Jockey Michael Cahill has continued his wonderful winter run with Ready To Prophet, winning the race named for her trainer, the Gai Waterhouse Classic (1350m) at Ipswich. Cahill has been the undoubted star of the Queensland winter, winning six stakes races including the Group Ones Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford Smith… Read More »
Jenny Duggan and Samantha Clenton have created history at Rosehill, the pair becoming the first mothers to win Saturday metropolitan races on the same program in Sydney. Both are mature-age apprentices whose careers have been interrupted firstly by injury, then by parenthood. Duggan won on the Jason Coyle-trained River Bird… Read More »
Man Booker has scored a consolation win, with things finally going his way in the $175,000 Eye Liner Stakes (1350m). The Perth galloper has form around some of the best horses in West Australia and was considered a genuine chance in three Group One sprints: the Doomben 10,000, Kingsford Smith… Read More »
Jockey Craig Newitt believes there is plenty to like about Irish import Mawaany Machine who has landed his first Australian victory at Sandown. Forming the first leg of a race-to-race winning double for trainer Chris Waller on Saturday’s program, six-year-old gelding Mawaany Machine dug in for a fight in the… Read More »
Trainer Steve Tregea’s gamble in taking blinkers off the race day gear of Bergerac has paid off, with the gelding winning the $175,000 Ipswich Cup. Apprentice Michael Murphy had a welcome change of luck and followed instruction to perfection to guide Bergerac ($5.50) to a 1-1/4 lengths win over Sampson… Read More »
Joe Pride has trained his share of Group One winners and is noted for his prowess with sprinters. But an ageing stayer holds a special place in Pride’s heart and Destiny’s Kiss has returned the favour with the 10-year-old claiming a second win in the Listed Winter Cup (2400m) at… Read More »
Jockey Jim Byrne has produced a vintage Ipswich ride to score his first win since returning from injury in the $125,000 Provincial Stayers Final (2500m). Byrne hadn’t ridden since prevailing on Garibaldi at Eagle Farm on February 2 when he took two rides at Doomben on Wednesday. He took seven… Read More »
Trainer Mick Bell has paid tribute to his stable star Jungle Edge after proudly watching the popular sprinter add another city win at Sandown on his preferred rain-affected going. The eight-year-old gelding, ridden by apprentice Michael Poy, showed rivals a clean pair of heels in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Handicap (1200m) on… Read More »
A gelding operation has worked wonders for two-year-old Enforcement who has racked up his second late-season win at Rosehill. Enforcement is owned by a group of high profile breeders and trained by Peter and Paul Snowden with the stable noted for producing stallions. But Enforcement’s racing manners at his first… Read More »
Steve O’Dea missed out on training the first two foals of Bianca Jewel and wasn’t about to let it happen a third time. The former smart race mare won five races including two in stakes class when she was trained by O’Dea about 10 years ago. At stud, Bianca Jewel… Read More »
Two-year-old Can’t Be Done is showing he can win races, with the gelding notching his second victory from three starts with a determined display at Sandown. By stallion All Too Hard out of the mare Nobody Gets, the Danny O’Brien-trained Can’t Be Done ($5) just edged out the Anthony Freedman-trained… Read More »
Lismore trainer Dan Bowen’s plan to keep classy mare Queen of Kingston in the weakest company has paid off with a win at Ipswich. Leading northern rivers jockey Matt McGuren made a rare Saturday visit to Queensland to steer Queen of Kingston ($4.60) to a head victory over Silvera ($7.50)… Read More »
Stakes winner First Crush’s last start was so poor his trainer Chris Munce has erased it from his memory. First Crush lines up for his second attempt to win the Listed $175,000 Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. He ran second in the Ipswich Cup last year before going on to… Read More »
Trainer Archie Alexander believes five-year-old Spanner Head has returned in career-best form this campaign and he is hopeful the mare can back up a last-start Flemington win with another at Sandown. Spanner Head finished second to stakes winner Twitchy Frank first-up at Caulfield in the VOBIS Gold Distaff before winning… Read More »
