It’s year after year, after year, after years that Coolmore gives us a champion, and now City of Troy who will be standing at Coolmore Australia in the Hunter Valley. “He’s a horse of a lifetime – he has the cruise, he has the balance, and he quickens and he… Read More »
The Peters’ family and trainer Michael Grantham have outlined Ascot carnival plans for Luvnwar after she doubled up at Pinjarra on Saturday, attacking the line strongly to claim an impressive win in the Hygain Handicap (1400m). Punters had to wait until the final race on the programme, but the four-year-old… Read More »
On breeding, Autumn Boy could be in for a fruitful career if the turn-of-foot shown at Canterbury on debut is any indication. A stable quinella in the Drinkwise Plate (1250m) got Chris Waller’s stable off in a positive fashion in Sydney for King’s Birthday Holiday racing but while $1.4 million… Read More »
While the focus of racing over the week ahead will be on the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, the Lindsay Park training team will be similarly honed in on The Q22 where Bankers Choice lines up as a genuine chance. As the Hayes boys – Ben, Will and JD – await… Read More »
Four time Group 1 winning trainer Robbie Laing has sadly passed away overnight. Described by colleague Gavin Bedggood as “an unconventional man”, Laing seemed to be just that but, overall, a racing man through and through. Laing followed his father Eddie into training after a short career in the saddle… Read More »
Grahame Begg has made his ambitions clear — if there’s one trophy missing from his cabinet that he truly covets, it’s the Cox Plate. The accomplished trainer, known for conditioning 13 Group 1 winners, has had success with sharp sprinter-milers and staying types like the returning Nonconformist and the once… Read More »
Flying Embers has been working her way through the grades in NSW and is set to get her first opportunity to step up to stakes level with a trip to Brisbane in the plans for the progressive filly next weekend. Sydney trainer John Thompson said three-year-old Flying Embers was scheduled to contest… Read More »
The Everest is still four months away but the mind games have already begun with connections of undefeated colt Private Harry welcoming confirmation Hong Kong star Ka Ying Rising will take his place in the $20 million race. The Australian Turf Club (ATC) finalised a deal with the Hong Kong… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien, fresh from saddling his 11th Oaks winner the day before, matched the feat with his 11th Derby winner as Lambourn made all, grinding down his rivals and recording a convincing success at Epsom. Lambourn was the least fancied of O’Brien’s three runners and it appeared that he may… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys said about their rides in the Kingsford Smith Cup 2025 at Eagle Farm racecourse. James McDonald (Joliestar): “She made me look really good today. There wasn’t one stage in the race that I thought she was going to win. Then she put in a humongous… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys said about their rides in the Queensland Oaks 2025 at Eagle Farm racecourse. Tommy Berry (You Wahng) On the win: “Great to do it for Kris, we always had a great relationship, and I have ridden for him on and off for a long time…. Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys said about their rides in the Queensland Derby 2025 at Eagle Farm racecourse. Ryan Maloney (Maison Louis) On the win: “Unbelievable, his breeding suggests he shouldn’t get the trip, but he’s a beautiful ride, he conserves his energy so well. “It was a very dawdling… Read More »
The drying track at Randwick knocked the edge off Joe Pride’s confidence, but he need not have worried as In Flight made it successive black-type wins with a determined performance in the Listed Bob Charley AO Stakes at Randwick. The program started on a heavy 8 but was retrospectively upgraded to… Read More »
Maison Louis may have been the less favoured of the stable pair, but the victory was doubly satisfying for the training partners John O’Shea and Tom Charlton as their two Queensland Derby runners fought out the finish to be first and second home at Eagle Farm. One month shy of the… Read More »
Though there was a gap between the first two, Kris Lees has a knack for finding Oaks winners notching his third win in the Queensland Oaks across two decades. With his first victory in the Group 1 feature for three-year-old fillies delivered by Vitesse Dane in 2005, his second by Amokura… Read More »
Chris Waller has broken his own record for most number of Group One wins in a season with Joliestar arriving in the final bounds to post a thrilling victory in the Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. The mare’s success gave the champion trainer his 19th triumph at the elite level this… Read More »
Punters were lukewarm on the prospects of Shohisha handling a sharp distance rise at Randwick but for trainer David Payne, it was never in doubt. Despite being sent around as the rank outsider of the seven-horse Drinkwise Mile (1600m) field, Shohisha ($15) showed her class to come from last and nail… Read More »
It wasn’t the most convincing win, but Hidden Motive did enough to get the verdict in the opening race at Randwick, setting himself on a path towards a Group One goal next season. The $1.65 betting sites favourite notched his second success from five starts with a deceptive nose victory over… Read More »
It isn’t the size of the stable, it is what you do with it, as Kevin Daffy’s solo galloper showed at Flemington as Oh Too Good was simply way too good in the feature race in Melbourne on Saturday. The consistent mare delivered sweet satisfaction for trainer Kevin Daffy in the… Read More »
Clinton Mcdonald has higher ambitions for Miss Ole as the filly that he believes should have a perfect record so far notched her second win in three outings. The daughter of popular sire Ole Kirk wore down the tenacious effort of $5.50 betting app chance Espana to score by a narrow nose… Read More »
