Stern Idol has been a jumping force in Victoria since he burst onto the scene during the winter of 2022. The Irish-bred galloper raced in France and was successful over hurdles before joining the then Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team in late 2021. Since then, Stern Idol has won nine… Read More »
Trainer Charlotte Littlefield and the team behind Big Swinger have lowered their expectations with the three-year-old and are hoping to open his city winning account at Caulfield. The Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1200m) on Saturday will be Big Swinger’s sixth career start with the gelding successful on three occasions on provincial courses,… Read More »
Given his long-term aspirations for juvenile Queen Of Clubs, Gary Portelli isn’t expecting her to win at Rosehill on Saturday. However, he is anticipating a competitive performance when she steps up to 1300 metres for the first time in the Schweppes Handicap. Portelli eventually hopes Queen Of Clubs can develop into… Read More »
The last time Tom Dabernig made the trek from his Warrnambool stable to race at Morphettville, it proved a winning exercise. Cleo Cat provided the Dabernig team with victory in the Group 3 Proud Miss Stakes (1200m) on Goodwood Day. The Dabernig stable is returning to Morphettville on Saturday looking to bag… Read More »
A mare who became the first of Greg Hickman’s horses to break the $1 million prizemoney barrier continues to have an impact on his stable in the form of her daughter, Private Legacy. Private Secretary was placed in four stakes races but the bulk of her career earnings stemmed from her… Read More »
Coventry Stakes winner and shuttle stallion Calyx has been euthanised following an acute foot injury. The first son of the renowned Kingman to race, Calyx shot to prominence with his Group 2 Coventry Stakes win at Royal Ascot under the guidance of trainer John Gosden. His stud career included two… Read More »
How is this for a return over the first four weeks of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival! A win in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000. Group 2 wins in both the Queensland Guineas and the Victory Stakes, a win in the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas, and a win in… Read More »
Concussion protocols ⊠a mandatory twelve day âstand-downâ order ⊠has seen jockey Noel Callow lose rides in both the Group 1 Queensland Derby and in the Group 2 Sires Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The ruling was enforced by stewards in the aftermath of an altercation between… Read More »
Champion Hong Kong galloper Romantic Warrior has undergone surgery following his return from the Middle East where he raced with distinction. The Hong Kong Jockey Club released a veterinary update on Thursday after Romantic Warrior had surgery on his left front leg. The gelding, who won the Group 1 Cox Plate… Read More »
The Robert Heathcote trained Fabulantes, a two-year-old colt by Star Turn out of Funtantes, will be looking to progress the family dynasty when he tackles the Group 2 BRC Sires Produce Stakes over 1400m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Fabulantes has already shown to good effect, winning on debut at… Read More »
Irish trainers Dermot Weld and Willie Mullins have had hurdlers run in the Melbourne Cup with mixed success. Weld had Vintage Crop win Australia’s greatest race last century while Mullins has been down to Flemington with Vauban and Absurde in the past two years after those geldings went jumping. Another Irishman, who trains… Read More »
The beginning was perfect, and the end was just as good if not better for The Boss Lady. After winning the Roma Cup (1100m) first up at Ascot, Michael Lane’s classy mare capped an outstanding campaign of racing with a second weight-for-age victory in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint (1400m)… Read More »
Tommy Berry is the new rider for BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes favourite Gallo Nero, replacing the injured Tyler Schiller. Jockey Tyler Schiller will be sidelined for at least six weeks after it was confirmed he had suffered a fractured vertebrae in a race day incident at Canterbury. The senior Sydney hoop… Read More »
Yulong Investments did some Extreme Choice prospecting at this week’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, buoyed by the condition of the colt of his who won this year’s Blue Diamond Stakes for them. Devil Night, who this year carried Yulong’s green and white colours to victory in Victoria’s only two-year-old… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn may be forced to sit out the rest of the season after injuring a foot at the Cranbourne jump-outs on Monday. Shinn has undergone a number of tests and consultations with medical professionals in recent days which concluded he is suffering heavy bone bruising in his left foot…. Read More »
Co-trainer Chris Munce doesnât know what his emerging star performer Cool Archie has to do to receive due respect from bookmakers and punters alike with the Coolazabeel colt currently quoted at double figure odds on the fifth line of betting for the Group 2 Sires Produce Stakes over 1400m at… Read More »
Jag Guthmann-Chester will take the reins in his first Group 1 ride when he gets the leg-up aboard the Tony and Maddysen Sears trained Beau Dazzler and heads out to face the starter in the Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Guthmann-Chester, a highly competent rider well… Read More »
After making a promising start to his Australian career, former French galloper Don Diego De Vega failed to set the world on fire during his most recent campaign. However, co-trainer Rob Archibald is predicting a different scenario this time round as the five-year-old prepares to resume in the Listed Lord Mayors… Read More »
With several of Sydney’s top jockeys in Brisbane, Dylan Gibbons gets another opportunity to shine. A recent move to Sydney is starting to pay dividends for Dylan Gibbons as he looks to capitalize on the exodus of riders to Queensland for the winter carnival. Gibbons was sidelined for several months after… Read More »
The Tom Dabernig stable is gang tackling a Stakes race at Caulfield with three mares at different stages of their preparations. Cleo Cat, a winner at her two starts this preparation, heads the trio with Romantic Choice looking for a breakthrough win for the campaign while Fickle makes her return to racing in… Read More »
