Trainer Chris Munce will saddle up Miss Coota for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic at the Gold Coast on Saturday … a race he won no less than three times as a jockey, saluting aboard Sunblazer (1989), Excellerator (2001) and Dance Hero (2004). On top of that, Munce… Read More »
Jye McNeil will make a welcome return to the Australian racing scene at Sandown on Wednesday. McNeil, who won the 2020 Melbourne Cup aboard Twilight Payment, last rode locally on October 29 at Flemington before moving to Hong Kong to take up a six-week riding contract which ran from November… Read More »
From Icebath to Fire Lane … those are the dots that trainer Brad Widdup will be hoping to connect as he lines up another possible success story in his training career. The six-year-old mare Icebath has been an ultra-consistent performer at the highest level under Widdup’s care. She landed a… Read More »
It is not often that trainer Chris Waller only just manages to scrape into a feature race field with one runner, but that is exactly what happened when the field for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic was finalised with the Waller trained Chrysaor making the sixteen-strong field after… Read More »
For the last two weeks trainer Annabel Neasham has had two runners hovering close to the cut-off line in the Order Of Entry for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic with the threat of not making the final field very much in play. Ultimately, both Excel D’Or and Empress of… Read More »
A quarter of the sixteen strong field of runners for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic will go into the big race defending their unbeaten records. Sovereign Fund won the Magic Millions Wyong Two-Year-Old Classic on debut on December 14 and the Peter and Paul Snowden trained son of… Read More »
Two horses have escaped from their boxes/tie up at Surfers Paradise beach and made their way onto the nearby roads, running through the streets. The two horses were being held on the beach as part of the Magic Millions barrier draw which sees a beach race. More to come… Quit… Read More »
The lead-ups have been run and won, meaning every horse has had its chance to unseat Empire Of Japan at the head of Magic Millions 2YO Classic betting, but the son of Snitzel remains favourite heading into the week of the $2.5 million event. Co-trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are supremely confident… Read More »
Magic Millions has unveiled a blueprint that will see significant prizemoney increases and new races added to a series that will take in night racing on the Gold Coast from next year. Less than a week out from this year’s $10 million raceday, Magic Millions revealed its two flagship events… Read More »
One of the hard facts of life is that you can make a list of things that can go wrong … and then something will go wrong that is not on your list. The antics of Princess Lunar at the Gold Coast on Saturday falls firmly into that category. Losing… Read More »
Tony Gollan can’t speak highly enough of the group of three-year-olds he currently has within his Eagle Farm stable and with a pair of winners in Magic Millions features on Saturday his fondness is, understandably, growing by the day. Spiritualised won the $250,000 Magic Millions Rising Stars (1300m) for three and four-year-old… Read More »
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will produce the first of their big names for 2023 at Cranbourne on Monday morning when Jacquinot has his first jump out for the campaign. The Rubick colt will take part in an 800-metre hitout for three-year-olds as he gears up for what could be… Read More »
The Ryan-Alexiou stable had long targeted the $250,000 feature on the Gold Coast with Deficit which had a further $200,000 bonus attached to it for eligible horses such as their son of Snitzel. Settled midfield from an inside barrier, while there were some nervous moments in the straight, it became a… Read More »
Damien Oliver wasted no time making his way back into the winner’s stall at his first meeting of 2023, partnering a winning double at Sandown on Saturday. The Hall of Fame jockey guided Worsfold to victory for Nick Ryan early in the card before getting the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young -trained Riverplate to bounce… Read More »
His first tilt at stakes level since placing in the 2019 Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes, Mission Phoenix made every post a winner to hold off a wall of horses in the Listed January Cup (2000m). “He has been a model of consistency all preparation and Tyler’s obviously has a good… Read More »
Brett Prebble became the second rider to engineer the defeat of a $1.40 favourite at Sandown on Saturday when he partnered On The Lead to victory, giving Victorian racing fans a farewell reminder of his talent in the process. The 45-year-old unleased a powerful finishing burst aboard the Richard and Will Freedman-trained… Read More »
Passeggiata was stepped up in grade at Rosehill on Saturday after a clinical debut victory at Gosford on December 22 where she led throughout for a 3.5 length success. Her natural speed was again on display at Rosehill as she bounced to the lead and carved out some slick early sectionals…. Read More »
Frumos has recorded a slender victory over stablemate Saigon with winning margin so narrow trainer Chris Waller had thought the pair shared the spoils. A stride for stride battle between Frumos and Saigon over the concluding stages saw the pair hit the line in unison before a lengthy deliberation ensued in the… Read More »
On extraordinary moment occurred at Gold Coast races on TAB Wave Day, the main lead in day to next Saturday’s Magic Millions card when four-year-old mare Princess Lunar got loose from jockey Tegan Harrison on the way to the start for the Pierata First Yearlings Quality Handicap over 900 metres. What… Read More »
It was a happy reunion between Jamie Kah and So Si Bon at Sandown on Saturday when the leading jockey and ageless gelding combined to score an upset win in the $150,000 Maria Papoutsis Handicap. The nine-year-old broke a 629-day winning drought when he rallied after being headed by $1.40 favourite Detonator… Read More »
