Yellow Brick bounced back to his formidable best to claim victory in the $200,000 Group 3 W J Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm. The Tony and Maddysen Sears-trained six-year-old was never in contention in the Stradbroke Handicap in his previous start, a race the stable has long coveted, but his… Read More »
Wins don’t come much more impressive than that achieved by the Shane and Adam Barling trained Cool Gent when he won the Listed Oxlade Stakes over 1200m in an eye-catching last-to-first performance two weeks ago … and he gets the chance to frank that form when he runs in the… Read More »
Lucy Fiore will get her first taste of racing action in Queensland when she partners the Daniel Morton trained Super Smink in the Group 1 Tatts Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday. A star rider in Western Australia, Fiore has enjoyed a rousing run of success in that state in… Read More »
It was a close result, but no cigar, for Emily Lang when she had to settle for second place on the Tony Gollan trained Rough Cause in her last race as an apprentice at Eagle Farm on Wednesday. It would have been nice for her to go out as a… Read More »
Mount Isa based trainer Jay Morris will bring the four-year-old gelding Revolt to the final of the Battle Of The Bush at Eagle Farm on Saturday, looking to extend a perfect trainer/runner race record set in extraordinary circumstances. Revolt, a son of Russian Revolution, is currently enjoying a second stay… Read More »
Desperate feature race finishes, with next to nothing separating the leading runners as they cross the line, has become a common theme in Western Australia racing and Saturday’s Listed Belmont Guineas provided an extreme version of that scenario as the $11 chance Prince Of Dala, who was trying to cling… Read More »
The William Kropp trained Prince Levi is in line to give his young trainer an important black-type victory when he steps out in the Listed Ipswich Cup over 2150m on Saturday. That 2150m race distance is a positive point of focus for the son of Casino Prince. Prince Levi’s two… Read More »
The Listed Belmont Guineas on Saturday sets up as another highly competitive contest with the first six finishers in the Listed Raconteur Stakes two weeks ago … who were only separated by a two length margin in that Listed race which was contested over 1400m … all getting ready to… Read More »
After missing out on a run in the Stradbroke Handicap last Saturday, the Rex Lipp trained Cifrado will line in the $200,000 Listed Eye Liner Stakes over 1350m at Ipswich this weekend with the in-form gelding looking to have every chance of adding to the six career wins he has… Read More »
Western Empire completed a Belmont feature race treble when comprehensively outclassing his opposition in the Group 3 Strickland Stakes over 2000m. The Grant and Alana Williams trained gelding, who continues to thrive as an eight-year-old, has, in less than month, taken out the Belmont Sprint over 1400m, the Hyperion Stakes… Read More »
The southern invasion … of trainers, jockeys and horses … is something that is, and has been, a commonplace occurrence for a long time with regard to the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival, and that is often where most attention lies. A raid from the north garners little notice though, often… Read More »
At this stage, if there are no scratchings in the Stradbroke Handicap, four of the five emergency acceptances who missed out on a place in the final field for the $3 million race, will be looking to claim a consolation prize at Eagle Farm on Saturday when they tackle races… Read More »
It is not often a horse with Cox Plate ambitions starts in the first race on the card, well before the main feature race action of the day, but that will be the case at Eagle Farm on Saturday when the imported four-year-old gelding Yellow Jersey goes out to face… Read More »
Both the 2024 Melbourne Cup winner (Knight’s Choice) and the 2025 Melbourne Cup winner (Half Yours) will be in action in The Q22 … a Group 2 race which many feel is on its way to Group 1 recognition … when that contest rounds off the day’s action at Eagle… Read More »
Spicy Martini … the name has already got a celebratory ring to it … and that is just what trainer Toby Edmonds, jockey Taylor Marshall and the connections of the four-year-old mare will hope to be doing after the running of the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on… Read More »
The Grant and Alana Williams trained Western Empire, who hasn’t missed a beat since resuming in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint two runs ago, gets the chance to complete a hat trick of feature race wins when he steps out in the Group 3 Strickland Stakes over 2000m at Belmont… Read More »
With Rothfire proving to be the pride of Queensland racing this season … his win in the $2 million Sydney Stakes and the $1.5 million Group 1 Doomben 10,000 only cementing a reputation steeped in ability, resilience and character which had already been in place for a long time …… Read More »
Jai Williams, who rode four winners at a metropolitan meeting at Eagle Farm back on February 4 before being sidelined from injury following a fall at Beaudesert two days later, returned to the saddle at Eagle Farm last Saturday, expecting to ease back into race action with two rides in… Read More »
It’s Stradbroke week and co-trainer Tony Sears has no concerns about the chances of his charge Yellow Brick in Queensland’s $3 million signature race on Saturday … a race in which Yellow Brick finished second last year at the unwanted odds of $41. A question mark would have been raised… Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien saddled his record extending twelfth Epsom Derby winner and, in the process, the winner Christmas Day also gave O’Brien his fiftieth win in a British Classic … cementing a truly remarkable set of achievements. But that is only part of the O’Brien story. This is his one… Read More »
