Lindsay Park will take a number of their spring hopefuls to the country track of Tatura for an important set of trials. Caulfield and Melbourne Cups contenders Ventura Storm and Harlem will trial over 1400m on Tuesday while sprinters and middle distance gallopers Redkirk Warrior, Sheidel, Dibiyani and Red Bomber… Read More »
Talented Saint Patrick’s Day is back in trainer Chris Munce’s stables but will miss the spring with the Magic Millions carnival in mind. Saint Patrick’s Day won the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm in April, beating subsequent Group One winner Capital Gain. A month later he was fourth on… Read More »
Apprentice Ruby Ride hopes she can continue her successful comeback by having her indentures extended. She has ridden 110 winners of which 17 are in the city meaning she has some time to utilise her allowance. She is due to complete her apprenticeship in November but will apply for an… Read More »
Despite giving the racing world a scare in the Warwick Stakes where she missed the jump by four lengths settling at the back of the field and only narrowly beating her stablemate Foxplay on the line she has pulled up in great order says trainer Chris Waller. It was Winx’s… Read More »
Jockey Craig Williams has been slapped with a $2000 fine after loading Hartnell with more weight than he needed to carry in his P B Lawrence Stakes win at Caulfield. Williams realised when he got to the barriers he was wearing a lighter vest than the one he weighed out… Read More »
The victory of eight-year-old Here To There at Caulfield has given apprentice Ethan Brown his greatest thrill in racing. Brown couldn’t believe his fortune at guiding Here To There home a winner in Thebigscreencompany.com.au Handicap on Saturday. Apprenticed to Mick Kent at Cranbourne, Brown first started working with horses in… Read More »
Vega Magic has shown he will be a force in the first Group One race of the season after carrying a big weight to a first-up win in the Regal Roller Stakes at Caulfield. The former Perth sprinter won the Group One Goodwood (1200m) in Adelaide in his first start… Read More »
Super Too has continued a day of Randwick track records in winning the Primo Handicap at Randwick. Under instructions from trainer Marc Conners, jockey Blake Shinn put the hammer down from the outset and Super Too built a big enough lead to hold off her rivals. Super Too ($4.20) scored… Read More »
Deploy has gone from talented sprinter to track record holder at Randwick with his victory in the Group Three Show County Quality. The Gerald Ryan-trained Deploy ($4.20) clocked 1:08.06 for the 1200 metres to take .09s off That’s A Good Idea’s previous mark set in 2013. Saturday’s surface was rated… Read More »
Winx never fails to disappoint Debbie Kepitis but the miracle the champion racemare conjured in the Warwick Stakes win left the part-owner awestruck. “To actually get there on the line like she knows, she put every single bit of herself in that win,” a shaking, teary Kepitis said. The two-time… Read More »
Godolphin’s decision to head to Melbourne with Hartnell and bypass champion mare Winx has paid an immediate dividend with a PB Lawrence Stakes win at Caulfield. Hartnell had the 1400m Group Two race at his mercy soon after jockey Craig Williams jumped the gelding from the barriers and had him… Read More »
A fast-finishing win in the Vain Stakes at Caulfield has set the platform for what could be an exciting spring for unbeaten colt Jukebox. The Ciaron Maher-trained Jukebox won his two starts as a juvenile before being scratched by stewards on the eve of the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes… Read More »
Sweet Redemption has made a successful return to racing in the Group Three Toy Show Quality at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mare led with Adam Hyeronimus and withstood the late challenges of Euro Angel ($4) and Imposing Lass ($3.10 favourite), to score by a long head. Bott… Read More »
Just when it seemed the unthinkable was about to happen, Winx has rallied to restore the equilibrium and win the Warwick Stakes. In front of a Randwick crowd used to cheering her home down the straight, there was silence on Saturday as the champion made her move from last and… Read More »
