Chris Waller is set to have three runners in the Tattersall’s Tiara as he bids to take his season tally of Group One wins to 16. While he won’t break his Australian record of 18 majors secured in 2018-19, he can close out another incredible term when he starts Madam… Read More »
A racing couple in Queensland took the features at Ipswich, a stayer broke a long run of outs at Rosehill while an import impressed at his Australian debut at Flemington. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Thompson/Thornton Show… Read More »
Few horses peak at start number 62 but Happy Go Plucky has done just that, upstaging his more fancied rivals to claim his first stakes win in the Listed Ipswich Cup. The seven-year-old has been a grand campaigner for his Gold Coast trainer John Gilmore but his previous career highlight… Read More »
Trainer Nick Ryan missed witnessing his first Flemington double convalescing at home after a midweek hernia operation. Ryan prepared Express Pass to claim the Murray Cox Handicap (1000m) before Dice Roll took out Saturday’s Brian Beattie Handicap (1420m). Dice Roll is unbeaten in three starts in Australia since arriving from… Read More »
Stockman might have earned himself a belated trip to Queensland after relishing the heavy track conditions at Rosehill to outstay his rivals and give Joseph Pride his third success in the Listed McKell Cup. An early speed battle between Mr Marathon Man and Monreal injected good pace into the 2000… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Kasey Keys could not hide her delight after Free To Move scored a knock-out blow to punters at Flemington. Free To Move provided Keys with her biggest win in racing when he took out the Listed A R Creswick Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Now in a training partnership… Read More »
Irish-bred import Degraves has scored at his Australian debut for Lloyd and Nick Williams at Flemington, but had to survive a protest before being confirmed as the winner. Degraves won The David Bourke (1620m) from Think ‘N’ Fly but Damien Oliver lodged a protest against the winner for interference at… Read More »
Chris Waller’s right-hand man Charlie Duckworth says the owners of Wicklow can start to feel excited after the import maintained his unblemished Australian record in style. The three-year-old capped a remarkable rise through the grades with a seemingly effortless performance in Saturday’s Sharp Extensive IT Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill on… Read More »
Almost a year to the day since making his Australian debut, South Pacific has broken through for his first win with an easy victory at Flemington. Under the guidance of Jamie Kah, South Pacific enjoyed a perfect run in the Adam Lindsay Gordon Handicap (2540m) on Saturday in strolling home… Read More »
Gary Portelli has compared the impact James McDonald has in the saddle to that of a gifted rugby league player on the football field after the top jockey steered juvenile Royalzel to an emphatic victory at Rosehill. A four-time Sydney premiership winner, McDonald is on target to clinch his fifth… Read More »
There is a fair amount of belief that trainer Stephen Miller can go back to back and hold sway with two of his charges at Belmont on Saturday. Punters have pinned their faith and identified Timely Outburst and Agent Jay getting the result in races three and four respectively. Timely… Read More »
South Australian sprinter Gytrash will get another shot at winning The Everest after being announced as the runner for the slot held by Inglis. The Gordon Richards-trained gelding represented the sales company in the race 12 months ago, finishing a fine third to Classique Legend, and Inglis managing director Mark… Read More »
Roy Rogers is confident Dark Assault can make an impact in the WAROA-Belmont Guineas (1600m) and cannot be underestimated. Dark Assault is priced as an $11 chance with the bulk of pre-race attention focused on Colin Webster’s in-form gelding, Billy Ain’t Silly. The son of I’m All The Talk has… Read More »
Lloyd and Nick Williams will unveil one of their potential spring horses at an off-season winter meeting at Flemington. Degraves makes his Australian debut in The David Bourke (1620m) on Saturday, his first outing for Robert Hickmott having been prepared in Ireland by dual Melbourne Cup winning trainer Joseph O’Brien. Lining-up… Read More »
After pulling up sore from a stakes assignment in Brisbane, Count De Rupee is back to full health. Promising three-year-old Count De Rupee has bounced back from a recent trip to Queensland where he was among a number of horses brought undone by the firm Eagle Farm surface. A Rosehill winner… Read More »
Chris Waller has split his team of winter stayers between states in a bid to land a Cups double. A horse considered the ‘Goldilocks’ of the stable and another who skips through wet tracks like a kid through muddy puddles will bid to deliver Chris Waller a two-state feature race double… Read More »
Curran could join Group 1 winners Nature Strip and Gytrash if successful in the Listed A R Creswick Stakes at Flemington. Mother and daughter training team of Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor are not noted for being big time players on the metropolitan circuit. Of their 78 career wins, 11 have… Read More »
The Lindsay Park training partnership of Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes will come to an end with their final runner at Bendigo on Sunday. From Monday, Hayes’ younger JD joins the Ben in a training partnership where they will hope to hit the ground running with five runners at Wangaratta. JD was granted… Read More »
The 2000 metre journey of the McKell Cup will present different challenges for a pair of stablemates, but their trainer remains hopeful one of them can come away with a win. Pre-race favourite Stockman will have to handle a significant distance drop while for stablemate Brutality, it is a rise in… Read More »
Nick Williams believes pre-travel scintigraphy scans on overseas horses ahead of the Melbourne Cup will disrupt their preparations. Multiple Melbourne Cup winning owner Nick Williams doubts there will be a large number of overseas contenders at the Spring Racing Carnival if Racing Victoria goes ahead with one its mandatory pre-travel… Read More »
