Multi-million-dollar mare Alcohol Free made her first Australian public appearance on Monday, winning a 1200-metre trial a Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained five-year-old jumped midfield and sat three-wide under James Mcdonald before edging away in the second half of the straight to score a 2-1/4-length win over Snitzel colt… Read More »
Barend Vorster’s hopes of returning to the saddle for the upcoming Adelaide Autumn Carnival are fading due to ongoing concussion symptoms. The reigning John Letts Medal winner suffered an innocuous head knock while riding Chicago Storm at Morphettville last month, which has resulted in headaches, dizziness and double vision that… Read More »
We get to see the sprinters once again in the G1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley. There are a lot of the younger in form types entered with the likes of Benedetta ($15), Passive Aggressive ($9) and Jigsaw ($9) taking on the established class Masked Crusader ($15) and Bella Nipotina ($11). The kiwis… Read More »
No one knows Imperatriz better than Hunter Durrant, so those who like the star Kiwi sprinter in Friday night’s $1 million William Reid Stakes will be buoyed by his belief that she is in ‘career-best’ form. The Te Akau horseman is the four-year-old’s regular trackrider, both home and abroad, and was… Read More »
That G1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) shapes as a guide to both the Queen Elizabeth Stakes or the Sydney Cup on Day 2 of The Championships. Two Melbourne Cup winners are entered with Gold Trip ($4.50 betr) who could back up from last week as well as Vow And Declare ($26)…. Read More »
The Championships’ flagship event, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, remains the goal for popular gelding I’m Thunderstruck despite his poor experience at The Valley on Saturday. The Golden Eagle winner and Cox Plate runner-up registered the worst finishing position of his career when 11th of 15 in the $5 million All-Star Mile, won… Read More »
Boom filly Benedetta could get her first taste of Group 1 racing sooner than expected with Jason Warren toying with the idea of starting her in Friday night’s $1 million William Reid Stakes at The Valley. The daughter of Hellbent was a late addition to the worksheet for Monday morning’s track gallops at… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald has continued is Group 1 winning weekend taking out the G1 Queenâs Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. James McDonald partnered Champion middle distance galloper Anamoe to win the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill before making the trip to Hong Kong to ride at Sha… Read More »
Jockey Teo Nugent’s recovery following his fall in the $175,000 Listed Abell Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday is progressing well. On Sunday morning Victorian Jockeys’ Association chief executive Matt Hyland suggested that Nugent could be released from Royal Melbourne Hospital later on Sunday and continue his rehabilitation from… Read More »
Team Nature Strip is confident the world champion sprinter is back on target in his bid for a record fourth TJ Smith Stakes after a searching trackwork hit-out this week. The eight-year-old was scratched from a barrier trial on the inside track at Rosehill last Monday in preference for a three-horse… Read More »
Grahame Begg will have dual representation in the Group 1 Australian Cup with Nonconformist and Lunar Flare set to run at Flemington. The pair will relish the rise to 2000m on Saturday after having their return runs in the Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on March 4. Nonconformist scored a surprise… Read More »
Group l racing was the focus at Rosehill on Saturday, with five Group l races on the ten race program, while at Moonee Valley, a very much in form gelding won the All Star Mile. Down below is a review of the feature races. 2023 Rosehill Guineas Replay Lindermann rallies… Read More »
Less than a month off winning his first race at the highest level in the Oakleigh Plate (1100m) aboard Uncommon James, Ben Thompson snares both of the QTIS features run at Doomben. His haul of five winnerson Saturday sees him now trail leader James Orman in the Brisbane Metro Jockeys’ Premiership…. Read More »
Jockey Craig Newitt made a statement on All-Star Mile Day claiming a winning treble. While the feature race may have eluded him, he did bag two stakes race victories. After guiding Parisal to success in the Group 3 Typhoon Track Stakes, he buttered up in the following race to claim the Group 2 Alister Clark… Read More »
Godolphin filly Parisal has collected her first stakes race win taking out the Group 3 Typhoon Tracy Stakes at Moonee Valley. The victory in the 1200m race for three-year-old fillies on Saturday completed a winning hat-trick for the James Cummings-trained galloper. Ridden by Craig Newitt, Parisal ($4.40 Ladbrokes) scored by a neck… Read More »
Sydney’s leading apprentice steered the Joe Pride-trained mare to victory over favourite Uncommon James in the 1100-metre event and he broke down when describing what it would have meant to his ill father. “My dad, he’s got cancer, all he wanted to see was me to win a Group 1 and… Read More »
It was a Golden Slipper that had a bit of everything. Champion trainer Chris Waller scored a coveted win with Shinzo in the only grand slam race that had eluded him, globetrotting jockey Ryan Moore made it a Group 1 double after snaring the Ranvet Stakes on Dubai Honour, while for connections… Read More »
Mr Brightside has continued the recent good run of success for Lindsay Park claiming the $5 million All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley. The victory was the second autumn feature for Ben and J D Hayes after they took out the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Sandown last month. Appreciating a return to… Read More »
The scene is set for a spectacular Queen Elizabeth Stakes showdown after international raider Dubai Honour and local hero Anamoe turned in outstanding individual performances on a memorable Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill. Just 40 minutes after Dubai Honour smashed his Ranvet Stakes (2000m) rivals by more than four lengths, Anamoe rose… Read More »
English training genius William Haggas has a third Queen Elizabeth Stakes firmly in his sights after Dubai Honour annihilated his Group 1 Ranvet Stakes rivals despite being first-up and on unsuitable ground. The Haggas team had been cautious in the lead-up to Saturday as Dubai Honour’s best form was on rain-affected… Read More »
