While any type of injury is not good news for a racehorse, but the time spent in the paddock recuperating may prove beneficial for Instrumental. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained galloper kept his record intact at Sale with victory in the Ladbrokes Live Betting Handicap (1740m) on Wednesday. Insulation was successful at… Read More »
Chris Waller has flagged the Cox Plate as a potential target for Lindermann, who he believes can develop into a weight-for-age warhorse for the stable. The son of Lonhro was one of the stars of Tuesday’s Canterbury barrier trial session, cruising up alongside classy stablemate Princess Grace to win his 902-metre… Read More »
Fresh from being crowned Sydney’s champion apprentice,Zac Lloyd has carried his rich form into the new season and moved a step closer to his next milestone in the process with a winning double at the Randwick-Kensington meeting. Lloyd’s victories both came for Team Hawkes, the young hoop booting home Enotis in the… Read More »
A phenomenal juvenile season is poised to parlay into a successful spring for Tulloch Lodge after they dominated the opening metropolitan races of the new term. Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott started a trio of newly minted three-year-olds in the first two events at Wednesday’s Randwick-Kensington meeting, capturing the Furphy Handicap… Read More »
Wyong trainer Sara Ryan will be racking up the frequent flyer miles in the lead up to having her first starter in Victoria. Having just completed her first full season as a trainer, Ryan has a runner at Wyong on Thursday, travels on Friday to Coffs Harbour where she has Attractable running in the Coffs Harbour… Read More »
Jockey Winona Costin is making a significant move from Sydney to Melbourne. With an impressive track record of nearly 600 victories, the 28-year-old rider is set to call Melbourne home as she seeks to broaden her horizons and establish a foothold in the southern racing circuit. Costin will be teaming… Read More »
An incredible barrier trial performance has Group 1 placed sprinter Big Parade as the clear top seed amongst Joe Pride’s trio of Missile Stakes runners and the trainer is optimistic his new recruit can back it up with a win. Inheriting Big Parade from Mark Newnham following the latter’s move to Hong Kong,… Read More »
In a quiet trial at Te Rapa on Tuesday, dual top-flight winner Prowess displayed her potential for another triumphant trip across the Tasman. Under the reins of jockey Warren Kennedy, the multiple elite-level victor navigated the heavy ground to secure a narrow victory in her 900m heat. Trained by Robert… Read More »
Jockey Tim Clark provided an optimistic assessment of Melbourne Cup 2023 contender White Marlin, expressing satisfaction with the horse’s current condition. The talented import, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, is steadily building momentum towards peaking in November. Following White Marlin’s first trial over 1100m at Canterbury, Clark shared… Read More »
Trainer Stefan Vahala walked away from MondayââŹâ˘s Belmont trials with a spring in his step after a couple of recent acquisitions performed strongly. Lord Lala, a Deep Field gelding from New Zealand, stormed home powerfully from midfield after being hooked to the outside by jockey, Laqdar Ramoly. Showing an impressive… Read More »
Blake Shinn has become the first jockey to put both the New South Wales Metropolitan Jockeyâs Premiership AND the Victoria Metropolitan Jockeyâs Premiership behind his name ⌠and that accolade will stay after clinching the later title in the season just ended. When you put a âfirstâ behind your name… Read More »
The anticipation is building for trainer Simon Miller as his star mare Amelia’s Jewel takes the next step in her preparation for a much anticipated interstate campaign in the spring. The exciting four-year-old validated star status by winning the G1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) G2 WA Guineas (1600m) double last year… Read More »
The Racing Industry is in mourning following the passing of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey John Duggan. Renowned as one of the era’s shining stars, Duggan achieved a remarkable feat by claiming the 1977 Melbourne Cup aboard Gold And Black, trained by the legendary Bart Cummings. Duggan’s exceptional talent led him to… Read More »
Peter Moody got as big a thrill out of the win of Runsir at Pakenham as did his new training partner Katherine Coleman. Coleman officially joined Moody as a trainer on Tuesday, the first day of the new racing season, and has a 100 per cent strike rate after Runsir took out the opening race on the synthetic… Read More »
I Am Me is likely to have an exclusive Sydney spring campaign which is set to kick-off in the Missile Stakes at Rosehill. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained five-year-old is also an entrant in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. However, Eustace said the Group 2 race… Read More »
The announcement last week of the formation of a training partnership between Gillian Heinrich and Renita Beaton at the Gold Coast is believed to have formalised the first all-female training partnership in the country. Heinrich, of course, brings lifelong training experience to the partnership ⌠who can forget her famous… Read More »
Ten successive Metropolitan Premierships! Where has the time gone since Tony Gollan made the move from Toowoomba to Brisbane? Certainly, Gollan has never taken a backward step since his arrival in town and his on-going total dominance of the training scene in Brisbane underlines his unwavering focus on striving for… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are eyeing an ambitious program with unbeaten sprinter What You Need. High on the agenda is the $20 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick in October and already there has been some discussions on gaining a slot in Australia’s richest race. What You Need has… Read More »
Ersa won’t be carrying colours identifiable with most of the high-achieving members of her family when she makes her debut at Sale on Wednesday, but connections are confident she too can make a racetrack impression. The three-year-old is a daughter of Lonhro and Erato, which makes her a sister to… Read More »
New Zealand’s newly-crowned champion apprentice jockey, Tayla Mitchell, is bidding farewell to the local racing industry to pursue a promising career in Australia. Mitchell secured the title with a slender one-win lead over her closest rival, Kelsey Hannan, but had already set her sights on Melbourne before her triumph. She… Read More »
