Seafall wasn’t Lindsay Park’s top Winter Championship seed coming into the campaign, but the in-form mare carries the Hayes family’s hopes of a drought-breaking win in the Finals Day feature. The five-year-old daughter of The Autumn Sun will be the lone representative for Ben, Will and JD Hayes in the… Read More »
Joe Pride has been the Winter Stakes‘ dominant trainer in recent years and he will have three shots at another win this year. The Warwick Farm horseman will be represented by Cool Jakey, Accredited and Poison Chalice in the $200,000 Listed event, which will be run at Rosehill this Saturday…. Read More »
It was only two years ago but Munhamek’s victory in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final seems a lifetime ago. Nick Ryan’s stable stalwart was eight when he achieved the Flemington feat and he’ll be looking to emulate that with another eight-year-old this Saturday when Highlights lines up. Both horses came… Read More »
In a vote of confidence, Dylan Gibbons has delayed an end of season holiday in order to partner emerging stayer Thebudgiesmugla in the Caloundra Cup. Gibbons was due to take an overseas break following Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara meeting at Eagle Farm but postponed it once trainer Bjorn Baker’s racing manager, Luke Hilton,… Read More »
Siena Grima continues to chip away at Braith Nock’s premiership lead as the race for the Sydney apprentices’ title adds an intriguing addendum to the final weeks of the season. Last year’s champion junior rider, Nock drew first blood at Rosehill on Saturday with a Highway Handicap (1500m) victory aboard… Read More »
Grahame Begg had the Group 1 Tatts Tiara (1400m) circled a long way out for talented mare Splash Back and the long-range plan came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Since finishing down the track in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in the Spring, Begg… Read More »
Irish jockey Adam Farragher has celebrated a career milestone, winning his first stakes race aboard the Ciaron Maher-trained Glory Daze in the Listed W J McKell Cup at Rosehill. Farragher had ridden seven black-type placegetters, including one at Group 2 level in the UK, but was thrilled to get a… Read More »
Alexander Rae is enjoying a fantastic run of form of late which continued on Saturday at Caulfield as I’m Foxing showed her rivals a clean set of heels in the MRC Membership Made Of Moments Handicap (1000m). Despite having won her past three starts, the filly by I Am Immortal… Read More »
Relief was Tom Charlton’s first emotion after King Pedro atoned for a series of luckless defeats with a dominant performance in the Stayers Cup at Rosehill. Since winning at Gosford in November, the lightly raced gelding had finished runner-up in four of his subsequent five starts and Charlton admitted he… Read More »
It’s not the race morning call a jockey wants to get, but Reece Jones’ commitment to waste for a pick-up ride has been rewarded with Lighthouse Lass overcoming a tardy start to post her second career win. Returning from a week-long break, Jones had been booked for five rides at… Read More »
Greg Eurell may have a smart two-year-old in his hands in the form of Lucky Brook, who won the Sportsbet Race Previews Handicap (1000m) to open the card at Caulfield on Saturday. By Lucky Vega, the debutant had won four jump outs and converted that winning attitude to race day,… Read More »
The barrier is not one of them, but Michael Kent Jnr sees enough positives to result in an improved performance from Biancelli at Caulfield this Saturday. The one-time promising filly will chase her first win more than a year in the $130,000 Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives F&M BM84 Handicap (1100m)…. Read More »
Anything Mountjoy achieves for the remainder of the campaign can be considered a bonus, but the Ballarat filly gets her shot at a lucrative Stakes victory this Saturday in Adelaide. The Henry Dwyer-trained two-yerar-old will contest the $120,000 David Peacock Oaklands Plate (1400m) on the Morphettville Parks track. Mountjoy was… Read More »
If Ben Hayes has learnt one thing with Madiyya over her career, it is that you can’t count on too many opportunities each preparation with her. Hence, narrow defeats at her past two starts have been particularly hard to stomach. The daughter of Super Seth has been beaten in a… Read More »
The recent spate of wet weather in Brisbane prompted Peter Snowden to rejig Tuileries’ build-up to the Tattersall’s Tiara, but he remained confident it wouldn’t impact her winning chances. The four-year-old was scheduled to tackle the Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) two weeks ago but was scratched due to the heavy… Read More »
A minor placing in midweek grade might not seem like an ideal form reference for the Stayers Cup, but Adrian Bott is banking on natural improvement and fitness helping Centenario make the transition. The former New Zealander finished third over 2400m on the Kensington track last start and with the… Read More »
The Tattersall’s Cup has been the winter target for Future History all campaign, and if the gelding can win it, a start in the Melbourne Cup will become a realistic goal. The eight-year-old, who contested Australia’s most famous race in 2023, has been competing in great heart this season, stringing together… Read More »
A below par result last start might look like the effects of a busy preparation, but Peter Snowden is adamant Touristic remains bright and well, and he expects the horse to prove it at Rosehill. Having kicked off his campaign in the Festival Stakes (1500m) in November, Touristic will line… Read More »
Andrew Bobbin looks pretty clever given what Miracle Spin is doing this time in, but he concedes he hasn’t always felt that smart. The Stawell trainer wondered after a winless three-run spring campaign, which concluded with a 23-length last placing in the Penshurst Cup, whether Miracle Spin would even have… Read More »
Consistency has been a key focus for Dylan Gibbons this season, and it will continue to be his mantra into the next. But winning Group 1 races is what every jockey dreams of and if he can add the final major of the 2025-26 racing term aboard Infancy in the Tattersall’s… Read More »
