Chris Waller and Craig Williams’ magical weekend continued on Saturday when Crystal Pegasus maintained his winning ways in the Mornington Cup (2400m). Less than 24 hours after teaming up to win the $1 million Group 1 William Reid Stakes with September Run, the jockey/trainer combination claimed the $300,000 Listed event that… Read More »
Kerry Parker was on his way to the stewards’ room at Rosehill to scratch Think It Over from the Tancred Stakes when a group of jockeys got there first. Parker’s stable star doesn’t enjoy wet tracks and when Rosehill was downgraded to a heavy 10 following the first race on Saturday, he… Read More »
Jump The Broom is owned by the man who bred Black Caviar and the four-year-old maintained one similarity with the legendary sprinter with her win at Mornington on Saturday. The daughter of Sebring kept her unbeaten record in tact with a gutsy first-up win in the $130,000 Catanach’s Jeweller’s BM78 Handicap (1200m)…. Read More »
Racing officials have postponed the Tancred Stakes meeting at Rosehill after jockeys expressed safety concerns over the track. A group of riders, including leading hoops James Mcdonald and Kerrin Mcevoy, approached the stewards after the second event – the Schweppervescence for two-year-olds – advising that they felt the surface had… Read More »
Improving youngster Williamsburg has booked himself a spot in the Group 1 Sires’ Produce Stakes after outlasting Moko in a slogging finish to the Schweppervescence. The Group 3 race was held in atrocious conditions with a heavy shower sweeping over Rosehill just as the race was being run. However, Williamsburg ($10) had… Read More »
Liam Howley and Fred W Kersley combined for an early Mornington Cup Day blowout with Virtuous Circle upsetting some more fancied rivals in the Mornington Sires. The son of Almanzor, the outsider of the field at $61, edged out well-supported $2.20 favourite Do It La by a short-half-head in the $130,000 event over… Read More »
It was an early move before the turn by jockey William Pike that saw Mount Popa ($3.80) salute in the Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill Gardens. While race favourite Polly Grey ($3.20F) was still stuck in behind them on the fence, Pike took off at the 700m mark and let down… Read More »
Chris Waller trained mare September Run hadn’t won a race since her sparkling three-year-old campaign, which included the Coolmore Stud Stakes but was back to her best at Moonee Valley, winning the Group 1 William Reid Stakes in fine fashion. Settling midfield under jockey Craig Williams, the mare relished a… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained mare Shout The Bar led all the way at Moonee Valley on Friday night to take out the Group 2 Sunline Stakes. 5YO mare Shout The Bar, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott has notched up her fifth career win and her third at… Read More »
With attention turning to a celebration of the fact that it had been thirty years since the first race under lights at Toowoomba, on Friday night at the track, many were reflecting on the changing times since that ground-breaking 1992 edition of the Toowoomba Cup … on just how much… Read More »
Trainer Russell Stewart has declared Swear To God a better horse than stablemate Street Parade, ahead of his debut in tomorrow’s Amelia Park Plate (1000m) at Ascot. The colt enters tomorrow’s event off the back three trials, the last of them a stylish 1000m trial win at Belmont earlier this… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable is hoping for some better luck with La Mexicana who kicks off her latest campaign which is ultimately aimed at a Group 1 contest. La Mexicana contests the Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington on Saturday with grand plans of tackling the Group 1 Sangster Stakes… Read More »
There is always a temptation to compare horses from different generations, but Kerry Parker says two of the most talented staying fillies he has trained are chalk and cheese. Parker will saddle up Hope In Your Heart in the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, a decade after… Read More »
It’s now thirty years ago that the Toowoomba Turf Club etched its place in Australian racing history by hosting the first race run under lights in the country … and that prestigious achievement will be one of the points of celebration at the Toowoomba meeting tonight. The first race under… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is banking on a rain-affected track and low barrier draw helping She’s Ideel to go one better than her second to Sir Dragonet in last year’s $1.5 million Tancred Stakes. The mare finished 2-1/4 lengths astern of the winner on a good surface in the corresponding race 12… Read More »
Yaki Ishi will attempt to give Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock a third win in the Mornington Sires. If early betting on the Cleanaway Sustainability Sires is any indication, six of the eight runners will be racing to fill third place on Saturday. Yaki Ishi and Do It La… Read More »
Craig Williams will get to have his first sit on Crystal Pegasus when he partners the stayer in the Mornington Cup. While he is yet to ride the Chris Waller-trained import, he gets the feeling from what he has seen of the gelding that he may have a bright future…. Read More »
Scratched from the Galaxy due to a wide gate, Splintex has drawn to get the favours at Rosehill. Splintex doesn’t win out of turn, but the stars might be aligning for the sprinter to produce another peak performance at Rosehill on Saturday. The five-year-old was scratched from the Group 1 Galaxy… Read More »
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young will saddle a trio of their large contingent of three-year-olds in the Mornington Guineas. Blushing Tycoon,Zerelle and Commander Harry will line up in the $150,000 race over 1600m for three-year-olds on Saturday. Blushing Tycoon only has the one win from 11 starts but did show promise in stakes company during the… Read More »
Twelve months ago, Australian Derby winner Explosive Jack took an unorthodox route to the blue riband via the Tasmanian Derby and James Cummings is hoping filly Honeycreeper can achieve something similar. Like Explosive Jack, the Australian Oaks hopeful has done her recent racing interstate and heads to Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m)… Read More »
