Heath Conners has bowed out of training racehorses in style, preparing a winner at Bendigo with his final runner. And that comes days after the trainer also had a winner with his final city runner at Flemington. Conners, a son of four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer Clarry Conners, has made the… Read More »
Dual Golden Slipper-winning trainer Peter Snowden believes there is a sense of timing about Cosmic Force who has assumed favouritism for this year’s $3.5 million race after the barrier draw. Cosmic Force streeted his rivals by seven lengths on a heavy track in Saturday’s Pago Pago Stakes and has firmed… Read More »
Star jockey Tommy Berry is warming to the chances of dual New Zealand Group One winner Madison County causing an upset in the Rosehill Guineas against star colt The Autumn Sun. Berry rode Madison County to fourth behind The Autumn Sun in the Group One Randwick Guineas (1600m) and is… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has lodged a stay application against a decision to stand him down and hopes to have it heard by the end of the week. Queensland’s leading trainer on overall winners, Currie was stood down after stewards charged him last month with seven offences including the use… Read More »
Attending the annual Golden Slipper barrier draw has further whetted Adelaide trainer Chris Bieg’s appetite as he prepares to saddle his first Sydney starter when Free Of Debt runs in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. Bieg has last-start Group One Blue Diamond Stakes third placegetter Free Of Debt in… Read More »
With his focus on the Group One TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick later this autumn, Redzel’s trainer Peter Snowden is likely to keep the star sprinter in Sydney to contest the Group One Galaxy at Rosehill. The dual Everest winner is nominated for both Saturday’s Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill and… Read More »
His escape from a lead pony at trackwork brought Heir To The Throne’s preparation for autumn feature races to a premature end. After the mishap at Caulfield, trainer Henry Dwyer backed off on the half-brother to 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance. Heir To The Throne returns at Sandown… Read More »
Todman Stakes winner Yes Yes Yes has lost favouritism for the Golden Slipper after drawing the outside barrier for the $3.5 million race at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained colt was favourite before drawing barrier 19 in the capacity Golden Slipper field of 16 plus three emergencies but is now a… Read More »
A capacity field of 16 plus three emergencies has been declared for the $3.5 million Group One Golden Slipper at Rosehill, with global operation Godolphin accepting for seven horses. Godolphin’s head Australian trainer James Cummings has five two-year-olds – Microphone, Tenley, Pin Sec, Kiamichi and Exhilarates – in the field… Read More »
One of Australia’s best and most-respected form analysts, David Gately, is joining Sky Racing. The Melbourne-based Gately, who is known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of form, strong analysis and affable style, will start the new role from the first of next month. Gately’s appointment further bolsters Sky Racing’s national presence… Read More »
The 2019 Golden Slipper Final Field and Barrier Draw will be released and conducted this morning. View our live blog with updates on the final field as well as the barrier draw live. The Golden Slipper field is set to be released after 9am with the barrier draw to be… Read More »
Lindsay Park’s Golden Slipper hope Lankan Star will have to undergo a second veterinary inspection before she is confirmed to start to start in the $3.5 million race. The Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up was found to be slightly restricted in her action in front when she was examined on Monday… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher is keeping his options open with talented sprinter Bons Away, nominating him for three upcoming races at different venues The gelding has been entered for Friday night’s Group One William Reid Stakes at The Valley, the Group One Galaxy at Rosehill and the Listed Hareeba Stakes at… Read More »
Ben Currie will seek an extension of a stay so he can continue training after an internal review reaffirmed a decision to stand him down pending an inquiry into jigger charges against him. Queensland’s leading trainer, Currie, who trained five winners at the weekend to take him to 118 for… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is set to have her second last start of her career this weekend in the Group One George Ryder Stakes and 22 other horses have also been nominated for the 1500m event at Rosehill. Winx will go into the race as the short priced favourite with current… Read More »
Chris Waller heads to Golden Slipper day with favourites in three of the five Group One races, two of them the highest-profile horses in the country. Winx is at $1.08 in first markets to win her fourth George Ryder Stakes (1500m) while The Autumn Sun is $1.50 to win his… Read More »
Ciaron Maher is considering adding blinkers to the gear of Dubious as he chases victory in the Golden Slipper at Rosehill. Maher, who trains in partnership with Dave Eustace, said the two-year-old was likely to wear the headgear in a gallop on Tuesday after which he will decide whether he… Read More »
Star South Australian rider Raquel Clark can reach 100 winners in a season for the first time if she wins the National Apprentices Challenge heat at Doomben. Clark is sitting on 99 after a treble at Port Lincoln on Sunday. A former Tasmanian rider now based in South Australia, Clark’s… Read More »
New Zealand two-year-old Probabeel remains on target for the Group One ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes after her creditable sixth in the Magic Night Stakes. The Jamie Richards-trained filly was uncomfortable on the heavy track in the Group Three race, a traditional Golden Slipper lead-up. Richards said Probabeel would benefit from… Read More »
Star filly Sunlight has pleased her trainer Tony McEvoy in a gallop at The Valley ahead of the William Reid Stakes. McEvoy took advantage of the opportunity to gallop the Newmarket Handicap winner at the course ahead of Friday night’s Group One William Reid Stakes to get her re-acquainted with… Read More »
