Clarry Conners snr, the father of leading trainer Clarry Conners, has died aged 97. Affectionately known as Curly, Conners was a trainer for many years, starting off in the country shortly after the second World War. He moved to Warwick Farm in the 1960s with his 17-year-old son at his… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy has escaped injury in a race fall at Ellerslie in New Zealand. McEvoy was one of several Australian jockeys who headed to Auckland to ride at the meeting on Sunday which featured the $1 million Karaka Million for two-year-olds. The retained jockey for Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley in Australia,… Read More »
Things have taken a turn for the better for premier Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote with Fillydelphia taking out the Listed $100,000 Sunshine Coast Cup. By his own standards, Heathcote has been having a lean trot but Fillydelphia ($9) responded to a fine ride from Damian Browne in Sunday’s 1400m feature…. Read More »
Darren Weir holds a 10-win lead in the Melbourne trainers’ premiership but his major chances of Group One success this season will be in Adelaide. Weir is aiming two of his stable stars, dual Group One-winner Platelet and classy filly May’s Dream at the South Australian carnival. Platelet will chase… Read More »
A decision on whether Streama kicks off her next campaign in Sydney or Melbourne will be made after the mare runs in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm. Trainer Guy Walter will keep the mare to Group One weight-for-age races in the lead-up to the Doncaster on April 12 and… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Polanski will be among the stars on show in barrier trials at Cranbourne this week. The three-year-old will be making his first public appearance on Thursday since his Derby win in preparation for his return on February 8. Trainer Robbie Laing said the Group One weight-for-age Orr… Read More »
As Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Rubick gets ready to go to Melbourne, trainer Gerald Ryan will turn some of his attention to another of his two-year-olds at home. Inglis Classic winner Peggy Jean will run at Rosehill on Saturday after which the trainer will decide whether to keep her going… Read More »
A few months ago Max Whitby was so disappointed with A Touch Of Ruby he decided her future lay as a brood mare. It still does, but with an added bonus after the pregnant mare bowed out a Group One winner of Saturday’s Thorndon Mile at Trentham. Whitby, a Sydney… Read More »
Peter Moody has black-type ambitions for stablemates Spirit Of Heaven and Miralago who kick off their campaigns in the same race at Mornington. The three-year-olds resume in Monday’s benchmark 70 Handicap (1225m) for fillies and mares with the plan to progress to either the Vanity Stakes or Angus Armanasco Stakes… Read More »
Whether as a jockey, trainer or mentor to apprentices, horse racing has been Ron Quinton’s life. The popular horseman has been recognised for service to the industry, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Sunday. Champion Sydney apprentice in 1967, Quinton went on to claim the jockeys’… Read More »
In a decade at the helm of the NSW racing industry, Peter V’landys has overseen some of the most tumultuous events to strike the sport. The chief executive of Racing NSW has been recognised for his efforts to ensure the future of the state’s industry, including the delivery of a… Read More »
An upset win in the John Dillon Stakes on Finishing Card capped a big day at Caulfield for star apprentice Chad Schofield. The victory aboard the Clinton McDonald-trained Finishing Card in the 1400m Listed race gave Schofield a winning treble on Saturday. Seven-year-old Finishing Card ($17), backing up from a… Read More »
Craig Grylls became the first jockey in 27 years to ride the Thorndon Mile-Wellington Cup double at Trentham on Saturday. Grylls guided $48 longshot A Touch Of Ruby home to win the Group One Thorndon (1600m), and later took out the Group Two Wellington Cup (2400m) aboard Graphic, who is… Read More »
A new look Tegan Harrison repaid an old debt when she helped rookie trainer Lacey Morrison score her biggest win to date at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Harrison led all the way on Tukiyo ($14) to beat Avaladyluck ($10) by a short head with a half neck to Darlin’ Jules… Read More »
Peter Snowden added to his Blue Diamond fire power with Mohave’s Preview win at Caulfield on Saturday but the most impressive Diamond trial of the day wasn’t in Melbourne. The Snowden-trained Earthquake had been favourite for the Blue Diamond since betting opened but she was displaced on Saturday after the… Read More »
Having produced former New Zealander Travolta to win the Listed Australia Day Cup at Randwick, Gai Waterhouse will now send him back to his homeland for a bigger prize. Waterhouse nominated the Group One Auckland Cup (3200m) on March 5 as the target for Travolta who prevailed in a head… Read More »
The bookies friend Carn struck again at Eagle Farm on Saturday when he won his third city race at huge odds. Ridden by Alisha Taylor, Carn ($81) knocked out just about everyone in the first leg of the quadrella when he beat favourite Walhaan ($3.70) by a half neck in… Read More »
The winning run of the Hawkes training team has continued at Randwick with the promising Saralago turning the tables on her last-start conqueror Pheidon. The Gai Waterhouse-trained Pheidon and Darley’s Agadir both went into the Inglis Bonus (1600m) unbeaten but could not contain the finishing sprint of Saralago who began… Read More »
A minor setback ended hopes of a Magic Millions campaign for Eloping but the smart two-year-old earned her shot at the Blue Diamond Stakes with victory in the fillies Preview at Caulfield. The Peter Morgan and Craig Widdison-trained Eloping came into Saturday’s Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) for fillies on… Read More »
BRISBANE Jan 25 AAP – Tough gelding Rocky King overcame a back injury to confirm his rating as one of Australia’s most consistent 1000m horses on Saturday at Eagle Farm. Rocky King ($4.60) made it 10 wins from 15 starts in 1000m-1050m races when he scored by 1-1/2 lengths to… Read More »
