The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) was compelled to abandon the final eight races of Sunday’s nine-race programme at Aqueduct Racetrack following a protest by jockeys that resulted in their refusal to participate. Weather and track conditions played no role in the riders’ decision. After Race 1, jockeys raised… Read More »
Berkeley Square will attempt to become the second locally-trained galloper in a decade to go back-to-back in the Ballarat Cup. Kiwia won successive Cups in 2018 and 2019, firstly over 2200m for Darren Weir before the race was shortened to 2000m the following year when successful under the care of… Read More »
Popular sprinter Rey Magnerio is set to race in the $1.5 million Gold Rush at Ascot on December 13th, with trainer Robbie Griffiths opting to pay a late entry fee for the in-form speedster. Grifiths confirmed the news to racing commentator Matt Nevett on Monday morning. Trainer Robbie Griffiths says… Read More »
Few horses competing at Rosehill this Saturday will boast the profile of Just Party, albeit his racing pattern has made winning races difficult. The four-year-old was Stakes-placed behind Broadsiding at two, finished less than a length from Lady Shenandoah in Group company at three, and was narrowly defeated in in… Read More »
There was no twenty length romp this time, but the Aaron Purcell trained Farag did enough to make it historic back-to-back wins in the Jericho Cup at Warrnambool, albeit in an extraordinary edition of the Cup with the race being shifted to the course proper at a shortened distance of… Read More »
Calandagan has become the first overseas horse to take out the Japan Cup since Luca Cumani’s success with Alkaased twenty year ago and he is the first French trained winner since the Robert Colet trained Le Glorieux in 1987. It was the fourth successive Group 1 win for the Francis-Henri… Read More »
Gavin Bedggood celebrated Stakes success at Caulfield on Saturday but that does not mean he went home to Cranbourne entirely satisfied. The canny horseman knew before the meeting had even started that he pulled the wrong rein with stable stalwart Kingswood. Bedggood scratched the gelding from the Eclipse Stakes, for… Read More »
The major carnivals in Melbourne and Sydney might be grinding to a halt, but Matthew Smith has already cast his sights to ones on the horizon. The Warwick Farm trainer is keen to make up for lost time with the star of his stable, Headwall, who is edging towards the… Read More »
The lightly-raced Libertad surged past the $1.5 million prizemoney milestone with his Winterbottom heroics. The five-year-old stallion now boasts a record of five wins and two placings from 17 starts for precisely $1,695,590 in earnings. And he’s established himself as a legitimate stud prospect. The horse has consistently flashed Group… Read More »
Lloyd Kennewell saddled two unraced juveniles in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed MRC Magic Millions Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield, with longshot Eternal Warrior emerging victorious to provide Rosemont Stud’s Extreme Warrior with his inaugural stakes winner. Following two encouraging jumpout appearances where the juvenile finished runner-up on each occasion, Eternal… Read More »
Jace McMurray is a man on the move … quite literally. The young apprentice will be trading Brisbane for Sydney in the immediate future where he will be taking on a second riding stint at the Michael Freedman stable, an experience which served him well when he originally headed south… Read More »
Ten races have been set down for Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 2 Sight Hermoso Race Two: 1 Ka Ying Power Race Three: 4 Day Day Victory Race Four: 1 Ever Luck Race Five: 4 Audacious Pursuit Race Six: 6 Blazing Wind Race… Read More »
Top sprinter Overpass was the dominant favourite for the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot but it was fellow Sydneysider Libertad who caused a boilover. Winterbottom Stakes I Libertad Libertad sensationally denies Overpass a piece of history in the Winterbottom Stakes 🤩 A remarkable result for @jamieleemott, claiming his fourth… Read More »
Jockeys Zac Lloyd and Ash Morgan will both serve periods on the sidelines after accepting guilty pleas to separate careless riding charges from Saturday’s Rosehill Gardens meeting. Lloyd admitted to permitting Lyles to shift inwards approaching the 700-metre mark, resulting in interference to runner-up Snack Bar during the Stowe Australia… Read More »
Ryan Maloney celebrated a red-letter day at Doomben on Saturday, riding four winners including the victors in the day’s two $160,000 Listed events. The ex-pat Victorian made favourite backers happy in the first of the features, getting home aboard $2.50 punters’ elect Midnight In Tokyo in the Tattersall’s Classic (1200m),… Read More »
Promising gelding Yorkshire has rebounded from a minor health setback to take out the Group Three Festival Stakes at Rosehill, a win that his trainer admits is a bonus. Yorkshire started favourite in The Hunter (1300m) first-up but was eased down late and subsequently diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia. Co-trainer John… Read More »
She’s A Hustler emphatically passed her first test at 2400 metres at Caulfield on Saturday, performing the perfect audition for an even bigger race over the same course and trip next spring. The Grahame Begg-trained mare landed the first Group 2 win of her already-impressive career when she wore down… Read More »
Eight years after dual Group One placegetter Spieth was retired to stud, his trainer Bryce Heys has celebrated a stakes win at Rosehill with one of the stallion’s daughters. Flying For Fun returned from a two-start campaign in Melbourne to take out Saturday’s Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) and Heys said… Read More »
Tony and Calvin McEvoy are interstate preparing for the latter’s wedding, but it did not stop them signing off from a watershed spring with another feature success at Caulfield on Saturday. The father/son training team won the $250,000 Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) with Motorsports. The McEvoys watched the… Read More »
Chris Waller’s first two-year-old winner of the season invariably proves to be a handy horse, and he expects that to ring true for Snitzel colt Fireball. The youngster made a dashing debut to take out Saturday’s Schweppes Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill, following in the footsteps of former stablemates Brazen Beau… Read More »
