Talented three-year-old Scathing has emerged as another top winter contender for trainer Chris Munce with a strong win at Doomben. Scathing easily beat older horses in a benchmark 72 race on Saturday to take his record to three wins and four minor placings from seven starts. Munce has been active… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft faces a disrupted start to winter racing after being suspended for nearly three weeks following incidents at two meetings. Nothdurft, who rode a treble at Doomben on Saturday, leads the state and metropolitan premierships in the senior and apprentice divisions. He was suspended for 13… Read More »
The Sydney Autumn Carnival officially wrapped up at Randwick on Saturday while earlier in the week, a champion sprinter was retired. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: King’s Legacy Does The Double Not since Guelph had a horse… Read More »
Trainer Tony Noonan gave his jockey son Jake a football-style rev-up before going out to win The VOBIS Sires Guineas at Caulfield. The coaching style talk paid off with Florent scoring a long shot victory in Saturday’s 1600m race for three-year-olds. In an all fillies finish, Florent ($51) scored by… Read More »
Ranier has burst through between runners to deny stablemate Phaistos right on the line and make a winning return at Randwick. Godolphin trainer James Cummings admitted the team had to be patient and wait until just before scratching time on Saturday morning before deciding whether multiple stakes winner Ranier would… Read More »
Compounding his last-stride defeat aboard Pierata in the All Aged Stakes, Tommy Berry has been suspended and fined for flouting the whip rules in the Group One race. Berry was hit with a $1000 fine for exceeding the legal number of times he was allowed to strike Pierata with the… Read More »
A proud Greg Hickman will farewell Pierata from his Warwick Farm stable with mixed feelings after the five-year-old went down by a half head in his final race start. Pierata, who will join the Aquis Farm stallion roster, was caught by Tofane on the line in his defence of the… Read More »
Tommy Berry has landed a consolation win aboard Greyworm in the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick, forty minutes after finishing a heart-wrenching second on Pierata in the sprinter’s final race. Chasing back-to-back wins in the Group One All Aged Stakes, Pierata surged to the front, only to be nailed by… Read More »
Tofane has crashed Pierata’s farewell party with a last-stride win in the All Aged Stakes to end Group One racing in Sydney for the season. Pierata ($5.50) gave his rivals the slip halfway down the straight with Tofane ($12) the one to give chase. Under hard riding from Opie Bosson,… Read More »
Trainer John Price says the stars had to be aligned for William Thomas to take out the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield. Coming back in distance, combined with a quick back-up and a fast pace has enabled William Thomas to come from last place before the turn to claim… Read More »
Matt Cumani made a conscious decision in establishing his stable after arriving from the United Kingdom that he wanted to show he could prepare two-year-olds. The Ballarat-based horseman did not want to be pigeon-holed as a trainer of distance horses and realised to be successful in Australia you needed winners… Read More »
Eight-year-old Life Less Ordinary has chased down Greysful Glamour to snare his first win in almost a year in the Group Three Japan Racing Association Plate at Randwick. One of six runners for Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller in the field of 12, Life Less Ordinary enjoyed a cosy run… Read More »
Gytrash has posted a decisive victory over multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the Group Three Irwin Stakes at Morphettville. Saturday’s meeting signals the start of the Adelaide carnival with the two star sprinters scheduled to meet again in the Goodwood next month. Trained by Gordon Richards, Gytrash has emerged… Read More »
A plan to revert to leading with wily veteran Sabkhat has resulted in an upset win at Doomben. Sabkhat ($21) led before hanging on to beat Magnufighter ($4.20) and Get Stuck In ($1.65) in a three way photo finish to the Bernborough Ascot Handicap (1650m). Nine-year-old Sabkhat hadn’t won since… Read More »
Coolmore’s decision to purchase a stake in King’s Legacy has delivered immediate success, the colt stamping himself one of the country’s best two-year-olds with a second Group One win in the Champagne Stakes. His narrow victory over game Victorian Glenfiddich has also given jockey Hugh Bowman a rare clean sweep… Read More »
So Si Bon has often teased but he finally lived up to his underlying ability with a decisive victory in the VOBIS Gold Mile at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park-trained galloper registered his fourth win on Saturday from 49 starts, but importantly did favourite backers a good turn. Punters had watched… Read More »
Michael Kent’s judgment about Kinane’s ability has been vindicated and fellow trainer Chris Waller is the beneficiary with the three-year-old an impressive Group Three winner at Randwick. Victorian handler Kent had planned an extended break from training to travel overseas and dispersed his horses to various trainers with Kinane ending… Read More »
Less than a week after landing his first professional win as a trainer, Mark Pegus has secured his maiden city success with Sentimentalist at Caulfield. Sentimentlist joined Pegus before his victory in last Sunday’s Stawell Cup and was back in action six days later to claim Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Heath…. Read More »
The Golden Eagle features in the spring plans for exciting filly Rubisaki who has capped an unbeaten three-year-old season with another stakes victory at Randwick. The Patrick Payne-trained Rubisaki made it six-straight wins this season in Saturday’s Group Three JHB Carr Stakes (1400m) but was forced to dig deep. In… Read More »
It has taken a while for Vainstream to finally break through for his first city success, landing the VOBIS Gold Sprint at Caulfield. Vainstream was lining up for his 26th start in Saturday’s 1200m sprint having previously won five races. Trained at Moe by John Pascoe, Vainstream won his first… Read More »
