Sprightly 10-year-old Destiny’s Kiss continues to confound trainer Joe Pride as the stayer closes in on a century of race starts. While most thoroughbreds his age are picking grass in a paddock, Destiny’s Kiss is loath to even leave Pride’s stable for a brief holiday. As a result, Destiny’s Kiss… Read More »
Godolphin-owned filly Lyre already has a Group One win at Caulfield to her name and is building up for a spring campaign with another major target in mind at the same track. The Blue Diamond Stakes winner has been back in work at Anthony Freedman’s Pinecliff stable for a couple… Read More »
Queensland trainers are hoping to resolve problems with delays in prize money payments after a recent increase in horses being disqualified. Prize money cannot be released to the connections of promoted runners until all avenues of appeal are heard. Trainers are concerned horses that have been awarded improved placings after… Read More »
Redzel will get his chance to win a third Everest with confirmation Yulong Investments has again chosen him as its representative in the $14 million sprint. Yulong, headed by Yuesheng Zhang, has decided to stick with Redzel who has won the first two runnings of The Everest, running in James… Read More »
Queensland’s chief steward Peter Chadwick will order a tightening of saddling procedures after a mix-up at Toowoomba. Stewards held an inquiry into how Royal Warfare and Unimagineable carried incorrect saddle cloth numbers in a race at Toowoomba on May 11. Royal Warfare won the race with Unimagineable unplaced. The inquiry… Read More »
Glen Boss has been lavish in his praise for Vow And Declare after the Danny O’Brien-trained three-year-old’s hollow victory in the Group Three Tattersall’s Cup (3000m) at Eagle Farm. The champion jockey was in awe after the $3 TAB favourite won eased down by 3-1/2 lengths from Big Duke ($4.60)… Read More »
This week was dominated by racing at Royal Ascot while the Group l season in Australia ended with more history being created by Chris Waller. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Waller Makes History In Tatts Tiara Chris… Read More »
Damien Oliver’s win on stayer Chouxting The Mob at Flemington has come at a cost, with the champion jockey suspended for breaching the whip rules. Oliver was one of two riders suspended for whip breaches in Saturday’s Great Ocean Road Handicap (2520m). Stewards issued an eight-meeting suspension to Oliver, who… Read More »
Celebrating his first Group One success has resulted in a careless riding suspension for jockey Jason Collett. As he crossed the line first aboard Invincibella Collett raised his right arm in triumph but as a result stewards found he allowed the mare to shift in, causing interference to Winter Bride… Read More »
Promising South Australian sprinter Gytrash has capped his preparation with a dominant win in a listed race at Flemington that his trainer Gordon Richards admits was an afterthought. After winning at the same track two weeks ago, Gytrash easily accounted for a handy field of three-year-olds in Saturday’s A R… Read More »
It was a case of three winners and what might’ve been for Hong Kong-bound jockey Blake Shinn after winning the Group Three Healy Stakes aboard Brave Song at Eagle Farm. The victory followed earlier wins for Shinn aboard Kordia in the Winning Edge Presentations Stakes and Vega One in the… Read More »
Sesar has given his new owners an immediate return on their investment at Randwick with his win in the Winter Dash. Aquis Farm, which has bought a controlling share in the colt and will eventually stand him at stud, transferred him from Brisbane trainer Steve O’Dea to Michael, Wayne and… Read More »
Bonny mare Invincibella has provided jockey Jason Collett with his first Group One winner and enabled champion trainer Chris Waller to break an all-time record by winning the Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Collett held his nerve when Invincibella ($10) was bumped by runner-up Pohutukawa ($5) in the straight… Read More »
Long-shot wins to Pop Queen and Come On Carl have made it a day to remember for mother and daughter training partners Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor at Flemington. Four-year-old gelding Come On Carl’s victory by a head in Saturday’s $125,000 David Bourke Provincial Plate (1600m) brought up the double… Read More »
A decision to extend the winter carnival campaign of Duca Valentinois has been rewarded with the gelding winning the Listed G.H. Mumm Open (1820m) at Eagle Farm. Ridden by Tim Clark, Duca Valentinois ($6.50) won by a half head from $3.90 favourite Take It Intern with Another Dollar ($11) a… Read More »
Under the urgings of champion jockey Damien Oliver, Simon Morrish-trained Chouxting The Mob has overhauled his rivals to continue his winning run in a staying race at Flemington. The five-year-old gelding went into Saturday’s Great Ocean Road Handicap (2520m) having won his past three starts and knuckled down to his… Read More »
Straight-track specialist Milwaukee has rallied strongly when it mattered to add another Flemington win, despite trainer Mike Moroney admitting he’d all but conceded defeat midway though the Grampians Region Handicap. Milwaukee’s narrow victory in a bunched finish to Saturday’s 1100m handicap on a soft track was his fourth win from… Read More »
Port Macquarie trainer Marc Quinn is already looking a long way into the future with Randwick winner Gumshoe who he believes can be a genuine Country Championship contender. The $500,000 final of the Country Championship series is not until next April and Quinn has to decide the right path to… Read More »
Vega One has buried trainer Tony Gollan’s Fred Best Classic demons and justified his odds-on quote by winning the Stella Artois Plate at Eagle Farm. Starting the $1.75 favourite, Vega One defeated Enterprise Louise ($41) by 1-1/4 lengths with Churning ($19) a head away third. At his previous start, Vega… Read More »
A little luck and a load of class have helped Funstar build on a winning start to her career at Randwick. A half-sister to Group One winner Youngstar, Funstar was the $2 favourite to add Saturday’s Two-Year-Old Handicap (1200m) to her debut win at Canterbury on June 5. The horse… Read More »
