The Rosehill crowd has given Winx a reception like no other with the mare gracing the track for the final time. For the record, of which there are many when it comes to Winx, she won her fourth George Ryder Stakes on Saturday to take her Group One tally to… Read More »
Jamie Kah’s disappointment about Harlem’s no-show at Rosehill has turned to delight after her Group Three win aboard Midterm. Kah, who recently moved to Melbourne from South Australia, claimed her first Group One win on the Lindsay Park-trained Harlem in the Australian Cup earlier this month. The stable elected not… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller unveiled his second string for the coming winter three year old classic races when he took out a quinella in the TAB Three Year Old (2200m) at Eagle Farm. Waller brought up his 30th Queensland metropolitan winner of the season when gelding Borazon ($5.50) beat filly… Read More »
The Autumn Sun has been forced to work overtime, but the star colt has come out on top again to win a thrilling Rosehill Guineas. The Chris Waller-trained three-year-old claimed his fifth Group One win from nine career starts when the $1.40 favourite rallied in testing heavy track conditions to… Read More »
The decision to bring Victorian three-year-old Krone north for Sydney carnival targets has been rewarded, with the filly finishing well to take out the Listed Darby Munro Stakes. Having her second start this autumn for Melbourne trainer Mick Price after doing her earlier racing with now-disqualified trainer Darren Weir, Krone… Read More »
One of the best decisions trainer Steve O’Dea has made in recent times was not to send his two year old Hit Snooze to north Queensland. Hit Snooze ($18) made it two wins in a row when she beat Magic Beans ($9.50) by long head with a short neck to… Read More »
Star New Zealand filly Avantage has made a triumphant return to racing with a determined victory in testing conditions in the Group Three Birthday Card Stakes at Rosehill. Having her first start since winning the Group Three Gold Trail Stakes at Hastings in September, the Jamie Richards-trained three-year-old rallied strongly… Read More »
A last start placegetter in a hurdle race in England has made a winning debut on the flat in Australia. Now in the hands of Chris Waller, Master Shuhood took out Saturday’s Peninsula Essence Handicap (1600m) at Mornington. Waller’s Melbourne assistant Jo Taylor thought Master Shuhood could be competitive in… Read More »
The 2019 George Ryder Stakes starring Winx is the feature race held at Rosehill this weekend. The Weight for Age race is run over 1500m and is worth $1,000,000 in prize money, Find out all the information on the George Ryder Stakes below including how you can live stream the… Read More »
The weather has been relatively kind to the Rosehill track over the past 24 hours which will see the course start as a Heavy 8 with an upgrade likely. Heading into today’s Golden Slipper meeting Sydney had been hit with torrential rain although the showers mostly missed the racecourse over… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham has received his scans back which reported he had sustained a fractured wrist during a fall which saw Voodoo Lad euthanised at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Voodoo Lad broke down coming around the home turn in Friday nights William Reid Stakes which resulted in the incident…. Read More »
YES YES YES (Trainer Chris Waller): “He is the right horse for the race but it is made a little harder by the barrier draw where he will start from the extreme outside. The horse at least comes into the race with very good form and is well prepared and… Read More »
Sunlight has erased the memories of her previous visit to The Valley with a breathtaking victory in the Group One William Reid Stakes. The only time Sunlight has finished out of the placings was in the Group One Manikato Stakes at The Valley last October when she was slow into… Read More »
Written Choice has won a $55,000 cheque for his trainer Logan McGill as the fastest horse over 955 metres at The Valley for the night racing season. The speedster was the only horse to break 55 seconds in the 17-race series sponsored by betting firm Ladbrokes, running 54.77s on October… Read More »
We take a look at each of the two-year-olds in Saturday’s $3.5m Golden Slipper and list their sale prices and where they were sold. As the field is made up by a majority of Godolphin runners a lot of the horses in the race did not go through the sale… Read More »
Speedy filly Spirit’s Choice is a perfect example of how the value of her sire Spirit of Boom’s offspring has skyrocketed. Spirit’s Choice was heavily backed to win the $200,000 Jewel Three-Year-Old (1200m) at the Gold Coast before it was washed out last Saturday. She will front up on Saturday… Read More »
Tommy Berry already has a pair of Golden Slippers and gives himself a genuine chance to snare another when he rides one of a host of chances for global powerhouse Godolphin in this year’s $3.5 million race. Berry won his first Golden Slipper on favourite Overreach for Gai Waterhouse in… Read More »
Kris Lees thought long and hard about whether to take blinkers off Graff for his Sydney return in the Group One Galaxy and is comfortable with his final decision not to tamper with the colt’s gear. Although it might have been a different outcome on another track. Graff over-raced in… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney welcomes back sprinter Tribal Wisdom in the Group One Galaxy and will be represented from both sides of the Tasman in the Group One Rosehill Guineas. Victoria Derby placegetter Chapada is trained from his Flemington stable while Arrogant has travellied from New Zealand for his Australian debut… Read More »
The Randwick Guineas did not go to plan for John Thompson and Purple Sector but the trainer is hopeful the colt can bounce back and produce a much better showing in the Rosehill Guineas. Purple Sector is among the outsiders for Saturday’s Group One Rosehill Guineas for three-year-olds over 2000m… Read More »
