James Cummings does not expect Ranier to follow the Everest path of his past two Luskin Star Stakes winner but he does believe he has an ideal Strabroke Handicap horse. Godolphin claimed the race for the third year in succession when Ranier joined Trekking and Osborne Bulls on the honour… Read More »
The ever-expanding Aquis Farm operation got a quick return on an investment in top two-year-old Wisdom Of Water when the colt scored an easy win at the Gold Coast. A clear-cut favourite, Wisdom Of Water ($1.35) confirmed his rating as a leading chance in next month’s JJ Atkins when he… Read More »
Prezado has continued his liking for the Flemington straight course with a late surge to record a second successive win at the track. The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained sprinter added Saturday’s 1000m Furphy Dash to a victory over the same course and distance on Anzac Day. Saturday’s victory was… Read More »
Sydney three-year-old Dawn Passage has moved to equal favourite for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after accounting for a small field in the $200,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas at Rosehill. Saturday’s 1400m race lost some of its appeal when boom three-year-old gelding Masked Crusader, who had been the short-priced favourite, was… Read More »
Unbeaten filly Macroura might yet earn a Group One shot during the Brisbane winter carnival despite the challenges presented by coronavirus restrictions. The youngster made it three wins from as many starts with an impressive victory in the Listed Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The sprint race is… Read More »
Experience won out over an expensive price tag as Extra Time built on his stable’s successful record in the National Stakes at Morphettville. Fitted with blinkers at his fourth start, Extra Time travelled too keenly for veteran trainer Leon McDonald’s liking but it made little difference to the result. Extra… Read More »
Divine Caprice has used her race experience on the Flemington straight to break through for a maiden city victory. Lining up for her sixth race start on Saturday, Divine Caprice raced truly on the straight Flemington course to win the Next Generation Sprint (1000m). Of the field of 11 two-year-olds… Read More »
A big drop in weight has helped tough gelding Romakash score his first open company win at the Gold Coast. Romakash ($7) was given the run of the race by jockey Larry Cassidy before running down Fighting Teo ($5.50) on the line in the Heineken Handicap (2200m). Trainer Matt Kropp… Read More »
Jockey Jenny Dugan has suffered a fractured scull in her horrific fall at Scone on Friday. The NSW based jockey provided an update on her condition on Facebook in which she said she has suffered a fractured scull, broken nose, concussion and has bleeding on her brain. “Iām feeling very… Read More »
Jockey Jenny Duggan has been airlifted to hospital after a fall marred one of the biggest days on the NSW country racing calendar. Duggan was riding in the last of eight races at the Scone Cup meeting in the upper Hunter Valley when her mount Steamboat Sally came to grief…. Read More »
NSW-based South African jockey Keagan Latham has steered import Dr Drill to a thrilling win in the Listed Scone Cup. Sent out a $10 chance in Friday’s 1600m feature at Scone in the NSW Hunter Valley, Dr Drill enjoyed a nice run just off the lead before he sprinted to… Read More »
Taking a punt on a new-season stallion can be a risk for any prospective horse buyer. Graeme Ireland and his son Todd support the Victorian market and spend countless hours going over the pedigrees searching for a potential good horse. At the 2018 Melbourne yearling sale saw the first of… Read More »
A normally reticent Kris Lees admits The Bopper looks to be a ready-made racehorse after burning his opponents in the Inglis 2YO Challenge at Scone. The youngster started an odds-on favourite on Friday after doing what few horses can manage on debut by breaking the 1000m track record at Tamworth…. Read More »
A pleasing jump-out against some established Group One performers has readied three-year-old King Of Hastings to return in a sprint race at Flemington. The Anthony Freedman-trained King Of Hastings will resume over the straight 1000m against older horses in Saturday’s Furphy Dash, his first start since finishing fifth in the… Read More »
An unfortunate campaign trend to draw wide barriers has struck again for Trumbull as he seeks a breakthrough black-type win in the Luskin Star Stakes at Rosehill. The gelding has drawn outside gates in all four runs this preparation and has not been spared on Saturday with barrier nine of… Read More »
The Group Three RA Lee Stakes in Adelaide shapes as an important race for import Harbour Views who will be striving to enhance his spring credentials with a first stakes victory. Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams has sent Harbour Views to Adelaide for Saturday’s 1600m RA Lee Stakes at Morphettville which… Read More »
To have a runner in the Melbourne Cup is a dream result for Bendigo horseman Josh Julius. The easiest way for Julius to achieve that would be to win The Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday with Super Girl. Victory in the Andrew Ramsden provides the winner a ballot… Read More »
He might not be the most reliable of horses but given the right conditions, God Of Thunder is capable of unleashing a devastating finish. And co-trainer Michael Hawkes senses another win is around the corner for the four-year-old, who lines up alongside stablemate Dirty Work in the Listed Ortensia Stakes… Read More »
The main lead-up meeting to next month’s Queensland Group One races will go ahead at Eagle Farm as scheduled on Saturday week. The track got the approval of officials, trainers and jockeys after a course proper track gallop. Eagle Farm has not hosted a race meeting since March 25 after… Read More »
Dawn Passage has long been held in high regard at Tulloch Lodge and his Hawkesbury Guineas victory could be just the start of a rise through the ranks. The colt has shown glimpses of brilliance, beating subsequent Group One winner Bivouac on debut and taking out the Listed Rosebud in… Read More »
