On the same day his stable star signalled her spring intentions, a horse Anthony Cummings always thought could measure up has made her mark. A couple of hours after three-year-old Libertini set Randwick alight in the Silver Shadow Stakes, her year older stablemate Mizzy claimed victory in the Group Three… Read More »
A star was well and truly born at Randwick, while some quality horse flesh was on display in kicking off their Spring prep. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Libertini…Wow The post race experts were ready to fire… Read More »
A colt who cost just $3000 as a yearling has continued a rise through the grades early in his three-year-old season to win the Listed McKenzie Stakes at The Valley. The Richard Laming-trained Condo’s Express won at the same track on August 3 but took another step up in Saturday’s… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Les Ross hopes River Racer’s win at the Gold Coast is an omen for bigger things to come at Magic Millions time early next year. River Racer ($15) was having her first start since winning the Listed Glasshouse Handicap in June in the $105,000 Ross MacLean Fellowship… Read More »
Tim Clark has pulled off a major upset in the first Group One race of the season with a bold front-running ride aboard Samadoubt to win the Winx Stakes at Randwick. Leaving some of Australia’s best weight-for-age stars in his wake, Samadoubt ($31) took up the running, picked up the… Read More »
Rachel King and Godolphin sprinter Deprive have renewed their winning association – but only just. In a finish that had his jockey anxiously waiting for the result, Deprive ($3.30 fav) got the decision by a nose over Trope ($4.60) to claim his first Group Three win in Saturday’s Show County… Read More »
Assertive Approach has bounced back from a last-start defeat at Flemington with a dominant performance in the Listed Carlyon Stakes at The Valley. Lining up for only his fifth start on Saturday, Assertive Approach was giving away experience to his five rivals. It didn’t stop punters backing him into a… Read More »
The return of boom filly Libertini was expected to be one of the highlights on Winx Stakes day at Randwick and the three-year-old didn’t disappoint. Ridden confidently by Tommy Berry, the $1.50 favourite strode up to level with the leaders at the top of the straight then found another gear… Read More »
The controversy at Randwick has continued following an upheld protest in the Up And Coming Stakes a photo finish in the Show County Quality has sent social media into meltdown. Race favourites Deprive and Trope went to the line together which prompted stewards to go to a photo decision which… Read More »
A fired-up Glen Boss was adamant Superium should have been declared the winner of the Up And Coming Stakes after the horse lost the race in the stewards’ room. Superium was first past the post by a head over True Detective but the latter’s jockey James McDonald protested, arguing Superium… Read More »
Sassy Salitage has risen to the challenge in her first city test at The Valley, upstaging a couple of Group-winning fillies to press her own spring claims. The Greg Eurell-trained Sassy Salitage won a maiden at Pakenham on debut on August 1 before stepping up in class over 1200m. Taking… Read More »
Kris Lees has his eyes on an elusive Newcastle Gold Cup win with Our Candidate stamping his authority on a second consecutive Sydney staying race. The multiple Group One-winning trainer has so far come up short in his hometown Cup but may have found the solution in the imported stayer… Read More »
Apprentice Jackson Murphy has been taken to hospital after falling shortly after the start in the fifth race at the Gold Coast. Murphy was riding favourite Dream Master which jumped in front but appeared to duck in tossing Murphy to the turf. Ambulance men attended to Murphy, who was conscious,… Read More »
A protest which was upheld in the Up And Coming Stakes has caused a stir in the stewards room and on social media. Superium was first past the post in the Group Three Up And Coming Stakes at Randwick but was relegated to second after a protest from James McDonald… Read More »
Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey will not run in the Group One Memsie Stakes with trainer Adam Trinder to save her for the Makybe Diva Stakes. Mystic Journey made a winning return at Caulfield last Saturday in the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m), stretching her unbeaten sequence to… Read More »
Ciaron Maher knows a Group One victory is important for the future of Junipal after his first win for the stable at The Valley. A half-brother to Australian Guineas winner Palentino, Junipal won Saturday’s Paramount Liquor Handicap (1600m) at his first run since mid-July. Maher, who trains in partnership with… Read More »
In-form jockey Ryan Maloney got plenty of credit when much travelled Alward broke through for his first win in nearly two years at the Gold Coast. The Chris Waller-trained Alward ($6.50) got upon the fence to beat his stablemate Vaucluse Bay ($3.20) by a nose in the William and Elsie… Read More »
Disappointment has quickly turned to joy for jockey Jason Collett who won the opening race on Winx Stakes day at Randwick after originally being earmarked to ride a rival runner. Collett had been pencilled in to partner Bellarina Magic for Brett Cavanough in the TAB Highway Handicap (1100m) but could… Read More »
Promising colt Astro Boy Toy will miss the spring carnivals to concentrate on next year’s big races despite his impressive win at the Gold Coast. Astro Boy Toy ($1.40) looked under pressure on the home turn but came away to beat a Scathing ($7) by a length with 4-1/2 lengths… Read More »
As champion jumper Wells attempts a record fourth Grand National Steeplechase success, rival Tallyho Twinkletoe will be racing for his own slice of history at Ballarat. Tallyho Twinkletoe aims to become the first horse on Sunday since Mosstrooper in 1930 to win the Grand National Hurdle-Steeplechase double in the same… Read More »
