Group One winner Mr Quickie will soon return to Phillip Stokes’ stables to ramp up preparations for a first-up tilt at the All-Star Mile. Stokes and the gelding’s connections are targeting the $5 million All Star Mile at Caulfield in March and want to run Mr Quickie fresh. Ten of… Read More »
Trainer Jamie Richards and Te Akau Racing have finalised the programs for class performers Melody Belle and Te Akau Shark who will been seen in Australia in the late summer/autumn. New Zealand champion Melody Belle won the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on November 2 and ran second… Read More »
The Gold Coast Turf Club is to resume a push for better prize money with an expected surge in trainer numbers wanting to use its facilities. At least three interstate stables and a Queensland trainer are believed to be looking at either relocating or having satellite operations on the Gold… Read More »
Co-trainer Ciaron Maher is pleased with Rathlin and Away Game as he targets his first Magic Millions Classic win. Maher took the two to the Gold Coast on Saturday for a work-out and to give them experience on the track ahead of Saturday’s $2 million Magic Millions Classic. They worked… Read More »
Trainer Robert Hickmott is optimistic about his stable’s prospects in 2020 and believes two imported stayers on the comeback trail from injury can help lead the charge. Hickmott spent several years as the private trainer for prominent owner Lloyd Williams, winning two Melbourne Cups with Green Moon (2012) and Almandin… Read More »
Star wA jockey William Pike will donate his Perth Cup trophy to the fire appeal fund. William Pike rode Perth Cup winner Mississippi Delta on Saturday in which Pike will donate the trophy he won as well as his silks which will be auctioned with all proceeds to also be… Read More »
He may have run out of time to get Return With Honour to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions but trainer Gerald Ryan has lofty goals for the colt. The two-year-old lived up to his barrier trials to win on debut at Randwick on Boxing Day over 1100 metres…. Read More »
An experiment that could lead to a major overhaul of midweek racing in Queensland will begin this week. For the next five weeks the main Queensland midweek meeting will be run at Doomben on a Thursday in a twilight time slot. Meetings will start at around 2.30pm and finish shortly… Read More »
The Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership is set to have one and possibly two runners in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and also has its eye on another Queensland juvenile feature this month. The stable was in great form on Saturday, with Queen Kay, and Smart ‘N’ Sexy running… Read More »
Aggressive marketing for the Queensland summer racing carnival has officials expecting a record Magic Millions day crowd at the Gold Coast. Queensland has taken a leaf out of NSW’s play book with some big money races and an upbeat advertising campaign for its summer carnival. Gold Coast Turf Club chief… Read More »
Improving mare Yamazaki could have earned herself a start on Magic Millions day with her win at the Gold Coast. Yamazaki ($13) stormed home from back in the field to win the Rising Stars for fillies and mares over 1300m at the Gold Coast. Trainer David Pfieffer said the mare… Read More »
Mercurial Lad’s upset win at Randwick has been greeted by tears and smiles, giving many of those associated with the horse a brief respite from the devastation of the NSW bushfires. Mercurial Lad is trained by Barbara Joseph and her sons Paul and Matt who operate stables at Canberra and… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan marked the birth of his first son with A Man To Match’s win in the $250,000 The Wave at the Gold Coast. A Man To Match ($15) finished powerfully to win in a three-way photo from Trevelyan ($8) and Fun Fact ($7). Gollan’s wife Jane presented… Read More »
Leading jockey Brad Stewart admitted he was rarely so confident so far from home when he won on Phobetor in the $250,000 Magic Millions Rising Stars for colts and geldings at the Gold Coast. Trainer Michael Costa had repeatedly stated during the week that Phobetor would be greatly improved on… Read More »
2020 kicked off with the traditional program at Flemington, while on Saturday, the Magic Millions picture got somewhat clearer. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: El Don Is Good In Bagot The Bagot Handicap (2800m) is a time… Read More »
After missing a shot at a stakes victory, Jen Rules has gained compensation win in benchmark grade at Randwick. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Jen Rules had been scheduled to run in last weeks Listed Nudgee Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm. She drew so wide, the Snowdens decided to… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club will use its two race meetings over the Australia Day weekend this month as a way to help raise funds for those affected by the bushfires. MRC chairman Peter Le Grand announced that gate admissions from the meetings at Mornington on January 24 and Caulfield on… Read More »
Group-performed colt Conqueror has shown he is on target for a trip to New Zealand for the Karaka Million 3YO Classic after resuming from a let-up with a win at Caulfield. Having his first start since finishing second in the Group Two Sandown Guineas (1600m) on November 16, Conqueror ($3.20)… Read More »
Guard of Honour regained his title as the short-course specialist at the Gold Coast with his first win in 20 months. Guard Of Honour was trained by Kris Lees in Newcastle when he won the Bat Out Of Hell (900m) at the Gold Coast on May 5, 2018. He had… Read More »
Country jockey Nathan Evans repaid trainer Tony Webb’s faith in him by producing a perfect ride on Clockwise in the $250,000 Magic Millions Country Cup (1200m) at the Gold Coast. Evans has ridden nearly 500 winners after originally being from central Queensland but had limited opportunities in the metropolitan area…. Read More »
