Bletchingly Stakes favourite Baraqiel has come out of the feature race at Caulfield. The $3.20 favourite for the Bletchingly was taken out of the race on vets advice less than an hour prior to the running of the race. Glorious Sydney farewell for Queensland-bound hoop
Jockey Heavelon Van Der Hoven has orchestrated a perfect farewell to Sydney racing, celebrating his first NSW metropolitan win at his final meeting. The 32-year-old, who will relocate to Brisbane from Sunday, steered the Jim and Greg Lee-trained Glorious Moments ($3.80 equal fav) to an emphatic 4-1/4 length victory in Saturday’s The… Read More »
Jimmy The Bear narrowly failed his first test at 2400 metres, but it took a close relation to one of the greatest stayers Australia has seen to deny the crowd favourite. The John Moloney-trained Dictionary, a nephew to Makybe Diva, outlasted Patrick and Michelle Payne’s winter warhorse to score a maiden… Read More »
Peter Moody suspects the Spring Carnival might come around a fraction early for Ole Dancer but the Pakenham trainer is open to the idea of giving her the chance to land a feature win. The untapped filly took her record to two wins from as many starts with a tenacious… Read More »
The Rosebud is the likely short-term target for emerging colt Nashville Jack after he underlined his class with a strong first-up win in the opening race at Randwick. Competitive in the Silver Slipper and Black Opal Stakes during a two-start autumn campaign, the Brad Widdup-trained youngster had trialled well coming into… Read More »
Group 1-producing mare Invisible Coin, by Redoute’s Choice, and Group 1 winner Velocious are among the standout entries in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale. The catalogue, launched on Friday, features 425 lots in total, comprising 203 racehorses (including 107 race fillies), 102 broodmares, 74 racehorse shares, 20 yearlings,… Read More »
Leading Sydney trainer Michael Freedman will soon have a permanent base on the Gold Coast, taking over the stables where his Hall of Fame brother Lee has been based since 2021. The move, which requires final approval from Racing Queensland, is expected to be completed in time for the start… Read More »
It was hard not to be impressed by King Of Light’s debut performance at Pinjarra three weeks ago, the two-year-old turning heads with a dominant win that stamped him as one to follow. King Of Light was stone cold last with 200m remaining but unleashed a powerful finishing burst to… Read More »
Trainer Ashley Maley concedes Lano faces a stern test in Saturday’s Listed Belmont Classic (2200m) but insists the tough-as-nails three-year-old won’t go down without a fight. While Lano sits at $10 in the market behind dominant pair, Fancy Red and Arcadia Park, the Blue Point gelding enters the Belmont Classic… Read More »
The close race for the Brisbane Jockey’s Premiership just got even tighter. It was ‘as you were’ after Wednesday’s meeting at Eagle Farm after premiership contenders Angela Jones and Emily Lang landed one win apiece …an outcome which left Jones two wins ahead in the Brisbane Jockey’s Premiership with only… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dabernig toyed with the idea of running Shadhavar in a Stakes race at Caulfield but in the end reasoned one last attempt against her own age was a better option. Shadhavar was entered for the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday but instead will contest the Tobin Brothers Celebrating… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic is not one to push his horses early and the benefits of that are starting to be seen in New York Lustre. About to turn six, New York Lustre will be lining up for her tenth start on Saturday when she runs in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes… Read More »
Jarred Magnabosco is slightly nonplussed at the long-odds move for Newlook at Caulfield this Saturday, but the Best Bloodstock boss is buoyed by the endorsement in the horse’s ability. The French gelding has been $16 into $7 equal second favouritism for the $150,000 Stow Storage Solutions BM100 Handicap (1600m), which will… Read More »
Brad Widdup has a healthy opinion of Nashville Jack but says it is up to the colt to do the talking on the track if he is to progress to the carnival races. The rising three-year-old returns in the Keenland September Yearling Sale Handicap (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday and if he… Read More »
Trainers Peter and Will Hulbert have been handed a $5000 fine and a 12-month suspended ban after one of their runners returned a cobalt reading above the allowed limit following a win at Eagle Farm. The import, Dillian, scored as the short-priced favourite in a 2400m Benchmark event on April… Read More »
A relationship that has spanned generations will have its latest instalment when Ron Quinton saddles-up Signor Tortoni at Randwick. The three-year-old is raced by Sandy Tait and his sister, Jill Nivison, whose families have been involved in racing and breeding for over half a century The siblings have enjoyed decades of success… Read More »
He only covered four mares during a short-lived tenure at stud but unheralded stallion Tamasa can become a Stakes-producing sire when his talented daughter Cicala tackles Saturday’s Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville. The Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea-trained filly has turned heads with an unbeaten start to her racing career,… Read More »
Talented stayer Mark Twain is preparing for a return to racing as he aims to secure another berth in the Melbourne Cup, with his first public outing in over a year scheduled for an exhibition gallop at Te Rapa this Saturday. The son of Shocking earned his spot in the… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is finishing off the 2024/25 season with a flourish which can only bode well for the stable for the new campaign when it gets under way on August 1. With no less than eight winners from his last seventeen runners … that is a stable that is… Read More »
James Cummings admits to having “mixed emotions” as he prepares to close the door on a significant chapter of his decorated career. In the helm as Godolphin’s Australian head trainer since 2017, Cummings will fulfil his final obligations in that role over the next eight days with Sheikh Mohammed’s operation moving… Read More »
