Dual stakes placegetter Imprimis gets her chance to break through for her first win after trainer Mick Cerchi opted to start her at Caulfield on Monday. The Flemington trainer had the daughter of Group One winner Magnus nominated for Saturday’s $70,000 Melbourne’s Greatest Ever Easter Egg Hunt Hcp (1100m) but… Read More »
Group One winner Triple Honour takes the next step on his comeback trail at Eagle Farm on Monday with new trainer Robert Heathcote confident he is poised to rediscover his best form. The 2008 Doncaster Handicap winner, Triple Honour was formerly trained by Chris Waller in Sydney and was temporarily… Read More »
Con Karakatsanis has already won two Stradbroke Handicaps with Black Piranha and the veteran campaigner will spearhead his assault on the Group One again this year. Black Piranha, who claimed back-to-back Stradbroke wins in 2009-10, has returned to Karakatsanis’ Rosehill stables after a brief stint with Anthony Freedman in Melbourne…. Read More »
Talented mare Ay Dee Bee continues her build up to the Tamworth Cup at Muswellbrook on Monday. The Luke Griffith-trained five-year-old, a Greg Ryan mount, tackles the Arrowfield Stud Hcp (1280m). On the comeback trail after undergoing an operation to correct a hairline joint fracture, the daughter of Catcher In… Read More »
It had been widely touted prior to Saturday as the best Sydney raceday in many a year, and only the most hardened punter would disagree following today’s Golden Slipper day at Rosehill.
A victory to Western Symbol put the icing on the cake for one of champion trainer Gai Waterhouse’s greatest days at the track on Saturday. Waterhouse had already won the $3.5 million Golden Slipper with Pierro and $400,000 Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes with More Joyous before Western… Read More »
What the jockeys said after the $3.5 million Group One Golden Slipper at Rosehill. NASH RAWILLER (Pierro) 1st: Outstanding, wasn’t he? He made his own luck today. I was pretty confident a long way out. It’s as confident as what you would see me ride I reckon. COREY BROWN (Snitzerland)… Read More »
After making Sydney his home for the past five years, premier jockey Nash Rawiller finally got to savour victory in the city’s flagship race at Rosehill on Saturday. Rawiller was lured to Sydney by trainer Gai Waterhouse in 2007 and on Saturday the pair combined with outstanding colt Pierro to… Read More »
Sydney-based apprentice Chad Schofield blew most punters out of the Caulfield quadrella on outsider Red Typhoon, his first winner in Victoria. Schofield, 18, is the son of Hay List’s regular rider Glyn Schofield and he decided to experience riding in Melbourne while senior jockeys dominate the Sydney carnival. At Caulfield… Read More »
Queen of the turf Gai Waterhouse proved herself a visionary with her fourth triumph in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper, the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. “Gai said six months ago this horse was going to win the Golden Slipper,” winning jockey Nash Rawiller said after piloting the Waterhouse-trained Pierro… Read More »
The next best thing to being the real owner of the Golden Slipper winner is to be the temporary “owner”. That thrill came complete with a $100,000 windfall on Saturday for Sydney lawyer Gary Cluff. His victory in Rosehill’s “Win The Slipper” promotion came courtesy of a lucky door prize… Read More »
Chris Waller was moved to tears when problem-laden gelding Metal Bender scooted along the inside to deliver him a third successive Group One George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. The winner of the Randwick and Rosehill Guineas as a three-year-old when prepared by the late Jack Denham, Metal Bender’s… Read More »
When connections of Queensland filly Doubtfilly paid the $150,000 late entry fee to run in the Golden Slipper, trainer Stuart Kendrick admitted it was a decision based on heart, not logic. But the youngster gave her owners and trainer the thrill of a lifetime with a cracking fourth to the… Read More »
The patience of father and son co-trainers Lee and Shannon Hope and long-time stable client Ken Beck paid off when lightly-raced four-year-old Folding Gear ran away with Saturday’s Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield. The Johar gelding had already shown a liking for Caulfield where he won the Group Two… Read More »
Globetrotting jockey Grant Cooksley enhanced his reputation as one of racing’s calmest riders when he lifted Cariad to a narrow victory in the $100,000 Bright Shadow Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Cooksley was at his patient best aboard the wayward Cariad and he didn’t panic when Funtantes dashed clear… Read More »
Smokin’ Joey, who has blazed his way through his autumn campaign, could tempt trainer Anthony Freedman to take him to Queensland for key winter features after a dominant win in the Victoria Handicap at Caulfield. Heavily backed from $4.80 to $3.60 favouritism, the four-year-old made it three wins in a… Read More »
Pierro has lived up to a prediction trainer Gai Waterhouse made last year with a stirring $3.5 million Golden Slipper win at Rosehill on Saturday. “Gai Waterhouse said six months ago this horse was going to win the Golden Slipper,” winning jockey Nash Rawiller said. “(At the time) I shook… Read More »
More Joyous became the first dual winner of the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes with one of her most dominant performances at Rosehill on Saturday. The star of Sydney racing brought up the sixth Group One of her career as she left her rivals in her wake in… Read More »
Peter Moody is most famous as the trainer of Black Caviar but the depth of his skill was showcased at Rosehill on Saturday when the rejuvenated Manighar raced away with the $2.25 million BMW. The European import has been a revelation under Moody, who only took over his training from… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Moment Of Change appreciated a home ground advantage when he bounced back from a disappointing Sydney campaign to score at Caulfield. Trained by Peter Moody, the son of Barely A Moment was more settled and gave jockey Linda Meech a relaxed ride as he powered away to land… Read More »
