Flying the flag proudly for Western Australia in the National Apprentice Race Series (NARS), Rosie Mahony booted home a double to secure valuable points for her home state. The 24-year-old Albany-based apprentice guided to victory $9 chance Bart’s Bullet before scoring a popular punters win aboard hot favourite Spaceship. Mahony’s first Darwin… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg believes Magic Time is still on the improve this preparation as he prepares the mare for her next feature race assignment in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes. Magic Time is already a Group 1 winner over 1400m this season in last spring’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield,… Read More »
Mark and Levi Kavanagh are sticking to the plan of running First Immortal at Mornington this Saturday, but which race he contests is yet to be decided. The exciting staying prospect was among 23 entries for the $300,000 Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) when they closed on Monday, but was also entered for… Read More »
In the Queen Elizabeth Stakes aftermath, one of Chris Waller’s first thoughts was the hope of a rematch for Via Sistina with Pride Of Jenni come the spring racing features. That is just what he may get as Ciaron Maher says that his star middle distance mare will look to conquering Australasia’s weight-for-age… Read More »
Estriella’s progression towards the Group 1 Sangster Stakes will continue at Cranbourne on Monday morning. The star sprinting filly, who is one of the most exciting horses in Ciaron Maher’s stable, will step out in an 800-metre jumpout. The daughter of I Am Invincible all but demanded she be directed… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman is hoping his stable’s successful autumn carnival continues with star filly Manaal poised to get the chance to cap her juvenile season in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes. The Freedman stable had three stakes winners during the two days of The Championships at Randwick, headlined by Manaal’s… Read More »
Patrick Moloney has won much bigger races than the $200,000 Listed Golden Mile, but he hopes Saturday’s victory in the signature event on Bendigo’s feature autumn raceday proves the springboard for career rejuvenation. The 30-year-old recorded his biggest win since returning to the saddle from hand and shoulder injuries sustained in… Read More »
War Machine concocted an elixir none of the treatment Mike Moroney is receiving in hospital can compare with when the progressive three-year-old won Saturday’s $200,000 Bendigo Guineas. The ever-improving gelding completed a winning hat-trick when he proved too classy for his rivals in the 1400-metre Listed event. The victory came… Read More »
Zougotcha has continued her faultless autumn preparation and narrowly denied her stablemate Atishu back-to-back Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes wins at Randwick. After a spring preparation which did not go to plan with Zougotcha, trainer Chris Waller reset with the four-year-old mare who has returned this autumn in brilliant form and… Read More »
Frontrunning mare Pride Of Jenni and jockey Declan Bates have pulled off one of the most incredible feats ever seen on a Sydney racetrack with a stunning catch-me-if-you-can win in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. Known for establishing big mid-race leads, Pride Of Jenni was expected to be a handful of… Read More »
Hong Kong-based Italian Andrea Atzeni has ridden imported stayer Circle Of Fire to an emotion-charged win in the Group 1 Sydney Cup, with the jockey dedicating the victory to his fallen friend Stefano Cherchi. Cherchi died last week as a result of injuries sustained in a race fall in Canberra on March… Read More »
A week after celebrating their maiden Group One win as a training partnership, Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have backed it up, producing Autumn Angel to upset star New Zealander Orchestral in the ATC Australian Oaks at Randwick. Coleman landed her first major as a trainer when Chain Of Lightning claimed the T J… Read More »
Out of luck in Group One company at her past two starts, Eneeza has turned her fortunes around to edge out Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot in the Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick. The filly settled too close to a slick speed when fourth in the Blue Diamond Stakes two starts… Read More »
Luke Currie would have loved to have been at Randwick on Saturday with a few key rides in Group 1 races on the signature day of The Championships, but he didn’t mind hanging around at Bendigo for rides like Bold Bastille. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained filly exerted her… Read More »
Racing WA will next weekend host the second edition of the world’s only tri-code slot race series – the TABtouch Western Trilogy. WA’s richest three days of racing will be held from April 18 to April 20 when The Sandgroper, The Nullarbor and The Quokka are all run and won…. Read More »
Sam Freedman knows Fire Of Etna’s second racing campaign must come to an end soon, but he is confident the stable can keep her firing until the end of the month. Freedman and his training partner, father Anthony Freedman, have two more races in mind for the in-form four-year-old daughter of… Read More »
Following her win in at Moonee Valley a fortnight ago, Mick Price was open with his desire to find a way for Gumdrops to snare a win at the highest level as a three-year-old. For now, though, that search is likely to be put on hold with a rival filly, Estriella, looking… Read More »
Belle Plaisir will chase Listed victory at Bendigo this Saturday, but the Golden Mile could serve a greater purpose for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare. The signature race on Bendigo’s metropolitan program will put the polish on a campaign aimed at the Group 2 Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m)… Read More »
Mike Moroney has bigger a battle on his hands than the one facing War Machine this weekend, but the in-form gelding has a chance to lift his trainer’s spirits with a feature victory at Bendigo. The three-year-old son of Harry Angel will chase a third-straight win in the $200,000 Listed Bendigo Guineas (1400m)…. Read More »
Victorian mare Eternal Flame will test the Group One waters in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes, although trainer Michael Kent admits he wasn’t expecting the race to be quite so strong. The lightly raced four-year-old has won her past two starts, following up a victory in the Group 3 Matron Stakes… Read More »
