Star Of India, once a Group 1 Epsom Derby contender, is poised to make his return after 82 weeks, targeting the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday. The Annabel Neasham-trained star, undefeated in Australia, last graced the track with a stunning debut victory in the Rosehill Gold… Read More »
Mike Moroney is stepping back from his co-trainer role at Ballymore Stables in New Zealand, with Pam Gerard set to assume full control. The decision marks the culmination of an 18-month plan aimed at ensuring both stables’ future success. “We’ve been working on a plan for the past 18 months… Read More »
She has held the mantle as the world’s best sprinter, the world’s highest-rated mare and now Imperatriz can add most expensive broodmare ever sold in Australasia to her list of accomplishments. The 10-time Group 1 winner lived up to her billing as the glamour lot of this year’s Magic millions National Broodmare… Read More »
Chain Of Lightning will continue her racing career, but a trip to Royal Ascot remains unlikely for the mare who was the first seven-figure lot of this year’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast. The daughter of Fighting Sun on Tuesday got to $2.5 million before being knocked down… Read More »
Blake Shinn is one of Australia’s leading riders, but he will need to go to even greater heights if he can land the Queensland Derby on Warmonger. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained three-year-old drew the widest gate in the Group 1 race over 2400m at Eagle Farm on Saturday…. Read More »
Luke Nolen this weekend runs the risk of being presented with the same issues that confronted James Mcdonald in the Doomben 10,000 after Tuesday morning’s Kingsford Smith Cup barrier draw. The Victorian jockey goes back aboard I Wish I Win, who will start from the inside alley in the $1 million Group 1… Read More »
Ciaron Maher’s exceptional mare, Pride Of Jenni, is already back in training for the Spring Carnival after her Queen Elizabeth Stakes victory last month. Assistant trainer Jack Turnbull provided an update, noting her significant weight gain and plans for a gradual return to work over the next few weeks. Pride… Read More »
Dual-licence holder Steven Pateman is set to make a comeback to racing after an 11-month ban for a cobalt charge dating back to 2017. With 13 horses in work at his property alongside wife Jess, Pateman could be back in the saddle as soon as this weekend at Sandown’s Sunday… Read More »
Tony Gollan knows this Saturday’s Kingsford Smith Cup will be the toughest test of Antino’s career, but he is confident the five-year-old can be a factor in the $1 million event. Queensland’s leading trainer has described the 1300-metre event, one of two Group 1 races at Eagle Farm this Saturday, as the… Read More »
Luke Nolen will be back in the saddle for I Wish I Win in Saturday’s Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Nolen missed the Group 1 star’s previous runs this campaign but has re-claimed the ride from James McDonald, who is unavailable. Nolen has ridden I Wish I… Read More »
Finding suitable races for a dour stayer at this time of year is a challenge for even Australia’s most accomplished horsemen, just ask Chris Waller. Waller has his sights set on Selino defending his Brisbane Cup crown but says working out how to get him there has required a bit of… Read More »
Jason Warren is hoping he will not have to wait as long between his second and third Group 1 wins as he did between his first and second. It was more than 11 years between Group 1 drinks for Warren when Benedetta won The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on May 11. Warren… Read More »
Australasian bloodstock history is tipped to be made on the Gold Coast this week when star sprinting mare Imperatriz is offered for sale by Magic Millions. The five-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible, a winner of 10 Group 1 races, is the star attraction of the first day of the National… Read More »
Trainer Annabel Neasham has landed a second victory in the Doomben Cup with a horse she said was well over the odds. Imported galloper Bois D’Argent held off a late bid from New Endeavour to follow the win of Zaaki for Neasham in 2021 in the Group 1 2000m weight-for-age contest. Ridden… Read More »
Having begun the day questioning how well The Black Cloud had come back this campaign, Joe Pride ended it by labelling her a stakes-class horse in the making. The Proven Thoroughbreds filly took her record to three wins from four starts with a rousing first-up victory in Saturday’s Taylor Construction Handicap… Read More »
John Sargent is crossing his fingers that Casual Connection’s narrow victory at Randwick will give him a sufficient ratings boost to squeeze into the field for the Brisbane Cup. A renowned trainer of stayers, Sargent saddled up two runners in the two-mile race last year, Essential Sky who finished fifth and Outlandos ninth,… Read More »
A belated shot at the Brisbane winter carnival is among the options for lightly raced filly Aemelius after she upstaged a handy field of two-year-olds to win the opening race at Randwick. Having just her second start, the Annabel Neasham-trained youngster, who started at $12 with betting sites, went back to… Read More »
Read what the jockeys had to say about their rides in the 2024 Doomben Cup on Saturday 25th May. Blake Shinn (Bois D’argent): Doomben Cup Success: “I’m a bit emotional for this one because obviously my last one was Streamer with Guy Walter, so after I realised I’d won it, straight… Read More »
A return to Sandown has paid a dividend for Lindsay Park galloper Le Ferrari who led home a one-two finish for Ben, Will and J D Hayes. Le Ferrari over-ran stablemate Rheinberg to claim the Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Ridden by Ben Allen, Le Ferrari ($10) overhauled Rheinberg ($7.50) in… Read More »
Chris Waller has labelled Scarlet Oak a “rising star” after the lightly raced filly staked her Group One Queensland Oaks claims with a classy win over stablemate Mare Of Mt Buller in the Doomben Roses. The filly has come a long way in a short time, making a winning debut in New Zealand… Read More »
