Stallion improves again to win 2000-metre highlight on Champions Day at Sha Tin. It would not have felt like a high profile international meeting Hong Kong if Japan was to go empty handed but Damian Lane made sure that would not happen as Tastiera won the QE II Cup in impressive fashion…. Read More »
They tried to beat him in December and tried again April but the world’s best sprinter did it again to claim Hong Kong’s Triple Crown. Ka Ying Rising started in the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at the prohibitive odds of $1 and if you could not find value in… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is keeping their options open with reigning Horse of the Year Pride Of Jenni who is being prepared for a Group 1 assignment in Brisbane. Pride Of Jenni was noted among early nominations for the Listed Anniversary Vase (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday, a Quality Handicap that carries… Read More »
The Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury has been a handy career launchpad for a number of horses and trainer Michael Freedman is hoping Aerodrome can join that list. The son of Ole Kirk made an impressive debut earlier this month when wearing down subsequent Saturday city placegetter Hidden Motive in a 1200m assignment at… Read More »
The $5 million Kia Quokka (1200m) is staying in Western Australia after Jokers Grin surged to a memorable victory at Ascot on Saturday. In a career-defining moment, Bernie Miller celebrated just his 68th career winner, teaming up with his close friend Patrick Carbery to secure the feature in front of… Read More »
Charm Stone has won her first Group One victory, taking out the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville under a red-hot Mark Zahra. The I Am Invincible filly, who cost $1.55 million as a yearling, had always promised top line ability, and Mick Price, who trains in partnership… Read More »
Trainer Glen Thompson has endured a tumultuous season which has been softened with Benagil providing the Flemington-based horseman with his first Group 1 success. Under a calculated ride from proven Group 1 jockey Mark Zahra, Benagil took out the Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Thompson had at the start of… Read More »
Anthony Freedman isn’t sold on the virtues of backing a horse up three weeks in a row but the likelihood of a wet track at Hawkesbury might be enough to tempt him to go that way with Punch Lane. The five-year-old posted an emphatic win in Saturday’s Precise Air Handicap (1500m)… Read More »
Trainer John Mcardle had his sights on a race at Flemington on Anzac Day, but a change of heart led to El Rocko being successful at Moonee Valley. A field of just eight runners combined with a wet track provided McArdle with the perfect scenario to tackle the Ladbrokes Form Genius Handicap… Read More »
A Stakes race in Adelaide is on the agenda for New York Lustre after the Enver Jusufovic-trained mare resumed with a win at Moonee Valley. The Group 3 Proud Miss Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 10 is in Jusufovic’s sights after the mare took out the FRS Fire Services Handicap… Read More »
Patience and perseverance are paying dividends for connections of filly Sunrise after she backed up a track record-breaking win at Kembla Grange with another sustained display of speed at Randwick. Trained by Mitchell Beer, Sunrise scorched the turf first-up to break the 1000m course record at her home track, earning herself… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths stable is potentially on the lookout for a trip interstate with Saluted after her all-the-way victory at Moonee Valley. Successful at Pakenham on April 10, Saluted was back in trip on Saturday when successful in the Evergreen Turf Handicap (1000m). Stable representative Adrian Joyce said a Stakes race interstate… Read More »
Having persuaded Grand Eagle’s owners not to take him overseas, Gerald Ryan was rapt to see the two-year-old vindicate that advice with an outstanding win in the opening race at Randwick. The Farnan youngster is part-owned by retired Hong Kong training legend John Moore, who had been contemplating sending him… Read More »
He is the horse with an unusual walking style where one leg is raised in an exaggerated fashion which can change from one moment to the next but a neuro condition called String Halt does nothing to hold him back in a full gallop. Goliath, who is part-owned by American… Read More »
Nick Ryan had no qualms about running two-year-old Highvol in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) on debut and his confidence was justified as the son of Microphone scored a tough win, the first horse to do so on debut. Ridden on speed by Jamie Melham, Highvol ($9) held off $4.60… Read More »
For all their success in three-year-old staying features, Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young were yet to win a VRC St Leger, with American Wolf pulling out all the stops to change that record. First run in 1857, the St Leger is one of Australia’s oldest classics, and American Wolf ($12) proved the… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup Carnival could be denied the chance to see Ka Ying Rising step out in the Champions Sprint on the final day with existing scanning protocols seen a major sticking point by David Hayes. The now Hong Kong-based 1994 Melbourne Cup winning trainer says that he “would dearly love… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising looms large over the feature sprint on Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday let alone being the pin-up horse of Hong Kong racing, but while most would consider the David Hayes-trained machine to be virtually unbeatable, Joao Moreira has quietly been going about preparations with Japanese visitor Satono… Read More »
In an ideal world, trainer Cliff Brown would not be pitting two of his gallopers against each other in the same race. But for different reasons, Brown has decided to run Honor Galore and Lady Di Di against each in the Western General Bodyworks Handicap (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Both mares… Read More »
It is 24 years since Gai Waterhouse tasted success in the Australasian Oaks when Tempest Morn took out the 2000m Classic. Now in a training partnership with Adrian Bott, the pair will have dual representation in Saturday’s Group 1 contest for three-year-old fillies. Too Darn Lizzie and Phenom will line up in the… Read More »
