The Mark Currie trained Tavs took no prisoners when he trounced his opposition in the Weetwood, Toowoomba’s signature race, in the Garden City on Saturday evening. The fact that the five-year-old son of Dundeel won by 4.60 lengths in track-record time says it all! He simply produced a performance which… Read More »
A start in the Epsom Handicap isn’t off the table for Group Two Shannon Stakes winner Waterford but it is unlikely with trainer Chris Waller favouring sticking to his original plan of the Alan Brown Stakes. The victor of Saturday’s Shannon Stakes (1500m) is exempt from a ballot and penalty… Read More »
Godolphin has celebrated its first Group One success under a public training model with Beiwacht adding to the global superpower’s incredible Golden Rose record with a scintillating win in track record time. One of four starters for trainer Chris Waller, Beiwacht ($9) took up the running for Adam Hyeronimus and… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes was left shaking his head after Evaporate held on to score in a Stakes race at Sandown. The Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday was Evaporate’s first run since finishing fifth in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month…. Read More »
Here’s what the jockeys had to say about their rides following the $1 million Yulong Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens. Adam Hyeronimus (Beiwacht) : “He’s a talented horse. He was always going to win a good feature race like this. “Not only Chris but the whole Godolphin team and James… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman and jockey Tommy Berry have combined for a feature race double at Rosehill with Marhoona defying the so-called Golden Slipper curse in the Heritage Stakes before Manaal made it two successive victories in the Golden Pendant. The latter added Saturday’s 1400m feature to her victory in the… Read More »
Phillip Stokes says missing a start a week ago may be a blessing in disguise as Ferivia presses ahead toward a Group 1 race at Caulfield. Ferivia was a race morning scratching from the Listed Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last week after a stable mishap and was instead… Read More »
Charm Stone has upstaged her more fancied opponents to claim a second Group 1 victory when resuming from a spell. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained mare won the Sangster Stakes against the mares last campaign when resuming but took on all-comers to claim the Manikato Stakes (1200m) first-up… Read More »
A large crowd turned out at Moonee Valley and roared themselves hoarse in the return victory of Pride Of Jenni. In scenes reminiscent of last year’s Group 2 Feehan Stakes, a roar went up over the Moonee Valley track on Friday night when Pride Of Jenni began to extend her… Read More »
Racing Victoria (RV) stewards have confirmed a case of Strangles in the John Symons and Sheila Laxon-trained Forest Place, an unraced three-year-old based at the Macedon Lodge training property. On Wednesday, 24 September, the facility was officially declared an “infected place” under Australian Rule of Racing 89(4), requiring all horses… Read More »
With seven of the nine runners marked at $16 and under, the $1 million Golden Rose is shaping as one of the more open in recent years and that is precisely the way Skyhook’s trainer Gerald Ryan views it. “It wouldn’t surprise me if any of them won it,” Ryan… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes will rely on Evaporate as their major chance in a Stakes race at Sandown. Rise At Dawn was also an acceptor for the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday but instead will head to Sydney to contest the… Read More »
Trainer Michael Nolan will be looking to add a fourth Toowoomba Weetwood winner to his honour roll on Saturday when he sends out the smart mare Exotique Miss to contest Toowoomba’s signature race. Exotique Miss comes into the race off a three-month break since producing a valiant effort in the… Read More »
Encap produced a career-best performance on a quick turnaround into the Doncaster Mile and trainer Gary Portelli is using a similar recipe as he bids for an even better result in that race’s spring equivalent. Fourth in the Doncaster Prelude on April 1, Encap went on to run a slashing third behind… Read More »
One girl v’s eight boys is the Yulong sponsored $1m Golden Rose Stakes for 2025, with the Godolphin 3yo filly Tempted the $3 race favourite with Australian wide wagering agencies. “Tempted was magnificent in winning the Run to The Rose at Rosehill two weeks ago,” said Bill Picken, who established… Read More »
Skybird’s place in this year’s The Everest is secure after the explosive mare was on Thursday confirmed as a starter in the $20 million sprint. The Mitch Freedman-trained five-year-old will represent Inglis, the sales company who offered her as a yearling, in the October 18 event over 1200 metres at… Read More »
A poor blood reading ruled Gringotts out of the 7 Stakes but the timing of his revamped program might work out even better. Ciaron Maher scratched the George Ryder Stakes winner from last week’s Randwick assignment when routine tests showed his blood count to be slightly askew of normal. Assistant trainer Johann… Read More »
The Corey and Kylie Geran trained Nikau Spur will be looking to make it third time lucky when he steps out to contest the Toowoomba Cup on Saturday. The now nine-year-old finished second in the last two editions of the event, coming home just a length behind Military Ruler 2023… Read More »
Champion Hong Kong sprinter Ka Ying Rising is living every girls’ dream – he has arrived in Sydney several pounds lighter and to a new pair of shoes. Speaking from Hong Kong after the gelding had a look around Canterbury racecourse on Thursday morning, trainer David Hayes reported the Everest favourite had handled… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie and the Yulong team are leaving nothing to chance in their bid to win the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas with Vinrock. Rather than travel the colt interstate for the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday, the team has decided to stay closer to home for… Read More »
