Most of the talk around two-year olds on Saturday was about Sire’s winner Fireburn, who is aiming to become just the seventh horse and second filly to win the two-year old triple crown, but those watching the West had equal reason to be excited. Amelia’s Jewel, trained by Simon Miller… Read More »
Day 2 of The Championships shapes to be another captivating spectacle with world-class runners set to star across the four Group 1 contests at Randwick on Saturday. Front-lined by what is sure to be another seriously competitive edition of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (QE) Stakes (2000m), racing enthusiasts will be… Read More »
It was less than nine months ago that the Ben & Jd Hayes -trained Mr Brightside was winning a lowly maiden at Geelong, but now the Bullbars gelding looks to have bigger fish to fry after an impressive Doncaster win at Royal Randwick last Saturday. Posting the first Group 1 victory for… Read More »
Ian Shield was all smiles after securing the biggest win of his career on Sunday, but if you went back four days to the same venue, it would have been fair to say he wasn’t exactly in the same high spirits and mood. Ian Shield was at Pinjarra last Wednesday to… Read More »
Ciaron Maher says that Hitotsu can raise the bar even higher and improve even further in 2022. In the aftermath of winning the Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday, and becoming the third horse since 1979 to notch a winning double after claiming the Victoria Derby (2500m) in the springtime… Read More »
The 26-year-old will relocate to Perth and join Chris and Michael Gangemi’s stable after riding at Launceston on Wednesday. Louis is no stranger to local racing and his having his third stint in the west after commencing his apprenticeship in Mauritius in 2015. Being back in WA will revive fond… Read More »
A pair of quality 2YO colts opened The Championships at Randwick with an Arrowfield sires’ quinella in the $200,000 Kindergarten S. 1100m G3. Shalaa’s son Semillion has been hard to fault, winning the Inglis Banner RL at his October debut, then second to Lofty Strike in the Blue Diamond Prelude… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud is preparing for an emotional week in Sydney, where the final group of yearlings by Not A Single Doubt will be offered at an Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The son of Redoute’s Choice has been a mainstay of the Hunter Valley farm, which was where he was bred… Read More »
A chance discussion with a rival trainer has led to The Inferno being targeted at the inaugural running of The Country Discovery at Sale. The $500,000 race over 1100m headlines the meeting after an amendment to the Victorian Government’s Racing Act last year has enabled racing to be conducted on Good… Read More »
The John Sadler stable is after some early black type with impressive debut winner Yowie. The two-year-old scored over 1000m at Sandown on March 16 and is earmarked to run in the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Sadler’s son, and assistant trainer, Tom said Yowie had progressed… Read More »
Star colt Anamoe has suffered a minor setback but James Cummings remains optimistic the star colt will take his place in the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Cummings reported to stewards that the Rosehill Guineas winner presented with an elevated temperature and minor blood abnormality during the week. However, the Godolphin head… Read More »
A gun sprinter booked himself a ticket for Royal Ascot, a training partnership got their first Group l while the Maher/Eustace camp continue to defy history. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Nature Strip Arrogant In TJ Smith… Read More »
A smart ride by Michael Dee has seen Cherry Tortoni break back into the winner’s circle at Bendigo. Success in the Listed Golden Mile (1600m) on Saturday was Cherry Tortoni’s first since taking out the Listed Adelaide Guineas (1600m) at Morphettville last May. The Patrick Payne-trained gelding invariably gets back… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $3,00,000 Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick. Craig Williams (Mr Brightside): “The way that this horse has come over from New Zealand in one preparation they just took the steps through his grades, really developed this… Read More »
Ben and JD Hayes have celebrated their first major as a training partnership with Mr Brightside landing an upset win in the $3 million Doncaster Mile at Randwick. Racing is in the blood for the third-generation horsemen, who are the grandsons of legendary trainer Colin Hayes and the sons of… Read More »
Nature Strip has joined star sprinter Chautauqua as a three-time winner of the Group 1 T J Smith Stakes and in doing so has all but booked his passage to take on the world at Royal Ascot. The big-striding chestnut started a $2.30 favourite and was at his lethal best,… Read More »
A gene test performed on Gundec has altered the thoughts the colt’s trainer Symon Wilde. Purchased to run in the Group 1 Victoria Derby at Flemington last year, Gundec has returned this campaign to win twice, over shorter trip. After scoring over 1209m at Geelong first-up, Gundec added the Listed Bendigo Guineas (1400m) to his… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has produced a training masterclass to claim the ATC Australian Derby with Hitotsu and in doing so capture a slice of history. No horse since Mahogany in 1993-94 had won the Victoria Derby – ATC Australian Derby double and Hitotsu managed the feat off the back of a single lead-up… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $2,500,000 Furphy TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick. James McDonald (Nature Strip): “It’s just unbelievable isn’t it. Three of them. He’s got the Everest, he’s won everything in Australia, he’s just an incredible incredible horse. This… Read More »
Fireburn has announced herself as Australia’s champion juvenile, becoming the first filly since Merlene 26 years ago to claim the Golden Slipper – ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes double. It was another breathtaking performance from the $2.50 favourite, who unleashed a devastating finishing sprint to overhaul She’s Extreme ($4.60) by 1-1/2 lengths… Read More »
