Godolphin has unearthed a belated contender in its bid for back-to-back Golden Slippers with filly Thermosphere landing an upset win in the Magic Night Stakes. While head trainer James Cummings has stopped short of committing the filly to a Slipper start, he says Saturday’s win has given the team something… Read More »
European import Grand Promenade is being set for an assault on the Warrnambool three-day carnival after a hard-fought win at Caulfield. Like last week’s Australian Cup winner Fifty Stars, Grand Promenade is part-owned by Gerry Ryan and was purchased in the UK before making his racecourse debut. Saturday’s outing in… Read More »
Ciaron Maher could have up to five Golden Slipper runners after Prague booked one of the final places with a return to form in the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill. English jockey Tom Marquand flew into Sydney on Friday night to renew his association with the Aquis Farm-owned colt, the… Read More »
Trainer David Hayes has compared the locked-out Caulfield meeting to like watching a silent movie. Hayes, his co-trainer son Ben and Caulfield trainer John Moloney sat in an empty grandstand at Caulfield on Saturday to watch the opening race on the All-Star Mile program. With the growing threat of coronavirus,… Read More »
Trainer Barry Baldwin was disappointed after watching his stable star The Candy Man work between races but quickly had a smile back on his face after Motion Granted won at the Gold Coast. Baldwin is hoping to get crowd favourite The Candy Man to the Group One Doncaster Mile at… Read More »
Exasperate, who almost died as a younger horse, has continued a rise through the grades and delivered an emotional win for his trainer Matthew Brown on All-Star Mile day at Caulfield. Five-year-old gelding Exasperate notched his second Caulfield win in his past three starts, taking out Saturday’s the Superior Food… Read More »
Gatton trainer Leanne McCormick posted her first metropolitan Saturday winner when consistent Mountbatten won the Mount Franklin Plate at the Gold Coast. The Plate race over 1300m was designed to attract country and provincial trainers but Mountbatten had been racing in city class. The gelding gave McCormick her first Doomben… Read More »
Sam Clipperton has celebrated his first city win since returning from a racing hiatus, getting the best out of quirky gelding Zoffany’s Lad to win at Rosehill. After returning to Sydney from Hong Kong last year, Clipperton decided to take an extended break from the sport to spend time enjoying… Read More »
The Cheltenham Festival has ended with more than 250,000 people attending over the four days despite the coronavirus crisis. The crowds were slightly down on last year with the meeting going ahead despite many other sports in Britain barring public attendance. Scottish and Irish racing jurisdictions have announced spectator-free racing…. Read More »
Willie Mullins has again been crowned leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival with the four days going ahead against the backdrop of coronavirus concerns. Mullins saddled seven winners at the Festival, four on the final day on Friday (Saturday AEDT) including Al Boum Photo who took out the Gold Cup…. Read More »
The feature racing continues in NZ continues at Trentham on Saturday with a strong nine event meeting, highlighted by the Group l NZ Oaks (2400m). The weather is fine, the track is dead (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
One of the leading contenders in today’s Group One Coolmore Classic has been scratched from the field. The John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal was scratched on Saturday morning having picked up a stone bruise. Sweet Deal was on the second line of betting at $5.00 with online bookmaker Sportsbet. Field 🏆:… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, highlighted by a Class One event over 1600m, featuring Group l performers Ka Ying Star and Dark Dream. Race One: 5 Moneymore Race Two: 5 Beluga Race Three: 1 Zero Hedge Race Four: 4 Juneau Park Race Five:… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, highlighted by a Class One event over 1600m, featuring Group l performers Ka Ying Star and Dark Dream. Race One: 5 Moneymore Race Two: 5 Beluga Race Three: 1 Zero Hedge Race Four: 4 Juneau Park Race Five: 2 Foodie Princess Race Six: 9… Read More »
Favourite Alligator Blood will run in the All-Star Mile after his owner had earlier threatened to scratch him because of the public lock-out at Caulfield. Spectators, including owners, will not be allowed to attend Saturday’s meeting at Caulfield with the Melbourne Racing Club and Racing Victoria opting to host the… Read More »
Spectators will be barred from the feature race meeting at Caulfield in Melbourne but the public will be allowed into racecourses in other jurisdictions over the weekend. Racing NSW will wait until Monday to reassess the coronavirus situation as per government guidelines with Queensland and South Australia also holding meetings… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has seen no signs that Secret Blaze’s performance in the Blamey Stakes has taken a toll as he prepares the gelding for the Mornington Cup Prelude at Caulfield. Four-year-old Secret Blaze returned from an eight-week let-up at Flemington on February 29 to run second in the Group… Read More »
Opie Bosson has had seven rides in Australia this season for three Group One wins and another three placings at the elite level. The star New Zealand hoop will be back in action in Australia on Saturday, confident 10-time Group One-winning mare Melody Belle can add to his recent big-race… Read More »
The Gold Coast’s rich The Jewel race day will go ahead with spectators after lengthy behind the scenes debate about the threat of coronavirus. It had earlier been feared spectators would be barred from the meeting after the federal government indicated restrictions should be placed on public events of more… Read More »
Between trainers Kris Lees and Chris Waller they have almost half the field for the Coolmore Classic but none of their combined seven runners are in the top three market leaders. The Hawkes Racing-trained Dawn Dawn and Sweet Deal from the John Thompson stable are the equal $4.40 favourites with… Read More »
