty by stewards of making racially offensive comments on video (appeal dismissed) … then the emergence… Read More »
Top Queensland jockey Ben Thompson has got his season off to a flyer landing thirty wins in the last two months and that has been enough to get him the nod from southern trainers to push the envelope, step up his campaign and join the action in the Sydney Everest… Read More »
No news is not always good news. No example is as true to that statement than the case of jockey Nikita Beriman and the repercussions she has been forced to deal with following a race-fall at Ipswich on July 3. Cleared originally on any significant injury, a case of delayed… Read More »
Rory Hutchings landed his first metropolitan winner since relocating to Queensland when he piloted the Matthew Hoysted trained Seismic Boom to victory at Eagle Farm. The Spirit Of Boom filly, who was on debut after showing up well enough in two progressive trials, landed close to the leading line at… Read More »
From Wednesday, it will be back to normal for horses going out onto the track at race meetings at Eagle Farm. On Monday, stewards gave the all clear to end a protocol which has required riders to take their horses down to the home turn to see and, in theory,… Read More »
Walsh Bay, who demolished her opposition in arrogant fashion in Saturday’s Toowoomba Cup, will now target the Listed Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm on October 11. The Toowoomba Cup victory was the four-year-old mare’s fourth successive win and her fifth win in six starts in her near perfect latest preparation… Read More »
The Mark Currie trained Tavs took no prisoners when he trounced his opposition in the Weetwood, Toowoomba’s signature race, in the Garden City on Saturday evening. The fact that the five-year-old son of Dundeel won by 4.60 lengths in track-record time says it all! He simply produced a performance which… Read More »
Trainer Michael Nolan will be looking to add a fourth Toowoomba Weetwood winner to his honour roll on Saturday when he sends out the smart mare Exotique Miss to contest Toowoomba’s signature race. Exotique Miss comes into the race off a three-month break since producing a valiant effort in the… Read More »
