SAVATOXL (Kuroshio – Li’l Miss Hayley) jumped on the bunny and just kept going, defying all comers and putting a big margin in them in the end when he scored in the $127,000 Gr 3 DC McKay Stakes over 1100m at Morphettville. Beautifully ridden by Barend Vorster for Team mCEvoy… Read More »
Southern NSW-based jockey Blaike McDougall made one of his rare trips to Melbourne to land his first metropolitan winner of the season aboard Qeyaady at Sandown. McDougall does a lot of riding for the Lindsay Park operation of Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes in the north-east of Victoria and over the border in… Read More »
A Listed victory over subsequent Coolmore Classic winner Krone is not a bad career highlight, so it is little surprise Alison Of Tuffy is following the same pattern that led to that win. The mare relegated Krone to third in the Just Now Quality at Eagle Farm in December, eight… Read More »
There will be a sense of déjà vu for Ellsberg’s trainer and jockey when he lines up in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Five years after combining to clinch the Hawkesbury Guineas with Spill The Beans, jockey Tim Clark and trainer Gerald Ryan will attempt to repeat the feat with a son… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Ryan Balfour says victory in the TAB Classic on his home track at Morphettville would be extra special as his father trained the mare’s dam. When Ryan Balfour walked into Morphettville for the barrier draw ahead of the TAB Classic, he wanted somewhere between six and eight for… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has confirmed two of his stable stars will miss the carnival in Queensland. Star sprinter Nature Strip and multiple Group 1 winner Kolding will both be spelled, ruling them out of the winter carnival races in Queensland. Trainer Chris Waller had been weighing up potential Brisbane targets… Read More »
Tasmanian filly Hela will attempt to extend her unbeaten record to eight when she lines up in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Undefeated Tasmanian filly Hela will be out to equal a feat of former champion sprinter Black Caviar when she runs in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks… Read More »
An off-season sprint at Sandown may be the race for Brooklyn Heat to gain a maiden city success. As Brooklyn Hustle battles for a maiden Group 1 win at Morphettville, her younger half-sister Brooklyn Heat will chase a maiden city win at Sandown. Brooklyn Heat runs in the Ladbrokes Easy… Read More »
Ron Quinton will head into unchartered waters with luckless gelding Royal Celebration, who will be on a seven-day back-up for the first time in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. Early punters are confident he will handle it, backing him from an opening quote of $4.60 to $2.90 favouritism by Friday. Quinton… Read More »
Trainer Jarrod Austin identified the Hawkesbury XXXX Gold Rush as a target race for his handy sprinter Inanup several months ago and he has the gelding primed for a bold first-up showing. Inanup has a strong fresh record with three wins from seven attempts and Austin has given the lightly-raced… Read More »
As you would expect, Glen Boss was perfectly relaxed and comfortable at the launch of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival … a carnival he hopes to put his stamp on over the coming weeks. Two years ago, Boss was also a feature guest at the 2019 Carnival launch in Queensland…. Read More »
Hall Of Fame trainer Lee Freedman, who has 120 plus Group 1’s to his credit, was one of the special guests at the launch of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival on Thursday. The multi-Premiership winning trainer is set to become a regular on the racing scene in South East Queensland… Read More »
The Chris Waller trained Kolding once again showed just what a good horse he is when he got his head down on the line to thwart the game effort of Savatiano in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes in a mesmerising two-way finish at Randwick last Saturday. That’s eleven wins… Read More »
Improving stayer Kirwan’s Lane resumes at Hawkesbury ahead of a feature race bid. Some strong form references over the summer have John O’Shea excited about the future for up-and-coming stayer Kirwan’s Lane. The four-year-old kicks off his latest campaign in the Blakes Marine Benchmark 78 Handicap (1500m) at Hawkesbury on… Read More »
Talented sprinter Alfa Oro has been retired prematurely due to ongoing injury issues. The Matt Laurie-trained gelding won six of his first eight starts including five on end but failed to continue his good form this preparation having been disappointing in his two starts where he jumped as favourite. “With… Read More »
It’s the one race that still rankles trainer Brock Lewthwaite: Image Keeper finishing eighth on debut at Mount Barker last November. Brock Lewthwaite’s plans for a winning start was abruptly stopped in its tracks when the son of Scandal Keeper copped interference inside the last 100m. However; since that inauspicious… Read More »
The MRC is confident that the impact of the International Injury Review’s recommendations that were adopted will have minimal affect on the international participation in its Caulfield Cup although the length between the two races must pose some concern. MRC Executive Director Jake Norton, said his club was supportive of… Read More »
Trainers Lee and Cherie Curtis have high hopes for sparingly raced filly Achira, who represents the stable at Hawkesbury. Trainer Lee Curtis doesn’t have the firepower of the major stables, but he invariably finds himself a good horse. He and wife Cherie, who is also his training partner, are hoping… Read More »
Emerald Kingdom is at juicy odds to beat Trekking and co in Saturday’s Group 2 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm, but trainer Rob Heathcote knows a forward showing will set the gelding up nicely for a tilt at bigger riches during the Carnival. Emerald Kingdom is a six-year-old, but only… Read More »
Tyche Goddess will chase a second feature Adelaide three-year-old fillies race when she runs in the Group 1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Tyche Goddess got under the guard of punters with her Australasian Oaks lead-up victory and Trent Busuttin believes she is a forgotten filly in the Group 1 contest… Read More »
