Robbie Laing is in favour of giving Lord Of The Sky a break from racing after the sprinter’s brave second to Chautauqua in the TJ Smith Stakes. Lord Of The Sky appreciated the wet conditions at Randwick on Monday when run down in the final strides by Chautauqua in a… Read More »
Stakes-placed filly Novel Dancer is being aimed at interstate features with trainer Shea Eden determined to find wet tracks for the three-year-old. Novel Dancer is nominated for a 1200m race at Flemington on Saturday but Eden said the filly was most likely to be saved for a race in Adelaide… Read More »
Smokin’ Joey will be given the chance to claim a second Group One Goodwood in Adelaide next month. Trainer Wez Hunter said the $500,000 race at Morphettville on May 16 would be the gelding’s next start. Smokin Joey has been freshened since a disappointing fourth in the Blamey Stakes. “He… Read More »
Joe Pride expects Sense Of Occasion to reaffirm his staying promise this campaign as he heads towards some ambitious winter targets. The four-year-old will resume on his home track at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, a meeting postponed 48 hours after the first day of The Championships was moved to Monday…. Read More »
Red Cadeaux could be a surprise runner in the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes instead of the Sydney Cup. Robin Trevor-Jones, the travelling foreman for Ed Dunlop, said the prospect of a wet track on Saturday could influence which race the three-time Melbourne Cup runner-up contests. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse may be the reigning monarch of Sydney’s rich Doncaster Mile but trainer Chris Waller has proved himself a serious contender to the throne. One-time battler trainer Waller notched up his fifth Doncaster Mile win at Randwick on Monday, with Kermadec taking the trophy in the highlight of the… Read More »
Seven years after he won his first Doncaster Mile with Triple Honour, trainer Chris Waller has notched No.5 with a horse not guaranteed a start until the last minute. The second emergency in the $3 million race, Kermadec was safely in the field on Saturday but when the Randwick meeting… Read More »
A daring Adrian Knox Stakes ride by Hugh Bowman has secured the Bjorn Baker-trained Candelara a start in the Group One ATC Australian Oaks. Banking on the filly’s fitness and her liking for rain-affected ground, Bowman made a mid-race move to take Candelara to the front and quicken the tempo…. Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham and apprentice Dylan Dunn dead-heated for first in a race at Sandown but both fell foul of stewards for breaching whip rules. Melham was the most serious offender, fined $1000 after guiding Belvedere Road to equal first in the Wellington RC Handicap with Zazparella who was ridden… Read More »
What the jockeys said after the Doncaster Mile won by the Chris Waller-trained Kermadec: GLEN BOSS – Kermadec (1st): “He gave me a good feel from the time I got on him. He jumped really well, that was a big plus. There was hardly a run (in the straight) and… Read More »
Far fewer people have turned out for The Championships at Randwick than hoped for but those who did have been rewarded. After torrential rain forced the postponement of Sydney’s richest racing carnival on Saturday, grey skies and light rain again menaced The Championships on Monday afternoon following a sunny start… Read More »
Chautauqua has laid claim to being anointed the best sprinter in the world after scoring a TJ Smith Stakes win that verged on the impossible. On a day dominated by leaders, Chautauqua settled last in the elite field of 10 and powered down the outside to nail Lord Of The… Read More »
A tough win at Sandown from Redasun has the filly’s connections aiming at the Group One Australasian Oaks with extra confidence. Mark Zahra was a beneficiary of the resheduled feature meeting at Randwick on Monday, picking up the winning ride on the Greg Eurell-trained Redasun in the Selangor Turf Club… Read More »
Jockey Glen Boss has ridden his sixth Doncaster Mile winner with Kermadec making the most of a last-minute call-up to claim the $3 million race. Kermadec was the last horse into the Doncaster field after he needed two scratchings to make the final 20 runners. From the 200m there was… Read More »
For the third time in less than a decade, New Zealand trainer Murray Baker is taking the Australian Derby trophy home with Mongolian Khan winning the battle of the stayers. Now the winner of seven of his nine starts, Mongolian Khan has also completed a rare double, becoming the first… Read More »
Chautauqua has passed every runner to claim his first Group One win in the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick. Set what appeared to be an impossible task, Chautauqua got the right stride in on the line for jockey Tommy Berry to beat the outsider Lord Of The Sky…. Read More »
Peter Snowden’s big-race experience with top juveniles proved invaluable for the second time this season when Pride Of Dubai claimed another Group One win in the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick. Importantly for the trainer, it came on a day when many of the colt’s high-profile owners were trackside, including… Read More »
Daniel MacPherson didn’t mind too much when torrential rain forced the postponement of Sydney racing’s premier carnival, The Championships. The former Neighbours star and Dancing With The Stars host was due to appear at Randwick on Saturday as an ambassador for beer brand Boags. When the terrible weather pushed the… Read More »
New Zealand three-year-old Mongolian Khan has taken a late split to win the $2 million ATC Australian Derby at Randwick. In winning Australia’s richest blue-riband Classic, Mongolian Khan has completed a trans Tasman Derby double. The Murray Baker-trained colt won the New Zealand Derby yet he went into the Australia… Read More »
The decision to bring Miss Cover Girl to Sydney has paid off with a Group Three win for Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida, even though the race was run completely differently from the way he envisaged. After watching the first four races at Randwick on Monday, Schweida and jockey Glen Boss… Read More »
