It was a long eleven race meeting, but the last race climax was well worth the wait for trainer Nicole Bruggemann and jockey Jessie Philpot who claimed the 2021 Great Northern Darwin Cup with the five-year-old Epaulette gelding Highly Decorated. The win came in Bruggemannâs first attempt at the Darwin… Read More »
Missayter has already had her fair share of injuries, but she will finally face the starter for the first time under race conditions on Wednesday. It has been a long journey already for three-year-old Missayter, but Jacqueline Greentree will finally see her debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. Missayter is the first foal… Read More »
Newmarket trainer Ismail Mohammed is making big plans for Away He Goes for the second half of the year after the five-year-old gelding scored a gallant second place behind Trueshan and Holly Doyle in the Group 1 Goodwood Cup over 3200m last week. The race was run in very heavy… Read More »
Alligator Blood, who had a jump-out in-between races at the Sunshine Coast yesterday, could not have produced a better performance in that particular context as he continues on the comeback trail to race fitness. Jockey Jimmy Orman had the Group 1 winner travelling well within himself throughout, yet he still… Read More »
The I Am Invincible gelding Belmont Day turned the Montgomerie Lightning Plate into a procession in the fourth race at Fanny Bay racetrack in Darwin, talking the honours without ever seriously being challenged. It was a simple countdown to victory. Seven horses accepted for the race. Three were scratched initially… Read More »
Nick Ryan is looking forward to the first feature race of the season when he runs Regardsmaree up the straight at Flemington. An addition to training ranks at Flemington in April, Ryan ended the season with a winner at The Valley on Saturday with Mahamedeis then followed up with the first city flat race of… Read More »
OTI Racing had tweeted the disappointing news that their well performed mare True Self ⊠âis now unlikely to make her way out to Melbourne this Spring Carnival due to a suspensory issue.â As part of her international schedule the Willie Mullins trained daughter of Oscar has made her presence… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown is close to starting Singapore star The Inferno but is concerned about the gelding’s fitness leading into his Australian debut. Racing as Inferno in Singapore, the son of Holy Roman Emperor came to Australia with Brown after the trainer decided to base himself at Mornington earlier in the year…. Read More »
Is this a racing first in Australia? Is this the first time an official father and daughter training partnership has won a premiership? While that fact has still to be verified, there can be no doubt about the level of emotion when the Ipswich Trainersâ Premiership went right down to… Read More »
Premier Darwin trainer Gary Clarke will look to add to his trophy cabinet with two live chances in the Great Northern Darwin Cup on Monday. Eight going on nine-time successive premiership winning trainer Garry Clarke is confident his two horses Paghman and Reserve Street are more than capable of taking… Read More »
Champion jumps jockey Steve Pateman may have been winless as a rider at Sandown, but Lionâs Share has provided his first city win as a trainer. Grand National Hurdle day may not have worked out on the riding front for Steven Pateman, but he left Sandown on Sunday having prepared his first… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has not ruled out chasing a rare jumps double with Wil John after the gelding took out the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. Only two horses have completed the Grand National Hurdle and Steeplechase double in the same year with Mosstrooper completing the double in 1930 and New Zealand jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe in… Read More »
Trainer Eric Musgrove’s patience with Tamarack has been rewarded with the gelding remaining unbeaten over the jumps. After scoring a debut maiden hurdle win at Sale, Tamarack was back in action a week later to claim the Ladbrokes Hurdle at Sandown on Sunday. Along with Jim Houlahan, Musgrove is regarded as… Read More »
The Grand National Steeplechase now beckons for Social Element after he extended his winning streak to four over jumps at Sandown. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained jumper added the Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) to his record with a faultless display on Sunday. Having spent more than 18 months on the sidelines,… Read More »
Twelve races have been set down for Singapore on Sunday in what looks a good quality meeting. We take a look at each of the twelve races and give our tips and best bets for the meeting at Singapore. Race One: 4 Super Power Race Two: 3 Rocketship Race Three:… Read More »
The Chris Nash trained Mayameen (Simon Miller), once again showed just how much she is enjoying life at the Top End when she prevailed in a two-horse battle with the Jason Manning trained Niewand (Vanessa Arnott) to take out the Palmerston Sprint over 1200m in Darwin. The three-year-old chestnut filly… Read More »
The Will Clarken trained Beau Rossa ($3.90) scored his fifth win from only ten starts when he landed the Listed Lightning Stakes over 1050m at Morphettville on a testing heavy 10 surface. The victory, which came in Beau Rossaâs first run since his unplaced finish in the Group 1 Goodwood… Read More »
Arguably Sydney’s most progressive sprinter, Lost And Running has returned to John O’Shea’s Randwick stable with his trainer adamant the horse is back better than ever. The gelding has built an imposing record with six wins from seven starts, capturing the attention of Everest slot holders the TAB which have snapped… Read More »
Covid may have put many travel plans on hold but did not deter Francois Rohaut from brining his speedy three year old filly Suesa over to Goodwood for the King George Qatar Stakes and she duly repaid her trainerâs boldness by comfortably winning the feature race on day 4 of… Read More »
Steve Tregeaâs amazing touch as a trainer continued unabated at Eagle Farm where he bookended the meeting with Champagne Aunty and Eloquently. Eloquently underlined both her burgeoning ability and her mental toughness when taking out a QTIS Three-Year-Old Fillies Handicap in the last race on the card. The three-year-old daughter… Read More »
