Brad Rawiller will do what he can to make sure no-one else gets the ride on emerging stayer Signoff. The Caulfield Cup-winning jockey even turned down a Group One opportunity in Sydney to stick with him at Bendigo last start. And he’s looking forward to riding Signoff again at Moonee… Read More »
New Zealand Derby winner Puccini has been given a wet welcome to Sydney ahead of his bid to uphold kiwi pride in the Rosehill Guineas. The Rosehill Guineas trophy has headed across the Tasman twice in the past three years courtesy of Jimmy Choux in 2011 and It’s A Dundeel… Read More »
A Group treble for the Hawkes team at Rosehill has lost a little gloss with the news Not Listenin’tome will miss the rest of the autumn with a virus. Just a day after Messene, Traitor and Entirely Platinum stepped up for stakes wins, three-year-old Not Listenin’tome was withdrawn from his… Read More »
Zanbagh is the new ATC Oaks favourite after living up stable expectations to win the $200,000 Keith Nolan Classic at Kembla Grange on Sunday. As well as providing a result that again reaffirmed trainer Guy Walter’s affinity with fillies and racemares, the Group Three race also left no doubt Zanbagh… Read More »
Appearance has come through one fast gallop without concern and is ready for another going into the Group One George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. Always closely monitored by trainer Guy Walter because of a muscular disorder, Appearance worked strongly on Thursday in readiness to add the George Ryder… Read More »
Lightning Stakes winner Snitzerland is certain to miss the The Galaxy if trainer Gerald Ryan’s worst fears are confirmed and he believes she is unfairly weighted in the $400,000 race. Snitzerland is among first nominations for the first Group One sprint of the Sydney autumn carnival at Rosehill on Saturday…. Read More »
Shamus Award has established himself as the benchmark three-year-old in Australia but it’s a horse from across the Tasman his trainer Danny O’Brien rates the biggest danger in the Rosehill Guineas. Shamus Award, the Cox Plate and Australian Guineas winner, makes his Sydney debut in Saturday’s 2000m Group One as… Read More »
Gamblin’ Guru is much better off than his jockey after a fall on Adelaide Cup day but the incident has ruled out a trip to Sydney for the Australian Derby. Clare Lindop is nursing 15 broken ribs after the fall on March 10 and while Gamblin’ Guru was back on… Read More »
Solicit’s ATC Oaks campaign remains on track despite the filly’s defeat at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Solicit won her first two autumn runs in strong fashion but finished fourth as odds-on favourite in the Listed Alexandra Stakes won by Marianne. Co-trainer Mathew Ellerton said circumstances were against Solicit but… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker will travel to New Zealand on Thursday to answer a charge of making statements detrimental to racing on a television program. The New Zealand Judicial Control Authority will hear the charge which could cost Walker the Australian Derby ride on Puccini. Walker won the New Zealand Derby… Read More »
Mick Price will rely on Cornrow in the Golden Slipper after his team of youngsters had mixed results in the lead-up races at Rosehill. The Melbourne trainer brought four two-year-olds to Sydney on Saturday with Jabali considered his leading Slipper hope following his dashing second to Earthquake in the Blue… Read More »
The Brisbane Race Club should learn the extent of state government support for the Eagle Farm track redevelopment this week. Plans are already in place to shut down Eagle Farm, Queensland’s premier racetrack, for six months and completely restructure the course proper after the winter carnival. Eagle Farm, which has… Read More »
Glen Boss predicts Rebel Dane will announce his arrival as one of the country’s elite sprinters when he returns in next month’s $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes. Boss partnered the Gary Portelli-trained horse in a race day gallop at Rosehill on Saturday and came away adamant the four-year-old felt superior… Read More »
A famous dam was one of few clues about the potential of Our Voodoo Prince before the import’s surprise first-up win at Sandown. Our Voodoo Prince is a son of international star Ouija Board and Chris Waller paid $150,000 for him at a tried sale in England last year. However,… Read More »
An attempt to even the scoreboard with rival jockey James McDonald has earned Damien Oliver a reprimand from stewards at Rosehill. In an afternoon when several jockeys trod a fine line of competitive riding, Oliver was scrutinised for his on-track tussle with McDonald in the Ranvet Stakes when the pair… Read More »
A breakthrough stakes win to lightly raced sprinter Office Bearer at Sandown is likely to lead to a shot at a Group One sprint in Adelaide. The Peter Moody-trained Office Bearer defied a three-wide run in Saturday’s Listed City Of Greater Dandenong Stakes (1200m) to surge to the front in… Read More »
A Group double earlier in the day hardly prepared co-trainer Michael Hawkes for the emotion of a third at Rosehill. Hawkes didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when Traitor took out the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) to complete the treble after Entirely Platinum won the Sky High… Read More »
The Ranvet Stakes showdown between Fiorente and It’s A Dundeel didn’t eventuate but it might have announced the arrival of two new stars in Silent Achiever and Carlton House. While the two favourites failed to live up to expectations, Silent Achiever and the Queen’s horse exceeded them. Group One-placed in… Read More »
Apprentice Jamie Kah moved closer to making a big decision about her career after she rode Tango’s Daughter to victory at Sandown on Saturday. Tango’s Daughter’s win in the Hilton Manufacturing Handicap left Kah within four of outriding her claim but the 18-year-old says she must decide where she wants… Read More »
Jim Cassidy has given trainer Joe Pride a Group One birthday present and his fellow jockeys a lesson aboard Steps In Time in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Cassidy took the initiative early in Saturday’s fillies and mares feature, ensuring it would be a true test while giving his mare… Read More »
