The white silks adorned with multi-coloured chickens … yes, believe it … that’s the colours that the connections of Emerald Kingdom hope will be carried to victory by their eight-year-old, still highly competitive gelding in the $1 million Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The son of… Read More »
Lee Freedman winning a big feature race! Nothing new there … you might think … but there is always new ground to break and Freedman has Soothsayer poised to do just that as, should the Divine Prophet gelding take out the Magic Millions Three-Year-old Guineas, it would be Freedman’s first… Read More »
Following the posting of a story earlier this week, in which jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor detailed how he went to the rescue of a fellow rider who was in strife mid-race,.much of the reader feedback since then has focussed on readers wanting to know what Georgina Cartwright, the jockey Wilson-Taylor diverted… Read More »
It’s the Magic Millions, and its trainers Peter Paul Snowden who are highlighting the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Raceday. With swiftbet saying the $2m The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic of 1200m is a ‘race-in-two’ it’s the Snowden’s who… Read More »
The record Magic Millions yearling sale price set by Sunlight’s sister stood for less than 24 hours after a colt by I Am Invincible claimed the honour on Thursday. The first foal from Fastnet Rock mare Anaheed is bound for Chris Waller’s stable after being bought by Coolmore for $2.7… Read More »
Heiress, a filly by Thronum, will make her debut in the VRC Summer Fun Sprint (1100m), with trainer Matt Laurie expecting her to measure up in town. Having just purchased lot 338 for $550,000, a colt by Pierata, at the Magic Millions yearling sales on the Gold Coast, the $75,000… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse likened Sunlight’s first foal to her maiden Sydney 2YO Triple Crown winner, which explains why she was so keen to secure the colt on Day 3 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The Hall of Fame trainer paid $1.4 million for the son of Justify, who was… Read More »
Midwest is currently third pick in the market for Race 7, a benchmark 88 contest over 1100m while Snapped is set to start favourite in Race 10, a benchmark 78 race also over 1100m. The pair represent a strong opportunity to improve the stable’s record in New South Wales, having… Read More »
The Griffiths & De Kock trained sprinter Halvorsen is aiming to become the first horse ever to win the Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Halvorsen is the definition of a Flemington specialist, with five of his nine career wins coming at the track, and remarkably, since his… Read More »
Peter & Paul Snowden currently have the equal favourites for Saturday’s $2 million feature event at the Gold Coast, with long-time favourite Empire Of Japan joined at the head of the market by Sovereign Fund. Combined, their three runners take up over 40% of the market and yet that pales in comparison… Read More »
A sister to Sunlight on Wednesday readjusted the record for the highest-priced yearling sold at Magic Millions after changing hands for $2.6 million on the Gold Coast. The filly by Zoustar out of Solar Charged smashed the previously record of $2.2 million, which has stood since 2008, when bought by… Read More »
Turk Warrior scored his 10th career win at just his 16th start when winning the $109,000 Ladbrokes Carpet Charge (1009m) at Devonport on Wednesday. Trained locally at Wesley Vale by Glenn Stevenson, regular hoop Ismail Toker took the four-year-old to the front in the straight and held off the challenge… Read More »
Swoop Dog completed the Longford Cup-Devonport Cup double in a deceptive finish that had jockeys and connections guessing until the number was semaphored. Trained at Longford by John Blacker, Swoop Dog surged to the lead in the straight for Sigrid Carr in front of a vocal crowd but had to… Read More »
While Gai Waterhouse has won four Magic Millions 2yo Classic’s, the most of any trainer, she and co-trainer Adrian Bott, who have been in partnership since 2016, are yet to taste success in the race. This year however, they bring three genuine chances, all with differing form lines, although Bott… Read More »
Sunsource, a colt by Zoustar who fetched $370,000 at last year’s yearling sales has already tasted some form of Magic Millions success, but trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are hoping other factors can spark enough improvement to be competitive in Saturday’s Magic Millions 2yo Classic. An exciting winner at… Read More »
A son of Golden Slipper winner Mossfun wears the yellow jersey as the highest-priced lot after Day 1 of this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The colt by I Am Invincible sold for $400,000 more than any other yearling on the first of five days of selling when… Read More »
Ben and Jd Hayes have had just one starter at the Gold Coast in their short careers as head of Lindsay Park Racing, Zayydani finishing sixth in last year’s Group 2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at 60-1. That number will triple come Saturday and the brothers would be quietly confident of… Read More »
The barrier draw for the Magic Millions 2yo Classic was held on Tuesday morning on the Gold Coast with mixed luck for those prominent in betting. Infatuation, a filly by I Am Invincible who fetched $400,000 in the 2022 yearling sale, drew barrier 8 of 21, which will see her… Read More »
Tony & Maddysen Sears have had a total of 23 starters in listed races for zero wins, but newly crowned stable star Yellow Brick is attempting to change that in Saturday’s Magic Millions 3yo Guineas (1425m) worth $2 million. A restricted listed race by nature, the quality, stature, and prize… Read More »
Nine years ago, on January 12, 2014, trainer Bjorn Baker won the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic with Unencumbered. Just three months later, Nathan Berry, who had ridden Unencumbered to that landmark victory for the Baker stable, tragically passed away after contracting an illness while riding in Singapore … and a… Read More »
