Trainer Steve Tregea admits he faces a couple of difficult decisions after a day of mixed luck at the rich Mackay Cup meeting. Tregea won the $150,000 Mackay Cup with tough gelding Bergerac while sprinter Niccanova was narrowly beaten in the $75,000 Mackay Newmarket. The Toowoomba trainer has established a… Read More »
Former star apprentice Zoe White has made a successful return to race riding with a winner at her first ride back at Toowoomba. White was a boom country apprentice, riding 150 winners, when based in central Queensland. She had little success when she tried her luck in Brisbane and eventually… Read More »
Ten Sovereigns has put himself in the mix for the $14 million Everest in Sydney with his win in the July Cup at Newmarket. The Coolmore-owned colt emulated stablemate U S Navy Flag who won the showcase sprint last year. U S Navy Flag travelled to Australia for last years… Read More »
Many times horses who race well on our city tracks just up and disappear. Mostly retired without fanfare. But some are sent overseas and one such horse raced today at Delaware Park in the U.S. He was the troubled 4YO trained by Chris Waller in Sydney, called Paret (Harbour Watch-Enduja)…. Read More »
Prizemoney increases for Victorian racing was the focus point for this week, along with news on a couple of riders, on completely different sides of the spectrum. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Victoria Staying Firm In Their… Read More »
Champion jockey Jeff Lloyd has failed to ride a winner on his last day but was still a popular figure with the Doomben crowd. Lloyd had seven rides on his final day in the saddle but the closest he got was second on Auerbach in the open handicap. “I suppose… Read More »
The John Sadler-trained Oak Door has made an impressive return to racing, wearing down favourite Jungle Edge to win the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes in his first start for nine months. Giving star jockey Ben Melham his first stakes race success since his recent return from a three-month… Read More »
Eckstein has a long-standing date with United States Triple Crown winner Justify but is likely to be given the chance to further add to her record after victory in the Listed Winter Stakes. Coolmore paid $750,000 for Eckstein at the recent National Broodmare Sale to become part of the team… Read More »
Quirky galloper Snitch appreciated a drop in class for his first win for trainer Tony Gollan on Saturday but he will be back to tackle top stakes class in the Brisbane summer carnival. Snitch was the unlucky runner in both the Listed Eye Liner Stakes and Listed Glasshouse Handicap at… Read More »
New Zealand Group One placegetter Travimyfriend has broken through for his first Australian win and given his trainer Rachael Frost her first Melbourne Saturday city success since her move across the Tasman. Frost relocated last year from New Zealand to Mornington where she trains a small team of horses including… Read More »
Most of the horses sold at the recent National Broodmare sale are headed immediately for new careers but Agent Pippa has shown she still has plenty to give on the racetrack. Australian Bloodstock paid $200,000 for the rising four-year-old at the Gold Coast sale in March and she gave the… Read More »
After a delay because of lightning in the area, racing got back underway at Caulfield with Turn The Tide bringing up a winning double for trainer Cindy Alderson. Horses and jockeys were out on the track ahead of the start of the fourth race on Saturday’s program, the Ladbrokes Cash… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn is considering taking smart two-year-old filly Karaja to Sydney after luck finally went her way at Doomben. Karaja ($3.70) got a perfect run behind a fast early pace before coming home strongly to beat Champagne Jet ($41) by 1-1/4 lengths with a nose to the favourite Ingear… Read More »
A plan to use new front-running tactics on classy mare Another Dollar proved a winning move at Doomben on Saturday. There were only six runners in the race and none of them had led at any of their starts Trainer Chris Waller’s Queensland manager Paul Shailer realised the situation and… Read More »
Expensive colt Spend has had to work hard but managed to get the job done on his first visit to the races at Rosehill. A $1.55 million yearling trained by Hawkes Racing for Spendthrift, Spend came to Saturday’s Everest Carnival Handicap (1100m) as favourite, having been backed in from $6… Read More »
Two-year-old Star Surprise is only small in stature but the gelding has shown he has his fair share of ability with a determined victory at Caulfield. Star Surprise finished second on debut at Sale to the Danny O’Brien-trained Can’t Be Done in May before breaking his maiden at his second… Read More »
In-form Baylee Nothdurft has given himself a great chance of winning the Queensland metropolitan apprentices’ premiership despite riding in the city for only seven months. Nothdurft went to 29 city winners for the season when he drove Smokey Diamond ($6.50) home by a head to the favourite Kings Full ($2.60)… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Tahlia Hope has responded well to treatment for viral meningitis and has been moved from ICU at Victoria’s Frankston Hospital. The Victorian Jockeys Association said she had improved overnight on Thursday and by Friday afternoon had been moved out of ICU. Hope was admitted with viral meningitis, infection… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds’s reputation for success with former southern-trained horses will get another test when Lady Horseowner resumes at Doomben. Edmonds took his season total of winners to 105 with a double at Doomben and Havasay’s win in the Grafton Ramornie on Wednesday. Many of those winners have… Read More »
Mick Bell has confidence apprentice Michael Poy can deliver again on the trainer’s popular sprinter Jungle Edge, this time in a weight-for-age Group Three race at Caulfield. Poy is the only apprentice with a ride in Saturday’s Sir John Monash Stakes, in which apprentices cannot use their claims, but he… Read More »
