Todd Pollard is a young trainer quickly making a name for himself after taking out a trainer’s licence in his own right in February. At Eagle Farm on Saturday, for the second Saturday meeting at that venue in a row (separated by the Ipswich Cup meeting), Pollard saddled a Listed… Read More »
It was a rough ride for punters in the $200,000 Battle of the Bush Final at Eagle Farm where Roll Up ($18), Ka Bling ($26) and Esta Dia ($18) finished first, second and third respectively. Roll Up is trained by the Charleville-based William Pugsley and was ridden by Luke Nolen… Read More »
As is the case, more often than not, trainer Peter Snowden landed another Queensland Winter Carnival win to his long list of achievements when The Machine Gun shot down his opposition in the Listed Tattersall’s Stakes at Eagle Farm. Patience is not only a virtue in racing, it is an… Read More »
Asterix ($4.20), a seven-year-old, Chris Waller-trained son of Tavistock, proved to be too strong for Pounding ($3.70) in the Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup at Eagle Farm, edging away from his only rival late in the running after these two runners had joined issue inside the final 100m. While there might… Read More »
Yellow Brick bounced back to his formidable best to claim victory in the $200,000 Group 3 W J Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm. The Tony and Maddysen Sears-trained six-year-old was never in contention in the Stradbroke Handicap in his previous start, a race the stable has long coveted, but his… Read More »
It was only two years ago but Munhamek’s victory in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final seems a lifetime ago. Nick Ryan’s stable stalwart was eight when he achieved the Flemington feat and he’ll be looking to emulate that with another eight-year-old this Saturday when Highlights lines up. Both horses came… Read More »
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 »
