The progressive Ashy Boy continued his impressive rise through the grades to salute and provide Craig Newitt with an incredible eighth success in the race. Kicking off this campaign with a narrow victory in BM68 grade at Launceston back in November, the five-year-old gelding has come along in leaps and bounds this… Read More »
A Too Darn Hot colt from one of the great families in the Australian studbook put an exclamation mark on a red-letter day for Segenhoe Stud and Winx’s breeder John Camilleri when he shot to the top of the highest-priced list of this year’s Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The bay… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher is preparing Spywire for the Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic, but the colt has drawn an unfortunate barrier twelve for the $3 million race. Despite the setback, Maher is pleased with Spywire’s condition following his recent Gold Coast win, making him the $5.50 second favourite at… Read More »
Interlinked will have to concede weight to his fellow three-year-olds over 2000m at Flemington on Saturday as the unbeaten son of Savabeel aims to make it three wins from three starts. Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young , the OTI racing gelding is certainly bred to stay and proved too strong when… Read More »
John O’Shea is confident he has the right horse to win Saturday’s $3 million Magic Millions 3yo Guineas but admits the wide draw has made things difficult as he steps up sharply in class. Unbeaten in three starts, the $300,000 yearling was able to cross and sit outside the leader from… Read More »
Te Akau Racing announced its presence early at this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, but the I Am Invincible colt David Ellis went to $1.3 million for might not be destined to race in the New Zealand giant’s famed tangerine and blue silks. Coolmore teamed up with the now-trans Tasman… Read More »
Connections of the two narrow favourites for Saturday’s Magic Millions 3yo Guineas would’ve been pleased but the market has remained largely unaffected, Chrysaor just holding the call at $5 from Cifrado at $5.50 with online bookmakers. Toowoomba based trainer Rex Lipp’s Cifrado beat Chris Waller’s Chrysaor last start in the… Read More »
Storm Boy holds the call and will jump favourite in Saturday’s $3 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic, holding firm at $2.50 after drawing barrier 10, which will come into 9 if the emergency fails to get a run. A noted front-runner for the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott yard, the unbeaten son of… Read More »
Promising apprentice jockey Matthew Chadwick faces another setback with his second concussion in just six weeks, leaving him sidelined once again. Chadwick, aged 24, was on the verge of returning to racing after a late-November incident near the Kyneton barriers when a recent incident derailed his progress. Explaining the latest… Read More »
Fresh from his first Saturday double at Ascot, trainer Brandon Fiore has his sights set on more success with Filthy Habits and I Love Your Smile. Filthy Habits gave Fiore his first Saturday winner in the Westspeed Platinum Handicap (1200m), before I Love Your Smile doubled the trainer’s Saturday victory tally in the Lexus… Read More »
Jockey Wiremu Pinn’s time in Australia has drawn to a close, with the 24-year-old rider already back in his native New Zealand. Pinn, who notched up 18 wins in Victoria, including 11 in Melbourne, had hoped for an extension to his apprenticeship, but when his request was denied, he opted… Read More »
He only made the transition to the Gold Coast six months ago, but former Goulburn-based trainer Kurt Goldman has hit the ground running with his small team. His mare Arts Object got the job done in The Wave on Saturday, collecting $345,000 in the process, and Goldman is aiming for more riches… Read More »
The wins of Spywire and Arabian Summer at the Gold Coast on Saturday added some spice to this Saturday’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic, but Adrian Bott remains confident he has the horse to beat. Bott, in partnership with Gai Waterhouse, trains Storm Boy, who retains a strong grip on favouritism for the $3… Read More »
Rex Lipp has won million-dollar races before but should Cifrado salute in the $3 million Magic Millions 3yo Guineas (1400m) on Saturday, it will mean more to the veteran trainer than just the rich purse on offer. Lipp’s relief over Cifrado returning to the winners’ circle a ten days ago when taking… Read More »
The Standish Handicap not being run on New Year’s Day is still taking some getting used to and this year’s edition, which will be run at Flemington next Saturday, will feel particularly odd. Halvorsen, who has been a recent staple of the $200,000 Group 3 event over 1200 metres, will… Read More »
Godolphin’s decision to target the relocated Black Pearl Stakes paid dividends when the four-year-old secured a valuable Black Type win at Geelong on Saturday. The James Cummings-trained mare proved too classy for her rivals when a dominant winner of the $200,000 Listed event. The Black Pearl Stakes moved from Geelong… Read More »
It took a long range plan by trainer Kurt Goldman and a perfect steer from hoop Angela Jones to see Arts Object ($51) take out the $250,000 The Wave on the Gold Coast. The daughter of Zoustar didn’t spend a penny in the run after jumping on terms from gate three and absolutely… Read More »
With the Coastal Classic in the bag, attention now turns to the rich Aotearoa Classic with Holymanz as Ciaron Maher and David Eustace look to put an exclamation mark on a successful campaign with the gelding. The four-year-old son of Almanzor justified a strong raceday betting move to claim the inaugural edition of the… Read More »
Tony McEvoy has already won a Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a filly on the back-up and he is a live chance of history repeating after Arabian Summer impressed at her Queensland debut on Saturday. The daughter of Too Darn Hot proved too classy for her rivals in the $150,000 Gold… Read More »
Spywire emphatically declared his Magic Millions campaign back on track with a brilliant win in Saturday’s $150,000 Gold Nugget on the Gold Coast. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt made a one-act affair of the 1100-metre event that was a last-gasp qualifier for next Saturday’s $3 million Magic Millions Classic… Read More »
