Relishing the wet conditions and a track favouring on-pace runners, No Effort has landed another impressive victory, this time at Caulfield. Just as she did at Sandown on June 12, No Effort led throughout to take out the Neds Same Race Multi Handicap (2000m) on Saturday. The track may not have been as… Read More »
Michael Hawkes says identifying the right races at the right time of year has been the key to getting the best out of quirky gelding Bandersnatch. The four-year-old has posted his third victory, and second at black-type level, since joining the Hawkes team late last year, dictating terms to land… Read More »
Absolute Flirt has shown her class with a hard-fought narrow victory at Caulfield. Absolute Flirt has again shown her liking for racing on the fresh side with a well-supported first-up win at Caulfield. The Danny O’Brien-trained daughter of Stratum was heavily supported to win the Neds Bet Back Handicap (1100m) on Saturday and… Read More »
Training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra hope to have finally worked out Devine Diosa after her win at Caulfield. Having had ‘black type’ aspirations for the filly, Divine Diosa finally broke through for her maiden Saturday city success when taking out the Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (1440m). Divine Diosa scored her maiden… Read More »
Sweet Thomas has continued his outstanding record in two-mile races to claim his second Stayer’s Cup. Matthew Smith’s dream of getting Sweet Thomas into a Melbourne Cup might be at long odds to come to fruition but a second win in the Stayer’s Cup has provided a worthy consolation. A… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Jigsaw has relished the rain-affected going at Caulfield in making a winning return from a spell. Jigsaw took at Saturday’s Unleash Your Neds Toolbox Handicap (1100m) at his first start after a three-run summer campaign. A heavily-backed $1.65 Neds favourite under Mark Zahra, Jigsaw raced to a two-length win from Sharp… Read More »
A total of 561 lots have been catalogued for the Inglis Digital June (Late) Online Sale which opened for bidding on Friday. Included in the catalogue is stakes winning juvenile Volcanic Rock (Hinchinbrook) and a number of stakes-performed mares in the broodmare category. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott,… Read More »
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) today announced the winners of the 2021 Ladies of Racing Awards, celebrating the diverse roles of women in the thoroughbred racing industry. The awards showcase women’s achievements in the categories of Leadership, Dedication to Thoroughbred Racing, Welfare and Administration. The 170 attendees saw one of the State’s iconic racing personalities, Brittany Taylor, win the Ladies… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings had been quietly optimistic Terwilliker could improve on his performances in the past two editions of the Stayer’s Cup, but his confidence will be dented after the meeting’s belated venue change. Racing officials made the decision to move Saturday’s program from Randwick to Rosehill on Friday in response to… Read More »
The final Group 1 meeting of the season is in chaos after an eleventh-hour change to Queensland’s COVID regulations. The Tattersall’s Tiara meeting has been thrown into disarray after Queensland Health imposed updated COVID regulations which will prohibit some of Sydney’s highest profile jockeys from riding at Eagle Farm. James… Read More »
Brendon Hawtin is one of the faces behind the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable but is an accomplished trainer in his own right. Hawtin runs one of the barns at Cranbourne for Busuttin and Young and within that space is room for 10 of his own horses. Numbers maybe down, currently just a ‘handful’, with… Read More »
On a day where Eagle Farm will play host to a number of short priced favourites, Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted will saddle two of the horses punters will be pinning their hopes in. Shooting For Gold resumes against older horses in the Benchmark 80 Handicap (1000m, Race 7), while Kingston’s… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will get his final chance to bring up a Group 1 milestone this season in the Tattersall’s Tiara. Hugh Bowman and Chris Waller have celebrated some magical moments on the racetrack courtesy of Winx and they could be set to share another if Subpoenaed wins the final Group 1… Read More »
A trip to Queensland did not pan out for Mahamedeis the way Nick Ryan had envisaged. After one run, Ryan pulled up stumps on the Brisbane excursion and brought Mahamedeis back to his Flemington base where he will run in the Neds Same Race Multi Handicap (2000m) on Saturday. It is the same course and distance that Mahamedeis was successful… Read More »
The Civic Stakes meeting set down for Randwick will now be held at Rosehill. Racing officials have transferred Saturday’s Civic Stakes meeting from Randwick to Rosehill in response to the NSW government’s latest COVID orders. The Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW announced the shift on Friday after the state… Read More »
Heavy rain has resulted in the transfer of a race meeting from Wodonga to Echuca. Victoria’s spate of wet weather in the north-east of the state has forced the transfer of a meeting. Racing Victoria announced on Friday that the meeting at Wodonga on Saturday has been shifted to Echuca…. Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes will be keeping a keen watch on the weather ahead of the meeting at Caulfield. Stokes has Kermy engaged in the Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (1440m) on Saturday but does not want the track too wet for the in-form three-year-old. Kermy has won two of his past three starts on the synthetic… Read More »
has had to settle for minor placings in six stakes races and trainer Kris Lees is hoping the mare finally gets her moment in the sun this weekend. The four-year-old will get another chance to post a valuable black-type win in Saturday’s Listed Civic Stakes at Randwick after failing by a… Read More »
After showing ability in Melbourne’s bigger two-year-old races, Jigsaw returns for an off-season race at Caulfield. Cranbourne trainer Cindy Alderson wants to get a better idea of where her talented two-year-old Jigsaw sits in the pecking order. After a three-run summer campaign that took in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield… Read More »
Having been locked out of attending the races because of COVID, Caulfield has been given the green light to welcome a crowd back. The Melbourne Racing Club is throwing open the gates at Caulfield on Saturday to welcome a crowd back at the races. Owners, members and the punting public… Read More »
