Godolphin’s success with it’s strong brigade of two-year-olds has continued with La Tene winning the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. The global giant won Victoria’s major two-year-old race, the Blue Diamond Stakes, with Lyre for Anthony Freedman while earlier on Saturday Tenley boosted their Golden Slipper stocks with victory for… Read More »
A fall involving premier jockey Jeff Lloyd overshadowed the brilliant win of Manaya in the Rod Kemp Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm. Lloyd was tossed from the favourite Shala ($2.05) after about 200m and was galloped over by several horses. The three times Brisbane premier jockey was able to walk… Read More »
Stewards have permitted Hugh Bowman to be released from his riding engagement on Avilius in the Australian Cup, to enable him to leave the course due to a family matter which he was advised of after riding in the Newmarket Handicap. Corey Brown will take the ride on odds on… Read More »
Blake Shinn has ridden Trapeze Artist to an all-the-way win in the Group One Canterbury Stakes, a ride that means more than most. The win was a fourth at Group One level for Trapeze Artist whose regular rider Tye Angland has been confirmed quadriplegic after a fall in Hong Kong… Read More »
It’s a yes to the Golden Slipper for trainer Chris Waller who has his best chance yet after the Todman Stakes at Randwick. Yes Yes Yes, a colt having his first start for Sydney’s leading trainer on Saturday after coming to the stable when the disqualified Darren Weir’s horses were… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Glen Colless brought up another milestone when he reached 2000 career Australian winners on Gold Coast winner Lucadeal. Colless produced a perfect ride in a Maiden Plate to land Lucadeal ($4.80) who is trained by Tony Gollan and owned by Linda Huddy. He started his career… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price plans to keep Anjana to sprinting after the talented filly let down strongly to win first-up at Flemington in her first start for her new stable. Formerly trained by the now-disqualified Darren Weir, Anjana was stretched out to 1600m last spring and finished fourth in the Group… Read More »
Godolphin may have lost its No.1 seed for the Golden Slipper but still has plenty of ammunition with Tenley confirming she is on target with victory in the Reisling Stakes at Randwick. Long-time Golden Slipper 2019 favourite Tassort has been ruled out for the rest of autumn after failing to… Read More »
Jockey Les Tilley produced a near perfect ride on Sizzling Babe to atone for a last start defeat by winning the Gallopers Sports Club Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Tilley was very forthright about his last start ride on Sizzling Babe when the two-year-old finished third in a similar race… Read More »
Queensland mare Winter Bride has added a third Group Three win to her record with a narrow but convincing victory in the Wenona Girl Quality at Randwick. Trained at the Gold Coast by former Sydneysider Toby Edmonds, Winter Bride won two races at the same level in Melbourne during the… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler joked after landing the opening two races at Flemington that his best chance was still to come. Sadler won Saturday’s KIIS 101.1 Jase & P J Sprint with Superhard who cruised to an easy win before Simply Invincible landed a last stride win in the World Horse… Read More »
All-Star Mile favourite Alizee has continued her preparation for the $5 million race with a comfortable gallop between races at Flemington. Alizee had Hugh Bowman aboard as she galloped solo between the first and second races on Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup program, a week out from the inaugural… Read More »
Legendary Queensland jockey and trainer Norm ‘Whopper’ Stephens has died aged 87. Stephens hit the headlines in 1948 when as a teenage apprentice he won the Stradbroke Handicap on Bally Vista. He went on to win hundreds of races at a time when there were only two meetings a week… Read More »
Godolphin has officially ruled out a Golden Slipper start for the talented Tassort with the stable preferring to take no risks with the colt who suffered a minor injury in training last week. Tassort had been favourite for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper since scoring a five-length debut win at… Read More »
Racing Queensland has rejected a plea to shut Ipswich racecourse for repairs and will instead step up remedial work. Trainers say they are sick of officials playing Russian Roulette with race meetings at Ipswich. For the fourth time since September, Friday’s Ipswich meeting was abandoned after little or no rain…. Read More »
Princess Posh has given local trainer Kris Lees his first win in the Group Three Newmarket at Newcastle, a day before he saddles three horses in the Group One race with the same name at Flemington. Ridden by Brenton Avdulla, the mare prevailed in a tight finish by a half… Read More »
Group One races in separate states will launch the preparations of Anthony Freedman-trained star stablemates Shoals and Santa Ana Lane, who could both campaign overseas later in the year. Three-time Group One winner Shoals resumes in Saturday’s weight-for-age Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick, 20 minutes after four-time Group One winner… Read More »
An inquiry into 28 charges against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie is set to resume in a different format. The hearing on Monday will hear allegations arising from a raid at Currie’s stables in April last year with other charges to also be heard later. The way for the hearing was… Read More »
The most valuable and talked-about colt in Australia will be on show in the Randwick Guineas with his trainer Chris Waller confident The Autumn Sun can live up to the hype. Although he won the Hobartville Stakes on his return and is the odds-on favourite for Saturday’s 1600m-race, some pundits… Read More »
Country-based jockey Christine Puls has been awarded the Victorian Wakeful Club Lady of Racing Award for her contribution to racing. Along with a distinguished career in the saddle, Puls has been instrumental in helping a number of younger female jockeys around Victoria develop their careers. From an early age Puls… Read More »
