He currently sits in second on the Sydney trainer’s premiership with 34 winners and Warwick Farm conditioner Bjorn Baker will be looking to add to the win column at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday. Baker is four winners ahead of Godolphin trainer James Cummings, with Peter and Paul Snowden a further… Read More »
Lark Hill trainer Stephen Miller is very much liking the way his talented juvenile Saintorio is going about his business. The Oratorio gelding banked another win on Saturday to stamp his claims for rich two-year-old races that loom in the next couple of months. Saintorio let down strongly after jockey… Read More »
Star apprentice Jaden Lloyd will take the next important step in his career when he formally joins the high-flying Steven O’Dea and Matt Hoysted stable at Eagle Farm next week. The paper-word involved for Lloyd to formally be attached to the stable is still pending, but the arrangement has been… Read More »
With Masked Crusader’s first look at the Flemington straight out of the way, it is full steam ahead to Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington. The Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained gelding was on Monday among 11 nominations for what shapes as one of the races… Read More »
Mick Price will turn to the barrier blanket as he strives to bring out the best in Jacquinot for the Group 1 Blue Diamond. The classy colt walked out of the barriers in Saturday’s Group 3 Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) but still finished fifth, beaten a fraction over two lengths despite being… Read More »
Ballarat-based trainer Mitchell Freedman will chase a $100,000 bonus after his former Hong Kong-galloper Ho Ho Khan took out the Group 3 $250,000 Ladbrokes Hobart Cup (2400m) on Sunday. A last start winner at Caulfield over 2000 metres on 8 January, the seven-year-old claimed the first of Tasmania’s feature Cups double with… Read More »
With the anticipation of a crack field of sprinters for the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (100m) at Flemington coming up on Saturday, it is the prospect of Australian horses making a return to the international platform in June that has observers like Leigh Jordon most excited. While Australian top… Read More »
The adage goes that all good things take time and trainer Annabel Neasham is hoping that’s the case as she patiently prepares her stable heavyweights to take the next step towards their highly anticipated returns. Zaaki, Mo’Unga and Top Ranked are all scheduled to step out for their second barrier trials at… Read More »
A bonny mare continued her love affair with 1400m Group l races, the Blue Diamond picture is still unclear while a former giant killer is becoming a proper giant. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Tofane Wins CF… Read More »
Snapdancer has broken through for her first stakes success at Randwick. Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will continue to pick off some carnival targets for Snapdancer after she landed an overdue black-type win in the Group 3 Triscay Stakes at Randwick. Snapdancer ($2.90 fav) mustered speed to take up the running in Saturday’s… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra was on a tight timeline but able to get home the quickest in the Group 1 C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Zahra was forced to bypass the interviews after his Group 1 success on Tofane as he was heading to the airport to board a flight to the US… Read More »
Trainer Maddie Raymond has loftier plans for Earlswood after the imported galloper scored at his Australian debut at Caulfield. The UK-bred galloper who raced successfully in Ireland, took out the Group 3 T S Carlyon Stakes (1600m) on Saturday at his first outing since September. Raymond is now eyeing off the Group 1… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 2 $250,000 The Agency Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick. Nash Rawiller (Think It Over): “You could tell Tommy (Berry on I Am Superman) was going to try and use his fitness to his advantage. You are in… Read More »
Fangirl has upset stablemate Espiona to win the Light Fingers Stakes.Boom filly Espiona has suffered her first defeat at the hands of barn mate Fangirl in a thrilling Light Fingers Stakes finish that has trainer Chris Waller already looking forward to a rematch. Both fillies emerged as rising talents during the spring carnival… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable had concerns before Argentia made a winning return at Caulfield that she may have been underdone. But the filly’s class shone through in the Group 3 Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) on Saturday when she got up in the last stride to score a first-up win…. Read More »
Trainer John O’Shea is looking to the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes with fresh confidence after Lost And Running demolished his rivals to win the Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick. The five-year-old started a $2.25 favourite and confirmed his coming of age with a classy performance, stalking the speed and making light of… Read More »
Sydney’s newest $2 million race has already landed on the radar of trainer Joe Pride, who believes it shapes as a perfect fit for Randwick winner Silent Agenda. ‘The Big Dance’s, a 1600 metre race to be run at Randwick on Melbourne Cup day, was among Racing NSW’s latest initiatives… Read More »
Lofty Strike has turned betting on the Blue Diamond Stakes on its head with an impressive come from behind win at Caulfield. The Julius Sandhu-trained two-year-old remains unbeaten after scoring on debut at Flemington before his success in the colts and geldings division of the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) on Saturday…. Read More »
The Queensland arm of the Michelle Payne stable claimed its first success in the Sunshine State when the five-year-old gelding Group Think took out the BM 73 Handicap over 1630m … the opening race on the Doomben card. Jim Byrne, who currently leads the Brisbane Jockey’s Premiership, had no hesitation… Read More »
Annabel Neasham almost didn’t run Mumbai Jewel at Randwick due to her outside gate, but she was glad she changed her mind when the filly produced a whirlwind finish to claim the opening race on Apollo Stakes day. After the youngster endured a tough run from a wide draw in the Widden… Read More »
