Emerging gelding Nobler is in line to book himself a spot on Chris Waller’s spring carnival team if he can stretch his brilliance to 2000 metres and notch his third successive win at Rosehill. The former Irish galloper is in his first Australian campaign but has been quick to make… Read More »
Emerging stayer Straand Deal could make a play for an interstate trip if successful at Sandown. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained galloper runs in the Sportsbet Same Race Multi Handicap (2400m) looking to potentially earn a trip to Queensland. The Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) at the Sunshine Coast on July 4 will… Read More »
Alalcance’s last-start return to the winner’s list has come as no surprise to jockey Tim Clark, who believes the Tulloch Lodge mare is going as well as she was when dominating the Sydney autumn carnival staying races 12 months ago. The six-year-old will tackle 3200m for just the second time… Read More »
Racing NSW stewards have adjourned an inquiry sparked from recent comments made by jockey Tommy Berry in relation to disqualified trainer John O’Shea. Led by chief stipe Tom Moxon, stewards questioned both parties regarding post-race comments made by Berry following his victory on the Tom Charlton-trained Hovland at Warwick Farm… Read More »
It wasn’t until 9.25am on the morning of acceptances that Rhys Archard decided to bite the bullet and accept with Boltsaver at Sandown. There were just seven acceptors at that stage on Wednesday morning for the ive> Handicap (1400m) on Saturday when Archard reasoned his galloper would appreciate the heavy… Read More »
Spicy Martini … the name has already got a celebratory ring to it … and that is just what trainer Toby Edmonds, jockey Taylor Marshall and the connections of the four-year-old mare will hope to be doing after the running of the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on… Read More »
The hopes of Victorian trainer Cliff Brown winning one of Australia’s biggest handicaps were dealt a blow by the barrier draw. Brown saddles Sepals (barrier 21) and Von Hauke (19) in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday and concedes the pair’s chances from those barriers does not… Read More »
Connections of improving stayer Thebudgiesmugla have until Thursday afternoon to decide whether he remains in Sydney for a stakes assignment or faces a two-mile test in the Group 2 Brisbane Cup. The Bjorn Baker-trained five-year-old is a $2.60 favourite for The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) and a $5.50 chance… Read More »
The Grant and Alana Williams trained Western Empire, who hasn’t missed a beat since resuming in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint two runs ago, gets the chance to complete a hat trick of feature race wins when he steps out in the Group 3 Strickland Stakes over 2000m at Belmont… Read More »
A Racing NSW stewards’ inquiry into alleged contact between jockey Tommy Berry and disqualified trainer John O’Shea will be conducted on Thursday, with investigators set to examine telephone communication between the pair. O’Shea is currently serving a four-month disqualification imposed earlier this year following an incident involving the verbal abuse… Read More »
Beautifully bred filly Jarrito has put her career back on the right trajectory with a barnstorming return at Randwick’s Kensington track. By super sire I Am Invincible out of 2019 Robert Sangster Stakes winner Spright, the three-year-old was having her first start since failing to beat a runner home as… Read More »
With Rothfire proving to be the pride of Queensland racing this season … his win in the $2 million Sydney Stakes and the $1.5 million Group 1 Doomben 10,000 only cementing a reputation steeped in ability, resilience and character which had already been in place for a long time …… Read More »
Having captured three of the past six renewals of the Winter Cup, Chris Waller is confident Caboche has the right profile to add his name to the honour roll at Rosehill on Saturday. While the seven-year-old isn’t the classiest horse in the master trainer’s stable, he has been a wonderful… Read More »
It may have taken to start number seven for Tisseyre to break through for her maiden victory, but the Ken and Kasey Keys stable has always had faith in the filly. Tisseyre led throughout under the guidance of Ben Allen to take the Thelma Coster – Life Member Maiden Plate (1400m) at Sale… Read More »
Jai Williams, who rode four winners at a metropolitan meeting at Eagle Farm back on February 4 before being sidelined from injury following a fall at Beaudesert two days later, returned to the saddle at Eagle Farm last Saturday, expecting to ease back into race action with two rides in… Read More »
Smokin’ Romans has undergone a course of jumping that the Ciaron Maher stable hopes will rejuvenate the Group 1 winner. The rising 10-year-old recently ran second in a hurdle school at Traralgon in preparation for his second-up run of the campaign in the Quayclean Handicap (1800m) at Sandown on Saturday. Victorious in the… Read More »
It’s Stradbroke week and co-trainer Tony Sears has no concerns about the chances of his charge Yellow Brick in Queensland’s $3 million signature race on Saturday … a race in which Yellow Brick finished second last year at the unwanted odds of $41. A question mark would have been raised… Read More »
Peter Snowden is ruling a line through King Of Roseau’s Kingsford Smith Cup performance saying the race was a disaster for the horse from start to finish. But the trainer anticipates a much more suitable set-up in Saturday’s $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) and if that transpires, it will give… Read More »
Calvin McEvoy says dual Cups winner Half Yours is finally in a race that is going to suit. And McEvoy said the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups winner will relish the presence of Pride Of Jenni in the Group 2 Q22 (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained galloper… Read More »
Stradbroke Handicap favourite Headley Grange has received a significant boost ahead of Saturday’s $3 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, drawing barrier eight at Tuesday’s official barrier draw. The Joe Pride-trained gelding heads betting for Queensland’s premier handicap following his victory in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup and appears well… Read More »
