Imported stayer Lord Belvedere has returned to winning form at Flemington having come back from colic surgery which forced him to miss a large portion of the racing season. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained gelding was having his third start back in Saturday’s George Watson Handicap (2540m) and came… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has declared Viridine would not be out of place in a Group One race but the Randwick punters who took a different view have paid the price. Opening at $4.80, the Godolphin sprinter was a noted market drifter to start $6 but he had little trouble accounting for… Read More »
They share the same sire and hail from the same stable and that might not be where the similarities between Caulfield Cup favourite Master Of Wine and Randwick winner Mount Popa end. The latter made a dynamic Sydney debut on Saturday, coming with a sweeping run from back in the… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan admitted the best thing he had done for a while was to take blinkers off the race day gear of The Actuary who won her first stakes race at Doomben. The Actuary ($4.80) came from well back in the field to beat Toscanini ($10) by 1-3/4 lengths… Read More »
Persan will be given the chance at a proper staying journey after registering a second consecutive Flemington victory. Co-trainer David Eustace said Persan would return to Flemington on July 4 for the Mahogany Challenge Final over 2500m after taking out the Sir Henry Bolte Handicap on Saturday. The victory was… Read More »
A promising two-year-old gelding with family links to former champion Tie The Knot has maintained an unbeaten start to his career at Flemington to give trainer Patrick Payne his 100th winner for the season. Cherry Tortoni, who races in the famous red colours with a white cap worn by a… Read More »
Tony Gollan has become the first to train 100 Queensland metropolitan race winners in a season after Howwonderfullifeis won at Doomben. Gollan has his seventh consecutive metropolitan title sewn up and had already set a record for the most wins which he previously held at 90 from two seasons ago…. Read More »
Brothers Richard and Michael Freedman have continued an outstanding season with two-year-olds and iced a memorable week with Exhibition’s gutsy win at Randwick. Having just his second start, the $6.50 chance was under stern urgings from jockey Andrew Adkins around the home turn but responded and lifted late to edge… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Freedman has opted to apply ear muffs and pacifiers to Starcaster for his latest start at Flemington in a bid to get the import to relax better and deliver on his potential. Starcaster has won one of his six Australian starts and heads into Saturday’s George Watson Handicap… Read More »
A breakout season could get even better for Bjorn Baker when the trainer heads to Randwick with a team of well-credentialled horses. Baker is enjoying his best term, this month bringing up a milestone 50 metropolitan winners, smashing his previous season best tally of 38. A Group One Winx Stakes… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien expects to get a better guide on New Zealand stakes performer Run To Perfection when the colt makes his second Australian appearance at Flemington. O’Brien has Run To Perfection in Saturday’s Listed AR Creswick Stakes (1200m) for three-year-olds having given him eight weeks between runs… Read More »
Best known as the trainer of Doncaster Mile winner Nettoyer, Wendy Roche has been enjoying her latest challenge with recent stable acquisition and mudlark Star Of Harada. Roche has picked up several extra horses on the back of Nettoyer’s Group One heroics, the bulk of them babies. So when seasoned… Read More »
Star Western Australian mare Angelic Ruler has sadly died. The Dan and Ben Pearce trained mare has won six of her twenty one starts with a further eleven placings amassing connections over $800,000. Angelic Ruler was suffering from mild colic and went in for surgery in which vets found an… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is hopeful the decision to wait an extra week for a Flemington race with Miss Mandito will be rewarded when the mare makes her latest Melbourne appearance. Miss Mandito won last year’s Leilani Series Final at Flemington when trained in Victoria by Charlotte Littlefield and that… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Outburst is primed to give shuttle stallion Real Impact his first Australian stakes winner. Trainer Paul Messara has scratched Outburst from Sydney to concentrate on the Listed Phoenix (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. Jeff Penza rode Outburst when the gelding won at Scone two weeks ago but with… Read More »
A drop in class and a better barrier could help stakes performer Fiery Heights give trainer Barry Lockwood winter glory in his own right at Doomben. The coronavirus restrictions meant several NSW trainers could not come to Queensland for the winter. They had to entrust their horses to a Queensland-based… Read More »
The art of training is knowing the ability of your horses and where to place them to reap the rewards. Lindsay Park has a pair of two-year-old fillies engaged in the Rod Johnson Handicap at Flemington on Saturday in the hope they will make it to a black-type race in… Read More »
Top Sydney trainer John O’Shea has been charged by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission after one of his horses tested positive to the recreational drug ice. Pretty In Pink returned a positive swab to the substance after winning the Group Two Moreton Cup at Doomben in June last year. Queensland… Read More »
Like most brothers, training partners Michael and Richard Freedman occasionally butt heads but there has been little to argue about over the past week. When the Wyong meeting wrapped up on Thursday, the stable had produced seven winners from its past 10 runners, highlighted by Outback Diva’s Rosehill victory last… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Mott has been fined on a misconduct charge following a social media post that suggested he would flout racing’s whip rules. Racing Victoria stewards on Thursday held an inquiry into a comment made by Mott on his Twitter account following the Sandown meeting on Wednesday. In issuing a… Read More »
