Loftier targets are in the sights of the connections of Iconoclasm after scoring a first-up win for his new trainer at Caulfield. Iconoclasm was having his first run for Danny O’Brien when successful in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Sprint. O’Brien’s assistant trainer Ben Gleeson said Iconoclasm was now Brisbane bound with… Read More »
Archedemus has erased memories of his Provincial Championship failure with his victory in the Group Three Hawkesbury Gold Cup. After stringing together five wins, Archedemus started favourite in the $500,000 Provincial Championship final at Randwick two weeks ago but finished eighth when he got hemmed in behind horses. His defeat… Read More »
Widgee Turf, the horse bought for $4500 as a weanling, has taken his career earnings past $1.1 million with a strong win in the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Mile at Caulfield. The five-year-old has proven a bargain buy for his owners Gordon and Marlene McIntosh, with Saturday’s victory the Patrick Payne-trained… Read More »
Three country jockeys have been injured in a fall at the Tomingley Cup picnic meeting in central western NSW. Ricky Blewitt, Michael Gray and Michael Hackett all came off in an 800m-race with Hackett’s condition causing the most concern. Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel said he had been… Read More »
The way Mr Quickie relaxed in his VOBIS Gold Heath victory at Caulfield gives trainer Phillip Stokes plenty of confidence ahead of the South Australian Derby. Stokes has yet to win his hometown Derby and since taking over the training of Mr Quickie his sole focus has been on the… Read More »
In a day of mixed fortunes for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden and Triple Crown Syndications, Military Zone has claimed the honours in the Hawkesbury Guineas shortly before star sprinter Redzel was downed in Brisbane. Military Zone’s Group Three win cemented his trip north for the Queensland winter carnival but… Read More »
The horse Matt Laurie rates as the most promising he has trained has delivered on a plan in emphatic fashion to take out the inaugural Showdown at Caulfield. Mornington trainer Laurie had aimed Prince Of Sussex at the rich race in recent months and after a dominant lead-up win in… Read More »
Talented I Am Excited continued trainer David Pfieffer’s great run with mares in Queensland and gave jockey Blake Shinn a treble when causing an upset in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm. The Victory Stakes has a long history of surprise results and it proved that way again… Read More »
Rachel King has continued her successful comeback from injury with a Listed win aboard Godolphin’s Intuition in the Hawkesbury Rush. Last season’s champion Sydney apprentice, King claimed her first Group One win aboard Nakeeta Jane in the Spring Champion Stakes but missed most of the autumn carnival when she broke… Read More »
Connections had a few anxious moments but jockey Blake Shinn knew what he was doing before winning the Group Three Gunsynd Classic on Gem Song at Eagle Farm. Shinn had planned to ride Gem Song like the best horse in the race and that is how it panned out. Gem… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths knew early that Halvorsen would prove an above-average horse. The three-year-old recorded his fourth win from 11 starts when successful in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Dash at Caulfield with Griffiths now raising the bar. “He’s a exciting horse and we knew all along he would be,” Griffiths said…. Read More »
Promising three-year-old Tarwin has continued a rise through the grades with victory in the $300,000 VOBIS 3YO Sires at Caulfield. The gelding was sent out the $2.20 favourite in Saturday’s 1600m race off the back of a convincing win at the same track two weeks earlier. With Beau Mertens aboard,… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker is dreaming big with tough mare Irithea who will be nominated for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after breaking through for a stakes win at Hawkesbury. The five-year-old was jumped straight to the front by Josh Parr in Saturday’s Group Three Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) and never relinquished… Read More »
Tasmanian trainer Adam Trinder will let the owners celebrate the win of Twitchy Frank at Caulfield before pressing them for a decision on a potential Group One start. A former member of the Darren Weir stable, Twitchy Frank has won two of her four starts since joining Trinder’s team, adding… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick’s support for first-season sire Better Than Ready was repaid when Jagged Edge won the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm. In a tricky three-way photo which had most of the crowd divided, Jagged Edge ($6) beat Deep Sea ($3.40) by a nose with a short half-head to… Read More »
After a few recent runner-up finishes, Ocean Deep has broken through for another win at Caulfield. After winning a midweeker at Caulfield earlier this campaign in December, the four-year-old had notched three seconds from her past five outings, including her past two starts, but wasn’t going to be denied again… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick’s support for first-season sire Better Than Ready was repaid when Jagged Edge won the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm. In a tricky three-way photo which had most of the crowd divided, Jagged Edge ($6) beat Deep Sea ($3.40) by a nose with a short half-head to… Read More »
Australian mare Viddora has been cleared to start in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong but Zac Purton has lost his mount with Mr Stunning failing a veterinary test. Viddora has been monitored since early this week when she was found to have some lameness in a hind leg… Read More »
One of Queensland’s most famous sets of racing colours could make another appearance in the Group One Queensland Derby after Crafty Spirit’s win at Eagle Farm. Crafty Spirit ($10) made it two wins on end when he won the Sporting Chance Foundation Quality. The gelding races in the same colours… Read More »
Blake Shinn was quick to praise rival jockey Robbie Fradd after Le Juge continued his outstanding Queensland form at Eagle Farm. Le Juge ($2.35) made it six wins and two minor placings since coming to Queensland when he beat Master Zephyr ($61) by a length in the Hoppy’s Handwash Cafe… Read More »
