Curses quickly turned to cheers for trainer Peter Snowden as he went from lamenting Spending To Win’s early keenness to watching him run his rivals ragged in the Listed Starlight Stakes. Snowden said he did not expect the six-year-old to lead Saturday’s 1100- metre sprint at Rosehill and feared he… Read More »
Secret Blaze has shown a glimpse of his toughness with a fighting win at The Valley with the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable to consider a Pakenham Cup start with the gelding. Covering ground over the 2040m journey of Saturday’s Kingsville Manor Lakes Handicap, Secret Blaze held off the favourite… Read More »
Flying filly Sugar Boom’s liking for female riders helped in-form apprentice Stephanie Thornton score her biggest win since switching to Queensland. Thornton went straight to the lead on Sugar Boom ($5) who ran the field into the ground before beating Oh Five Glory ($7.50) by three-quarters of a length in… Read More »
Godolphin’s Darren Beadman has been involved in many tight finishes as a jockey and he was not about to put his head on the chopping block when Ranier and Live And Free hit the line together in the Festival Stakes. Just as Brenton Avdulla looked like he had stolen victory… Read More »
A stint in the warmer climes of Queensland has reinvigorated Alward who has claimed a first stakes win in the Listed ATC Cup at Rosehill. Alward spent the winter and most of the spring at trainer Chris Waller’s Gold Coast stable and backed up an open handicap win at Doomben… Read More »
Connections of Rubisaki are eyeing a rich restricted race in Sydney after the filly defied a betting drift to win first-up at The Valley. Part-owner Joe O’Neill said Rubisaki was being aimed at the $1 million Inglis Sprint at Warwick Farm in February following her victory in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Cash… Read More »
Moonee Valley winner Can’tforgetyou has been banned for a three month period after bleeding. Can’tforgetyou will require another stint on the sidelines after she bled from both nostrils during the race, incurring an automatic three-month ban. Trainer Andrew Noblet said Can’tforgetyou was lucky to be alive after crashing into a… Read More »
It is not quite a Cinderella story but Invictus Salute has managed to overcome a lost shoe and a late surge from runner-up Something Fast to land her fourth win at Rosehill. Winning jockey Rachel King saw one of the mare’s shoes come off just after the start of Saturday’s… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan continued to dominate the summer carnival feature races when Le Palmier won the $125,000 Winning Rupert Plate at Doomben. Le Palmier ($7) bounded straight to the lead and was never headed, carving the 1200m out in a slick 1.9.21. Gollan, who won the Winning Rupert with… Read More »
The two-and-a- half day trek from Mount Isa to Brisbane paid off for trainer Damien Finter when his gelding Deadly Choices won the $105,000 Country Cups Challenge Final at Doomben. Finter has a couple of horses in work at Mount Isa in far northwest Queensland and mixes training with working… Read More »
Trainer Aaron Clarke was unsure if he would make it to Rosehill after an anxious night guarding his Braidwood stables from a bush fire threat. But thanks to a timely wind change, his stables were spared and Clarke was able find safe passage through the bush fire zone to travel… Read More »
Andrew Noblet says lightly raced Can’tforgetyou is lucky to be racing let alone winning after recording back-to-back victories at The Valley. Can’tforget scored over the 1000m course at The Valley on November 15 before taking out the Condare Court Tanderra Handicap over the same journey on Saturday. Under Daniel Stackhouse,… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote is in line to have only his second Magic Million 2YO Classic runner after Dusty Tycoon kept her unbeaten record in tact at Doomben. Dusty Tycoon ($2.60) led all the way to beat Miss Lot One ($5) by 1-1/2 lengths with another 1-1/2 lengths to Sip It… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has given two-year-old Muntaseera his seal of approval and believes she has the potential to measure up to better races in the autumn. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Muntaseera ($2.05 fav) showed the benefit of race experience against a field of mainly first starters to cruise… Read More »
Co-trainer Trent Busuttin is in a quandary about where to target Tagaloa after the colt scored a gritty win at The Valley. After finishing third on debut at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week, Tagaloa showed the benefit of that experience with victory in the Strath Haven Preston Sprint Plate on… Read More »
Racing NSW stewards have disqualified trainer/owner Peter Chapman after a horse he owns and trains was found in an extremely poor condition. Racing NSW Stewards today conducted an inquiry into the condition and welfare of the thoroughbred mare Badgirl Bubby which was found to be located in a paddock in… Read More »
Superstar Japense stayer Almond Eye has been withdrawn from Sunday weeks Hong Kong Cup due to a temperature. An elevated temperature has prevented Almond Eye from travelling to Hong Kong today ahead of the Hong Kong Cup on December 8th. “Almond Eye has been withdrawn from the Hong Kong Cup…. Read More »
Starting from wide barriers is nothing new for Boomsara who has the outside gate in the George Moore Stakes at Doomben. His trainer Chris Munce says the draw will not hinder Boomsara who is used to it by now. He has won four races and three of them have been… Read More »
The Villiers Stakes is likely to come too soon for Something Fast, although trainer Anthony Cummings has not completely ruled out making a belated bid for the Group Two race. The five-year-old resumes in Saturday’s Ranvet Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill as the winner of three of his five starts, among… Read More »
Conveniently slipping between two different training environments has brought out the best in Savaheat who will chase the third win of his campaign at The Valley. The Mick Price and Mick Kent jr-trained gelding runs in the Kingsville Manor Lakes Handicap (2040m) on Saturday coming off a last-start fourth in… Read More »
