The extraordinary hot winning streak of the Chris and Corey Munce training partnership and jockey Maryin Harley put one more notch in the sequence on the belt when the debutant Zip Lock ($4) outgunned the $2.70 favourite Itchintogo in the closing stages to secure victory in a QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising continued his smooth preparation for the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) with a dominant barrier trial performance at Sha Tin on Friday (14 November), easily accounting for a field of high-class rivals. The worldâs top-rated sprinter jumped cleanly and travelled keenly throughout before powering down the… Read More »
Multiple and reigning Newcastle Trainersâ Premiership winner Kris Lees will be looking to add another memorable win to his honour roll when he fires a double-barrelled shot at a $1 million The Hunter at his home track on Saturday. The two runners that Lees will saddle in his attempt to… Read More »
The first race at Geelong today, The Road To Jericho Highweight Handicap contested over 3762m, gave a true insight into the task facing runners heading to the Jericho Cup at Warrnambool on November 30 ⊠the Jericho Cup being a contest that provides the longest race distance in Australia at… Read More »
There was certainly a theme to the top end buying at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale with the six most popular lots – who sold for between $675,000 and $825,000 – all purchased by Chinese/Hong Kong buyers. The sale, which has a long record of providing… Read More »
Tyler Schiller will complete a hat-trick of wins in the $1 million, Group 2, The Hunter if he can salute on the six-year-old mare Clear Thinking in Saturdayâs big feature race at Newcastle. Schiller took out the last two editions of the race winning aboard Coal Crusher in 2023 and… Read More »
Andrew Gluyas has resisted the temptation to chase a lucrative Melbourne payday with emerging middle distance galloper Guru Warrior and will instead hope to see some continued improvement from the cantankerous gelding at Morphettville Parks on Saturday. Guru Warrior has won three consecutive races this campaign, albeit his tendency to lay out… Read More »
Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have already won a Guineas with a filly at Caulfield this spring and they are favoured to land another this weekend. The Pakenham training team put the polish on Sheza Alibi, the $1.70 favourite for Saturday’s Sandown Guineas. The $400,000 event will be run four weeks… Read More »
The very smart Jokers Grin will not have jockey Patrick Carbery in the saddle for the first time in his career when he goes out to contest the Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Carbery has ridden Jokers Grin in all of his starts to date with… Read More »
As profitable as the Spring Carnival has been for Ethan Brown, one thing is missing, which he is keen to rectify this Saturday at Caulfield. The in-form jockey will chase his first Group 1 win of the season aboard Jimmysstar in the $1 million CF Orr Stakes. The Everest placegetter… Read More »
Lindsay Park is aiming to cash in on a late-spring opportunity with Roll On High at Caulfield this Saturday. The five-year-old will chase a drought-breaking win in the $200,000 Group 3 Summoned Stakes. The 1600-metre event will be run 11 days after Roll On High’s fast-finishing second placing in the Group… Read More »
A week after combining to snare the Champions Mile at Flemington with Ceolwulf, jockey Chad Schofield and trainer Joe Pride are hoping to repeat the dose in a feature event closer to home. The pair team up with Coal Crusher in The Hunter (1300m), the gelding striving to become the… Read More »
If veteran Huetor can win the The Beauford at Newcastle, not only will it mark an incredible training performance from Peter Snowden, but it will serve as testament to the resilience of the horse. The gelding’s journey has twice been marred by career-threatening setbacks, the first a serious eye infection… Read More »
It’s been almost a fortnight since Hedged’s luckless run in the Group 2 Rising Fast Stakes at Flemington, but the pain lingers for the gelding’s trainer Gavin Bedggood. The Cranbourne horseman fears the $240,000 event was the Group 3 that got away for the Roll The Dice Racing speedster. The… Read More »
âPride of Arras is ready to go,â said trainer Ralph Beckett with the dual British Group 2 winner to be again ridded by Rossa Ryan, âas I think the race is a good spot for him.â âHe has worked well at the weekend and I think the race is a… Read More »
Two Queensland jockeys have been handed lengthy suspensions after a video surfaced on social media showing one of them using a white powder believed to be cocaine. The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) stewards announced their findings this week, suspending Amy Graham for four months and Sophie Wilcock for three… Read More »
Toowoomba based trainer Rex Lipp seldom travels too far from home. He is too seasoned a trainer to be fooled by false expectations so the very fact that he is taking the five-year-old gelding Cifrado down to Newcastle to tackle the $1 million The Hunter on Saturday is a move… Read More »
Debutant Seeiaye is the early favourite for the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle, but trainer Peter Snowden will reserve an opinion on his chances until the colt enters the mounting enclosure. The youngster has twice trialled nicely in preparation for Saturday’s sprint, finishing runner-up at his initial hitout and taking… Read More »
Chris Waller stepped in to enhance Godolphin’s outstanding record in the Golden Rose earlier this spring and he will be out to reinstate their influence in this Saturday’s $400,000 Sandown Guineas at Caulfield. The Sheikh Mohammed-owned Burma Star is one of Waller’s two runners in the 1600-metre Group 2. The… Read More »
The already burgeoning Yulong Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding operation recently added another exciting prospect to their portfolio and gained an immediate return on investment when the filly Well Written smashed the opposition in the Group 1, NZ$600,000 New Zealand 1000 Guineas over a mile at Riccarton. That result saw Well… Read More »
