Dan Morton’s King Of Light created a big statement on the weekend, making a faultless debut in the Tabtouch Place A Same Race Multi Plate (1300m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. Adding another potential Ascot carnival contender to his team, Morton hopes King Of Light’s impressive first up victory is a… Read More »
Baraqiel could well race again before the season is finished, with the Group 2 winning sprinter surprising co-trainer Will Larkin with his recovery from a suspensory issue. Flagged as one of the up-and-coming stars of the sprinting ranks after his dominant win in the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1200m) in October last… Read More »
The curtain has been drawn on the Queensland Racing Carnival but for some of the headline acts, attention is firmly turning to springtime features. Co-trainers Chris and Corey Munce will be keeping Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) winner Cool Archie out of the limelight for the remainder of 2025… Read More »
Joe Pride has been heartened by the performances of a horse from a rival yard this season as he begins to plot a spring carnival path for stable flag bearer Ceolwulf. The Warwick Farm conditioner watched with interest as Antino thumped his rivals in the Hollindale Stakes (1800m) and Doomben Cup… Read More »
Repossession gave another reminder of his class when he bounced back from a setback to win the Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. Showing a liking for the Pinjarra straight for a second time this campaign, Repossession completed a winning hat trick and vindicated a chaotic week for… Read More »
While the McEvoy stable has just had one emerging feature race prospect show his potential in the staying ranks, another proven miler has a challenge ahead to keep his career in motion after a an otherwise innocuous setting in Queensland has seen Veight battling a neck injury. A broken bone in… Read More »
Few would argue Tony McEvoy’s credentials as a smart operator and the experienced horseman’s eye for quality and planning is coming together so far with emerging stayer Half Yours. That strategy could raise as high as the 2025 Caulfield Cup. The four-year-old gelding has raced in Victoria, New South Wales… Read More »
All the pieces needed to fit neatly in place for The Three Hundred to return to the winners’ list and that is what occurred when the gelding took out the Winx Guineas on Sunshine Coast’s feature day of racing. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott needed to find the trick… Read More »
Miffed by the usually consistent Estadio Mestalla’s two disappointing runs from a spell, Joe Pride made a double-barrelled decision to change gear and tactics and the horse responded with an upset win. Pride had been at a loss to explain the gelding’s early-campaign form given he had been working well… Read More »
In some ways, it was a case of righting a wrong from two years’ ago for Jimmy The Bear in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final (1600m) at Flemington. Beaten as a $2.80 betting companies favourite in 2023, Jimmy The Bear atoned two years later with a typically tough victory, with… Read More »
Co-trainer Peter Moody was quietly confident Bridal Waltz could turn the tables on raging favourite She’s An Artist in the Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. After finishing 4-1/4 lengths adrift of impressive winner She’s An Artist on June 21st, Bridal Waltz was sent out a $13 chance… Read More »
Connections of Diddle Dumpling haven’t ruled out giving the mare another shot at black type company after she maintained her unbeaten start to the campaign with an all-the-way victory at Rosehill. Owned by wealthy businessman John Singleton, Diddle Dumpling was competitive in stakes grade as a two and three-year-old but… Read More »
Patrick & Michelle Payne and Billy Egan have a strong record in the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) and Buccleuch may just be the best of all. Patrick Payne notched up his third win in the race and second in conjunction with Egan, who also rode Cherry Tortoni in… Read More »
He has twice ridden the winner of the Golden Rose and jockey Tommy Berry can make a case for Raging Force to be given a shot at earning his way into the Group 1 showpiece. The two-year-old made it a hat-trick of wins this preparation when he comfortably accounted for… Read More »
Her recent form has been nothing to write home about, but trainer Luke Fernie is starting to warm up to the chances of Wild Belle and can only see positives ahead of her return in the Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. After enhancing her sprinting prowess with… Read More »
When the nominations were originally released for the Listed Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final the numbers were a little light on, so John Moloney took the opportunity to enter his mare Hearcomesthestar for a crack at a black-type win. The four-year-old is the outsider of the field – not quite emulating… Read More »
Ciaron Maher might be away on holidays but his team at home are keen and ready for Finals Day at Flemington where the stable says they have a strong team taking on the wintertime features with lessons learnt along the way. Detonator Jack and She’s An Artist headline their team with the former… Read More »
Welwal has only been in the care of his trainers for five starts but they have been quick to identify track conditions as a key ingredient for the former French galloper. The six-year-old made a perfect start for his new stable when he landed his second black type win and first… Read More »
The decision to test Bear On The Loose over a genuine staying journey last start almost paid dividends and with that experience under his belt, the horse is expected to be hard to get past in the Caloundra Cup at the Sunshine Coast. The Tulloch Lodge gelding had done the bulk… Read More »
Lachlan Neindorf is taking a ‘now or never approach’ into Saturday’s Gawler race meeting as he attempts to chase down Rochelle Milnes and Taylor Johnstone in the Adelaide Jockey Premiership showdown. With four metropolitan meetings remaining this season, Neindorf sits on 36 city wins in South Australia – six behind current… Read More »
