A decade after steering Winx to a Phar Lap Stakes victory, jockey Tommy Berry has won the race again as Lazzura added to champion trainer Chris Waller’s stunning record in the Group 2 race at Rosehill. Scratched from Saturday’s G1 Coolmore Classic to instead take her place in the Phar Lap (1500m)… Read More »
Victory in the VOBIS Platinum Showdown at Caulfield may not carry the prestige of a Stakes race win, but it means so much more for husband-and-wife training partners Emma-Lee and David Browne. Victory by their unbeaten galloper Mcgaw in Saturday’s $1 million (1200m) contest for two-year-olds was their biggest win in… Read More »
High-profile import Vauban has made a statement in his first start for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable with victory in the Group 3 Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. Vauban has raced in the past two Melbourne Cups when prepared by Irish trainer Willie Mullins, starting favourite in 2023 and… Read More »
Reigning Horse of the Year Pride Of Jenni has made a triumphant return to the track taking out the Group 2 Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s 1800m weight-for-age content was the first time Pride Of Jenni had been successful in eight previous first-up attempts. It prompted the Melbourne Racing Club… Read More »
Nothing will ease the pain of the loss of Mike Moroney but a double at Caulfield on Saturday will keep his spirit alive. The Ballymore Stables at Flemington are now run by Glen Thompson who joined Moroney in a training partnership at the start of the current season. Moroney’s name… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy has made a clean sweep of the two-year-old races at Rosehill aboard Skyhook and Memo, but it is the former who shapes as his Golden Slipper ride with Memo unlikely to back up. McEvoy, who won the juvenile feature on Sepoy in 2011, took the bull by the horns aboard… Read More »
The adage that you should not send an in-form mare for a spell is unlikely to be followed after Samangu overcame a difficult passage to win at Caulfield. Samangu registered her fifth win from seven career starts when she took out The Mystic Journey (1100m) on Saturday. The Grahame Begg-trained mare… Read More »
The owners of the magnificent mare, I Am Me, were overjoyed to announce that their prized horse had been selected by Sportsbet to represent their slot in the $5M Kia Quokka, set to take place at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The deal was expertly negotiated by Adam… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainer Ben Hayes is not fully aware of all the problems Tatsumaki had in Hong Kong, but one thing he does know they were numerous. Now in the care of Ben, Will and J D Hayes, Tatsumaki will have his first start in just on three-and-a-half years when… Read More »
The VOBIS Platinum Showdown has traditionally not been a race that has come on the radar for Godolphin and trainer James Cummings. In the six previous editions of the race that is restricted to two-year-olds that are sired by Victorian-based stallions when conceived, Cummings has started just two horses previously…. Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher says he is excited to see former Horse of the Year Pride Of Jenni back at the races. Pride Of Jenni makes her reappearance in the Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday, just over four months after suffering a bleeding attack. Retirement had been announced… Read More »
Flemington-based trainer Steve Richards hopes a trip across the border to Adelaide for Genteel will help with the promising stayer’s long-term progression. Genteel has raced just five times to date, for a solitary win in maiden grade at Seymour, but Richards views the Sportsbet Handicap (2250m) at Morphettville Parks on Saturday as… Read More »
The prospect of Lady Of Camelot taking on the mares in the Coolmore Classic holds no fears for Adrian Bott, who is content that a seasoning campaign in the spring has laid the ideal groundwork for the task. While the filly hasn’t recorded a win in eight starts since her Golden… Read More »
Peter Snowden is keeping faith in one-time Golden Slipper fancy Memo to bounce back in the Magic Night Stakes after blotting her copybook with her first unplaced performance in five starts. After kicking off her career with a promising Gimcrack Stakes placing, Memo followed with a series of eye-catching performances, highlighted… Read More »
The windswept and rain battered Gold Coast area has been in recovery mode this week and it is the racecourse that is in one of the most positive positions after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred passed through seven days ago. More than 600 millimetres of rain fell at the Gold Coast Turf… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley has long held a special touch when it comes to the training of two-year-old horses, and he will be looking to add to his list of successes in that regard when he sends out Betterlucknexttime to contest the $500,000 QTIS Two-year-Old Jewel at the Gold Coast on… Read More »
“It costs nothing to dream and everything not to.” It’s a quote from Rodney White and a philosophy shared by Joanna Offen. The Esperance trainer is a dreamer and hopes to turn one of her dreams into a reality when I Am Spartacus contests the $400,000 Bluff Knoll (1099m) at… Read More »
The Percy Sykes Stakes is among the options for Trapeze Artist youngster Pleasure Queen after she made a perfect start to her career with a winning debut on Randwick’s Kensington track. Co-trainer Sterling Alexiou said he had marvelled at the filly’s improvement over the past few months after she showed little… Read More »
After misfiring in her stable debut for Mack Hall at Narrogin, the five-year-old mare defied the outrageous odds of 200 to 1 to score one of the biggest upsets seen in Perth for years. Stunned punters were left near speechless and adding insult to injury was Queen’s Sacrifice winning the race by… Read More »
Apprentice Emily Lang’s treble at Eagle Farm on Wednesday has propelled her into the lead in the Brisbane Jockeys’ Premiership. Even with the advantage of being apprenticed to the all-powerful Tony Gollan stable, that is no mean feat, given that this is the first full metropolitan season for the young… Read More »
