It generally goes in breeding that siblings race the same way. You know, if one can sprint, they all can sprint. If one likes to stay all day, the others have staying powers too. Well, read on, as this is a story that defies all that. We all watched the… Read More »
Apprentice Maddy Wishart has shown she is good under pressure and she will get another chance to prove it in the fourth round of the National Apprentices’ Challenge. Wishart, who is indentured to Group One-winning trainer Paul Butterworth at Eagle Farm, has ridden 46 winners, 27 this season. She is… Read More »
Last years Doncaster Mile winner Happy Clapper will not take his spot in this years edition of the race. Trainer Pat Webster has announced that his star galloper Happy Clapper will bypass Saturday weeks Doncaster Mile and will head straight into the Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes where he is… Read More »
Well that’s now 36 wins, 32 of them in a row and 24 at Gr 1 level for a grand total of $24,016, 675 in prize money. Trainers from here and abroad for the past four years have been pulling their best Houdini impression when it comes to Winx (Street… Read More »
Noble Boy has been the ruling favourite to win the Country Championship final since before the series began but it has taken him until the last moment to get into the field. Trained by Todd Blowes at Queanbeyan, Noble Boy won his first four starts but faltered when fourth in… Read More »
As the clock winds down on the brilliant career of Winx, time may also be against her stablemate The Autumn Sun. Both won Group One races at Rosehill on Saturday with Winx claiming her fourth successive George Ryder Stakes win and The Autumn Sun his third Guineas. While trainer Chris… Read More »
David Brideoake has high expectations for Princess Jenni who is Sydney-bound for the autumn carnival. The lightly raced filly scored at stakes level at The Valley on Friday night under Damien Oliver, circling the field to win the Alexandra Stakes. Brideoake said the filly would now travel to Sydney for… Read More »
First Crush is set to go into the $150,000 Toowoomba Cup with a month between runs after trainer Chris Munce elected not to start him at Doomben. First Crush won the Grafton Cup and was second in the Ipswich Cup and Caloundra Cup last winter. He showed he was back… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing and jockey Hugh Bowman will attempt to win another feature staying three-year-old race when they team with Stars Of Carrum in the Australian Derby. They combined to win the 2013 Victoria Derby with Polanski while their only other Derby pairing was in the 2016 Victoria Derby when… Read More »
The Golden Slipper win of Godolphin filly Kiamichi will prove a great boost to the Queensland breeding industry. KIamichi is by Sidestep out of Ouachita and is a dream result for the Queensland based Telemon Thoroughbreds operation. Sidestep, by Exceed and Excel, stood last season for $7700 at Telemon Thoroughbreds… Read More »
One of the true characters of racing in recent times, trainer Mick Burles has died aged 70 after suffering from emphysema for many years. Burles and The Cleaner garnered a cult following and put the Tasmanian town of Longford on the map for their deeds in high class Melbourne races… Read More »
Joe Bowditch is adamant Viddora is going as well as ever as she prepares for her first international assignment. Viddora arrived in Dubai last week ahead of the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan on Saturday night with jockey Bowditch and trainer Lloyd Kennewell due in on Monday. Bowditch, who moved… Read More »
Top Brisbane mare Tumbler is set to be retired after sustaining another leg injury. Tumbler’s career has been littered with injury and hard luck stories but she still won eight of her 18 starts and nearly $300,000 prize money. She ran second in the Group Three W J Healy Stakes… Read More »
Godolphin capped off their remarkable season with their two year olds, a “myth” finally got his major and a certain mare went okay. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Godolphin 1-2-3 In Slipper The Godolphin operation has dominated… Read More »
Veteran racing photographer Noel Pascoe has joined an elite group by being made a life member of the Brisbane Racing Club. Pascoe is a member of one of Australia’s best known racing families with his father Al and brother Barry also noted photographers. In a ceremony at Eagle Farm on… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, where the feature race is the Kowloon Cricket Club Centenary Cup (1600m), a Class Two event over the mile. Race One: 6 Royal Perogative Race Two: 8 Voyage Warrior Race Three: 3 Natural Flare Race Four: 4 All… Read More »
We take a look at Sunday’s Singapore meeting at Kranji which looks an alright betting meeting to round out what was a quality weeks racing highlighted at Rosehill on Saturday. View our Singapore tips and bets below. Race One: 5 Really Capable Race Two: 1 Golden Years Race Three: 3… Read More »
The Gold Coast’s premier jockey Ryan Plumb scored his biggest win on the track with a pick-up ride on tough gelding Tyzone. The winner of 14 previous races, Tyzone ($8.50) charged down the outside to beat Malvern Estate ($7) and Freddie Fox Trot ($12) in the Listed Goldmarket Stakes (1200m)…. Read More »
James Cummings was destined to become a racehorse trainer. Whether he expected to be heading Sheikh Mohammed’s Australian Godolphin operation and holding a Golden Slipper at the age of 31 is another thing altogether. His father Anthony is a multiple Group One-winning trainer, his grandfather Bart won more Melbourne Cups… Read More »
Mr Quickie has extended his winning sequence to six, overcoming a difficult run to claim the Mornington Guineas. The $1.80 favourite under John Allen raced away to a two-length win on Saturday to continue his march towards the South Australian Derby. A former member of disqualified trainer Darren Weir’s stable,… Read More »
