Jockey Blake Shinn had some reservations about Recommendation running a strong 1200m, but the sprinter ticked that box with victory at Caulfield. A seven-length romp in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield a fortnight earlier saw Recommendation sent out the $1.40 bookmakers favourite in the Group 3 Bletchingly… Read More »
With a racing business built primarily on Darley homebreds, Godolphin’s participation at the Magic Millions carnival has been almost exclusively restricted to wild card qualifiers. Outside of notable exception Exhilarates, the winner of the 2019 Magic Millions Classic, trainer James Cummings hasn’t been flush with options for the Gold Coast features…. Read More »
A strong ride on iron mare One Aye at Randwick has delivered Reece Jones his fourth win in the space of a week and the young hoop is focused on continuing that momentum into the new season. Jones was part of the emerging group of apprentices coming through the Sydney ranks last… Read More »
While not in the ownership of Herbert Park and no longer involved in the Tony Noonan stable, former Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mick Robbins would have enjoyed the filly’s win at Caulfield. Robbins was celebrating his 94th birthday on Saturday and Noonan sent out a special birthday wish to the former trainer… Read More »
James Cummings will give brilliant Randwick winner Tarpaulin an opportunity to chime into the early carnival races, nominating a Golden Rose lead-up as the colt’s immediate target. Starting a $1.80 betting app favourite, the youngster demolished his rivals in Saturday’s Ranvet Handicap (1100m), cruising to the front at the top of the… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable have some ambitious plans for Public Attention after his debut win at Caulfield. The Written Tycoon colt took out the MRC Chairman’s Club Handicap (1200m) on Saturday to follow the victory of former stablemate Ourboros in the race 12 months ago. Ourboros… Read More »
A four-kilogram claiming apprentice, who has won one race in her twenty career rides thus far, has been entrusted with a leading role at Longreach on Saturday where national attention will be focussed on that grand old stager Fab’s Cowboy as the winner of fifty-four races (a modern-day record), and… Read More »
The finale of the Gold Coast Turf Club Trainer Premiership will bring added value to the season ending meeting at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The stables of the seasoned three-time Premiership winner Toby Edmonds and the up-and-coming Adam Campton, who is only completing his second full season as a… Read More »
Gold Coast based trainer Jay Bellamy will bring Five Star Vixen to the metropolitan meeting at Doomben on Saturday with the Headwater filly having earned her latest crack at city competition after racking up three successive wins on the Gold Coast Poly Track surface. Bellamy doesn’t come to town often… Read More »
The Sydney Jockeys’ Premiership race that promised so much is effectively over two meetings out from the final curtain with Nash Rawiller a late withdrawal from Saturday’s Randwick meeting. Racing NSW stewards on Friday announced that Rawiller would not be fit to take his place at the meeting where his rides… Read More »
Phillip Stokes is set to kick-start a long campaign for Comanche Miss that he hopes may lead to a Group 1 in late spring. The MRC Chairman’s Club Handicap (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday will see Comanche Miss line up for only the second time with the long-term aim being… Read More »
Several Group 1 winners took their first serious steps of their Spring Carnival campaigns at Warwick Farm on Friday morning, but it was a horse yet to win at the highest level who turned most heads. Schwarz was a dashing winner of the 900-metre open trial that included Australian Guineas hero… Read More »
Having ended her most recent campaign with a hat-trick of wins in Brisbane, Bubba’s Bay is being given another opportunity to prove her wares in the tougher Sydney arena. Trainer Kris Lees says the four-year-old has returned a more furnished horse this preparation and he is keen to see how… Read More »
Less is more when it comes to the training regime of in-form Canberra mare One Aye , who is preparing to line up for her14th campaign run at Randwick. The six-year-old kicked off her current preparation at Moruya in December and has raced at least once a month since, highlighted by… Read More »
A few extra days but considerably more prize money has led trainer John Moloney electing to run Dictionary at Caulfield. Dictionary was also down to run at Sandown on Wednesday, but with $175,000 and a further $30,000 in bonus money of offer, the VOBIS Gold Stayers (2400m) on Saturday was a more… Read More »
Jai Williams has become the second apprentice jockey in as many seasons to take out both the Gold Coast Jockeys’ Premiership and the Gold Coast Apprentice Jockeys’ Premiership … his thirty-nine winners placing him a comfortable nine wins clear of the second placed Jag Guthmann-Chester in the senior premiership and… Read More »
Octogenarian trainer, Vern Brockman says emerging three-year-old Toropa is trending in the right direction and will progress to Saturday grade after keeping her unbeaten record intact at Belmont on Wednesday. The excitement continues to grow for Toropa, a $230,000 Perth Magic Millions purchase, who met the expectations of punters again… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes will chase Super VOBIS bonus money at Caulfield with two impressive debut winners. Dom lines up in the VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) while Ndola will attempt to do his bit for the stable in the MRC Chairman’s Club Handicap (1200m). On top of… Read More »
A setback interrupted carnival plans for stakes-winner Arts last season, but it might have also provided the slow-maturing mare with the extra time she needed. The rising five-year-old will kick off her latest campaign in the ATC Thank You Stable Staff Handicap (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday, her first appearance… Read More »
In Tyler Schiller’s first official season as a senior rider, he has cemented his place among Sydney’s top-five jockeys, won a brace of majors including a Doncaster Mile, and tasted success on the international stage. It continues to be a stunning rise for the country-born hoop, who is still pinching himself… Read More »
