A belated decision to start Sharnee Rose proved savvy after the mare posted an important black-type win in Saturday’s Group Three Golden Pendant at Rosehill. Sharnee Rose was not among original nominations for the 1400m race but when trainer Kris Lees saw the entries he added her to the mix…. Read More »
Apprentice Kirk Matheson departed from the script but still achieved a winning result aboard Vintage Moss in the GOA Billboards Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Before the race, Matheson planned to settle close to the speed aboard Vintage Moss but when the gelding dwelt as the gates opened… Read More »
A hobby trainer with one well-related horse celebrated a milestone win at Mornington on Saturday. Matthew Gilmore prepared five-year-old gelding Tallat, a half-brother to $3 million earner Fiumicino, to score a first-up win in the EJ & NA Turner Handicap (1200m). An electrician by trade, Gilmore said Tallat was the… Read More »
Champagne Cath has finally claimed the stakes win her trainer has always known was within her grasp, leading all the way in the Reginald Allen Quality at Rosehill. Chris Waller said it was a relief to see the lightly raced filly take out the 1400m Listed race on Saturday and… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse would have been excused for second guessing the riding tactics aboard Julienas at Rosehill on Saturday. The windy conditions had contributed to the defeat of her first two runners – Ecuador and Aussies Love Sport – who came undone as odds-on favourites in the opening two races. Both… Read More »
Ambitious spring carnival goals are on the agenda for Missy Longstocking after her winning comeback at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ridden by apprentice Aidan Holt, Missy Longstocking, the $2.70 favourite, edged past Sinister Prince ($15) in the final stages of the Powerade Handicap (1000m) to win by three-quarters of a… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Eurozone goes to the paddock as the winner of the Group Two Stan Fox Stakes and will be prepared for an ambitious autumn campaign. The colt, who ran sixth in the $1 million Golden Rose, is trained by Bart and James Cummings and will be spelled after his… Read More »
A last-start Group Two placing from Eclair Big Bang confirmed jockey Dom Tourneur’s opinion that he is up to the challenge in Sunday’s Caulfield Guineas Prelude. Eclair Big Bang went into the Danehill Stakes last start as the winner of his only two runs in Adelaide and he acquitted himself… Read More »
Blustery conditions have been blamed for the downfall of odds-on favourite Ecuador but he lost no lustre in the eyes of trainer Gai Waterhouse despite his defeat at Rosehill on Saturday. Sent out a slightly easy $1.40 favourite for the Kari Aboriginal Resources Inc Handicap (1900m), Ecuador made the running… Read More »
Buffering has pulled up sore after finishing second to Samaready in the Group One A J Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Melissa Leitch, who is supervising Buffering’s Melbourne campaign for trainer Robert Heathcote, noticed the gelding was lame in his near fore hoof on Saturday morning. “Melissa… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote says Nash Rawiller and a kind barrier can help Solzhenitsyn in his bid for another Melbourne Group One win at Caulfield on Sunday. One of seven elite level winners in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), Solzhenitsyn returns to the scene of his most important win in… Read More »
Damien Oliver will appeal the severity of a 10-meeting careless riding suspension which soured his winning treble at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Unless he is successful in having time shaved off his penalty, Oliver will miss the ride on Australian Oaks winner Royal Descent in Saturday week’s Group One… Read More »
Comeback mare Samaready announced she was back to the big time and better than ever with a commanding victory in the Group One Moir Stakes on Friday night. Last year’s Blue Diamond winner spent a year on the sidelines with hindquarter injury but returned as a Group Three winner last… Read More »
Samaready has won the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley, relegating star Queensland sprinter Buffering to second after he led the field into the straight. It was the 10th Group One minor placing for Buffering but completed a triumphant comeback for 2012 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready who spent a year… Read More »
Damien Oliver has had to survive a lengthy protest from Craig Williams to land the first Group win of his comeback aboard Divine Calling in the Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. Divine Calling, the $3.20 favourite, came from back in the field in Friday night’s Group Two 1600m race… Read More »
A well-judged front-running ride from Craig Williams has helped Sydney filly Thump to a convincing victory over Miracles Of Life at Moonee Valley. Williams controlled the speed on Thump ($6) in Friday night’s Group Three Champagne Stakes (1200m) and the filly kicked strongly around the bend, racing clear to defeat… Read More »
Five months after More Joyous ran her last race, the controversy over her unplaced performance in the All Aged Stakes continued in Sydney on Friday. Trainer Gai Waterhouse appeared before the Racing NSW Appeal Panel to fight her convictions and fines for failing to report a condition which could affect… Read More »
The $120,000 Listed R M Ansett Classic at Mornington on Saturday could be the last race for Ipswich Cup winner Anagold if she can’t produce a winning performance. Trainer Mick Price, who took over the five-year-old mare’s training from Queensland trainer Bryan Guy, said Anagold’s future might lay in the… Read More »
Five months after More Joyous ran her last race, the controversy over her unplaced performance in the All Aged Stakes continued in Sydney on Friday. Trainer Gai Waterhouse appeared before the Racing NSW Appeal Panel to fight her convictions and fines for failing to report a condition which could affect… Read More »
Savvy Nature’s rating as the main danger to his colt Drago has only heightened trainer Anthony Cummings’s expectations going into the $200,000 Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. While Cummings respects the Spring Stakes as a lead-up race to the Gloaming, he’s hardly overwhelmed by the result. His filly Wordplay… Read More »
