Choisir, who opened the eyes of the English at Royal Ascot to the ability of Australian sprinters, has died aged 22. The son of Danehill Dancer was a pioneer for future Australian-trained sprinters when he headed to the UK under the care of his Newcastle conditioner Paul Perry in 2003 to claim the King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) and the Golden Jubilee Stakes (1200m) double at the Royal Ascot meeting…. Read More »
Peters and co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams created WA racing history on Saturday by becoming the first to claim Ascot’s three Group 1s. Western Empire took out the Railway Stakes by a brilliant four lengths, Graceful Girl descended from the clouds to win the Winterbottom Stakes and Regal Power returned to his best… Read More »
Michael Campbell says he won’t be taking any risks with his stable pinup after he felt the effects of his spectacular victory at Belmont last Wednesday. Bitofmerit appeared to have the job ahead of him when he turned for home next to last, but underlined his class with a sizzling sprint over… Read More »
The Rosehill-based training combination of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are set to feature prominently in this Saturday’s Group 2 Villiers at Royal Randwick. Chris Waller aside, it’s pretty rare air for one stable to have the top two in betting in a Group 2 race, but that’s exactly what… Read More »
Lightly raced Joy Too All will be out to take a claim for next month’s Magic Millions Country Cup when she starts at Ipswich on Wednesday. Trainer David Vandyke has pencilled in the $250,000 feature over 1200 metres on January 8 – a week before the gala Magic Millions Raceday… Read More »
An increase in prize money for the Alister Clark Stakes should see Victoria’s best middle distance three-year-olds in competition at The Valley. Sydney’s Autumn Carnival is not expected to see Victoria’s best middle distance three-year-old’s until later in the autumn after an announcement of a prize money hike for the Alister Clark Stakes…. Read More »
Nominations are open for Australia’s only ‘fan-voted’ and world’s richest mile race, the All-Star Mile. Coming up for its fourth edition, the $5 million race reverts to Flemington and will run on March 19. Nominations opened from Tuesday through until January 10 with a once off entry fee of $500 with the proceeds going to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman is hoping to use a recently introduced Summer Sprint Series to his advantage with lightly raced mare Capriccio. Already with a nice bank roll after eight starts that has netted Capriccio two victories, Bowman is chasing an important ‘black type’ win for the daughter of I Am Invincible. Capriccio kicks… Read More »
Group racing returns to Randwick for the first time since the spring carnival with the Villiers Stakes spearheading a strong ten race program. Headlined by the Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1600m), Saturday’s program will also include the Listed Inglis Nursery (1000m), Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) and Christmas Cup (2400m). Fresh… Read More »
Currently sitting second on the Sydney metropolitan trainer’s premiership, Warwick Farm-based trainer Bjorn Baker is in a rich vein of form of late with four winners (31%) and a further two placings (46%) from his past 13 runners. He hopes to keep the ball rolling with a slew of gallopers… Read More »
The dreamers, the story-tellers, the poets among us in the racing industry all believe that the game’s results are written in the stars. It’s theatre for the viewers. Well, perhaps we get to see that theme played out at Wagga Wagga today when the maiden galloper PRINCE NICCONI (Nicconi –… Read More »
The lingering wet weather in Sydney is the only concern for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden ahead of I Am Superman ‘s Villiers Stakes bid. The gelding’s best form is on firm tracks and with rain and storms again on the radar for the bulk of next week, the Snowdens have their… Read More »
The creation of a Summer Sprint Series has enticed the Leon and Troy Corstens stable to start capable sprinter Morrissy in the opening leg at Flemington. The Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) on Saturday kicks off the series of four races which carry a total of $1 million in prize money. Following Saturday’s opening leg, the series… Read More »
Leading Queesnalnd rider Boris Thornton was rushed to hospital after his well-tried mount SHOOTING FOR GOLD (Shooting To Win – Amber’s Crown) went off in the gates. In rare scenes punters and viewers held their collective breaths when the horse just reared in the gates, panicked and tried to flip… Read More »
A legend bid farewell, a stunning Group l winner at Ascot again and the Golden Eagle form stood up. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Vale Chris Caserta The racing industry is hurting following the tragic passing of… Read More »
Former French galloper Huetor will head to the Group 3 Summer Cup on Boxing Day after overcoming a number of hurdles to post an outstanding win. Sluggish to begin, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained gelding settled well back in a moderately run race and had a mountain of work to do to… Read More »
After a three-month stint on the sidelines following her part in the infamous Mornington Airbnb Five, Jamie Kah has got on the board on her second day of riding. And she picked the right race to get back into winning form, guiding the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Smokin’ Romans to victory in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) on Saturday. Kah returned… Read More »
Defiant Dancer has kept his record intact on his home track at Pakenham with a decisive win in the David Bourke Memorial Handicap. The Phillip Stokes-trained galloper won at the corresponding meeting 12 months ago over 1000m before graduating to city company. Camped on the speed to provide Madison Lloyd a race-to-race… Read More »
Enigmatic stayer White Hawk delivered another knockout blow to punters when he powered home to win the Ladbrokes Golden Mile (1650m) in Devonport on Friday. Starting as one of the rank outsiders at $61 and close to $100 on the Tote, the Angela Brakey-trained gelding flashed home late as the… Read More »
After becoming entangled in an early speed dual and appearing a spent force at the top of the straight, Mr Mosaic has lifted himself off the canvas to post a sensational win at Rosehill. Mr Mosaic and rival Marway staged a fierce battle for the lead with neither apprentice Reece Jones on the… Read More »
