The Magic Millions Race-day at the Gold Coast has ben kind to trainer Greg Hickman over the years, to the degree that it should be a pre-requisite for those who study form to see what he has in the 2022 edition of the event. Enter Eleven Eleven, a five-year-old gelding… Read More »
Giles Thompson has announced that he has resigned as CEO of Racing Victoria, a position he has held for some five years. Thompsonâs media release reads, âIt has been my privilege to lead this industry for more than five years during what has been an incredible period of growth. I… Read More »
Trainer Will Hulbert plans to have a good day out at the Magic Millions race-day at the Gold Coast on Saturday, whatever the result of the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic, but if Heroic Son, the horse he co-trains with his father Peter, were to win the big one… Read More »
According to Daniel Moor, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has gone âabove and beyondâ the call of duty to ensure that he and fellow Australian jockey Luke Currie were able to beat the arrival deadline into Hong Kong after the Hong Kong Government announced a two-week ban on flights into… Read More »
It will be a big stage for Jimmy Ormanâs comeback race-day when he partners Mishani Warfare in the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Orman, who has established himself as one of the outright leading riders in Brisbane, last rode in a race on… Read More »
Tiffani Brooker will have the distinction of being the only female rider in this yearâs $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic where she will ride the Mick Mair trained Sneaky Starter. Brooker hasnât had the easiest time in recent years ⊠on a couple of fronts! Firstly, after spending a… Read More »
Trainer Michael Costa could end up a home-town hero if Perfect Mission wins the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on Saturday. The astute Gold Coast based trainer is well aware of the size of the challenge facing Perfect Mission but, equally, he is well satisfied with his runner going… Read More »
They donât come more laid-back than trainer Ciaron Maher. Even if, deep down, he does have some butterflies in the stomach this week about saddling the dominant $1.85 favourite Coolangatta in Saturdayâs $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic, there is certainly no evidence of it ⊠just the usual calmness… Read More »
The Robert and Luke Price trained Jamaea currently tops the betting boards at $5 in a wide open $2 million Magic Millions Three-Year-old Guineas which will be run at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Market đ°: View the Odds for the Magic Millions Guineas The daughter of Headwater, who is… Read More »
The Mishani brand will have a prominent presence in the field for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic which will be contested over 1200m at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Trainer Les Ross has qualified three horses for the Magic Millions Classic for Mishani Enterprises Principal Mike Crooks ⊅ Read More »
On Boxing Day 2021, an unheralded gelding by the name of Thelwell finished second behind Coolangatta, the boom two-year-old of the moment, in the Group 3 B J McLachlan Stakes, at a starting price of $101. Nobody expected Coolangatta to be beaten on the day. Similarly, though, nobody anticipated the… Read More »
Jim Byrne is looking forward to his ride on the unbeaten Exo Lady in the Aquis Gold Pearl at the Gold Coast on Saturday in the 1100m sprint for Two-Year-Old Fillies. âI did cringe a bit when I saw the barrier draw.â (The Desleigh Forster trained Exo Lady drew fourteen… Read More »
Star jockey Willie Pikeâs future as a rider appears to be very much in his own hands or, if you want to put it another way, he canât blame others for the predicament he finds himself in at this time. It should be noted at the outset that none of… Read More »
In form rider Ben Thompson will be doing a rain dance in the week leading up to the Magic Millions after happily committing to riding the Bryan and Daniel Guy trained Golden Artie in the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-old Classic on January 15. You couldnât take the smile off… Read More »
When jockey Michael Murphy went up high in the saddle and punched the air in an exaggerated, ecstatic salute when winning on the Lindsay Gough trained Dr Why Not at Doomben on Saturday, it clearly signalled that the result had special significance for the rider. As it turned out that… Read More »
Waller winless!!! Well, there are two wordâs you didnât think you would see together ⊠and, rest assured, you are not going to see it often, but that indeed was the case on New Yearâs day where the undisputed heavyweight champion trainer of Australia sent out a total of fourteen… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Clubâs licensing committee has confirmed that, subject to the usual formalities, it has granted a Club Jockeyâs licence to Luke Currie and Daniel Moor to ride in the precinct until the end of the current Hong Kong racing season. Currie, who has thirteen Group 1 winners… Read More »
Samantha Collett will go into the new year full of confidence that her career move from New Zealand to South-East Queensland has now really gained traction. A rider of undoubted talent ⊠a Jockeyâs premiership in her home country, three Group 1 wins and a host of stakes race successes… Read More »
Every horse has its story ⊠but Kementari, who will represent Godolphinâs blue army in The Buffering at Doomben on Saturday, can arguably boast a story that is more interesting than most. When the son of Lohnro completed a hat trick of Group wins back in March 2018 (in the… Read More »
Thirty-six years after beginning his race riding career, Larry Cassidyâs appetite for success is undiminished. Fresh off a feature race win aboard Kubrick in the Bernborough on Boxing Day, Cassidy has already followed up with two more winners since then, scoring on Savagol (at the Sunshine Coast on Monday) and… Read More »
