It is arguable a trip of a lifetime for jockey Mark Zahra who will fly to Paris later this week for a date with Verry Ellegant and her assignment in one of Europe’s most prestigious races, Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. The jury is probably still out… Read More »
Life is never dull where Alligator Blood is concerned. The top-tier performer won his second Group 1 in his last four starts when he outgunned the mighty Zaaki is a testing stride for stride battle for much of the Sandown straight, while also having enough in hand to see off… Read More »
A flying second place by Mo’unga, who snared stable companion Zaaki in the finals strides to gain a runner-up finish in the Group 1 Underwood stakes behind Alligator Blood on Saturday, rated as a tremendous run, but the post-race fallout was not as satisfying for Mo’unga’s jockey Hugh Bowman. The… Read More »
Top Toowoomba trainer Lindsay Hatch has Wham targeting the Weetwood and Sayl due to take his place in the Toowoomba Cup with the stable looking to have its say in the two traditional main feature races of the year at the Clifford Park venue when Toowoomba hosts the Queensland Saturday… Read More »
The Group 2 McEwen Stakes winner Rothfire is good to go for the Group 1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. “The horse has gone super,” confirmed trainer Robert Heathcote. “I had planned to take him to The Valley on Monday, but it was a very heavy track… Read More »
Far Too Easy’s performance at the Gold Coast on Saturday ticked three huge boxes. Firstly, he gave his connections a big thumbs-up by showing he was well and truly over his recent health hiccups. Secondly, it announced in no uncertain terms he was perfectly on track for his date with… Read More »
“You have to dream, don’t you? If you don’t you are not going to get there are you?” And trainer Desleigh Forster is dreaming big! Having claimed her first Group 1 win with her star performer Apache Chase in the Kingsford-Smith Cup back in May, a result which also propelled… Read More »
James McDonald has made an early commitment to a ride in this year’s Melbourne Cup. He will partner the Marcel Weiss trained international raider Loft in the big show on November 1. Loft is co-owned by Ozzie Kheir, meaning that the victorious Melbourne Cup winning owner/jockey partnership from last year’s… Read More »
Racing Victoria has approached the Federal Government with a raft of proposals designed to provide a solution to the chronic … some would say critical … staff shortage facing the racing industry. It is not just in Victoria of course. On-going advertisements looking for people to fill a variety of… Read More »
Leading Western Australian owner Bob Peters was left counting the costs of the meeting at Flemington last Saturday. Disappointing efforts by the Peters owned trio of Regal Power, Stageman and Western Empire … by their standards … promoted Peters to pull the plug on their Spring Carnival campaigns with the… Read More »
Baaeed, the best British racehorse since Frankel, will race for the last time in the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 15. This will be welcome news for his opponents everywhere as the son of Sea The Stars has literally proved to be unbeatable in all of his ten… Read More »
Last year’s winner Art Cadeau will defend his title in this year’s The Kosciuszko after being selected by Hurlstone Park TAB customer to contest the $2 million race. The Kosciuszko, which was launched in 2018 by Racing New South Wales, has had four different winners to date … Belfyler in… Read More »
Verry Elleegant’s career has been put on notice as she heads for a Group race assignment at Longchamp on Sunday. Owner Brae Sokolski, talking to the Herald Sun, summed up the feeling in the camp as the countdown closes in on the champion mare’s second sortie onto the European battlefield…. Read More »
The Tony Gollan trained Nettuno will be looking to add his name to the list of Queensland runners who have scored significant feature race wins in recent times when he tackles the Group 2 Run To The Rose at Rosehill on Saturday. Nettuno already ticks a number of boxes going… Read More »
Gypsy Goddess, the Group 1 Queensland Oaks winner is back in work, and she will follow a carefully measured path to the $10 million Golden Eagle which will take place at Randwick on October 29. “She is back in work,” confirmed trainer David Vandyke, “and she will trial on September… Read More »
Amity Gal was an eye-catching winner at Eagle Farm on Wednesday and the progress of the four-year-old mare is likely to attract attention moving forward, not only because of her fluent first-up win, but also because of the interest attracted by her pedigree. The David Vandyke trained runner is a… Read More »
At a time when Racing NSW marketing machine usually starts ramping up the noise surrounding the $15 million The Everest to point where their Victorian counterparts are left shaking their heads and putting their hands over their ears, an unlikely, but very informed source has given his take on the… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears training partnership had mixed fortunes at Doomben on Saturday with their boom three-year-old Steady Ready having to settle for second place on his return to action as a $1.40 favourite before their four-year-old mare Goldeel righted the ship and sent them home with an impressive… Read More »
Pat Duff has still got it! “I’ve been training for just on sixty years now,” said the veteran trainer when pressed about his longevity in the game, although, the last thing he would ever want to do is talk about himself. There was a twinkle in his eye when he… Read More »
With five of the eight runners in the race and the likes of McDonald, Bowman, Pike, Ford and Sherry and guiding their fortunes, it was no surprise that the Chris Waller stable earned a clean sweep of the placings in the 2022 Wyong Cup which was decided today. Waller’s eighth… Read More »
