Read what each of the jockeys said about their rides in the Queensland Derby 2025 at Eagle Farm racecourse. Ryan Maloney (Maison Louis) On the win: “Unbelievable, his breeding suggests he shouldn’t get the trip, but he’s a beautiful ride, he conserves his energy so well. “It was a very dawdling… Read More »
The drying track at Randwick knocked the edge off Joe Pride’s confidence, but he need not have worried as In Flight made it successive black-type wins with a determined performance in the Listed Bob Charley AO Stakes at Randwick. The program started on a heavy 8 but was retrospectively upgraded to… Read More »
Maison Louis may have been the less favoured of the stable pair, but the victory was doubly satisfying for the training partners John O’Shea and Tom Charlton as their two Queensland Derby runners fought out the finish to be first and second home at Eagle Farm. One month shy of the… Read More »
Though there was a gap between the first two, Kris Lees has a knack for finding Oaks winners notching his third win in the Queensland Oaks across two decades. With his first victory in the Group 1 feature for three-year-old fillies delivered by Vitesse Dane in 2005, his second by Amokura… Read More »
Chris Waller has broken his own record for most number of Group One wins in a season with Joliestar arriving in the final bounds to post a thrilling victory in the Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. The mare’s success gave the champion trainer his 19th triumph at the elite level this… Read More »
Punters were lukewarm on the prospects of Shohisha handling a sharp distance rise at Randwick but for trainer David Payne, it was never in doubt. Despite being sent around as the rank outsider of the seven-horse Drinkwise Mile (1600m) field, Shohisha ($15) showed her class to come from last and nail… Read More »
It wasn’t the most convincing win, but Hidden Motive did enough to get the verdict in the opening race at Randwick, setting himself on a path towards a Group One goal next season. The $1.65 betting sites favourite notched his second success from five starts with a deceptive nose victory over… Read More »
It isn’t the size of the stable, it is what you do with it, as Kevin Daffy’s solo galloper showed at Flemington as Oh Too Good was simply way too good in the feature race in Melbourne on Saturday. The consistent mare delivered sweet satisfaction for trainer Kevin Daffy in the… Read More »
Clinton Mcdonald has higher ambitions for Miss Ole as the filly that he believes should have a perfect record so far notched her second win in three outings. The daughter of popular sire Ole Kirk wore down the tenacious effort of $5.50 betting app chance Espana to score by a narrow nose… Read More »
Another piece of the changing, Saturday to Saturday puzzle that has been in play regarding the rescheduled Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup fell into place beautifully for jockey Angela Jones who will now get the opportunity to land her first Group 1 win when she rides the Tony Gollan trained… Read More »
Top US-based jockey John Velazquez Jnr produced a patient and perfectly timed ride to steer Parchment Party to victory in the golden ticket race at Saratoga, New York into Australia’s most famous race in November. The Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup was to be run on the turf course over the… Read More »
The famous Cummings name will remain part of the fabric at Flemington, with James Cummings set to continue training from Carbine Lodge following his departure as Godolphin’s private trainer. While the global racing and breeding powerhouse announced in April that it would shift to a public training model, the change… Read More »
Following a couple of ordinary barrier draws it was easy to understand why top jockey Brad Parnham had an extra spring in his step when Magnificent Andy came up with a favourable gate in Saturday’s Group 3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) at Pinjarra. The barrier ‘gods’ hadn’t been kind to Magnificent… Read More »
The Melbourne Spring Carnival is still months away, but trainer Clinton Mcdonald has already identified a race he would like to tackle with an up-and-coming filly. Ahha Ahha will take another step towards a possible late spring goal when she runs in the Darren Galley Mile (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. The… Read More »
Private Eye hasn’t had an ideal Stradbroke Handicap preparation but sending the top sprinter-miler into the Group One race first-up holds no fears for trainer Joe Pride. The gelding was to have contested the Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) last Saturday but when it was washed out and transferred to this weekend, he… Read More »
With Victoria in desperate need of rain, trainer Michael Kent is hopeful of getting through the early part of the Flemington meeting with not too much falling. Kent has Samuel Langhorne engaged in the opening race at Flemington on Saturday, the TAB We’re On (2520m) and the trainer does not want the… Read More »
For a while there, it looked like a forlorn hope … and, realistically, it still remains only a slim chance, but the breaking news … quite literally … out of the Robert Heathcote stable is that after the latest development with Rothfire, the stable stalwart is still a chance of… Read More »
The Roses was a hard watch for Benagil’s trainer Glen Thompson but he is optimistic the filly has come out the other side of it will make her presence felt in the Queensland Oaks. The Group 1 winner had to be steadied to avoid heels in the first half of The… Read More »
Dandruff is a horse that is lucky to be alive, let alone winning races. A sinus infection as a young horse and then operations to rectify the problem has allowed Dandruff to make it to the racecourse, where he is now a four-time winner from 21 starts. Dandruff will look to… Read More »
After an eye-catching effort at long odds in South Australia, Sweltering is set for another crack at a Group 1 maiden victory in Saturday’s Queensland Oaks (2200m). Prepared by the training duo Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, the filly hasn’t raced since finishing second to Benagil in the Australasian Oaks… Read More »
