Lindsay Park is banking on the wet conditions at Sandown proving beneficial to former Hong Kong galloper Naboo Star. The rising nine-year-old will be aiming for a third win from his past four starts when he runs in the ive > Handicap (1600m) on Monday. Naboo Star won three of his 23 starts in… Read More »
Nature Strip has been a star of Australian racing for several seasons, but incredibly it took winning at Royal Ascot to put the horse on the radar in England. While the Chris Waller-trained speedster had sat atop the Longines rankings as the world’s best sprinter for some time, visiting UK trainer… Read More »
Jordan Childs completed a feature race double at Sandown which in turn could lead to bigger wins later in the year. Forty mintues after guiding Cardinal Gem to victory in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) on Saturday, Childs led throughout on White Marlin to win the Group 3 Easter Cup (2100m). The victory in… Read More »
Usually front and centre of the biggest races on the biggest days, Chris Waller didn’t saddle up a runner in this year’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes. But it didn’t stop him making his mark on Day Two of The Championships, the champion trainer celebrating a Group 1 win with Atishu in the Queen… Read More »
William Haggas has done it again. After twice producing Addeybb to lower the colours of pin-up mare Verry Elleegant in the 2020 and 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the UK training master has returned to conquer the $5 million race with Dubai Honour. Billed as a match-up between the English raider and local… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has eyes set on a Group 1 race in Brisbane with Cardinal Gem after his explosive win at Sandown. The deteriorating Sandown track held no fears for the gelding who raced to a comprehensive win in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Showers throughout Saturday downgraded the track from… Read More »
Dylan Gibbons has celebrated his maiden Group 1 win aboard comeback galloper Explosive Jack, running down outsider True Marvel in the final bounds in a thrilling Sydney Cup finish. The gifted apprentice had been knocking on the door for a major and his moment came in one of the most difficult and… Read More »
Almost two decades after his last visit to Randwick, New Zealand horseman James Wallace has pulled off a rare cross-Tasman double with Pennyweka adding the ATC Australian Oaks to her New Zealand Oaks victory. Wallace was a frequent visitor to Australia during the early 2000s with his multiple Group 1 winner Cent… Read More »
Trainer Lloyd Kennewell admitted being on edge prior to the running of a Stakes race at Sandown. Kennewell had the $3 betr favourite I Am Unstoppable engaged in the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. A big fan of the I Am Invincible breed, Kennewell said I Am Unstoppable was potentially the best youngster he has trained…. Read More »
A rails hugging ride has provided the connections of Curran with a rich Good Friday payday at Geelong. The Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor-trained sprinter took out the second running of The Country Discovery (1100m) on Friday. The Country Discovery was the feature race on the Good Friday program which sees… Read More »
Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien has employed a slightly different approach in his bid to add the Sydney Cup to his brace of Melbourne Cup trophies. O’Brien won Australia’s most famous race with Rekindling in 2017 and Twilight Payment in 2020, both horses capturing the two-mile feature at their Australian debuts…. Read More »
Mike Moroney is banking on a rain-affected track proving pivotal for import Alenquer when he heads to Sydney to take on heavyweights Anamoe and Dubai Honour in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. A Group 1 winner in Ireland, Alenquer disappointed at his Australian debut when he failed to beat a runner home in the… Read More »
Track conditions will be of little concern for Grahame Begg with his runners in two of the feature races at Sandown. Begg will saddle Cardinal Gem in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) and Lunar Flare in the Group 3 Easter Cup (2100m) with both holding form on good and wet ground. Rain is predicted at Sandown… Read More »
In the post-Winx era, finding the next weight-for-age champion in Australian racing has been a challenge. However, as trainer James Cummings prepares Anamoe for his final Australian run on Saturday, he believes the Godolphin star has already carved out his own path to fame, with his finest moment potentially still… Read More »
The most experienced two-miler in the Sydney Cup field, Victorian Amade will bid to follow in the footsteps of stablemate Daqiansweet Junior when he lines up in the $2 million race. Daqiansweet Junior finished third in last year’s renewal and trainer Phillip Stokes can see parallels between his two stayers. “Last year we… Read More »
Last time warrior racehorse Kementari visited Western Australia he was photographed on the airport tarmac sticking out his tongue to local rivals. He had grounds for cheeky confidence going into The Gold Rush in December, having won the forerunner to the race in 2020. However, Kementari ran seventh, which may… Read More »
The saying goes that ‘it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish’, but sometimes it’s how you handle the bits in between. As trainer James Cummings puts the finishing touches to Anamoe ahead of the superstar’s clash with European raider Dubai Honour in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, he… Read More »
Trainer Jerome Hunter will keep a watchful eye on the weather fearing a wet track will keep Barb Raider at home. Barb Raider is schedule to start in the Group 3 Easter Cup (2100m) at Sandown on Saturday, but rain is expected on Friday and Saturday. Hunter does not want to start… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are pinning their faith in Loco to provide them with a second straight South Australian Derby success. But first Loco has to continue to impress the training duo with his climb up the ranks and the son of So You Think will have his third race start… Read More »
Having seen Alcohol Free first-hand in England, rival trainer William Haggas concedes the $10 million mare has a mortgage on the Queen Of The Turf Stakes – if she brings her European form to Australia. Haggas will start Purplepay in Saturday’s Group 1 race and while he is expecting a much-improved performance from… Read More »
