Pam O’Neill, a legendary trail blazer for women riders in Australia, will be honoured with a $150,000 feature race named after her at the Brisbane winter carnival O’Neill fought a decade-long battle with racing authorities to get a licence to ride against men. She was a regular in women only… Read More »
Tony McEvoy is investigating different scenarios for a trip to Dubai with Group One winning sprinter Hey Doc. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, said the Group One Al Quoz Sprint over the straight 1200m on World Cup night, March 28, was a possibility for Hey Doc…. Read More »
A race meeting at Werribee has been cancelled because of extreme heat forecast in Victoria. Monday’s meeting had already been brought forward to start in the morning to try to avoid the high temperatures but the forecast has been revised to reach 39 degrees at 11am and a high of… Read More »
The Gold Coast Turf Club believes the $1.5 million race day ahead of the Magic Millions can be the final piece in its push for regular metropolitan standard meetings. Saturday’s meeting is the major lead-up to the Magic Millions day at the track a week later and in recent years… Read More »
Two of Britain’s leading National Hunt trainers, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson, have been recognised with OBEs in the New Year Honours list. The two have been responsible for many of the modern-day winners of all Britain’s highest-profile jumps races. Nicholls, 11-times champion trainer to Henderson’s five titles, exceeded 3000… Read More »
A strong ten race card will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, where the feature race is the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, a Group lll contest down the straight over 1000m. Race One: 3 Lucky Quality Race Two: 10 Master Bernini Race Three: 11 Brilliant Race Four: 3… Read More »
The Magic Millions picture became somewhat clearer at Eagle Farm while there was a feature sprint race at Randwick. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: The Candy Man Can Again The Gold Coast will be roaring in two… Read More »
It seems all roads out of Sydney lead to the Gold Coast with champion trainer Chris Waller finalising his team for Magic Millions day. His runners will include Madam Rouge, winner of Saturday’s Listed Christmas Classic (1200m) at Randwick, and stablemate Invincibella who ran home for an eye-catching sixth. Both… Read More »
Mornington trainer Shane Nichols’ punt on getting a run in the Nudgee Quality (1200m) with Tahitian Dancer paid off when the mare flashed home to win the Listed race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Tahitian Dancer ($11) got up on the fence to beat Multaja ($4.40) by a short neck… Read More »
Fledgling country trainer Nicholas Dixon has had a mixed day on his first visit to Randwick, with stewards opening an inquiry into alleged race day treatment breaches. The Dixon-trained Depth That Varies, his only runner so far in his two-month career, finished third in Saturday’s Highway Handicap. Shortly after, the… Read More »
Apprentice Thomas Stockdale was dealt a double blow after guiding Play Me Now to victory in the opening race at The Valley. The victory in the $99 Summer Membership Handicap (2500m) was Stockdale’s first at a Saturday metropolitan, but it also ended his day. Feeling the effects of wasting to… Read More »
Robert Heathcote’s decision to give Deep Image one more run before the Magic Millions Cup next month ended up giving him a career highlight on Saturday. The $3.10 favourite got the run of the race just off the leaders before coming away to beat Miss Fabulass ($7.50) by three-quarters-of-a-length in… Read More »
Boom WA filly This’ll Testya has been well beaten at Ascot where she started as the long odds on favourite. This’ll Testya was sent out as the $1.30 favourite with Ladbrokes in the Western Racepix Handicap at Ascot on Saturday but she never gave her backers a sight sitting outside… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Steve Tregea took a leaf out of some veteran trainers’ play books to guide Niccanova to a win in the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Niccanova won the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1600m) earlier this month and Tregea was left with the problem of it being three… Read More »
It’s Kind Of Magic has booked a ticket to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions carnival with a tough first-up win at The Valley. Sitting three-wide outside the leaders in the Leneva Park Handicap (1200m) on Saturday, It’s Kind Of Magic took over soon after straightening under jockey Brett… Read More »
The powerful Peter and Paul Snowden training partnership took a firm grip on the Magic Millions 2YO Classic when another of their horses, King’s Legacy, qualified for the race at Eagle Farm in Saturday. King’s Legacy ($6) showed a lot of courage and speed to run down Every Rose ($2.70)… Read More »
The Snowden Racing contingent heading to the Gold Coast has been further strengthened with Leviathan booking his ticket to the Magic Millions Guineas by winning at Randwick. Peter and Paul Snowden elected not to run Leviathan in Friday’s Gosford Guineas (1200m) won by his stablemate Hightail and saved him for… Read More »
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke declared he had unfinished business to settle after Alligator Blood completed his lead up to the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas with an easy win at Eagle Farm. Alligator Blood ($1.35 fav) had the run of the race just off the pace and was unextended to… Read More »
Lindsay Park-trained mare Pierrless has continued her rise through the grades with an all-the-way victory at The Valley to complete a winning hat-trick. Pierrless added Saturday’s Ladbrokes Back Yourself Handicap (1600m) to previous wins at Mornington and Sandown. Crossing to the front under apprentice Lewis German, Pierrless ($10) scored by… Read More »
The Gold Coast Turf Club has probably got an extra few thousand punters to Magic Millions day in a fortnight after crowd favourite The Candy Man won the Shoot Out Quality (2200m). The mid Christmas holiday meeting at Eagle Farm rarely draws a big crowd but there was a well… Read More »
