Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina headlines a glittering line-up of stars set to trial in Sydney next week as spring preparations begin to ramp up across both New South Wales and Victoria. The Chris Waller-trained mare will feature in the opening 850-metre heat on Randwick’s Kensington track on Tuesday, joined… Read More »
Tom Prebble has emerged as the overall winner of the RMBL Apprentices Rising Stars Series, edging out Rose Hammond and Sarah Field by two points after the concluding event held at Flemington. Although Prebble’s ride Sound It Out failed to feature prominently in the final — which was claimed by… Read More »
Bjorn Baker hopes to make the most of Robusto’s fitness by taking on some of the early season stakes races after The Ingham winner lumped a record weight to victory in the Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill. The gelding prevailed in a two-horse war with leader and eventual runner-up Accredited,… Read More »
A lack of suitable staying races in Sydney saw the Annabel and Rob Archibald stable send a team of four horses to their recently acquired Flemington stable. It paid a winning dividend with Mormona leading home the quartet in the Deane Lester Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
With less than two weeks before Godolphin’s private training operation winds up, Darren Beadman is savouring every last success, including the win by filly Amusing at Rosehill. The global conglomerate will proceed under a public model from the new season when its racing stock will be dispersed among a variety of… Read More »
Former Swedish pony rider Rebecca Bronett Prag has celebrated a significant milestone at Rosehill with country-trained stayer Knights Armour delivering her first Saturday metropolitan win. Indentured to renowned horseman Keith Dryden in Canberra, Bronett Prag was having her 20th ride in town for her second win, the other coming aboard the same galloper in… Read More »
It may not have the status of a Stakes race, but Rose Hammond had been looking forward to riding in an apprentices’ only race at Flemington all week. The RMBL Investments Rising Stars Final (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday was for apprentice riders only after a series of races held throughout… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable will chase a second win the Victoria Derby following the win of Arcora at Flemington. Arcora took out the Byerley Handicap (1800m) on Saturday to earn a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on November 1. Busuttin and Young took out… Read More »
Chad Schofield is an unabashed fan of debut winner Without Peer after the youngster overcame his inexperience to outclass his Rosehill rivals. Despite racing greenly in the straight, the Ciaron Maher-trained two-year-old unleashed a strong finishing sprint from near the tail to down Spicy Prawn ($5) by a short neck in… Read More »
Chris Munce has confirmed that Group 1-winning colt Cool Archie will bypass the spring carnival, instead eyeing a long-term target of the prestigious Doncaster Mile next year. Cool Archie was a standout performer during the Queensland winter carnival, notching up five consecutive wins, capped off by a brilliant victory in… Read More »
Like all top jockeys do, Angela Jones will be looking ahead and not back when she steps out at Eagle Farm on Saturday with her focus reset on riding winners that will extend her fragile lead at the head of the Brisbane Jockey’s Premiership. That Premiership has become a well-documented… Read More »
Group 1-winning sprinter Benedetta will commence her spring campaign under new management, with Ciaron Maher taking over her training duties from Jason Warren. Currently spelling in Toowoomba, Queensland, Benedetta has now been moved to Maher’s Bong Bong stables in New South Wales in preparation for a fresh slate of spring… Read More »
As James Cummings’ tenure with Godolphin enters its final phase, winning races is still high on the agenda. The Byerley Handicap (1800m) at Flemington is a contest the Godolphin team would like to win and it’s a race that could set up Bayou Music for a tilt at a spring campaign… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable has swung the gear changes in a bid to extract some sign of form from a French import at Flemington. A set of blinkers and a tongue tie has been added to the race day gear of Shamarkand ahead of his start in the Deane… Read More »
Peter Snowden has been rolling out some promising young horses at the backend of the season and he is set to continue that trend in the coming weeks. Raging Force, an impressive winner at Rosehill on July 5, I Am Invincible filly Infusion, Capitalist colt Caesar and Wednesday’s Kensington victor Grand Prairie… Read More »
A drying track isn’t expected to bother surprise Winter Stakes winner Estadio Mestalla but it will bring his stablemate right into contention when they clash again at Rosehill. Estadio Mestalla started at $61 when taking out the Listed feature on a soft 7 surface last start, relegating Joe Pride-trained barn mate… Read More »
Jockey Joe Azzopardi is brimming with confidence and excited to be teaming up with Snow God for a second campaign, a three-year-old that he thinks has plenty of upside. Azzopardi has a big opinion of the Playing God gelding and believes he can deliver a late season victory when he… Read More »
Dan Clarken knows a thing or two when it comes to winning feature two-year-old races. The G1 Blue Diamond-winning trainer, who added to his 2YO Stakes tally when Steel Trap won the G3 David Coles Stakes earlier this year, will chase another headline win with Bootlegger in Saturday’s G3 SA Sires’… Read More »
In a true show of confidence, trainer Bjorn Baker has backed his Group 1 star Overpass by purchasing a share in the $10 million earner during this week’s Inglis online sale. A five per cent ownership stake in Overpass was up for grabs, with Baker’s own Bjorn Baker Racing stepping… Read More »
Former Tabcorp CEO Adam Rytenskild’s legal battle over his exit from the wagering giant is set to continue in the Federal Court, with proceedings progressing to case management hearings over the coming months. On Wednesday, Justice Elizabeth Raper laid out the timeline for the case, with the next hearing scheduled… Read More »
