Derby aspirations for Ridgewood Drive are likely to become clearer after the lightly raced gelding chases a second city win in quick succession. The Anthony Freedman-trained Ridgewood Drive, a half-brother to 2014 Queensland Derby winner Sonntag, scored a maiden win at his second career start at Sandown and is set… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan is growing in confidence after Outback Barbie drew a “perfect barrier” for the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast. The $2.80 favourite before the barrier draw, Outback Barbie shortened to $2.60 for Saturday’s race with the TAB after she came up with gate three…. Read More »
Godolphin filly Exhilarates is now favourite for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic after drawing gate nine. Field 🏆: View the Magic Millions Classic Field Exhilarates won at the Gold Coast on Saturday to cement her place in the field and returns a week later to run for the major share of… Read More »
Unbeaten colt Dubious has met every challenge so far in his short career and co-trainer David Eustace is hopeful that continues in the Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast. Dubious won the Group Three Breeders’ Plate in Sydney on debut in late September and then resumed from a break… Read More »
Trainer Patrick Payne will chase feature race wins in two states with Chamois Road to line up in the Chester Manifold Stakes in Melbourne while Husson Eagle and Zizzis are set for Magic Millions races at the Gold Coast. A last-start Flemington winner in an open handicap last month, Chamois… Read More »
Trainer Mick Kent has weighed in on the tracks debate in Victoria, saying the information about the rating of the surfaces needs to be accurate. In an article for rsn.net.au Kent has questioned the accuracy of some track ratings and says trainers need accurate ratings in order to make a… Read More »
Skate To Paris is one of the cheapest horses in trainer Chris Munce’s stable but he believes she can be a big part of what he hopes is a successful Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast. Before he turned to training, Munce rode a record three winners of the… Read More »
A late programming change by Racing Queensland has proved a blessing in disguise for two-year-old Neptune’s Spear. Trainer Liam Birchley had intended to run Neptune’s Spear from the outside barrier in the QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap at the Gold Coast on Saturday. It was to be Neptune’s Spear’s last run before… Read More »
Sydney three-year-old Ljungberg will be scratched from Saturday’s Magic Millions Guineas after doubts were raised about whether he was an acceptor. When the field for the $2 million race was released on Monday it had Ljungberg at number six. Reports from Sydney indicated trainer Ron Quinton had not accepted with… Read More »
As he prepares to chase a Magic Millions Classic win at the Gold Coast with unbeaten colt Dubious, Ciaron Maher has announced the expansion of his operation to include a stable in Sydney. Maher, who trains in partnership with David Eustace, has had an increasing presence in Sydney in recent… Read More »
Former Australian Turf Club chairman, Sydney businessman Michael Crismale, has been appointed to the board of Racing NSW for a three-year term. NSW Minister for Racing, Paul Toole, also announced on Monday, Simon Tuxen and Anthony Shepherd would serve on the board for another four years. “Mr Crismale has extensive… Read More »
Group One-winning trainer Barry Miller has died in Brisbane after a long illness. Miller, 78, trained about 1000 winners on tracks all over Australia, the best being Show A Heart. The trainer and his younger brother Trevor were dominating figures in Queensland racing for three decades after starting their careers… Read More »
One of the most popular horses in Victoria has been ruled out of racing for as long as twelve months after suffering bone bruising in all four fetlocks. The Udyta Clarke trained Group Two winner Rich Charm will not race for as long as twelve months after scans revealed bone bruising in… Read More »
Long Leaf will head to New Zealand’s richest race day to run in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie. The meeting for graduates of New Zealand’s Karaka yearling sale features the Karaka Million for two-year-olds and the 3YO Classic which will be run for $1 million for the second… Read More »
It is drawing a long bow to compare restricted class horse The Candy Man with the legendary Gunsynd but there was a touch of the Goondiwindi Grey in his Sunshine Coast win. Gunsynd is rated among Australia’s greatest horses, winning 29 races, and he is the only horse to win… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is buoyant about Winx’s upcoming campaign despite his original caution about whether she would indeed have a final preparation. After observing the champion in the stable for the past three weeks, Waller says she seems as good as ever and is on track to return in the… Read More »
Classy central Queensland filly Better Reflection has settled in well on the Gold Coast as she prepares for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic. As a $20,000 yearling, Better Reflection will have underdog status against a field in which the average price will be about $200,000. Better Reflection bounded… Read More »
Australian mare True Excelsior is set to head across the Tasman for a crack at a Group One sprint. Trained by Leon and Troy Corstens in Victoria and raced by Rosemont Stud, True Excelsior finished third in the Group Three Standish Handicap on New Year’s Day at Flemington in her… Read More »
Godolphin Australia’s head trainer James Cummings believes he has already passed one major Gold Coast stress test ahead of the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Cummings is quietly confident he can join his grandfather, the legendary Bart Cummings, as a Magic Millions Classic-winning trainer. Bart Cummings won the race… Read More »
Queensland’s former chief steward Allan Reardon is confident his new role as a track walker can help the industry overcome a controversial problem. Trainers and jockeys have been complaining for months about what they say are inaccurate track ratings at some TAB meetings. In response, Racing Queensland has appointed Reardon… Read More »
