Michael Kent Jnr acknowledges the significant challenge ahead for his stable in Saturdayās Group 1 Goodwood, with the betting market highlighting just how tough the task will be. Kent Jnr and co-trainer Mick Price will saddle up Charm Stone and Reserve Bank, the winners of the feature 1200-metre sprints at… Read More »
The form from the Quokka will come under the spotlight in Saturdayās Group 1 Goodwood, as two sprinters from Western Australia look to make their presence felt in Adelaideās premier sprint event. Trainer Simon Miller has confirmed that Generosity, who finished in the placings in the Quokka, will travel from… Read More »
In racing terms, not too many things are a struggle nowadays for Max Whitby as his strong investment is often rewarded with feature race success, but coming into the first million-dollar running of the The Archer, he was struggling to find a horse to fill his slot. It turned out… Read More »
For all of the trainer’s success, which includes three Group One wins, one solely under his name, he’s never been successful in one of the four majors in South Australia. When in partnership with Leon MacDonald, the training duo won the 2011 Caulfield Cup with Southern Speed and the 2014… Read More »
Tony Gollan is not expecting a Toorak Handicap-like performance from Antino this Saturday at the Gold Coast, but he is holding out hope for one later in the campaign. The classy Redwood gelding will round out his preparations for the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on May 24 in the… Read More »
It will be a first for globe-trotting, gun jockey Craig Williams when he walks into the Callaghan Park entrance for the Rockhampton Turf Clubās $1 million The Archer race-day this Sunday. āI havenāt ridden in Rockhampton before,ā offered Williams who, only last Sunday was in action in Hong Kong where… Read More »
Co-trainers Annabel and Rob Archibald, fresh from a fine feature race double at Eagle Farm yesterday, will be looking to plunder more Queensland riches when they send out two runners in the $1 million The Archer at Rockhampton today. With two Group 2 wins already in the bank ā¦ courtesy… Read More »
Peter Snowden has once again added to his impressive record in the Hawkesbury Guineas, with Media World narrowly holding off a late surge from Just Party to secure his fifth victory in the Group Three contest. Guided by jockey Tyler Schiller, Media World ($9) showed determination to push forward and… Read More »
One of just two fillies in the race, FemminileĀ has relished the quick turnaround from last week’s Oaks to take out the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday for trainer Phillip Stokes. Under a cool Lachlan Neindorf, the daughter of Dundeel didn’t have to go around a… Read More »
Noel CallowĀ recorded his biggest win in eight years when he made the most of a call-up to land the first leg of a Group 2 double for Annabel and Rob Archibald at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The 49-year-old steered Depth Of Character to a dominant win in the $350,000 Queensland… Read More »
Crowd favourite Pride Of Jenni booked herself a trip to Queensland with a bounce-back win at Caulfield on Saturday. The reigning Horse of the Year put the disappointment of a below-par showing in the Group 1 Australian Cup on March 29 behind her with a trademark win in the $175,000… Read More »
Competing on three consecutive Saturday’s is a big ask of any horse but Punch LaneĀ has made it look easy, backing up his dominant win at Randwick seven days ago with another emphatic effort at Hawkesbury. The superior wet track performer started a $2.30 betting sites favourite and relished the heavy… Read More »
City Of LightsĀ was always going to be a valuable broodmare but the half-sister to Winx put the icing on the cake with an important black-type win in the Hawkesbury Crown. As well as being related to a champion, City Of Lights is by former top Japanese stallion Deep Impact, who… Read More »
Lindsay Park did not have to wait long to register its first winner with one of itsBallymore Stables recruits and that’s just the way Ben Hayes liked it. Hayes, in partnership with his brothers Will and JD, are now in charge of Per Incanto gelding Oak Hill, who won Saturday’s… Read More »
A Brisbane winter carnival raid is on the agenda for unbeaten two-year-old AerodromeĀ after he added his name to the Clarendon Stakes honour roll at Hawkesbury. Prepared by Michael Freedman, who won this year’s Golden Slipper with filly Marhoona, Aerodrome ($2.10 betting fav) was having just his second start and ploughed… Read More »
The Spring Carnival might seem a way off, but KaleoĀ has given Ciaron MaherĀ and the Southern Cross Syndications team cause to at least start thinking about it. The two-year-old son of Churchill broke his maiden in Saturday’s $150,000 Remembering Margaret McDonald Handicap at Caulfield. The 1400-metre event was just his second… Read More »
Australian sprinter Asfoora headlines a truly international cast for the eight Group 1 races at the 2025 Royal Ascot meeting, which will offer Ā£10 million in total prizemoney and attract runners from six different countries. “Asfoora is pointing towards Royal Ascot again,” said trainer Henry Dwyer. “Last year, we had… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown is banking on a trip to Caulfield to determine the direction he takes with RoganĀ in coming months. Rogan runs in the Evergreen Turf Handicap (2000m) on Saturday with hopes a forward performance may lead to a trip north to Brisbane for the gelding for some bigger races…. Read More »
It might sound like it is just throwing a couple of clichĆ©s around, but the fact remains ā¦ āif you have got a ticket, you have got a chanceā ā¦ and ā¦ āthe horse doesnāt know what price it is.ā So, talking to Jeff and Rikki Dunn, the trainer and… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Without A Fight has resumed jumpout activity as he continues his comeback from a tendon injury that sidelined him following his 2023 Melbourne Cup triumph. Co-trainer Sam Freedman expressed satisfaction with the gelding’s progress, stating to Racing.com, “He pulled up well and is tracking along nicely…. Read More »
