The Michael Nolan trained Exotique Miss continues to go from strength to strength and her latest win … and best win to date … in the Listed Daybreak Lover at Eagle Farm over 1400m last Saturday keeps her firmly on a path to tackle the Group 1 Queensland Oaks on… Read More »
The featured Hollindale Stakes meeting … and integral part of the Queensland Winter Carnival will not take place at the Gold Coast … its traditional home … and will now instead be run at the Sunshine Coast for the second year in a row. Last year the switch was due… Read More »
The Showdown, Saturday’s feature event the Owners and Breeders Raceday at Caulfield, is not a race Steven Marsden and his family have had circled on the calendar for a long time. Not because they didn’t dream of the winning the $1 million event with bargain buy Linkvue, they just didn’t… Read More »
Racing Victoria will shortly commence a recruitment process for a new chief executive after Andrew Jones on Friday resigned from the position. Jones’ departure comes less than two years after he was recruited as the replacement for Giles Thompson. Jones said now was a good time to step aside with… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will & J D Hayes had their eyes on a wet Sydney Autumn Carnival with their mare Barbie’s Fox. While the opening day of The Champions was wet and then last Saturday’s meeting was eventually abandoned with two races remaining, Barbie’s Fox was unable to strike her preferred wet… Read More »
Mick Price is looking to add another South Australian Group 1 feature to his trophy cabinet when he saddles Vibrant Sun in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Price, who trains in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr at Cranbourne, has won three of South Australia’s four Group 1 races on multiple occasions. However, he… Read More »
Kris Lees will be represented in $775,000 The Archer for the third year in succession and he is hoping to use that experience to advantage. Lees will start Australian Bloodstock gelding Ucalledit in the 1300 metre slot race at Rockhampton on Sunday when he is banking on the addition of blinkers helping… Read More »
A week after pillaging the $5 million The Quokka aboard Overpass for the second year in succession, Josh Parr returns to Sydney racing at Rosehill intent on keeping his good form rolling. Horse and jockey have proven unbeatable in Western Australia, not only winning The Quokka for the past two years but… Read More »
A pedestrian speed along with a firmer track has provided champion trainer Chris Waller with his first win in the VRC St Leger at Flemington. And in winning the Listed race over 2800m on Thursday, Ahuriri became the first filly to win the traditional staying contest for three-year-olds on Anzac Day since… Read More »
Underrated mare Fay’s Angels has delivered Karen Owen the biggest win of her training career with an emphatic performance in the $150,000 Anzac Day Cup at Randwick’s Kensington track. The four-year-old has proven to be a breakthrough horse for Owen, also providing the trainer with her first metropolitan win at Warwick Farm… Read More »
Former Sydney premiership winning jockey Brenton Avdulla is loving life in Hong Kong as he approaches the end of his first full season and has no plans to leave. Avdulla has ridden 26 winners from 351 rides this season, striking at a healthy 13.5% including the Group 1 Queen’s Silver… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have some tough decisions to make after the impressive win of Epimeles at Flemington. A debut winner at Sandown last month, Epimeles took out the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) on Thursday, showing a touch of class. The decision for Busuttin and Young now is do they… Read More »
An unsuitable barrier at Caulfield or the possibility of a wet track at Warrnambool has Matt Cumani pondering which way to go with his rejuvenated galloper Khoekhoe. Cumani has two runners in the $175,000 VOBIS Gold Heath (2000m), the other being seven-year-old mare Tycoon Bec who drew barrier two, while Khoekhoe… Read More »
Favourite Seascape is no certainty to take her place at Rosehill with trainer Michael Freedman still weighing up his options for the promising filly. The daughter of super sire I Am Invincible controlled the race on debut at Gosford and didn’t give her rivals a chance, scoring an emphatic 4-3/4 length win. She is… Read More »
Headstrong filly Redbreast has been a work in progress, but jockey Tim Clark is optimistic they are finally winning the battle after her comprehensive victory at the Anzac Day meeting. Clark has partnered the Tulloch Lodge three-year-old in all three starts and while she got the job done breaking her maiden at… Read More »
Like most who buy at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Denise Martin might have dreamt of rich Group 1 sprint races when she bought Concello at the 2022 offering. The Star Thoroughbreds boss went to $210,000 for the filly who is a first-crop member of Widden stallion Trapeze… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees has modest expectations for Amokura when the Queensland Oaks winner resumes at Rosehill, but longer-term he is hoping she might develop into a Caulfield Cup contender. The lightly raced mare will kick off her campaign in Saturday’s Vale Lonhro Handicap (1500m) and while Lees isn’t anticipating a winning return,… Read More »
The former Victorian hoop executed the perfect frontrunning ride on What A Prince in the Geraldton Cup (2100m) and he plans to adopt similar similar tactics in the Diggers Cup (1800m) on Thursday. “I think everybody expects him to lead the race and that’s what we’ll endeavor to do,” Chris Nicoll said… Read More »
Fresh from a memorable autumn carnival in Sydney, Tyler Schiller continues to be in demand with a busy book of quality rides at Rosehill. Schiller produced one of the moments of The Championships with a daring steer to win the Doncaster Mile aboard the Les Bridge-trained Celestial Legend after spending several weeks… Read More »
When Tin Chooks commenced his current campaign last December, his trainer Kieran Regan was keen to test the waters and have a few private questions answered. Chief amongst Kieran Regan’s queries was whether Tin Chooks could develop into a consistent city horse or would he have to lower the bar and… Read More »
