TEN months after winning the inaugural All-Star Mile, Mystic Journey is an $8 equal favourite at TAB to win this year’s $5 million All-Star Mile, which will take place at Caulfield on Saturday, March 14. The Adam Trinder-trained pride of Tasmania secured her passage in last year’s All-Star Mile at… Read More »
Racing Queensland has announced the final changes to its winter carnival with some new races and a boost to two and three-year-old programs. The carnival will now be held over 10 weeks from April to June with the opening draw card the $350,000 EVA Air Queensland Guineas for three-year-olds. The… Read More »
Almost three months after being sidelined by a bulging disc, Adam Hyeronimus returns to race riding poised to make the most of some plum opportunities for Tulloch Lodge. The jockey has not ridden since he took a tumble at The Everest meeting at Randwick on October 19 and was sent… Read More »
Speedy gelding Tarzan’s lone win at 1200 metres has given his trainer Stuart Kendrick hope he can take out the $1 million Magic Millions Snippets Quality at the Gold Coast. Tarzan has proved to be one of the best short-course specialists in Queensland having won 16 races, 15 between 1000m… Read More »
His homeland is known for producing racehorses blessed with stamina but until recently, Richard Litt has had limited opportunities to train stayers. The New Zealand-born, Sydney-based horseman is happy that trend is changing thanks to stable star Castelvecchio, runner-up to recently crowned Japanese champion Lys Gracieux in the Cox Plate,… Read More »
The black-type status attached to the Chester Manifold Stakes has Sydney trainer Jason Coyle preparing to send Insensata south to Flemington. Six-year-old mare Insensata is entered for both the Listed Chester Manifold (1400m) at Flemington and a benchmark-88 over the same distance at Randwick on Saturday, with Coyle planning to… Read More »
Anyone who doubts Caloundra trainer David Vandyke has a magic touch with troublesome horses needs only turn the clock back five months. Vandyke will saddle Alligator Blood on Saturday as the short priced favourite in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast. Alligator Blood has been so… Read More »
Popular gelding The Candy Man has been a victim of his own success with a huge weight on Saturday but that is not the main worry for trainer Barry Baldwin. The Candy Man earned a wild card entry to Saturday’s $1 million Magic Millions Trophy (2400m) with his win in… Read More »
A good barrier should help Melbourne filly Euphoric Summer find the necessary few lengths needed for her to win the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, according to co-trainer Michael Kent jr. Euphoric Summer was the top qualifier for Saturday’s $2 million Magic Millions Classic but has been the forgotten horse in… Read More »
In The United states overnight, many things happened. Mostly concerning the speech the President gave re the jet going down in Tehran and the strikes on Iraq. But also, quite quietly in the grand scheme of things, the sudden, impossibly unpredicted death of a US racing icon in X Y… Read More »
Three million dollar yearlings have highlighted the first day of the annual Magic Millions sale at the Gold Coast. Coolmore’s Tom Magnier paid a first-session high of $1.1 million for a colt by Exceed And Excel out of Dream In Colour, an unraced daughter of champion Frankel. The first of… Read More »
Highly regarded in his early days by the Anthony Freedman stable, lightly raced three-year-old Wilmot Pass has shown some of that promise to land his first city win at Sandown. Wilmot Pass enjoyed an economical run midfield in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1200m) under Mark Zahra before sprinting through… Read More »
After re-establishing herself as a winner, Luvaluva will start the short-priced favourite to enhance her record in the January Cup at Randwick. The John Sargent-trained mare won the Group Three Summer Cup on December 26 over the same 2000m-course as Saturday’s Listed race. Her previous victory came in the Adrian… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has been named Japan’s Horse of the Year, receiving 271 votes from a possible 274. The mare won three Group One races in 2019, the Takarazuka Kinen, Cox Plate and Arima Kinen, all with Australian jockey Damian Lane aboard. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, Lys Gracieux… Read More »
It has taken until her 10th start but three-year-old filly Namimo has broken her maiden at Sandown as the short-priced favourite. Trained by David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, Namimo had figured in the minor placings in four of her first nine starts, including at The Valley in the… Read More »
Happy Valley will host Wednesday nights Hong Kong meeting and it looks a good quality betting card. View our tips and bets for the nine race meeting. Race One: 6 Focus Race Two: 1 Loriz Race Three: 3 Oriental Elite Race Four: 5 What A Legend Race Five: 2 Flame… Read More »
Racing Queensland has joined other thoroughbred industry bodies in pledging $15,000 to the bushfire appeal. At the opening of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast, chief executive Brendan Parnell said Racing Queensland was keen to support other industry participants including Thoroughbred Breeders Australia who were helping with… Read More »
The major stables are well-represented among the 273 two-year-olds who remain in contention for the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes after the second acceptance stage. The Lindsay Park stable boast 39 juveniles among the second acceptors, which were released on Wednesday, while Snowden Racing has 38, one more than the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher-David Eustace partnership is hoping the Gold Coast’s reputation as a track where barriers can be irrelevant will help the stable create Magic Millions history. Inside barriers have not always been an advantage in Millions races where there are 16 runners and a mad charge to the first… Read More »
A small field is set to contest the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington with seven of the eight acceptors striving for their first victory at stakes level. Among those is the promising Robert Hickmott-trained Bumper Blast who makes his stakes racing debut having risen through the grades with three… Read More »
