Spring star Kolding is among four late entries for the Group Two Expressway Stakes bringing the nominations to 11. The winner of the Epsom Handicap and the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle, the Chris Waller-trained four-year-old was joined by 2019 Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi, veteran Sir Bacchus and Vegadaze as… Read More »
Joe Pride knows Ball Of Muscle is coming to the end of his career but he believes the nine-year-old still has something to give. From a family dear to the trainer’s heart, Ball Of Muscle is a brother to Tiger Tees and a half brother to Terravista, both Group One-winning… Read More »
Race times for an upcoming Stony Creek meeting have been brought forward to avoid the hottest part of the day. Thursday’s seven-race card will begin at 1pm with the final race at 4pm. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the temperature to peak at Stony Creek at 37 degrees around 5pm… Read More »
Impressive debut Randwick winner Rulership will have a new rider when he heads to Melbourne to prepare for the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Nash Rawiller rode the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained two-year-old to win on Saturday but has already been told Mark Zahra will ride the colt in Melbourne…. Read More »
Godolphin Group One winners Bivouac and Kiamichi have shown they are ready for their autumn campaigns with barrier trial wins at Rosehill. Golden Rose winner Bivouac won the first of two course-proper heats over 900m on Tuesday, edging Hush Writer on the line. Last year’s Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi led… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Robert Heathcote has put a health scare behind him and is ready to continue his recent momentum on the track. Heathcote was back at track work on Tuesday morning after undergoing heart surgery on Saturday. “Medicine these days is amazing. I had a stent put in four… Read More »
Te Akau’s David Ellis has outlasted Sydney trainer John O’Shea to buy the top lot on the second day of the Karaka Yearling Sale in Auckland. Ellis paid $875,000 for a Savabeel colt out of Bayrock who is a sister to Diamond Jubilee Stakes winner Merchant Navy. The colt was… Read More »
After deciding to wait an extra week with stakes winning filly Mildred, trainer Grahame Begg is confident she is now up to the mark and ready to return in the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield. In her three starts to date, Mildred has won Melbourne’s first two-year-old race of… Read More »
After a lengthy injury break, Adam Hyeronimus has returned to the winner’s list in style, riding Taikomochi to claim the Listed Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained gelding by noted sire of sprinters, Snitzel, outstayed his rivals over 2400 metres, sustaining his momentum throughout… Read More »
Mark Kavanagh believes he has an exciting prospect on his hands after three-year-old Ellis Park lived up to his trainer’s expectations on debut at Sandown. Ellis Park stepped out in Monday’s Clanbrooke Racing Plate (1300m) and after racing outside the leader under Craig Williams, he put the race beyond doubt… Read More »
Pretty Brazen beat the colts and geldings in the Sandown Guineas last spring and the filly is on track to do the same in the Group One Australian Guineas. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained three-year-old capped her spring with victory in the Group Two Sandown Guineas (1600m) in November and… Read More »
Sense Of Honour has made a one-act affair of her debut at Sandown but the filly will need to be a late entry if she is to run in next month’s Group One Blue Diamond Stakes. Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent jr, Sense Of Honour ($4.60) was well-supported… Read More »
Star Melbourne jockey Damian Lane will ride boom New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst in his upcoming Australian campaign. Catalyst is raced by Dick Karreman’s Oaks Stud with general manager Rick Williams confirming Lane would replace kiwi Troy Harris in the Group Three C S Hayes (1400m) at Flemington on February 15…. Read More »
Star mare Alizee will have scant opposition in her defence of the Expressway Stakes with seven entries taken for the Group Two sprint over 1200 metres. Alizee beat four class runners last year, with Le Romain second and 2018 winner Trapeze Artist fourth. This time around, three-year-old colt Standout is… Read More »
The impressive win of Cosmic Gossip at the Sunshine Coast has further boosted the $500,000 QTIS 2YO The Jewel as the battle to find Queensland’s best juvenile heats up. The Jewel, which is restricted to QTIS eligible horses, will be run on March 14 at the Gold Coast and is… Read More »
Mikiko Nakao is set to have her first runner as a jockey and trainer this week at Doomben. Nakao was recently granted a dual licence and has several horses in work at the Deagon training complex. She has entered Secret Agent Man for a Class One event at Doomben on… Read More »
On Saturday, after the running of the 4th race at Randwick, stewards sent a cadet into the jock’s room. He was instructed to tell Nash Rawiller that they wanted a word with him. So Nash obliged. He came into the stewards’ holy of holies and was immediately questioned, then grilled… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Sha Tin this Monday, highlighted by the Hong Kong Classic Mile, the first leg of the 4YO Series towards the Hong Kong Derby in March. Race One: 8 Kwai Chung Elite Race Two: 1 Fantasy Race Three: 2 Rich And Lucky Race Four:… Read More »
Brisbane Racing Club Chairman Neville Bell has received a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day honours list. Bell was honoured for his contribution to racing and the community of Caboolture, north of Brisbane. He was an original member of the BRC board when the Queensland Turf… Read More »
A Pierro colt has topped the first session of New Zealand’s premier yearling sale at Karaka, fetching $900,000. The colt was knocked down to bloodstock agent Garry Carvell who was particularly pleased to get the yearling out of Redoute’s Choice mare Our Squeezer, a half sister to Imposingly, the dam… Read More »
