After a flashing third in her most recent start, Kenedna is set for her first Sydney appearance in the Group One Coolmore Legacy Stakes at Randwick. Kenedna is one of three runners for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace on the second day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday,… Read More »
Trainer Kim Waugh will have three runners in the $500,000 Provincial Championships Final with second emergency Fuchu gaining a start. Waugh already had Spring Charlie and Safado in Saturday’s 1400m-race at Randwick before Fuchu gained a start on Friday after the scratching of the Greg McFarlane-trained It’s So Obvious because… Read More »
Two-year-old Super Seth will be out to back up an impressive debut win when he makes his first city appearance at Caulfield. The Anthony Freedman-trained colt showed his raw talent with a six-length win in a Ballarat maiden on March 24 and he stays at 1200m for his second start… Read More »
Promising three-year-olds Trusty Lad and A Man To Match will revive their rivalry when they take the first steps towards the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm. The pair will use Saturday’s Three-Year-Old Handicap (1400m) as a Derby launching pad after sharing the honours when they clashed in the… Read More »
The champion qualities of Winx have not been lost on another of racing’s high achievers who will be watching from the jockeys’ room when the mare runs for the last time at Randwick. Ten-time Victorian premiership winner and the winner of more Group One races than any other active rider,… Read More »
We take a look at Saturday’s feature Group One at Randwick the Queen Elizabeth Stakes featuring Champion mare Winx and list everything you need to know about the race. THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES 2000m, $4 million, weight-for-age HISTORY * First run in 1954 and won by Blue Ocean * The… Read More »
We take a look at Friday nights Singapore meeting at Kranji racecourse which will race on the back of Cranbourne and we give our tips and bets for what looks a pretty good betting meeting. We got a few nice winners last Friday and we hope to continue that form… Read More »
There’s one question Hugh Bowman has been asked over and over again about Winx. Could the greatest racehorse of our time have won the Melbourne Cup? And it’s a question the star jockey can only answer with another question. “I believe she would have won it, but would she still… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant is an overwhelming Australian Oaks favourite but rival trainer Mark Newnham has identified one significant statistic he hopes can bring her undone. “She hasn’t won on a dry track so I’m hoping that’s the chink in her armour,” Newnham said. “If she’s as good on… Read More »
Promising Sydney sprinter Tonsor keeps passing each new test but faces a career-defining race at Eagle Farm. Tonsor made short work of an Open Handicap over 1350m at Doomben last Saturday week at his first Brisbane start. It took his record to five wins and three minor placings from eight… Read More »
Attention Darren Flindell: be careful, be very careful with your call of Winx on Saturday. Please, for your sake, no mentioning of ‘London to a brick on’, or ‘Kingston Town can’t win’ or ‘down the stretch they come.’ Maybe not even go near, ‘she’s running like a tremendous machine’ either…. Read More »
We take a look ahead to Saturday’s 2019 Queen Elizabeth Stakes which will be Champion mare Winx’s last race and list the Time, Date, Odds and how you can Watch her win. The Weight for Age race is run over 2000m and is worth $4,000,000 in prize money, Find out… Read More »
With the seemingly hundreds of million dollar babies selling at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney this week, it’s a great time to reflect on the values of Aussie horses. Many people of course caught up with the wave of emotion surrounding the champion mare, will have her placed… Read More »
Winx will have her next and final start this weekend in the Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick racecourse. We take a look at the Race Time and Date as well as each of the horses in the field and how you can watch the race at home, on… Read More »
Five-time Group One winner The Autumn Sun has been retired and will stand his first season at Arrowfield Stud for $77,000. Arrowfield boss John Messara has confirmed the decision not to race on next season has been made more compelling by the recent death of the colt’s sire Redoute’s Choice…. Read More »
Chris Waller will be a central figure amid Winx celebrations at Randwick but he still has a stable to run and other races to win. Forty minutes before Winx has her final race in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Verry Elleegant lines up in the Australian Oaks as favourite and perhaps… Read More »
Major racing and breeding operation Aquis Farm is stop racing horses in Queensland immediately amid concerns over the integrity of the sport in the state leading into the winter carnival. Aquis is a major investor in Queensland racing and has naming rights to the Gold Coast racetrack among other sponsorships…. Read More »
Trainer Symon Wilde believes the Listed Galilee Series Final at Caulfield is the next logical step for developing stayer American In Paris. A son of 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain out of city winner Manhattan Treasure, American In Paris steps up to 2425m for the first time in Saturday’s Galilee… Read More »
Rarely does Joe Pride deviate from his slow-and-steady approach to taking horses through their grades but the trainer has broken the mould for undefeated filly Fasika. The three-year-old will go straight from a midweek win at Warwick Farm to Listed company when she lines up in the South Pacific Classic… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Kah will be one of the privileged few to get close to Winx when she races for the final time in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. Kah rides Harlem with the Australian Cup winner to start from barrier eight with Winx on the outside in the nine-horse… Read More »
