Atlantic Jewel’s jockey Michael Rodd says the glamour mare was beaten fair and square in the Underwood Stakes but is confident of a better outcome in the Cox Plate. Atlantic Jewel’s winning streak ended in her 10th start in the Underwood Stakes when It’s A Dundeel wore her down in… Read More »
The best racehorse to leave New Zealand in a decade is set to take control of the Australian spring racing carnival. It’s A Dundeel, a horse who played second fiddle to only Black Caviar in the autumn, can now be regarded as second-to-none after winning the Group One Underwood Stakes… Read More »
Glen Colless has been suspended following an inquiry into a fall at Eagle Farm on Saturday which saw apprentice Anthony Allen lucky to escape serious injury. Allen’s mount Mishani Gladiator fell near the 200m mark of the Canadian Club Handicap (1200m) when the gelding clipped the heels of the winner… Read More »
Darley’s sluggish start to the season turned around in spectacular fashion at Randwick on Saturday with a treble of stakes race victories. The normally powerful operation had had just three city winners since August 1 going into the George Main Stakes meeting. It could have read much better if not… Read More »
Melbourne stewards are close to losing patience with jockey Glen Boss’s renowned victory celebrations. Boss was hit with a $2000 fine for his high-in-the-irons histrionics after winning the Naturalism Stakes on Mr O’Ceirin at Caulfield on Saturday. Chief steward Terry Bailey pointed out the fine took Boss’s accumulated penalties since… Read More »
Mr O’Ceirin, second in the Naturalism Stakes last year, went one better at Caulfield on Saturday and earned himself a start in the Group One Caulfield Cup. In a slowly run 2000m race, Mr O’Ceirin ($7.50) defeated the Peter Moody-trained Kesampour ($12) by a length. The Mick Price-trained foreign import… Read More »
Everything is falling into place for Moriarty’s spring finale in the Group One Metropoitan with the six-year-old winning his lead-up at Randwick on Saturday. Trainer Chris Waller has deliberately aimed the Brisbane Cup winner’s preparation at Sydney’s spring staying feature. He served notice with his sustained run from near last… Read More »
Apprentice Chad Schofield scored the biggest win of his career aboard Gregers in Saturday’s Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude. And the young rider already has his eyes on an even bigger prize with the David Hayes-trained filly in the Group One Thousand Guineas next month. Gregers ($6.50) confirmed her claims… Read More »
Glamour mare Atlantic Jewel has been beaten for the first time, losing her perfect record in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Shooting for her 10th win from as many starts, Atlantic Jewel was edged out by the New Zealand four-year-old It’s A Dundeel in the Group One weight-for-age… Read More »
The up-and-coming Boban has added his name to Chris Waller’s list of Epsom Handicap runners after trouncing his rivals in Saturday’s Group Three Bill Ritchie Handicap at Randwick. The four-year-old was brilliant, idling up on the inside of the leaders in the straight before bursting clear for a 3-3/4 length… Read More »
A 100th Group One win wasn’t meant to be for Jim Cassidy at Randwick on Saturday but he could get another chance as soon as next weekend. Cassidy was shooting to become just the third Australasian jockey to post a century of wins at the top level when he partnered… Read More »
Her trainer’s faith has never wavered and Streama has repaid Guy Walter with her third Group One win in Saturday’s George Main Stakes at Randwick. The race was a letdown for Jim Cassidy who had been striving for Group One win No. 100 on Hawkspur who finished fourth with Royal… Read More »
Dolly Dolly booked an interstate trip after she foiled a plunge on runner-up Hour Of Peril at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Dolly Dolly ($9.50) was brought with a well-timed finish by apprentice Brooke Richardson to win the Nestea Iced Tea Handicap (1500m) by a head. In the process she upstaged… Read More »
An opal miner who also dabbles in lobster fishing got lucky in another business when Out Of Coober scored a shock win at Caulfield on Saturday. Out Of Coober, a galloper who had performed only moderately in Adelaide at his three runs before winning this month’s Mildura Cup, overwhelmed his… Read More »
A Group Three win at Caulfield on Saturday is just the start of what connections of Catkins hope she can achieve by season’s end. The Chris Waller-trained Catkins, favourite at $2.90, showed her fighting qualities to deny Hi Belle ($16) by a half head in Saturday’s Sportingbet Spint Series Heat… Read More »
Champion jockey Jimmy Cassidy has been denied a 100th Group One win at Randwick on Saturday. Cassidy was left on 99 Group One victories when his George Main Stakes mount Hawkspur finished fourth in the weight-for-age race. The veteran rider, who won his first Group One race in 1981, is… Read More »
A well-orchestrated betting plunge came off at Randwick on Saturday when Barbed stormed home to win the Listed Heritage Stakes at just his second start. His win was the second leg of a three-year-old stakes double for Darley trainer Peter Snowden and jockey Hugh Bowman who was filling in for… Read More »
He may be thankful for the work but Damien Oliver certainly delivered the goods for Gai Waterhouse at Caulfield following his recent return from an enforced 10-month lay-off from riding. After guiding home the Waterhouse-trained Rockford in The Inglis Bonus Handicap (1700m) on Saturday, the champion jockey recalled how he… Read More »
The Cox Plate remains an option for powerhouse filly Guelph after she returned to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s Group Two Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick. A dual Group One-winning juvenile, Guelph was narrowly beaten as an odds-on favourite in the Furious Stakes (1200m) but she made amends in emphatic… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy had put his promising three-year-old Iconic to the test in five races in three states before Saturday’s Nine West Handicap at Caulfield without forming a solid opinion of the horse. But Iconic’s effort to produce the turn of foot that carried him to the third and most… Read More »
