Steve Smith might be sidelined but Australia’s leading batsman has something to celebrate with Hogmanay’s win in the Taree Cup. Smith is suffering the effects of concussion after being hit with a ball in the Second Test at Lord’s. The cricketer is part-owner of the Chris Waller-trained Hogmanay who backed… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo has won the Prix Kergolay at Deauville to set himself up for a second tilt at Australia’s most famous race. Trained by Hughie Morrison, Marmelo finished a length behind Godolphin’s Cross Counter in the 2018 Melbourne Cup after running second in the Group Two Prix Kergolay… Read More »
The Kris Lees-trained Graff will have a second barrier trial at Newcastle ahead of his bid to secure a slot in the $14 million Everest. He will be joined in Monday’s 900m-heat by five stablemates including Group One winner In Her Time who already has a slot in the Everest… Read More »
Adam Trinder is beginning to understand the added pressure Chris Waller went through as he prepared champion Winx during her winning streak. Trinder trains Mystic Journey who returned to racing on Saturday to win the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes. The victory extended Mystic’s Journey’s winning streak to seven… Read More »
Te Akau Shark remains on target to travel to Sydney despite his defeat in the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa. The Epsom Handicap favourite, named for Cronulla Sharks NRL captain Paul Gallen, finished second to Endless Drama in Saturday’s Group Two sprint in New Zealand after circling the field from… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Barry Baldwin is more than happy with The Candy Man after his first appearance since a spell in a barrier trial. The Candy Man ran last in an 840m-heat won by the unbeaten Zoustyle at Doomben last Tuesday. Zoustyle put nine lengths on the runner-up in the… Read More »
Spring preparations for The Everest favourite Santa Ana Lane will ramp up when the star sprinter steps out in a barrier trial at Cranbourne. The Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane makes his first public appearance since his fourth in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong in late April when… Read More »
Voting has begun in the annual Racing Queensland Horse Of The Year awards with star three-year-olds Winning Ways and Zoustyle the favourites for the top award. Winning Ways was Queensland’s only Group One winner of the season in the Queensland Oaks and also won the Group Three Gold Coast Bracelet…. Read More »
Australian Trainers’ Association President Robbie Griffiths is resting comfortably after undergoing a longer than expected operation on a brain aneurysm. A family statement issued through the ATA said Griffiths had undergone a four hour operation on Saturday with the degree of difficulty greater than first anticipated, but he had came… Read More »
Jockey Jason Benbow cannot believe how two seemingly innocuous falls have put him on the sidelines for extended periods. A trackwork fall at Caulfield in March last year left Benbow with a fracture to the T6 vertebra and he spent several months on the sidelines while a fall at Sale… Read More »
Queensland’s chief steward Peter Chadwick admits he is becoming frustrated in his attempts to finalise an inquiry into the Queensland Derby fall more than two months ago. Dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown suffered serious injuries when Lord Arthur fell at the 300m-mark in the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey has pulled up well from her return win at Caulfield on Saturday. Mystic Journey was sent out as the $2 TAB favourite for the PB Lawrence Stakes and she did not let backers down winning well on the line in her return to racing from… Read More »
Mystic Journey kicked off her Spring in style, Godolphin flexed their muscles and a high class three year old stamped his Caulfield Guineas credentials in Adelaide . All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Mystic Journey Wins PB Lawrence… Read More »
Trainer Adam Trinder felt a sense of relief after Mystic Journey made a winning return in the PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. After an autumn campaign that saw Mystic Journey win the Australian Guineas and the All-Star Mile on firm tracks at Caulfield, Trinder held reservations about the soft going… Read More »
Just like old times, Nash Rawiller and Glen Boss have shown they can be forces in Sydney racing with winners at Randwick. Both jockeys have returned from different exiles with Rawiller coming back from a ban after running foul of Hong Kong authorities while Boss decided Singapore was no longer… Read More »
Begood Toya Mother could be the horse to give young trainer Daniel Bowman his first Group One success after the exciting gelding handled his first stakes test at Caulfield with aplomb to extend his winning sequence. Bowman has next month’s Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield in his… Read More »
The decision to miss the winter carnival with promising stayer Kubis looks likely to reap benefits after his first-up win at Eagle Farm. Kubis ($15) got up in the last stride to beat Monsieur Gustave ($7.50) by a half head in the Ascot Plaza Handicap (1400m). The gelding is trained… Read More »
Exhilarates has completed a feature three-year-old double at Caulfield for Godolphin after unleashing a powerful finish to record a first-up victory. A race after her James Cummings-trained stablemate Bivouac blitzed his rivals in the Vain Stakes, Exhilarates was equally impressive in winning Saturday’s Group Three Quezette Stakes. Having her first… Read More »
Epsom Handicap favourite Te Akau Shark has lost no admirers despite being beaten on his season return in the Group Two Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa. The race was won by the Tony Pike-trained Endless Drama who has found a new lease of life in New Zealand after racing in… Read More »
Exciting colt Bivouac has made an early-season statement with a dominant win in the Group Three Vain Stakes at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained Bivouac only had five rivals in his season return in Saturday’s 1100m sprint for three-year-old colts and geldings but left them in his wake in the final… Read More »
