They jumped out of the trees to back this newcomer CEASEFORE (Panzer Division – Amandine) at Tamworth this afternoon, and walked away with the lot. He trounced his rivals winning by 7 lengths and looking like he could have gone another lap. “There was just so much power every step… Read More »
Do you ever throw your hands up in the air in either despair or delight when going through the form after you’ve heard the universe talk to you? Happened to me this morning when doing the Tamworth form. With meetings being cancelled or allowed to run on quagmires it was… Read More »
She has become a much loved cult figure in Queensland because of her talent, her will-to-win, her name and her back story. And all of that just enhanced a great deal more when SWEET DOLLY (Real Saga – Sweet Cherub) reached further into her kit bag than ever before to… Read More »
If we just study records, then Te Akau’s brilliant mare MELODY BELLE (Commands – Meleka Belle) is the all-time greatest Gr 1 winning race horse from New Zealand. Today she led home a stable quinella when she beat out AVANTAGE (Fastnet Rock – Asavant) to win the Gr 1 Bonecrusher… Read More »
Chris Waller – once a non-2YO trainer gets SHAQUERO (Shalaa – Fimatino) into the Gr 1 $3million Golden Slipper after he doggedly fought off all challenges to win the Gr 3 Pago Pago Stakes over the Slipper trip of 1200m. And in doing so, ran 3 lengths faster than Arcaded… Read More »
The Blue Army white-wash started in race two at Rosehill when Godolphin’s brilliant filly ARCADED (Street Boss – Gloriette) who pulled away to win the Gr 3 Magic Night Stakes over 1200m. It was the third time in the past three years that Godolphin has won this race. Arcaded firmed… Read More »
It’s hard not to believe in the power of the Almighty, or the universe when you see things like WELSH LEGEND (Camelot – Onethingatatime) sprinting quickly to win in class record time on a Saturday. Especially after she had been rolled as a short-priced favourite the start before at a… Read More »
It has been on the cards and threatening for quite some time, but at Rosehill today we might finally see it. A Blue Army white-wash. The famed Godolphin blue can and should just about win five of the nine races at Rosehill. James Cummings and his team have placed horses… Read More »
I know she carried 56kg less than her rivals, but the run of GRAND PALAZZO (All Too Hard – Palazzo Pitti) was astonishing. As the gates sprung open in her Wyong maiden today, Grand Palazzo reared. So high in fact that jockey Sam Clipperton couldn’t hang on and he crashed… Read More »
From the ‘Here’s Something You Don’t See Everyday” files comes a story of racing longevity we’d all be proud of and one that needs to be shared. At Wagga this afternoon, two popular, talented, honest triers, both of whom are now veterans, will clash in race 6 over 1000m. And… Read More »
Today is a significant day for women. It is International Women’s Day and the Victorian Wakefield Club has just announced superstar jockey Jamie Kah as its annual Lady Of Racing 2021 champion. Which just adds another bow to the package that is Jamie Kah, a now world force in horse… Read More »
Following the luckless run by STAY INSIDE (Extreme Choice – Nothin Leica Storm) when 4th in Saturday’s $300,000 Todman Stakes, his regular rider James McDonald has been replaced. Tommy Berry will ride the previously unbeaten easing 2021 Golden Slipper favourite. McDonald will no doubt be given one of Chris Waller’s… Read More »
Maiden filly GLISTENING (Zoustar – Beethog) has given Team Freedman a second string runner in the upcoming Gr 1 $3million Golden Slipper over 1200m at Rosehill on 20 March. They will also saddle Stay Inside, who was luckless in the Todman Stakes when 4th. But what a great backup this… Read More »
Arghhh, the Gr 2 Todman Stakes over 1200m, the same trip as the Golden Slipper on 20 March, had everything you’d hope for in a major lead-up to a huge Gr 1 race. And, Godolphin won it – they just seem to do it every year. They won this time… Read More »
You have to be good to run time at Royal Randwick and under 59kg that’s just what WILD RULER (Snitzel – Gypsy Robin) did in the Listed Fireball Stakes (3YO) over 1100m. After Mamaragan went out at suicidal speed from the get go, being 5 lengths clear of the field… Read More »
Do you remember the flashy, gorgeous flying machine from Queensland named HOUTZEN (I Am Invincible – Set To Unleash)? Well, she is retired now. As a 6-year-old today, she did enough winning 7 races and earning $2,012,525 during her racing career. Today, on a new career path, she gave foal… Read More »
The ramifications of bringing our great sport into disrepute can and are costly. Just ask Gordon Elliott. After he took a phone call, and sat down to answer it, on the carcass of a dead horse, his world has collapsed around him with condemnation coming from every corner of the… Read More »
Look at this picture. And when you do, get angry and upset because animal activists are making big inroads. A few hours ago, at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the big US state of California, the meeting was held to ransom when four people jumped the fence, and parked themselves… Read More »
Leading trainer Kris Lees wants to make an impact at Port Macquarie races this afternoon. Despite it being wet. He will send nine horses by float to the meet and each one of them as a great chance. These are Chris Waller-like numbers. There are 8 races on the card… Read More »
It just should never have happened and its ramifications have reverberated around the globe. Gordon Elliott, a champion trainer of hurdlers and steeplechasers and a man who has a large staff, allegedly answered his phone at the time he was inspecting a horse he trained who had suddenly died in… Read More »
