Zac Lloyd has wasted no time in putting his name on the list of winners in Britain, guiding the Michael Bell trained Any Which Way to victory in a Class 2 Handicap for three-year-olds at Doncaster on Saturday. The 9-4 second favourite benefitted from a confident ride by Lloyd, whose… Read More »
You wouldn’t think a Kentucky Derby winner would have to produce another quality performance before earning the respect it is due, but the Cherie DeVaux trained Golden Tempo has now put all contrary arguments to bed with a hard fought, thoroughly deserved win in the Belmont Stakes, the third leg… Read More »
Western Australian racing has served up yet another absolutely thrilling feature race finish. The result at Belmont on Saturday was so close on the line that the two main fancies in the Listed Raconteur Stakes … the $1.65 favourite Hot And High and the $3.50 second favourite Vatican Storm …… Read More »
The Joseph O’Brien trained Thundering On gave her field a galloping lesson in the Group 1 Epsom Oaks which was contested over 2400m. The win could not have been more emphatic with Dylan Brown-McMonagle guiding Thundering On to a clearcut, four length victory ahead of Legacy Link with the magnitude… Read More »
It is never over until the fat lady sings … so the saying goes. Well, the ninety race veteran Lady Shenanigans proved a point about the value of perseverance when she stepped out for her ninety-first race assignment at Hawksbury and duly saluted for the tenth time in her career,… Read More »
A high percentage of feature races in Western Australia since the start of summer have produced riveting finishes … the most recent example being Western Empire’s last stride win in the Group 3 Hyperion Stakes at Belmont last Saturday … and that competitive trend seems likely to continue when ten… Read More »
The Bjorn Baker trained Bernborough Handicap winner War Eternal will be looking to make it back-to-back wins in Listed company when he takes aim at the Spear Chief Handicap over 1500m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The seven-year-old son of Pierro’s win in the Bernborough, which was contested over 1600m,… Read More »
Young gun Zac Lloyd will take invaluable step in his all round growth as a jockey when he embarks on another experience gathering exercise at Doncaster this weekend where he have his first race ride in Britain on Ruler Of Time for no less a stable than that of Charlie… Read More »
Malcolm Johnson can rest easy at this time, knowing that, at the end of the weekend, he will still have his name in the record books as having ridden the most Group 1 winners (sixteen) in a season, a distinction he currently shares with James McDonald who drew alongside Johnson… Read More »
A $1 million race … thirty-nine nominations … track currently rated a heavy 10 … field is down to seven runners, three from one trainer … prize-money from eighth to tenth place will be left unclaimed. That’s the story … so far … of the 2026 Doomben Cup and, even… Read More »
While the Double R Brand … Rothfire and Rawiller … justifiably dominated the racing news cycle with a flood of post-race commentary following their win in the Doomben 10,000, the storming run of the second placed Spicy Martini hardly raised a trickle of news in racing columns. The old adage… Read More »
The grey Napoleon Solo claimed the one hundred and fifty first running of Preakness Stakes … the second leg of the Triple Crown … outgunning Iron Honor in the home stretch to score under a hard ride from Paco Lopez. The fourteen-strong field was the largest since the same number… Read More »
On a day when he won the Belmont Sprint on Western Empire, star jockey Willie Pike received the news that he will be inducted into the Western Australia Racing Hall Of Fame on August 22. Darren McAullay surprised Pike with the special announcement in the jockey’s room and the scene… Read More »
Western Empire has returned as a winner, taking out the Group 3 Belmont Sprint in his first start following a five month layoff. The Grant and Alana Willimas trained eight-year-old, who was twice placed in Group 1 company over the summer … in the Railway Stakes over 1600m and the… Read More »
Got a ticket … got a chance … and trainer Chris Waller holds a ticket with Private Harry in the Doomben 10,000 as he continues to chase down his two hundredth Group 1 victory. That milestone is inevitable, of course, but whether Private Harry is the horse to carry Waller… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained Nightline, an exciting winner of the Gold Coast Bracelet last Saturday, is no longer a Group 1 Queensland Oaks contender after suffering an injury setback which will prevent her from taking any further part in the Winter Carnival. “We discovered it this morning …… Read More »
It would be quite a spectacular return to winning ways if the Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr) trained Reserve Bank were to salute in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 on Saturday. The chestnut son of Capitalist spent twelve months on the sidelines, only returning to race action in the… Read More »
The well performed, Grant and Alana Williams trained Western Empire will resume at Belmont in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint over 1400m on Saturday. It was a case of ‘no cigar’ for the son of Iffraaj over the Summer Carnival at Ascot, but there was plenty to like about Western… Read More »
Just under a year ago Angela Jones and Zarastro were cut down, literally in the final stride, by a flying Joliestar with James McDonald urging the then four-year-old to the narrowest of victories in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup over 1300m, denying both Jones and Zarastro a first Group… Read More »
Last week Pride Of Jenni slapped her opposition into submission in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes. She did that as an eight-year-old so, apart from all of the other hype which came with the win, she scored one for the older brigade … and the two eight-year-olds, Private Eye and… Read More »
