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 »
Matthew Dunn has won his share of Highway Handicap races but the NSW northern rivers trainer has celebrated a first Sydney win against metropolitan opposition with Snitz. Ridden a typically aggressive race by Nash Rawiller, Snitz ($12) camped at the flanks of leader Star Boy, quickly getting the better of… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan made two correct decisions to help filly Starosa score a strong win at Doomben. Starosa ($12) sat second for much of the race before bounding clear in the straight and holding on to beat the favourite Tumbler Ridge ($1.95) in the QTIS 2YO (1350m). Gollan had… Read More »
Fender’s Highway Handicap win has extended his unbeaten record to three which may or may not be a blessing for trainer Brett Cavanough. With interest in the three-year-old from Hong Kong already high, Cavanough might be farewelling the three-year-old sooner rather than later. The final day of the autumn carnival… Read More »
Claiming apprentice Maddy Wishart showed her maturing attitude to riding with a clever all-the-way win on Boom Boom Epic at Doomben. Wishart was able to take Boom Boom Epic ($4.40) to the lead and walked the first 1200m before sprinting home to beat Populist ($1.80) by a neck in the… Read More »
Racing Victoria has relaxed its segregation policy for a select group of jockeys to allow them to take part in jumpouts. The 21 jockeys have since last month been isolated from the remaining jockeys in the state on race day because of COVID-19 precautions. They have also been stopped from… Read More »
Former AFL personality Ron Thomas tasted success in another sport when City Smart won at Doomben. Given the run of the race by jockey Jake Bayliss City Smart ($2.70) got up to beat Phoenix Raider ($14) in the Help A Neighbour Plate (1650m). Thomas is a former general manager of… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Spencer is waiting to hear whether he will require surgery on a hip fracture sustained in a trackwork fall. Spencer was riding out for trainer David Simcock in Newmarket when his mount slipped and the jockey came off. While racing has shut down in Britain, training continues so… Read More »
British trainer Mark Johnston has revealed he is in isolation after contracting coronavirus. Johnston said he began isolating last week and a test on Wednesday confirmed he had COVID-19. “I didn’t really want any publicity because I didn’t want to make a meal of it,” Johsnton told horseracingplanet.com. “I’ve been… Read More »
A group of Victorian jockeys is about to start two weeks isolation hoping to reap rewards at the Adelaide carnival. John Allen, Ethan Brown and Dean Holland were on Friday driving to a property outside of Adelaide while Zac Spain has decided to do the hard yards by himself. Jockeys… Read More »
Training partners Toby and Trent Edmonds have equalled the Queensland record for winners at a metropolitan meeting with five at the Gold Coast. They won on Friday with Jetty, Green Jacket, Thine Is The Power, Vanna Girl and Porto Duro. Toby Edmonds already held the record jointly with Bruce McLachan,… Read More »
Two of Sydney’s leading jockeys admit they have considered entering quarantine after the autumn carnival in order to relocate to Brisbane for the revamped feature meetings. Hugh Bowman and Tim Clark, who have five Group One wins between them this autumn leading into the final day of carnival at Randwick… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani is convinced Declares War is in the right shape ahead of a target race at Caulfield. Declares War runs in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Heath (2000m) chasing a second win for Cumani and his first as a four-year-old. After a long three-year-old season culminating in a trip north… Read More »
Despite St Covet’s Spirit being no match for the exciting Rubisaki in the P J Bell Stakes, her trainer Jason Coyle saw encouraging signs in the filly’s return at Randwick. And while Rubisaki is the short-priced favourite again for Saturday’s Group Three J H B Carr Stakes (1400m) at Randwick,… Read More »
Young Cranbourne trainer Alexander Rae has been on a learning curve in his attempt to resurrect Fleet Review’s career. Formerly trained by Aidan O’Brien, Fleet Review was one of four Irish sprinters who took part in feature Melbourne races during the spring of 2018. After finishing out of the money… Read More »
James Cummings holds the key to the final black-type race of the Sydney autumn carnival with the three top horses in the market for the Group Three Hall Mark Stakes. Cummings will saddle up Deprive, who was $4 favourite on Friday, shading stablemate and comeback horse Kementari ($4.20) and Group… Read More »
In an ideal world ahead of a Group One race, trainer Robbie Griffiths would be supervising his horse’s final gallop live before running a close eye over his charge. But COVID-19 has placed restrictions on life and while racing continues there are a number of protocols in place. While horses… Read More »
He often flies under the radar, and that is the way he likes it, but there is no doubting Tim Clark has been one of the form jockeys of the Sydney autumn carnival. Clark has ridden a stakes winner at every meeting for the past six Saturdays, three of them… Read More »
From the moment Miss Inbetween finished in the placings at her second trial trainer Michael Mehegan has been thinking of The Showdown. But there have been some anxious moments for Mehegan ahead of the $855,000 The Showdown for two-year-olds at Caulfield on Saturday. The trainer was concerned she might not… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has all but declared Bivouac in the final Group One race of the Sydney season, labelling the colt the supreme sprinter of his age group. Already a dual winner at the highest level, the three-year-old will line up against a cracking All Aged Stakes (1400m) field led by… Read More »
