It might have taken Just Too Fly a little longer than anticipated to shed his maiden status, but for managing owner, Kim Doak, the end justifies the means after he clinched the final big race of the two-year-old season at Ascot on Saturday. Denied feature juvenile wins previously when runner-up… Read More »
A recent stable acquisition will head the Scone squad of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton in what is shaping as a big weekend for the training partners. Along with their team for the two-day NSW racing carnival, O’Shea and Charlton will also have Group 1 aspirations in Brisbane where Schwarz is set… Read More »
Mornington based trainer Jason Warren has the Stradbroke very much in focus as he heads north with his Group 1 winning mare Benedetta, but first, there is no small matter of having to take care of business in the Doomben 10,000 on Saturday. Since winning the $1 million, Group 1… Read More »
Bankers Choice already has a ballot exemption for one of this year’s spring majors in the bag and he could be given a shot at securing another at Flemington this weekend. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained Mongolian Khan seven-year-old is among the nominations for the Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m). The… Read More »
It has been almost 18 months since the most recent of Rothfire’s 10 career wins, but Robert Heathcote has no interest in taking the easy route with the veteran gelding. The seven-year-old will make his Group 1 return in this Saturday’s $1.5 million Doomben 10,000. The Doomben event will be his… Read More »
Blake Shinn will be in the saddle when Tony Gollan’s stable star Antino faces the starter for the Group 1 Doomben Cup in the Group 1 on May 24. The confirmation of that booking came after a very brief pause in proceedings when Shinn was forced to consider his immediate… Read More »
West Star is aptly named. He’s a three-year-old on the rise. If further proof was required, evidence came in the Northam Stakes (1300m). He was the best backed runner in the Group 3 feature and duly saluted like one. Trapped wide and forced to do things the hard way, it… Read More »
Yulong has added another exciting prospect to its stallion line-up for 2025, with the well-credentialed First Settler (Written Tycoon) set to stand for $11,000 (inc GST). The Group 1-winning colt becomes the third new addition to the Yulong roster this season, further strengthening the stud’s elite offering. A $750,000 Magic… Read More »
Three-time stakes winner The Map is set to make a surprise return to racing after she was passed in at the Inglis Chairman’s Broodmare Sale earlier this week. The daughter of Alpine Eagle was initially retired following an underwhelming performance in the Group 3 Lord Reims Stakes back in February…. Read More »
Former Singapore trainer Dan Meagher held hopes of tackling The Goodwood at Morphettville first-up with his best horse Lim’s Kosciuszko. But instead of heading straight to Group 1 level for Lim’s Kosciuszko’s Australian debut, Meagher has instead selected a race down the Flemington straight to kick him off in. The Listed… Read More »
The James Cummings trained Pinito simply does not know how to run a bad race and she found further reward for her consistency when she took out the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet in extremely trying conditions. This was as far as the meeting with the last race (the Bat Out… Read More »
Damian Lane is a global superstar winning races worldwide at the elite level. In case you missed it, Lane was at it again last Sunday where he claimed his sixth Group 1 win in Japan when taking out the Tenno Sho (Spring) at Kyoto over 3200m aboard Redentor. Lane saluted… Read More »
Look through any set of Queensland Winter Carnival results and you will find that trainer Peter Snowden seldom targets feature races in Queensland without coming away with some success … but you will have to go a long way to find an easier win of his than that registered by… Read More »
Another piece of the Australian Turf Club’s (ATC) proposal puzzle to members on the potential sale of Rosehill racecourse was unveiled on Sunday with a memorandum of understanding signed with Penrith Golf Club over the purchase of land for a new alternative racing and training facility in Sydney’s west. The… Read More »
Connections of Bosustow celebrated a deeply emotional victory on Saturday as the talented colt stormed to a dominant win in the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m), delivering a fitting tribute to his namesake, the late West Australian football great Peter Bosustow. Prepared by Annabel and Rob Archibald, the three-year-old… Read More »
Cox Plate champion Via Sistina has officially been crowned the top-rated horse in Australia, as revealed in the latest release of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings on Thursday night. The Chris Waller-trained mare received a rating of 119 following her victory in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, her… Read More »
Antino backed up Tony Gollan’s faith in his stable star’s ability to be a feature-race force beyond a mile with a brilliant win in Saturday’s Hollindale Stakes on the Gold Coast. Last year’s runaway winner of the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) issued a 3-1/2-length spanking to a quality field of… Read More »
It was the third richest race on the Gosford stand-alone program but the Listed Takeover Target Stakes proved the most competitive with just half a length separating the first five horses across the line. Former Godolphin gelding Barber ($8) was the one who got his head down when it mattered, out-bobbing… Read More »
Reserve Bank may have tested the patience of his trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, but the colt is now a valuable stud prospect after his win The Goodwood at Morphettville. The son of Capitalist provided Price his fourth win in the 1200m Group 1 sprint when successful on Saturday… Read More »
The powerful Tony Gollan stable made it race-to-race wins at the Gold Coast when Rockribbed comprehensively outgunned his rivals when saluting in the Listed Australian Turf Club Trophy. One race earlier, the well-performed Floozie had got the Gollan scoreboard rolling with her hard-earned win in the Silk Stocking in a… Read More »
