When jockey Craig Williams finds a horse he likes, he is 100 per cent committed. A phone call asking if he would like to ride an unraced two-year-old in a jump-out sparked interest from Williams who went to Mornington to put the youngster through its paces. That two-year-old was Gangitano who Williams rode to… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes are looking forward to the Festival Of Racing with two of their stable stars Mr Brightside and Gentleman Roy. The pair meet in the first Group 1 race of the autumn, the CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday with the $5 million All-Star Mile… Read More »
Gerald Ryan is not hellbent on a Golden Slipper berth for talented filly Facile, but if she can get there of her own accord he won’t be holding her back. A daughter of Ryan’s former top sprinter Trapeze Artist, Facile will resume in Saturday’s $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick after… Read More »
Nature Strip showed he is on target for a 10th Group 1 win following a pleasing jump-out at Flemington. Opposed to stablemate September Run and the Mike Moroney-trained Roch ‘N’ Horse, the trio went 800m out of the barriers down the straight 800m course on Friday morning. Nature Strip led home Roch ‘N’ Horse with September Run in… Read More »
The Sydney autumn carnival is set to have a distinct international flavour with several of the world’s leading trainers nominating horses for feature races. Irish powerhouses Aidan and Joseph O’Brien and top English trainer William Haggas, best known in Australia for his feats with dual Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Addeybb,… Read More »
Next month’s WA Oaks (2400m) is the ultimate grand final for Admiration Express, but Saturday’s Ascot meeting will be a starting point for the star filly. Admiration Express will begin her campaign in the Listed Challenge Stakes (1500m) after her surprising Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) victory three months ago. Considered unlucky… Read More »
Managing owner Darren White hopes his amazing journey with star mare Kissonallforcheeks can continue in the autumn after she became the third horse to secure a starting berth in The Quokka. Darren White confirmed he negotiated a deal with the mare’s trainer Dan Morton to take up his slot in the… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown and connections of Yaphet were looking forward to the spring with the stayer. But those spring hopes were diminished after Yaphet wrenched a joint before stepping foot on a racetrack in the spring and plans were abandoned. After a spell and a steady build up, Yaphet is ready for his racetrack return… Read More »
Flashbacks to In Secret’s luckless first-up defeat in the spring, combined with a healthy respect for her opposition, means James Cummings is taking nothing for granted ahead of the brilliant filly’s Light Fingers Stakes return. Even after the scratching of Zougotcha due to an elevated temperature, the Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) boasts… Read More »
The very smart, Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr) trained, Iâm Thunderstruck will race first up in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday … with a carefully plotted path beyond that designed to take him to the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (over 1400m), the A$5… Read More »
Perth trainers Sean and Jake Casey know what it takes to win on the eastern seaboard and are keen to see how their two-year-old Brave Halo measures up. Unbeaten in three starts at Ascot, Brave Halo is in Melbourne to run in the colts and geldings’ division of the Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude… Read More »
Boom filly Learning To Fly will almost certainly take her place from an outside barrier in the $2 million Inglis Millennium as connections keep their focus on the bigger Golden Slipper picture. The youngster has come up with gate 19 in Saturday’s Randwick feature and will jump from the widest alley… Read More »
A Group 1 win on the CV of Turaath is what trainer Maddie Raymond is looking for. It is for that reason Turaath is heading to the C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday when the mare could run the following week in the Group 3 Tony Bourke Memorial (1400m) at Flemington. Turaath has an excellent… Read More »
Having been given a taste of El Bodegon’s talent in the Cox Plate, Chris Waller is aiming high with the former French galloper ahead of his Sydney debut in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. The four-year-old was an eye-catching third to Anamoe in Australasia’s weight-for-age championship last spring but Waller revealed the… Read More »
We say it so often, but it remains true … just where does the time go? Itâs hard to believe that itâs been a year since the 2022 Newhaven Park Country Championships series kicked off, but the series is about to face the starter once again, kicking off with the… Read More »
Boom sprinter Joyful Fortune has been ruled out of the Autumn Racing Carnival after sustaining an injury to his off knee. Trainer Mark Newnham this afternoon notified stewards that his star sprinter would miss the Autumn Carnival where he was being targeted at the G1 Black Caviar Lightning. A former… Read More »
Heat and nerves got the better of Tom Kitten at his first start in Melbourne but the Godolphin colt was cool, calm and collected as he posted his maiden win at Warwick Farm. By first season sire Harry Angel, Tom Kitten finished fourth to subsequent Chairman’s Stakes runner-up Veecee at… Read More »
Expensive yearling purchase Humming has recouped a small portion of her purchase price with a debut win at Moe. Humming led throughout to take out the Ladbrokes Punter Assist Maiden Plate (1200m) on Wednesday as the $1.50 favourite, registering a 1-Ÿ length win under Damian Lane. The debutant was absolutely Humming down… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Julius Sandhu has taken the advice of jockey Craig Newitt in electing to start Lofty Strike in a stakes race at Sandown. The Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) on Saturday will see Lofty Strike tackle older sprinters as he prepares for the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) on February 25. Sandhu was originally… Read More »
It might have been a while since his last winner … but Cyril Small showed he has still âgot itâ when piloting the $17 chance Tempress Katie to a hard fought win at Lismore on Tuesday. At sixty-four years of age, Small was still showing the youngsters a thing or… Read More »
