“Any win by any margin would be fine by me.” That was trainer Anabel Neasham’s summing up of the hopes and expectations for her superstar Zaaki’s mission at Doomben on Saturday where the high quality seven-year-old will step out to defend his Group 1 Doomben Cup crown. Zaaki’s spectacular, runaway… Read More »
The Doomben 10 000 meeting has now officially been switched to Eagle Farm. The Racing Queensland Press Release reads: ‘Racing Queensland confirms that following recent inclement weather and a forecast for a continuation of heavy rainfall over the next 48 hours, the Brisbane Racing Club race meeting at Doomben on… Read More »
A big decision awaits the Brisbane racing Club and Racing Queensland tomorrow when a call will be made whether to go ahead with the big Doomben 10,000 meeting at Doomben or whether to switch the race-day to Eagle Farm. The prevailing weather tomorrow and the weather forecast over the days… Read More »
Prince Of Boom, who was one of the Robert Heathcote runners sensationally scratched (by order of the stewards) from the Mick Dittman Plate on April 23, will be looking to right the ship of the Heathcote stable, which has endured a really rough passage recently, when he tackles the Gold… Read More »
Jonker, who put a Group 1 exclamation mark on his race record when he won the Manikato back in October 2021, has been retired. Jonker will stand at Aquis Farm, taking with him the distinction of being the first son of Queensland’s champion sire Spirit of Boom to retire to… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained two-year-old colt Steady Ready, who finished second in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday, will now be sent for a spell. The very smart son of Better Than Ready was a beaten favourite at $2.20 in the Dalrello, but he lost… Read More »
The Stuart Kendrick trained gelding, Menazzi, will face his toughest test yet when he tackles the Group 2 Queensland Guineas over 1600m at Eagle Farm on Saturday … and not just because he is facing some very tough opposition. “I would have loved to have drawn a bit of a… Read More »
If the strong favourite Rothfire is right for the Group 2 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday, chances are his odds of $2.20 are about on the mark … and what a thrill it would be to see the Robert Heathcote trained son of Rothesay get back to his… Read More »
The Steve Tregea trained Niccanova might be eight years old, but he was also eight years old when he ran a succession of feature Listed race places over the summer … finishing fourth in the Keith Noud, third in the Tatts Recognition, second in the Brisbane Handicap and then fourth… Read More »
Trainer Tony Sears has confirmed that it is ‘all systems go’ for his boom two-year-old Steady Ready who races in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday. “He’s all good. He is going well, so very happy going into the race,” said Sears. Steady Ready first caught the… Read More »
Saturday at Eagle Farm will provide an appetising start to the 2022 Stradbroke Season Carnival which will cover six high profile Saturday race-days at Eagle Farm and Doomben from April 30 to June 11. Prize-money of more than $15 million will be there for the taking over the Stradbroke Season… Read More »
Both trainer Desleigh Forster and jockey Jim Byrne were all smiles after Apache Chase’s exhibition gallop between races at Ipswich on Wednesday. Apache Chase will soon be heading to Rockhampton to tackle the inaugural running of the $440 000 The Archer, a race in which the runners are determined by… Read More »
How good is it to have Vega One, who was last seen action in last year’s Stradbroke Handicap, lining up to face the starter at Eagle Farm on Saturday! The Tony Gollan trained gelding provided arguably the most exhilarating moment of last year’s Queensland Winter Carnival when he won the… Read More »
The Queensland Winter Racing Carnival is renowned for exposing emerging talent who go on the claim some of racing’s greatest riches. It happens almost every year and the list is a long and an incredibly impressive one whether you are recalling the likes of Ethereal (who did the Doomben Roses… Read More »
Gypsy Goddess is being prepared by trainer David Vandyke for a crack at two of the Queensland Winter Carnival feature races for three-year-old fillies … The Roses, a Group 2 contest, and the Group 1 Queensland Oaks. The smart daughter of Tarzino will return for The Roses having been allowed… Read More »
Annabel Neasham certainly hasn’t missed a trick since she started training in her own right. It’s hard to believe that with five Group 1 winners already on the scoreboard and big-name runners such as Zaaki and Mo’Unga flying the stable flag that Neasham only took out a training license in… Read More »
Talk about longevity. A jockey who was already inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame as far back as 2003 could add another major headline to his extraordinary career on the first Saturday in May, Kentucky Derby Day … a full nineteen years after he received that prestigious… Read More »
Results over the last month confirm that Hall Of Fame trainer Lee Freedman’s stable at the Gold Coast is now starting to gather real momentum with Freedman having produced six winners from fifteen runners over the last thirty days … a telling forty percent winning strike rate. It was always… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke has confirmed that his star three-year-old filly Gypsy Goddess will now target the Group 1 Queensland Oaks as her main mission during the Queensland Winter racing carnival. The plan is for the daughter of Tarzino to have one lead-up run in the Group 2 The Roses two… Read More »
As the roadmaps for different runners heading into the Queensland Winter Carnival begins to take shape, Emerald Kingdom, who won last year’s edition of the Group 3 BRC Sprint, will take a detour north before a likely return to defend his BRC Sprint crown. The Robert Heathcote trained seven-year-old resumed… Read More »
