In a vote of confidence, Dylan Gibbons has delayed an end of season holiday in order to partner emerging stayer Thebudgiesmugla in the Caloundra Cup. Gibbons was due to take an overseas break following Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara meeting at Eagle Farm but postponed it once trainer Bjorn Baker’s racing manager, Luke Hilton,… Read More »
Siena Grima continues to chip away at Braith Nock’s premiership lead as the race for the Sydney apprentices’ title adds an intriguing addendum to the final weeks of the season. Last year’s champion junior rider, Nock drew first blood at Rosehill on Saturday with a Highway Handicap (1500m) victory aboard… Read More »
Grahame Begg had the Group 1 Tatts Tiara (1400m) circled a long way out for talented mare Splash Back and the long-range plan came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Since finishing down the track in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in the Spring, Begg… Read More »
Irish jockey Adam Farragher has celebrated a career milestone, winning his first stakes race aboard the Ciaron Maher-trained Glory Daze in the Listed W J McKell Cup at Rosehill. Farragher had ridden seven black-type placegetters, including one at Group 2 level in the UK, but was thrilled to get a… Read More »
Alexander Rae is enjoying a fantastic run of form of late which continued on Saturday at Caulfield as I’m Foxing showed her rivals a clean set of heels in the MRC Membership Made Of Moments Handicap (1000m). Despite having won her past three starts, the filly by I Am Immortal… Read More »
Relief was Tom Charlton’s first emotion after King Pedro atoned for a series of luckless defeats with a dominant performance in the Stayers Cup at Rosehill. Since winning at Gosford in November, the lightly raced gelding had finished runner-up in four of his subsequent five starts and Charlton admitted he… Read More »
It’s not the race morning call a jockey wants to get, but Reece Jones’ commitment to waste for a pick-up ride has been rewarded with Lighthouse Lass overcoming a tardy start to post her second career win. Returning from a week-long break, Jones had been booked for five rides at… Read More »
Greg Eurell may have a smart two-year-old in his hands in the form of Lucky Brook, who won the Sportsbet Race Previews Handicap (1000m) to open the card at Caulfield on Saturday. By Lucky Vega, the debutant had won four jump outs and converted that winning attitude to race day,… Read More »
Wins don’t come much more impressive than that achieved by the Shane and Adam Barling trained Cool Gent when he won the Listed Oxlade Stakes over 1200m in an eye-catching last-to-first performance two weeks ago … and he gets the chance to frank that form when he runs in the… Read More »
Lucy Fiore will get her first taste of racing action in Queensland when she partners the Daniel Morton trained Super Smink in the Group 1 Tatts Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday. A star rider in Western Australia, Fiore has enjoyed a rousing run of success in that state in… Read More »
It was a close result, but no cigar, for Emily Lang when she had to settle for second place on the Tony Gollan trained Rough Cause in her last race as an apprentice at Eagle Farm on Wednesday. It would have been nice for her to go out as a… Read More »
The barrier is not one of them, but Michael Kent Jnr sees enough positives to result in an improved performance from Biancelli at Caulfield this Saturday. The one-time promising filly will chase her first win more than a year in the $130,000 Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives F&M BM84 Handicap (1100m)…. Read More »
Anything Mountjoy achieves for the remainder of the campaign can be considered a bonus, but the Ballarat filly gets her shot at a lucrative Stakes victory this Saturday in Adelaide. The Henry Dwyer-trained two-yerar-old will contest the $120,000 David Peacock Oaklands Plate (1400m) on the Morphettville Parks track. Mountjoy was… Read More »
If Ben Hayes has learnt one thing with Madiyya over her career, it is that you can’t count on too many opportunities each preparation with her. Hence, narrow defeats at her past two starts have been particularly hard to stomach. The daughter of Super Seth has been beaten in a… Read More »
Midnight In Tokyo will provide emerging trainer Todd Pollard with an opportunity to claim a breakthrough Group 1 victory when she contests Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. The New Zealand-born horseman only launched his own Brisbane stable in February after spending several years as foreman for Annabel Neasham and… Read More »
The recent spate of wet weather in Brisbane prompted Peter Snowden to rejig Tuileries’ build-up to the Tattersall’s Tiara, but he remained confident it wouldn’t impact her winning chances. The four-year-old was scheduled to tackle the Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) two weeks ago but was scratched due to the heavy… Read More »
A minor placing in midweek grade might not seem like an ideal form reference for the Stayers Cup, but Adrian Bott is banking on natural improvement and fitness helping Centenario make the transition. The former New Zealander finished third over 2400m on the Kensington track last start and with the… Read More »
The Tattersall’s Cup has been the winter target for Future History all campaign, and if the gelding can win it, a start in the Melbourne Cup will become a realistic goal. The eight-year-old, who contested Australia’s most famous race in 2023, has been competing in great heart this season, stringing together… Read More »
A below par result last start might look like the effects of a busy preparation, but Peter Snowden is adamant Touristic remains bright and well, and he expects the horse to prove it at Rosehill. Having kicked off his campaign in the Festival Stakes (1500m) in November, Touristic will line… Read More »
Andrew Bobbin looks pretty clever given what Miracle Spin is doing this time in, but he concedes he hasn’t always felt that smart. The Stawell trainer wondered after a winless three-run spring campaign, which concluded with a 23-length last placing in the Penshurst Cup, whether Miracle Spin would even have… Read More »
