Veteran galloper Outraged again showed his liking for the Gold Coast track and made light of a slow early pace when he stormed home to win the John Morrisey Handicap. Outraged ($7.50) got up by a neck to beat Boom Boom Epic ($7) with a length to Jake’s Hill ($4.60)… Read More »
Champion Roaring Lion has died at New Zealand’s Cambridge Stud after suffering complications from two bouts of colic. Roaring Lion had been making progress but the colic returned and he had to be euthanised on Friday night. The English horse was scheduled to stand at Cambridge after serving his first… Read More »
Stablemates Mandela and Famous will clash in the Up And Coming Stakes at Randwick with co-trainer Peter Snowden believing both colts can make names for themselves as the season progresses. The two are coming off maiden wins at their previous starts – Mandela scoring at Randwick on August 3 while… Read More »
Condo’s Express is set to head back to the scene of his last-start victory to chase a stakes win in the Listed McKenzie Stakes at The Valley. And trainer Richard Laming believes the colt’s solo gallop at the track earlier this week indicates he has taken the right steps since… Read More »
James Cummings readily admits Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi will be vulnerable when she takes on older mares for the first time in the Toy Show Quality at Randwick. The only filly in the field, Kiamichi will carry 55kg and concede weight to all bar two of her 13 more experienced… Read More »
While most trainers are eyeing off big spring purses, Mick Price is prepared to pick off a few of the minor ones with Tavisan. As a three-year-old last year, Tavisan was placed three times in stakes company before running last in the Caulfield Guineas. Tavisan returned in the autumn but… Read More »
Iron horse Tisani Magic continues to amaze his trainer Kevin Kemp as the gelding prepares for his 19th start this campaign. Tisani Magic faces a tough task in Saturday’s $105,000 Cyril Small Open Handicap (1200m) at the Gold Coast but Kemp believes he can acquit himself well. The gelding has… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla is rapt to be aboard Unforgotten in the first major race of the season, believing she can be the horse to emerge from the shadow of former stablemate Winx. Any number of horses are bidding to fill the void left by the retirement of the champion although Winx’s… Read More »
Lisa Allpress is banking on previous experience in Japan to help her when she competes in the World All Stars Jockeys series at Sapporo in Hokkaido. New Zealand’s premier jockey will ride in the four-race series on Saturday and Sunday. She has picked up a further three rides including Daimei… Read More »
Trainer Dan McCarthy can see a similar scenario for sprinter Ashlor in the Carlyon Stakes as in the gelding’s previous two trips to The Valley. Ashlor came away with victories after stalking the speed and McCarthy is confident he has the gelding in top order ahead of his first-up run… Read More »
Phillip Stokes won an Oaks with Maybe Discreet and the trainer has similar hopes for one of the mare’s daughters who begins her spring campaign over a sprint distance at The Valley. Really Discreet runs first-up in Saturday’s Palentino – Outstanding 1st Crop Yearlings Plate (1200m) which shapes as an… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn is now taking the future of former boom galloper Care To Think on a race -by-race basis. Care To Think will be having his second start this year when he tackles the $105,000 Ross MacLean Open Handicap (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Once rated a… Read More »
There are audacious spring ambitions for emerging sprinter Baller, and he gets an immediate chance to justify them against a smart field at Randwick. With a benchmark rating of 76, Baller is eligible for easier races than Saturday’s Group Three Show County Quality (1200m) with Doncaster Mile runner-up Dreamforce, the… Read More »
Chris Munce should get an early indication of his hopes of another big Magic Millions carnival when Scathing runs at the Gold Coast. Scathing has top weight of 59.5kg and the outside barrier of nine runners in Saturday’s QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap (1400m). As a jockey, Munce won the 2YO Classic… Read More »
Leading Everest contender Pierata has cruised to a barrier trial win at Warwick Farm. The Greg Hickman-trained horse was given an easy time by Tommy Berry in Friday’s 1000m-heat on the course proper. After tracking the speed, Pierata assumed control in the straight and went on to beat Fasika by… Read More »
NSW has lost two senior stewards and its chief investigator as the spring carnival gets underway. Racing NSW deputy chief steward Phillip Dingwall has resigned as has senior steward Danny Greer who was based on the Central Coast. Chief investigator Nathan Hayward has also tendered his resignation. Dingwall has around… Read More »
Godolphin has claimed a major provincial feature with Gaulois taking out the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Ridden by Tim Clark, Gaulois ($2.80 fav) powered home to beat Supernova ($4.20) by half a length in Thursday’s Listed race. Although not among the top echelon at the Godolphin stable, Gaulois has won… Read More »
Riverina jockey Nick Heywood has been suspended for 10 months after testing positive to a banned substance. Racing NSW stewards penalised Heywood after he pleaded guilty to returning the positive sample after riding at the Wagga Wagga races on July 8. While Heywood’s licence was suspended in full for 10… Read More »
Phillip Stokes would have preferred a softer barrier draw for Terbium’s return to racing at The Valley but the trainer cannot fault the gelding’s build-up to the race. The unfashionably bred Terbium, by Terango out of Serene Lass, made a name for himself winning his first four races last summer,… Read More »
Champion jumper Wells will line up in a capacity field of 12 in his attempt at a record fourth victory in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. Wells won the Grand National at Sandown in 2014 before his victories in the race at Ballarat in 2016 and 2017 and shares… Read More »
