The Hong Kong Jockey Club has announced its licensing decisions for the 2025/26 racing season. Of particular note in the list that has been released is the name of Jimmy Orman, who has been rewarded for his efforts, since getting a short-term mid-season call up, with an eight-month part-season Club… Read More »
It was a precious moment for the Kelly Schweida stable when Damian Browne brought Miss Cover Girl home with a flourish to hold off the race favourite Azkadellia to win the 2016 Group 1 Tatts Tiara. Eleven years prior to that Schweida had taken out the same race … then… Read More »
The Listed Tattersall’s Mile is the target champion trainer Tony Gollan has set for the five-year-old gelding Rising Pacific and he rates the son of Preferment as one of the stable’s best winning chances at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Rising Pacific is already an eight-time winner and has saluted in… Read More »
While many eyes will be on James McDonald as he chases a Group 1 win in the Tatts Tiara that would see him equal Malcolm Johnston’s record for riding the most Group 1 wins in a season and edge him one win closer to Damien Oliver’s record for the most… Read More »
There is an interesting dynamic in the makeup of the field for the Listed Tattersall’s Stakes over 1400m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Three runners come into the race defending an unbeaten record after winning on their respective debut outings … and they represent three powerhouse stables. This unbeaten trio… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote would not have been holding his breath, but you can imagine he might have fallen off his chair when the chestnut mare Abounding finally came up with a single-figure barrier draw (barrier number 6) for Saturday’s Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. A four-year-old chestnut mare, Abounding… Read More »
The smart mare Adiella will be looking for back-to-back wins when she tackles Group 1 company for the first time in the Tatts Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The four-year-old daughter of The Mission outgunned the Ciaron Maher trained Vivy Air in her last start when claiming victory in… Read More »
The Jerome Reynier trained Lazzat is not averse to a bit of drama. Back in November last year Lazzat finished a close-up second behind the William Haggas trained Lake Forest in an all-international, action-packed finish in the $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill. But that was not the end of… Read More »
Angela Jones just keeps ticking the boxes … and she signed off on another notable win at Ipswich on Saturday when she partnered the James Cummings trained Kin to victory in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic. Riding in the royal blue silks of Godolphin is an honour in itself …… Read More »
When Flash Aah stormed home to win the Listed Ipswich Cup, it was a case of perseverance being rewarded, not only for winning trainer Troy Pascoe, but for the horse itself. If Flash Aah could talk, the nine-year-old would probably say he didn’t know whether he was coming or going… Read More »
Storm Boy will face a big test on the last day of the Royal Ascot meeting on Saturday where the son of Justify will line up for the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m). Storm Boy won five out of ten starts in Australia … including a success… Read More »
It’s a connection steeped in time. The Bayliss family name will once again be racing at a venue that is at the core of its roots when brothers Jake and Regan Bayliss step into competitive action at the Ipswich Turf Club on Saturday and, in theory at least, they have… Read More »
This is going to come down to a really close call. The treble Angela Jones rode at Doomben on Wednesday took her total number of metropolitan wins in Brisbane to fifty-four, now just four winners behind the Premiership leader Emily Lang … this, with just a month-and-a-half of the season… Read More »
The Chris Waller trained So Suave claimed his first career win in his fifth start as the $1.36 favourite with bookmaker swiftbet when taking out the opening race at Doomben today. The three-year-old’s win is worthy of special mention on his breeding alone … the gelding being a son of… Read More »
The horse, of course, is the hero and the co-trainers trainers deserve a huge chunk of the credit , but the achievement of Martin Harley in piloting the Chris and Corey Munce trained Cool Archie to a fifth successive victory in the Group 1 JJ Atkins, two-and-a-half years after suffering… Read More »
Can there be any more twists in the Rothfire buildup to the Stradbroke Handicap? Even at the eleventh hour , on race-day morning, there has been a change in Rothfire’s circumstances with Criag Williams taking over the ride from James McDonald. McDonald has been battling illness this week and the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Robbie Dolan is a ‘late entry’ into Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap and you wouldn’t put it past the amicable Irishman to pull another rabbit out of the hat when he rides the Toby Edmonds and Stephen McLean trained Spicy Martini in Queensland’s $3 million signature race. The… Read More »
From the country they come … with a $1.8 million first prize on the line. Front Page and Far Too Easy have won the last three editions of The Kosciuszko, a $1 race restricted to country trained horses in New South Wales. Front Page was a back-to-back winner of The… Read More »
Jockey Noel Callow has been suspended for three months after facing a charge of improper conduct brought against him by stewards to which he subsequently entered a guilty plea. The charge stemmed from Callow’s initiation of a physical altercation in the jockey’s room at Doomben at a midweek Wednesday meeting… Read More »
You could mark him down as almost being the forgotten horse in this year’s Stradbroke Handicap, but co-trainer Tony Sears (he trains in partnership with his daughter Maddysen) is happy he has the eight-time winner Yellow Brick right where he wants him to be going into Saturday’s big race. You… Read More »
