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 »
New Zealand trainer Murray Baker has been part of Australian carnivals for many years and has made his mark again this autumn under different circumstances. Baker and his training partner Andrew Forsman have not been able to travel to Sydney because of a month-long Alert Level 4 lockdown in New… Read More »
A tactic that backfired in the Tancred Stakes might prove to be a masterstroke for import Danceteria as he bids to turn around his indifferent autumn carnival form. A Group One winner over 2000 metres in Europe, Danceteria has struggled to produce anything like that effort in four Australian runs…. Read More »
Grafton trainer Neville Stewart’s decision to relocate to Queensland for a couple months with one horse is paying big dividends. Stewart is the trainer of promising two-year-old Broken Hero who is among the favourites for the 2YO Handicap (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. Stewart was a regular visitor to Brisbane… Read More »
Bargain-priced filly Uncomplicated has emerged as a possible winter star for Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick. Uncomplicated stunned even Kendrick when she won on debut at the Sunshine Coast on April 1. She started at $41 that day but will be much shorter in Saturday’s Two-Year-Old Handicap (1350m) at Doomben. At… Read More »
British Horseracing Authority chief executive Nick Rust has reiterated racing will be ready to resume as soon as it is safe and has defended the Cheltenham Festival. Racing has been shut down in Britain since March 17, a few days after the four-day Cheltenham Festival attended by 250,000 people. “As… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner and renowned stallion Shamardal has been euthanised at the age of 18 after some recent health issues. Trained by Mark Johnston to win the Vintage Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes as a two-year-old, Shamardal joined Saeed bin Suroor in the Godolphin colours for his three-year-old season. It… Read More »
Australia’s highest earning sprinter, dual Everest winner Redzel, has been retired. Michael and Chris Ward’s Triple Crown Syndications which managed the seven-year-old’s large ownership group, announced on Thursday the gelding had run his last race. Redzel retires with two Group One wins as well as his victories in the first… Read More »
Rubisaki is poised to start a short-priced favourite in the JHB Carr Stakes at Randwick when she bids to extend an unbeaten sequence this season. In what is expected to be the Patrick Payne-trained filly’s final start of her campaign, three-year-old Rubisaki is striving to make it six straight wins… Read More »
Racing Victoria vets will need to again check over Ideas Man before he is allowed to start in The Showdown at Caulfield. All 20 horses need to be inspected and passed fit by RV vets before taking their place in Saturday’s $855,000 The Showdown for two-year-olds. RV vets completed 14… Read More »
Australian Derby plans for Get The Idea had to be aborted, so trainer John Sargent has redirected the lightly raced stayer towards the Group Three Frank Packer Plate. Get The Idea was an acceptor for the Group One Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on April 4 but was scratched by… Read More »
