Diminutive filly Kenedna dispelled any stamina doubts, surviving a protest, to win in the Group Two Roses (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday. Stewards had to adjudicate on a protest lodged by jockey James Doyle on runner-up Oklahoma Girl against Kenedna for interference on three occasions in the straight. Doyle told… Read More »
Everything fell into place for galloper Sense of Occasion when a fast early pace allowed him to charge home and win the Group One Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday. Trainer Kris Lees was delighted when rain fell during the week for the noted wet tracker and he was able to… Read More »
Bonny O’Reilly has signalled her readiness for stakes company and earned a trip to Brisbane with a dominant win at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained mare racked up her fourth successive win and sixth from eight starts in a benchmark race on Saturday to set up a tilt at a Listed… Read More »
Beach life is agreeing with De Little Engine after he notched successive staying race victories at Flemington. After winning over 2800m a fortnight ago, De Little Engine added the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (3200m) to his record on Saturday. Ridden by Daniel Moor, De Little Engine was sent out the… Read More »
For once there was little fanfare when Winx was involved. Chris Waller wasn’t even at Rosehill to witness the race that bears the superstar’s name. Yet victory in a benchmark on a low-key Saturday meeting will still rate as a memorable moment of his training career after Invinzabeel finished impressively… Read More »
Sense Of Occasion has won the Group One Doomben Cup under a patient ride from Corey Brown. The Kris Lees-trained gelding appreciated Saturday’s heavy surface and came with a late run to beat Star Exhibit and Rudy in the 2000m feature. During the Sydney autumn, Sense Of Occasion finished third… Read More »
Jim Byrne’s confidence was transformed in to a Saturday win when Bidii Babe gave the in-form jockey his second stakes win of the day. Byrne rode Bidii Babe track work on Tuesday morning and declared to trainer Robert Heathcote she could be hard to beat in the Listed Bright Shadow… Read More »
Greg McFarlane may revise his strategy to aim Clear The Beach at next autumn’s Provincial Championships. The Gosford-based trainer admitted grander plans may be conceived for the lightly-raced four-year-old gelding after he held the chasers at bay to comfortably win the Lloyd Williams Hall Of Fame Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill… Read More »
Tactical Advantage stamped his class and emerged as a lightweight Stradbroke Handicap contender when he won at Doomben on Saturday. Starting the $4 favourite in the Three-Years-Old Plate (1200m), Tactical Advantage shortened from $51 into $26 with Luxbet for the 2017 Stradbroke Handicap after overhauling All Over Bosanova ($6) to win… Read More »
Pymble’s maiden win at Newcastle has given his sire Snitzel the outright record for the number of two-year-old winners in a season. Last year, Snitzel equalled Without Fear’s record of 30 individual juvenile winners and on Saturday set the new standard with two months of the season remaining. Fittingly Pymble… Read More »
Comeback galloper The Virginian could go into next month’s Group One Stradbroke Handicap without another run after his barnstorming win at Doomben. The Virginian ($8.50) finished with a withering burst to beat Highly Geared ($25) by three quarters of a length in Saturday’s Listed Chief de Beers Handicap (1050m) at… Read More »
Some trainers are unhappy to put an apprentice on a horse without being able to use their full claim but Matt Dale wouldn’t have sent Canberra mare Hay Now to Rosehill without Nick Heywood. Hay Now and Heywood brought up their third successive win together in Saturday’s Highway Plate (1500m)… Read More »
The sky could be the limit for New Universe, and so to are sprint distances as enticements like The Everest loom on the horizon. A former New Zealand-based gelding, the three-year-old continued his unbeaten run in Sydney with a withering burst carrying him to the line a neck clear of… Read More »
Don’t knock the Warwick form. That was the advice from Tony Sears after Pardoe rocketed into Group One contention after his fast-finishing win in the Listed Oxlade Stakes (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday. Sears took the unconventional step of starting Pardoe at Warwick last month to begin his carnival campaign…. Read More »
