Here we go again! It is both a compliment to trainers in Toowoomba, and the results they produce with certain horses, that they have attracted a rush of attention from both national and international buying markets ⊠but it also has a rolling consequence in that, while the cash rolls… Read More »
Splintex will head to the Show County Quality at Randwick on a mission to defend his undefeated record over the course and distance. Not only has the five-year-old displayed a liking for Randwick’s 1200 metre circuit but it has also been the scene of his two most significant victories in the… Read More »
Amelia Park-Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) fancy Lonsdale Lady left trainer Kieran McDonagh mystified and perplexed after she was a late scratching at Belmont Park last Saturday. Kieran Mcdonagh was looking forward to the Maschino mare go around in a 1600m event and recording consecutive victories after bouncing back to the winner’s… Read More »
Expectations have been high for Express Pass right from the time the Nick Ryan-trained galloper stepped out on the racecourse. While placed a couple of times in stakes company, Express Pass now gets the chance to notch a first success when he contests the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at The Valley on Saturday. Express Pass ran… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has been a horseman all his life and despite the advances in technology, he says one thing has not changed. While computers can measure all sorts of things, including a thoroughbred’s heart rate and aerobic capacity, there is also an intrinsic element to assessing a horse and it is… Read More »
There will only ever be one Winx, but Verry Elleegant can go some way towards emulating her former stablemate when she chases back-to-back wins in the event named after the champion galloper. Winx won the race three years in succession from 2016 to 2018 and Verry Elleegant can add her name… Read More »
A clean scope will enable Jigsaw to take his place at The Valley after a mishap forced him out of a race a week earlier at Caulfield. Jigsaw became cast in his box in the lead up to the Group 3 Vain Stakes and with some skin off his nose trainer… Read More »
Toy Show Quality favourite Entriviere will need to pass a veterinary test in order to take her place in the Group Three sprint at Randwick. Trainer Jamie Richards advised Racing NSW stewards that the mare was displaying signs of lameness in her off foreleg after completing trackwork on Thursday. She has been… Read More »
An important meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow at which representatives of Racing Queensland, the Brisbane Racing Club and the Queensland Branch of the Australian Trainersâ Association will try to find common ground as to how to move along with the management of the problematic Eagle Farm racetrack. This… Read More »
On paper James Cummings and Godolphin would appear to hold a strong hand in the Roll The Dice Racing Plate at The Valley The Royal Blue colours are to be worn by the two topweights, Zapateo and Sliders, in the 1200m sprint for three-year-old fillies. But Cummings has issued a word of warning, concerned that Zapateo may have… Read More »
Racing Victoriaâs counter-punch to Racing NSWâs announcement of The Invitation has been both swift and tactical. In July Racing NSW announced The Invitation, a new race for Fillies and Mares over 1400m which is worth $2 million in prize-money. The fact that inaugural running of The Invitation is set down… Read More »
It will be exciting to see what’s next for Hardly Ever after she justified strong market support to score an eye-catching victory on debut at Belmont on Wednesday. Trainer Simon Miller believes she has Ascot carnival potential after she won the Amelia Park Handicap (1000m) with a powerful sprint from near… Read More »
Following the announcement that New Zealand would move to a Level 4 lockdown, the Waikato Stallion Parade scheduled to run this weekend has been postponed to Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, September 5. The Gavelhouse.com Waikato Stallion Parade was due to book-end the Ebbett VW National Breeding Awards, which have been rescheduled… Read More »
Lindsay Park may have unearthed a potential spring contender with the all-the-way victory of Sandy Prince at Sandown. The Ben and Jd Hayes-trained galloper landed his second win on end when successful in the Ladbrokes Switch Handicap (1400m) on Wednesday. Sandy Prince broke his maiden status at Moe on Wednesday… Read More »
The Anthony Cummings -trained filly Chill has notched up her maiden victory in fine style, with a return to Stakes level on the horizon. The three-year-old has had three of her six race starts in Group or Listed company, including last start when seventh in the Listed Rosebud.The drop in grade proved the… Read More »
Mark Schmetzer’s $1.3 million The Kosciuszko chance Leo has thrown his hat in the ring after blitzing his 800m trial on Wednesday. Scone-based horseman Mark Schmetzer’s Kosciuszko hopeful Leo has dominated a trial at Muswellbrook on Wednesday. The five-year-old won his 800m heat by seven lengths, clocking 32.63 seconds for… Read More »
A longshot winner Adele Amour may have caught punters unaware but it certainly did not her trainer John Sadler. Adele Amour resumed from a spell to claim the Ladbrokes Cash In Plate (1400m) at Sandown on Wednesday, her first outing since February. A filly by Sebring, Sadler has aspirations of a potential… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock are no different to most trainers at the start of the spring. Aim high and re-evaluate along the way and that is what Griffiths and de Kock are doing with Daily Bugle who resumes in the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at The Valley on Saturday…. Read More »
The lure of riding opportunities is the driving force and motivation behind Kristo Sardelic’s decision to move interstate. Kristo Sardelic hails from a non-racing background and never had an association with horses until he commenced his apprenticeship last year. In 12-months the former apprentice butcher has booted home 25 winners and… Read More »
The ownership group of Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet are also among the new owners of Melbourne Cup hopeful Sir Lucan. A deal was struck overnight for Sir Lucan to come to Australia to be trained for the Melbourne Cup by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Sir Lucan is the… Read More »
