Adelaide raider Tradewind has emulated his sire Trust In A Gust by winning the Eureka Stockade at Ballarat in a boilover. In taking out the 1400 metre race for three-year-olds, Tradewind, a member of Trust In A Gust’s first crop, gave the Swettenham Stud-based stallion his best winner from a… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller found himself in a rare situation at Kembla Grange when he won the third race twice with two different horses. The Waller-trained Relucent was first past the post in Saturday’s 2000 metre event, narrowly staving off the late charge of stablemate Accountability. But it was a… Read More »
Goulburn horseman Jade McDonald is gearing up for the biggest day of his training career with stable duo Roc De Khaper and Departing Bullet tackling the TAB Highway Handicap at Kembla Grange. McDonald said he couldn’t be happier with both his charges heading into Saturday’s stand-alone south coast meeting, which… Read More »
Leading jockey Baylee Nothdurft believes a recent barrier trial win by speedy mare Sugar Boom has her primed to win the Swiss Ace Plate at the Sunshine Coast. Sugar Boom resumed from a spell to score in restricted company at Doomben on October 17 before an all-the-way win in a… Read More »
Putting in the extra yards for Chris Waller at trackwork has not only given Glyn Schofield a good insight into the premier trainer’s horses, it has also led to him securing the mount on Reloaded in The Gong. Schofield headed out to Rosehill last week to put a few of… Read More »
Mornington trainer Brett Scott received the news he had been waiting for when he found out his in-form galloper Irish Flame had gained a start in the Ballarat Cup. Irish Flame was first emergency but secured a run when Power Scheme was scratched on Friday morning. The former champion jumps… Read More »
Rule The World will be on a mission to get his career back on track when he lines up for just his third start in 12 months at the Kembla Grange stand-alone meeting. The Gooree Stud product showed enormous promise to win his first three outings and was immediately stepped… Read More »
Mike Moroney is hoping rising star Shelby Cobra can answer one burning question when he bids to extend his winning streak at Ballarat. Moroney is in two-minds about whether the three-year-old is purely a sprinter or if he will be even better extended to a mile. Shelby Cobra is a… Read More »
Ben Thompson’s flourishing combination with the O’Dea-Hoysted stable has resulted in him being booked to ride talented miler Reckless Choice in the Mooloolaba Cup at the Sunshine Coast. Thompson has cracked the top 10 on the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership riding 12 winners since leaving Melbourne to join his partner, fellow… Read More »
It’s not quite the green jacket awarded to the champion at Augusta but trainer John Thompson has a pretty special garment of his own. During his years working for legendary horseman Bart Cummings, Thompson was closely involved with 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed. The horse carried late owner Dato Tan… Read More »
It wouldn’t quite match Dennis Pagan’s fairytale Victoria Derby win but if Maddie Raymond could secure the Ballarat Cup with Pacodali in her first year of training, it would be one of the stories of the spring. In some ways, if Raymond’s runner Pacodali won the $500,000 Ballarat Cup on… Read More »
It will be a new-look Big Parade who steps out at Kembla Grange after his recent bad boy behaviour proved the final straw for trainer Mark Newnham. The four-year-old has been gelded since his most recent appearance at Canterbury in September when he scored a runaway 5-1/2 length win. En… Read More »
Stakes-placed filly Butter Blonde will have a key gear change for the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat after struggling in her first serious gallop in the reverse direction. The filly competed in a right-handed jump out earlier this week, which is part of the qualification criteria for Saturday’s race,… Read More »
Future plans for talented four-year-old Dawn Passage will hinge on his performances in a brace of feature races over the coming weeks. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have targeted the entire at the $1 million The Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday, ahead of the Villiers Stakes over… Read More »
Archie Alexander isn’t concerned that Kiwia is out of form ahead of his attempt to win a third Ballarat Cup as it hasn’t stopped him for the past two years. Alexander, who took over the training of Kiwia from Darren Weir in February 2019, has replicated the same race pattern… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy is yet to commit to riding Classique Legend in the Hong Kong Sprint as he waits to see if there is any change to current quarantine requirements. As it stands, the top jockey would have to spend Christmas in isolation if he travelled to Hong Kong for the… Read More »
Trainer John Sargent is expecting a better performance from Brandenburg when he lines up in the The Gong at Kembla Grange. Brandenburg is among 24 nominations for the $1 million The Gong on Saturday, a race only introduced to the spring racing calendar last year. The stakes-winning four-year-old will appreciate… Read More »
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan has turned to top jockey Mark Zahra in his bid to win his home town Ballarat Cup with star mare Affair To Remember. Zahra picked up the mount when the four-year-old’s regular rider Michael Poy failed in his bid to have a suspension overturned at the Victorian… Read More »
Matt Cumani will finally get the chance to run his mare One More Try in his home town Ballarat Cup after almost getting her to the race for the past two years. Although One More Try hasn’t won in five starts this campaign, Cumani is certain she has never been… Read More »
Rough Habit Plate winner Ballistic Boy will continue his march towards the Magic Millions Subzero when he heads to the Sunshine Coast. The four-year-old exceeded trainer Chris Anderson’s expectations when he produced a barnstorming finish from last to run second to Red Chase at Doomben on November 7. Anderson will… Read More »
