Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field is extremely confident Profiteer can become the next member of his family to become a successful stallion after announcing on Tuesday that the three-year-old had been retired from racing. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt will join the Newgate roster this breeding season, standing… Read More »
Tim Clark’s affinity with the Canberra Cup continued on Monday when the top Sydney jockey won the 2022 edition aboard Sacramento. It was the fourth win in the past seven seasons for Clark in the $200,000 Listed event, having celebrated previous wins aboard Hippopus (2016), Dark Eyes (2017) and Samadoubt (2019). “I’ve… Read More »
Jamie Kah has won much bigger races than the Group 3 Adelaide Cup, but few have been as sweet as her win in Monday’s $300,000 feature. The South Australian native, who is now based in Victoria, won the 3200-metre event for the first time when she partnered Daqiansweet Junior to victory for… Read More »
Those who feel like it was only yesterday that Black Caviar was racing can be excused for feeling a little older when they learn a grandson of the legendary sprinter is engaged to run on Tuesday. Keysborough will become the next generation of one of the most famous families in Australian… Read More »
Rokanori claimed his biggest victory on Saturday and trainer Grant Williams is confident the unbeaten colt can continue to improve as he progresses to next month’s WA Derby (2400). Coming off a Belmont Park maiden and an Ascot midweek race, Rokanori faced a stiffer test in the J.C.Roberts Stakes (1800m), but… Read More »
Anthony and Sam Freedman’s eyes are focussed firmly on delivering Godolphin a Golden Slipper this weekend, but they took time out to provide Sheikh Mohammed with a valuable Stakes win on Monday. The father/son training team produced Bistro to win the $107,000 Listed Cinderella Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville. It was a valuable… Read More »
On a day where great announcements dominated headlines in sport, one about an Aussie horse trainer should be right up there among them. * Tom Brady says he will play again, and Twitter goes mad. * Man filthy because he paid $500,000 for the last touchdown ball TB threw. *… Read More »
Irish Songs has scored an emotional win for trainer Kurt Goldman coming with a late rush to claim the Listed National Sprint at Canberra. The sprinter carried the colours of former 1960’s Wallaby representative Alan Cardy who died just before Christmas following a fall at home in Sydney. “I trained my… Read More »
Richard and Michael Freedman may be about to dissolve their training partnership, but the pair is still a force to be reckoned with in coming weeks. The Freedman brothers go their separate ways on April 1 with Richard to continue training at Rosehill and Michael from their Randwick yard. The pair sent… Read More »
The curtain will draw to a close shortly on the career of Tofane but there is still some unfinished business to do. It was announced on Friday that Tofane would be sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast in May, but first the Mike Moroney-trained galloper will run in… Read More »
Jockey Jordan Childs will do almost anything so as not to jeopardise his relationship with talented galloper Nonconformist. So much so the Victorian-based jockey is prepared to uproot stumps at home and head to Brisbane for the winter to continue his association with the Caulfield Cup runner-up. Nonconformist will commence… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes believes he is in a good spot to land a second win in his former hometown Cup. While Stokes still operates a base in Adelaide under the care of his son Tom, his main stable is now at Pakenham where last year’s winner Good Idea and Daqiansweet Junior… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have already combined to win one Golden Slipper and they have their sights on another with improving two-year-old Rise Of The Masses. The pair won the 2020 renewal with Farnan to give Waterhouse a record seventh victory in the juvenile showpiece but her first since… Read More »
The shock of absolute shocks in the Newmarket, a flying mare got a well deserved Group l win and a former American galloper earned herself a maiden major. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: What The Roch? Kiwi… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has described Lighthouse as a dream to train after she delivered the leading horseman his first Group 1 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. The mare became the second American import to win the 1500m feature in the past three years, following the trail blazed by the Tulloch Lodge-trained Con Te Partiro,… Read More »
Perth-based trainer Dan Morton was convinced Kissonallforcheeks could stand up to a Group 3 test on Super Saturday at Flemington and that confidence was rewarded as the four-year-old took out the Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap over 1400 metres. “That’s why we’re here,” Morton said after Kissonallforcheeks ($4.80 favourite) notched a 2-Âľ lenth victory… Read More »
Joe Pride is hoping the rain-affected conditions continue into the autumn as he plots a Sydney Cup raid with wet track specialist Stockman. The five-year-old took his record to seven wins from 28 starts with victory in Saturday’s Sky High Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill and tellingly, all but one of his… Read More »
Edward Cummings had a plan when he started the autumn campaign of Duais to bring the mare to Melbourne for the Australian Cup. It was a race his grandfather, Hall Of Fame trainer Bart Cummings, won on 13 occasions and the younger Cummings wanted to get his name on the honour roll. “He set the… Read More »
Flemington has continued to be a graveyard for punters in feature races with New Zealand sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse the latest to score a knockout blow. Roch ‘N’ Horse became the latest triple figure winner when she took out the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday after Lunar… Read More »
Team Hawkes have again demonstrated their knack for successfully switching horses between states with Mr Mozart relishing a change of scenery in Sydney to capture the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes. The three-year-old had failed to beat a rival home at his past two starts on good tracks in Melbourne but enjoyed… Read More »
