Peter and Paul Snowden will pin their Winter Dash hopes on reigning titleholder I Thought So after deciding to head to Brisbane with stablemate Brave Song. Both sprinters were nominated for the Winter Dash (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday but only I Thought So was among the final acceptors with… Read More »
Tough gelding Kakakenny is ready to live up to his nickname as the “Chautauqua of the Bush” when he steps out for the first time on the big Eagle Farm track. Kakakenny will join other winners or placegetters from heats run at 16 tracks throughout Queensland in Saturday’s Battle Of… Read More »
Such is his opinion of Excused, Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes admits he was nervous leading into the two-year-old filly’s debut at Sandown. But Excused delivered what Hayes expected in Wednesday’s Yulong Handicap (1000m), racing to victory on a heavy track. “I was nervous,” Hayes said. “I knew she was… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds will wait to see how Australian sprinter Houtzen comes through her unplaced King’s Stand Stakes run before confirming whether the mare contests more races during the English summer. Houtzen’s chances in the Group One sprint at Royal Ascot on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) were dealt a blow when… Read More »
Star WA filly Arcadia Queen has secured a slot in this years edition of the $14m The Everest. Racing NSW announced on Wednesday that connections of Arcadia Queen have worked out a deal with slot holder The Star Casino to give the Queen of the west a spot in The… Read More »
Irithea will wear blinkers in the Group One Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm but trainer Bjorn Baker stresses that does not mean she will be ridden to lead. Irithea will be looking to give the Sydney trainer his third stakes winner of the winter carnival in the final Group One… Read More »
Godolphin-trained horses continue to dominate the market for the Group One Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm after the barrier draw. Pohutukawa has assumed favouritism for Saturday’s 1400m-race at $5.50 after being $8 when she was in some doubt to make the field. Market đź’°: View the Tatts Tiara odds She… Read More »
It may pay to remember this name. Rising star apprentice jockey Yvette Lewis has just literally burst from nowhere onto the country racing scene in NSW with an astonishing 66% winning success rate. Sure, that is flattered by the fact she’s only had 3 rides to date, but she has… Read More »
Three Group One races on the first day of Royal Ascot started the meeting off in style and it was mixed fortunes for backers with Lord Glitters, an outsider, taking the Queen Anne Stakes to get the meeting off to a great start for the bookies. But the punters hit… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Ace High has found a home at New Zealand’s Rich Hill Stud. Prepared by David Payne, Ace High was a winner at two and as a spring three-year-old in 2017, he won the Group One Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) and Victoria Derby (2500m). He retires with… Read More »
One of the mainstays of Brisbane racing, Ricky Leisfield, will step down from his role as clerk of course after the Tattersall’s meeting at Eagle Farm. He will continue to work at Doomben but felt it was time to step aside as clerk of the course after Saturday. Leisfield arrived… Read More »
Queensland mare Houtzen has finished a disappointing eighth in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot following a slip at the starting barrier. The Toby Edmonds-trained four-year-old went off at $25 with the local bookmakers, but hopes of shocking the home contingent in the 1000 metre Group One showpiece were… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2019 Kings Stand Stakes. The Kings Stand Stakes was raced at Royal Ascot racecourse on 19/6/2019. Replay: #Shamardal’s son Blue Point becomes only the second horse in the last 90 years to retain the King’s Stand Stakes! 🏇🏿🇬🇧👍 pic.twitter.com/temXV95WOx — Darley (@DarleyStallions) June… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 King’s Stand Stakes. The King’s Stand Stakes will be run on Wednesday 19th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 12:40am Distance: 1000m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIER WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Battaash (IRE) Jim Crowley 12 9st 4lbs Charles Hills 2… Read More »
The iconic Royal Ascot Carnival gets underway this Tuesday night with Day One, highlighted by the King’s Stand (1000m), featuring Aussie sprinter Houtzen along with potential Everest candidates Bataash and Blue Point.
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 St James’s Palace Stakes. The St James’s Palace Stakes will be run on Wednesday 19th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 1:20am Distance: 1600m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIER WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Bell Rock Oisin Murphy 8 9st 0lbs Andrew… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 Prince of Wales’s Stakes. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes will be run on Thursday 20th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 12:40am AEST Distance: 2000m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIERS WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Crystal Ocean Frankie Dettori 6 9st 0lbs… Read More »
While the focus of the racing world will be on Royal Ascot in England this week, a jockey who has ridden a winner at the famous meeting is hoping for success in Australia’s final Group One race of the season. Craig Newitt won the 2007 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal… Read More »
Victorian apprentice Lucinda Doodt has got the call to ride grand sprinter Jungle Edge in the Winter Dash at Randwick. Doodt claims three kilograms which will bring Jungle Edge into Saturday’s 1200m-race with 59.5kg. The Mick Bell-trained Jungle Edge will be backing up a week after claiming victory at Sandown… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths is confident recent experience racing on the straight course at Flemington will stand Halvorsen in good stead for his attempt to win the Listed A R Creswick Stakes. Griffiths was keen to run the talented sprinter at Flemington in the lead-up to Saturday’s Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
