Feature racing was a focus at Rosehill on Saturday with eyes towards the Villiers while at Ascot, a newcomer won the Winterbottom. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: King Is Queen Of Rosehill It wasn’t a Group l… Read More »
Brad Rawiller has given the Daniel Morton trained Elite Street a ten out of ten ride to win the Group One Winterbottom Stakes. The lightly race four-year-old gelding was having just his ninth start in the Winterbottom Stakes but with the aid of a near perfect ride by jockey Brad… Read More »
Invictus Salute capped a golden day for both jockey Rachel King and trainer Mark Newnham by winning the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill Gardens. Invictus Salute ($6.50) got the right runs in the straight to defeat race leader Spaceboy ($10) by a short neck with Viridine ($5.50) a further three… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Simon Ryan is still coming to terms with the improvement of his sprinter Grandview Avenue who has graduated from restricted class to being a stakes winner this campaign. His trainer Simon Ryan was thrilled and slightly stunned that Grandview Avenue had won the Carlyon Stakes easily which gave… Read More »
The Team Hawkes sprinter Outrageous made it two from two this campaign and connections will now target the Villiers Stakes with him after he won the Group Three Festival Stakes at Rosehill Gardens. Outrageous ($4.60), with Tommy Berry riding, followed his win at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day with a… Read More »
The Mark Newnham-trained Greysful Glamour ($9) added to her value as a broodmare with an all-the-way win in the Listed ATC Cup over 2000m. The Stratum mare has now banked over $700,000 in earnings for connections and adds further black-type to go with her Group Three Mannerism Stakes victory at… Read More »
Pregnancy certainly agrees with this increasingly improving mare INVICTUS SALUTE (Exceed and Excel-Acquired) after she carried her rather valuable cargo to victory in the Listed Starlight Stakes over 1100m at Rosehill. The $140,000 race proved a repeat of the recent Bm100 race where SPACE BOY (Deep Field-Miatoko) with Kathy O’Hara… Read More »
The race, worth $160,000 was taken out by Tommy Berry and OUTRAGEOUS (All Too Hard-Fit And Ready) who sat just off the Irithea and proved simply too tough down the running to hold out ROYAL CELEBRATION (Excelebration-Crimson Code) and a three way photo for third with the bob going to… Read More »
Jockey Harry Coffey made a triumphant return to riding in the city when he piloted Ocean Beyond to take out the Listed Mitchell McKenzie Stakes at The Valley. It was Coffey’s first ride in the city since February and he was thrilled he could return as a winner on the… Read More »
Take nothing from the performance of the smart and improving mare THREEOOD (Star Witness-Sencirclers) who sat deep all the way yet stormed home to win a good Bm 78 at Rosehill on Saturday. But most punters weren’t happy. Firstly, because they missed Threeood who blew from $7.10 to pay $14.50… Read More »
Randwick trainer John O’Shea has unveiled an impressive debut two-year-old winner Robodira who will be Golden Slipper bound in the autumn. Robidora ($19) upset her more fancied rivals to take out the De Bortoli Wines Handicap over 1100m at Rosehill Gardens. The Husson two-year-old filly proved too strong for Godolphin’s… Read More »
Impressive debut winner Paulele signified he could be a player in the major two-year-old events with an easy win at The Valley. James Cummings’ Melbourne stable foreman Sean Keogh described the two-year-old colt as the quiet achiever of the juveniles in the stable after his comfortable win over 1000 metres…. Read More »
Randwick trainer John O’Shea took the wraps off a potential star juvenile at Rosehill on Saturday when his unraced filly ROBODIRA (Husson-Don’t Blink) brilliantly won. And she did it the tough way too. She had to firstly overcome the horror heatwave of 40 degrees, not ideal on debut – then… Read More »
Boom two-year-old Brazen Boy has failed to live-up to his hype on debut at Moonee Valley. Brazen Boy was sent out as the easing $4.20 favourite in the Ladbrokes Plate at Moonee Valley and the late market was spot on with the boom two-year-old knocking-up badly late to run mid… Read More »
Jockey Brock Ryan is recovering in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after a serious fall in the last race at Canterbury last night. Brock Ryan was knocked unconscious after a fall from Carluca near the 200m mark in race 8 at Canterbury Park on Friday night. Brock was then transported to… Read More »
The Lloyd family almost had the perfect day out at Dalby yesterday, but even an unfortunate late twist in the tale couldn’t take the gloss off what will always be a memorable day for Jeff, Nicola, Jaden and Zac Lloyd. Zac kicked off the day’s proceedings, scoring a win aboard… Read More »
A $750 purchase will take on some much more expensive horses at Moonee Valley on Saturday in the Ladbrokes Plate. Divine Waters who was a mere $750 at the Australian Weanling Sale will line-up in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Plate at Moonee Valley against some regally bred horses including $500,000 purchase Gleneagles… Read More »
Short priced favourite Vungers has taken out the $100,000 Wodonga Cup on Friday. The Brendon Hearps trained Vungers was sent out as the heavily backed $2.20 favourite with Sportsbet in the Wodonga Cup and he did not let punters down winning easily on the line from Coming Around and Quiet… Read More »
It has been a few years since Pat Farrell brought a good two-year-old to town but the respected Muswellbrook horseman thinks Super Hot has what it takes to make his mark in the De Bortoli Wines Handicap at Rosehill. Super Hot has drawn barrier 13 in the field of 14… Read More »
Trainer Symon Wilde has had a memorable month and he is hoping it will build to a crescendo with a victory on his home turf of Warrnambool in the Jericho Cup, a race he is extra keen to win. Already this month Wilde has won 10 races, including the Sandown… Read More »
