Canberra trainer Matthew Dale’s decision to bring Prometheus to Melbourne has been rewarded, with the gelding racing to a convincing win in the Grand Mile Final at Flemington. Formerly trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Prometheus was having his third start for Dale in Saturday’s $150,000 race over 1600m after… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie celebrated his return to a metropolitan racetrack with the last-to-first win of Mishani Vaidra in the $125,000 Gold Coast Stakes. Currie is facing a lengthy stewards inquiry which started Monday but won’t finish until late next month which involves 39 charges and various alleged offences. He… Read More »
Lightly raced Wetakemanhattan has graduated to city company with a strong on-pace win at Flemington. Stepping up to 2000m for first time in Saturday’s Grand Classic Final, Wetakemanhattan extended his record to four wins from nine starts. Ridden by Jordan Childs, Wetakemanhattan ($6) scored a three-quarter length win from Dark… Read More »
Godolphin could have half the field in next week’s Golden Slipper after Kiamichi added her name to their bulging roster with an on-pace victory in the Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill. And training partners Peter and Paul Snowden also strengthened their hand for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper with Cosmic… Read More »
The Clinton McDonald-trained filly Causeway Girl is bound for The Championships in Sydney after making a winning return in her first autumn assignment at Flemington. Stakes-placed at the end of her spring preparation last year, Causeway Girl resumed in Saturday’s Furphy Ale Trophy (1100m) and settled back in the field… Read More »
Easy Eddie may have earned himself a step up to Group One company sooner than expected with his win in the Maurice McCarten Stakes at Rosehill. His heavy track victory in Saturday’s (1100m) Group Three sprint was his first black-type win with his other attempt second in the Listed Takeover… Read More »
Two potential spring three-year-old fillies are likely to head in different directions after sharing the prize in a stakes race at Flemington. Flit trained by James Cummings could be Sydney bound for upcoming autumn features while the Mick Price-trained Ready Set Sail is off to the paddock after they dead-heated… Read More »
Progressive four-year-old Star Of The Seas will be given the chance to book a spot in the Doncaster Mile after he ploughed through the heavy ground at Rosehill. Trainer Chris Waller confirmed Star Of The Seas would head to the Group Three Doncaster Prelude at Rosehill in two weeks, a… Read More »
Wo Guk will never reach the heights of his stablemate The Autumn Sun but he will be remembered for winning one of the most strangely run races in a long time. Sent out a $4.80 chance, Wu Gok came from last at the 600m to beat Fighting Teo ($3.80) in… Read More »
Champion mare Winx gave punters at Rosehill something extra to cheer about on Coolmore Classic day with a track gallop between races. Winx had a gallop after Race 2 at Rosehill in anticipation for her next start which is likely to be the Group One George Ryder Stakes in a… Read More »
Former Western Australian mare Swift Sis has again defied her starting price to notch a second straight win at Flemington. The Pat Carey-trained Swift Sis finished strongly to score a narrow win over Miss Toorak Flyer as a $31 chance on March 2 before again sprinting to victory in Saturday’s… Read More »
Tough gelding See The Master disproved several long-held racing theories about wet tracks with his win at the Gold Coast. See The Master charged down the centre of the track to beat Pickelhaube ($7) by a length in the AD Hollindale Stakes May 4 Plate (1800m). The gelding, one of… Read More »
The pride of Tasmanian racing, Mystic Journey, will be out to cap her memorable three-year-old season in the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile, in which victory would take her career earnings to more than $3.25 million. Not bad for a filly who cost $11,000 as a yearling and who has… Read More »
Sydney’s racing industry will come together at the annual Racing Fraternity Mass at Randwick Racecourse to remember those who have fallen on hard times. Sunday’s Racing Mass is offered for the well-being of the racing industry and attended by all denominations and industry representatives to remember injured and ailing jockeys… Read More »
Global Exchange has stamped his Australian Derby credentials with a narrow, but impressive win in the Group Two Alister Clark Stakes at The Valley. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Global Exchange is favourite for the Group One Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on April 6 which will be his… Read More »
Al Boum Photo, ridden by Paul Townend, has won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday to give trainer Willie Mullins his first victory in the flagship race. The 12-1 shot beat Anibale Fly and Bristol De Mai as favourite Presenting Percy had a disappointing run. “It feels great,” Mullins, who… Read More »
Owner Bert Vieira is to auction a nomination fee to his future stallion Trapeze Artist with all proceeds to go to injured jockey Tye Angland. Trapeze Artist has won four Group One races, three last season with Angland aboard and last week’s Canterbury Stakes when he was ridden by Blake… Read More »
Godolphin-owned filly Pohutukawa has shown her class with a dominant win in the Group Three Kembla Grange Classic. Pohutukawa was sent out the $1.65 favourite in Friday’s 1600m-race for three-year-old fillies after finding traffic problems at crucial stages in the straight in her previous two starts when third in the… Read More »
James Cummings is out to extend the successful season of Godolphin-owned two-year-olds with a couple of contenders in a stakes race at Flemington. The Cummings stable has in the past week won black-type races at Flemington, Randwick and Canberra, including last Sunday’s Black Opal Stakes with Pin Sec. Microphone and… Read More »
Until Winx arrived, Red Tracer and Catkins were the star mares in the Chris Waller stable. They came close but neither managed to win Sydney’s premier race for fillies and mares, the Coolmore Classic (1500m). Waller will have four runners in Saturday’s edition of the Group One event, including the… Read More »
