Knoydart has earned his place in the Newmarket Handicap and the chance to give trainer Peter Snowden and his son Paul a victory in the final Melbourne Group One race of their tenure with Sheikh Mohammed. Darley paid a $55,000 late entry fee to run Knoydart in Saturday’s Newmarket (1200m)… Read More »
Appearance has had the wood on her Sydney weight-for-age rivals this campaign but It’s A Dundeel adds a new element to the Chipping Norton Stakes. The Guy Walter-trained Appearance has notched a Group Two double at her past two starts in the Expressway Stakes (1200m) and Apollo Stakes (1400m). Walter… Read More »
Queensland officials are confident they have overcome a water shortage at Kilcoy and the country track will be in much better condition for its next TAB meeting. Kilcoy, which once boasted Queensland’s best racing surface, is taking up the load because Ipswich, the usual midweek venue, is closed for a… Read More »
Failure to acquaint themselves with the racing rules has cost trainer Trent Busuttin and his vet Dr David Garth $2000 each. More significantly it also cost New Zealand colt El Roca the chance to run in Saturday’s Hobartville Stakes, a vital lead-up to the Group One Randwick Guineas in two… Read More »
Blake Shinn has been reminded of his responsibilities at the end of an inquiry into his ride on Zanbagh in the Light Fingers Stakes. The Oaks-bound filly finished ninth in last Saturday’s 1200m race, running the fastest last sectional time of the day. Stewards queried Shinn’s vigour during the race… Read More »
A stakes win to Adamantium capped a big day for Danny O’Brien at Flemington but the trainer will resist the temptation to back the sprinter up in the Group One Newmarket Handicap. Adamantium ($11) raced to a mid-race lead in the Listed Bob Hoysted Stakes (1000m) and despite rolling from… Read More »
A timely phone call from jockey Brad Stewart was the catalyst for Mishani Warrior to earn a crack at winter carnival glory on Saturday. Mishani Warrior ($3.80) had to win the Listed Tattersall’s Members’ Cup (1600m) at Eagle Farm to convince trainer Les Ross he was a genuine Group One… Read More »
Having followed the unexpected with the unprecedented, Shamus Award is now out to establish himself as a three-year-old without equal. Shamus Award, who is now the first horse to add the Australian Guineas to his surprise Cox Plate success of last spring, is likely run in next week’s Group One… Read More »
The pre-race drama surrounding the withdrawal of the favourite could not take the gloss off Dissident’s win in the Hobartville Stakes. El Roca was taken out of Saturday’s Group Two race at Rosehill by stewards after he was found to have been given a treatment on Friday morning against the… Read More »
Talented Mouro started his campaign aimed at the $3 million Doncaster Mile on the right note with a strong win at Flemington on Saturday. Trainer Tony McEvoy is aiming Mouro at the Doncaster at Randwick in April and the import moved to $15 for the race after his long neck… Read More »
It might be a long way from Royal Ascot to Rosehill but there was a distinctly regal flavour to the Parramatta Cup. Opinion, who won at the Royal Ascot meeting last June, ran down the Queen’s horse Carlton House to claim Saturday’s 1900m Listed race and set himself on the… Read More »
An inspired ride by Michael Walker helped Puccini justify his favouritism in the New Zealand Derby on Saturday. A noted front-runner, Puccini missed the jump and was fourth-last early in a slowly-run 2400m race at Ellerslie. But Walker moved him round the field mid-race to go outside the leader with… Read More »
Shamus Award has added an autumn Group One to his spring Cox Plate triumph with an all-the-way Australian Guineas win at Flemington. The three-year-old matched his Cox Plate heroics after jockey Craig Williams took the colt to the front in Saturday’s $500,000 race. Shamus Award ($4.50) shook off Eurozone to… Read More »
Hobartville Stakes favourite El Roca has been withdrawn from the race by stewards after a breach of the rules for pre-race treatment. The New Zealand colt, trained by Trent Busuttin, won the Eskimo Prince Stakes two weeks ago in preparation for Saturday’s Group Two race. Chief steward Murrihy said the… Read More »
Most owners employing Melbourne’s leading trainer would be prepared to take his advice. But the experience and record of Darren Weir meant nothing to Greg Mather when it came to selecting a race for his handy mare Five All. Weir admitted he didn’t think Five All was up to the… Read More »
A dominant win in the Silver Slipper has continued the rise of unbeaten filly Mossfun through the two-year-old ranks. Markets reacted to Saturday’s win at Rosehill with Mossfun, trained by the Hawkes family partnership, now second favourite for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper behind Earthquake. Her breeding suggested she would… Read More »
Glen Boss continued to capitalise on a strong book of rides with his third win in consecutive Flemington races on talented mare Angels Beach on Saturday. Boss finished third on fancied runner More Radiant in the opener at Flemington before notching three straight wins on Saint Or Sinner, Cooldini and… Read More »
Red Tracer has begun her autumn campaign the same way she has for the past three years with victory in the Group Two Millie Fox Stakes. This time around, there was a difference with the six-year-old going into Saturday’s race as a dual Group Two winner and topweight in the… Read More »
Little Wonder may seek a Group One at 1600m before the end of the season after securing the Group Three Darley Plate at Ellerslie. The Ardmore galloper won his sixth race, and his fifth at Ellerslie, when he outfinished Rich’n Unhitched and favourite Durham Lad on Saturday. Little Wonder was… Read More »
Improving stayer Storm Fabulador covered a lot of ground before scoring his first metropolitan win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Storm Fabulador ($21) won a slogging battle beating Caballo Rapido ($7) by a half neck with 1-1/4 lengths to favourite Senta Desert ($2.80) in the Tattersall’s Club Handicap (2200m). Now… Read More »
