He’s been out of action for almost six months after suffering an ugly fall in the Silver Shadow Stakes last August, but jockey Brenton Avdulla will make a quiet return to race riding at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday. Avdulla copped an undisplaced fracture of his C7 vertebra in the base of… Read More »
When Greg Eurell learned he was taking over training of Over Boost, he wouldn’t have thought he’d be a leading contender for a city race at his stable debut, as he will be at Sandown on Wednesday. The Toronado gelding came to Eurell after six starts in Hong Kong, where… Read More »
Peter Gelagotis and the connections of Miss Roseiano are expected to pay a late entry fee to run in Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race at Caulfield. After a debut win in the filly’s division of the Blue Diamond Preview before running second in the Blue Diamond Prelude last Saturday, the $55,000 late entry for… Read More »
Joe Pride says he cannot wait for the Lightning Stakes at Flemington where he will see Eduardo again pitted against Nature Strip. It will be Eduardo’s first trip back to Melbourne since Pride took over the training of the sprinter in 2020 after the rising nine-year-old started out with Cranbourne trainer Sarah Zschoke…. Read More »
A new era in racing takes place today at Wyong and it may be a winning one at that. Champion rider from West Australia, Willie Pike, takes his first mounts since arriving in NSW where he hopes to establish himself as the best rider in the land. And those rides… Read More »
Baylee Nothdurft continues to grapple with serious weight problems which have already threatened to severely restrict, or even end, his race-riding career on more than one occasion. Nothdurft famously landed the Brisbane Jockey’s Premiership as an apprentice in the 2019/20 season, becoming the first apprentice to do so since Michael… Read More »
Godolphin guns spearhead Rosehill nominees as the charge toward the Autumn carnival continues with the running of Saturday’s Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m). In what promises to be an exciting spectacle and prelude to Autumn racing, Group 1 talent once again fills the nominations at Saturday’s Rosehill meeting. The Group… Read More »
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 »
