With the bulk of his brightest talents in the spelling paddock following another successful Sydney autumn carnival, Chris Waller is shifting his focus to the feature races at the annual stand-alone Saturday meeting at Hawkesbury. The champion trainer will have up to six runners in the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup… Read More »
What odds two women from Ukraine would supply a dead-heat result at Sandown that provides both with their maiden city victories. That is what transpired in the Metcap Finance National Apprentice Race Series (1300m) on Wednesday when Lesia Masnyj and Tetyana Furdetska had their respective horses cross the line locked together. The judge could not separate the Masnyj-trained Mothereens and the The Maggstar, trained… Read More »
The brace of juvenile races at Warwick Farm could provide key pointers to the upcoming two-year-old features in Queensland with both winners being considered for winter carnival campaigns. Russian Revolution youngster General Salute ($3.70 fav) posted an impressive victory in the Home Affairs @ Coolmore Handicap (1200m), travelling outside the lead and… Read More »
If Curran can pull off the feat of winning the feature sprint on Mornington Cup Day, it will mean so much to mother-and-daughter training partners of Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor. Curran runs in the Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, coming off a victory in the Country Discovery (1200m) at Geelong on Good Friday…. Read More »
Smart mare A Very Fine Red will go back to where it all began when she heads to Hawkesbury to chase another stakes win in the Listed Hawkesbury Gold Rush. The four-year-old kicked off her career with a victory at the track just over two years ago and has since gone… Read More »
Golden Rose-winning colt Jacquinot has been retired and will stand at Widden Stud alongside past winners Zoustar and Trapeze Artist. The two-time Group 1 winner of over $2.4m is the only Australian bred weight-for-age three-year-old winner to go to stud this spring. Jacquinot won his first race on Boxing Day,… Read More »
After a few setbacks to start his latest campaign, the Annabel Neasham-prepared Zaaki proved he was back in good order with a determined second behind Giga Kick in last weekend’s $1.5 million Group One All Aged Stakes at Royal Randwick. Aside from a sixth in the 2021 Doncaster at his Australian debut… Read More »
A Queensland campaign is in the offering for Floating Artist but first there will be a stopover in NSW for the former UK galloper. Floating Artist is among nominations for the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) on Saturday ahead of travel further north to Brisbane for the Winter Carnival. The Ciaron Maher… Read More »
Port Philip has come a long way in a short time and will chase a Caulfield Cup start when he heads to the Mornington Cup on Saturday. The seaside town of Mornington sits on Port Philip Bay and Port Phillip, the racehorse, is showing himself to be a handy stayer. A former member… Read More »
Renowned jockey James McDonald has been booked to ride in all three Group 1s at the upcoming Champions Day meeting in Hong Kong on April 30. McDonald will be partnering with three top contenders, including a reunion with Hong Kong’s top middle-distance galloper and defending champion, Romantic Warrior, in the… Read More »
White Marlin, the current Melbourne Cup favourite, is set to have a change in his upcoming campaign as his trainers opt for a lead-up run at Flemington instead of the previously planned Mornington Cup. The unbeaten grey recorded a stunning first-up win in the Group 3 Easter Cup at Sandown,… Read More »
Darley has made headlines in the Australian breeding industry by announcing that Anamoe will become the most expensive Australian-bred first season sire in history. The colt, a son of Street Boss, will stand at stud for $121,000 including GST, with expectations high that he will make a strong impression in… Read More »
Mornington will host metropolitan racing this weekend for Cup Day and there are going to be horses to consider out of this meeting. That Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) has some horses in flying form and others from international paths to clash. Right You Are ($5) keeps running well, Rebel Racer ($26) drops… Read More »
Inaugural Quokka winning jockey Josh Parr is bullish The Quokka (1200m) will continue to grow in future editions, following the first edition of the $4 million race at Ascot on Saturday. Josh Parr, who steered the Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass to victory, said the event surpassed his expectations. “I wasn’t too sure… Read More »
Trainer Simon Miller knows exactly how good Amelia’s Jewel is and was just as pleased with her effort when narrowly beaten in the inaugural running of The Quokka, however the question still remains whether Western Australia’s star filly is a sprinter or a miler as he plots her path to… Read More »
The Sydney Autumn Carnival may be officially closed but the group racing continues unabated in NSW with the running of the Stand-Alone Hawkesbury card on Saturday. A feature over many years, this meeting has a habit of producing young horses on the rise, often heading to Brisbane for the Winter… Read More »
Annabel Neasham’s My Oberon has secured the talented jockey Joao Moreira for its upcoming run in the Group 1 Champions Mile in Hong Kong on April 30th. The Irish-bred gelding will take on Hong Kong’s local champions, Golden Sixty and California Spangle, in the $3.8 million event, marking the only… Read More »
A win at Sandown on Wednesday would see Mount Brilliant back-up in the time-honoured VRC St Leger Stakes next week with success there capping off a different approach taken by trainers Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott. Gai and Adrian know what it takes to win a VRC St Leger as… Read More »
Joe Pride will revert to Plan B with top sprinter-miler Private Eye after scratching him from the All Aged Stakes due to the heavy track. The trainer had flagged not sending the horse around if conditions were worse than a soft seven and unfortunately for Private Eye’s connections, Randwick was posted as… Read More »
Things will get much tougher for Aberfeldie Boy than the challenge he was issued at Pakenham last Thursday night, but Robbie Griffiths could not have been happier with how his Victoria Derby placegetter returned. The gelding’s performance in a 1600m maiden only heightened the Cranbourne trainer’s enthusiasm for the autumn Derby he… Read More »
