Muhaarar has sealed the his place as Europe’s top sprinter by adding the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville to his Group One wins in the Commonwealth Cup and July Cup. The Charlie Hills-trained colt overpowered Esoterique and Gordon Lord Byron to win Sunday’s race by half a length. Hills… Read More »
Irishman Ruby Walsh heads home from a whirlwind trip to Australia as the only jockey to win the English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish and Australian Grand National Steeplechases. Walsh was recruited to ride Bashboy in the Grand National at Ballarat on Sunday when Steve Pateman lost an appeal against suspension last… Read More »
Brisbane sprinter Le Val may head to Sydney after racing himself out of handicaps in his home town. Le Val made it two wins from two starts this campaign when he came from second last under 59kg to win a 1200m Class 6 at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Noel Doyle… Read More »
Jockey Greg Ryan has racked up victory No.3323 to make him second on the all-time winning list in Australia. Only Robert Thompson, who is now in the 4000s, has ridden more winners than NSW country rider Ryan. Ryan posted the milestone win on the Les Roberts-trained Show And Tell at… Read More »
Jumps jockey Aaron Lynch has been outed on an improper riding charge for his win on Zataglio in the City of Ballarat Steeplechase. Fellow rider Lee Horner was also suspended from the same race when his mount Another Legend fell at the second-last obstacle. Racing Victoria stewards charged Lynch for… Read More »
The expertise of Irish champion jumps jockey Ruby Walsh has lifted Bashboy to a record breaking third Grand National Steeplechase success. The Ciaron Maher trained 12-year-old carried 74.5kg, the highest weight since Pedro’s Pride in 1957. Bashboy also became the first horse to top the $1 million mark in prize… Read More »
Coming second doesn’t always sit well with trainer Chris Waller but he admits to being thrilled to see apprentice Rory Hutchings win the Group Two Missile Stakes. New Zealand’s leading junior rider, Hutchings is spending the last part of his apprenticeship in Sydney with Waller. He got the call-up to… Read More »
It didn’t take a lot to entice champion Irish jockey Ruby Walsh to Australia and he played his part with victory on Bashboy in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. With regular rider Steve Pateman sidelined through suspension, Walsh made the journey from Ireland to take the ride on the… Read More »
Irish eyes were smiling after the J J Houlahan Hurdle at Ballarat but not from the ones the crowd had come to see. Champion Irish jumps jockey Ruby Walsh brought the crowd to Ballarat for Grand National Steeplechase day but he couldn’t fill a place in the first of two… Read More »
David Hayes will oversee former Hong Kong galloper Dibayani’s Australian debut before heading back to England where Criterion runs in the Juddmonte Stakes. Dibayani is set to run in Saturday’s P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. Hayes had considered starting the six-year-old son of Shamardal in the Aurie’s Star Handicap… Read More »
The presence of Vancouver will not deter trainer Gerald Ryan taking on the Golden Slipper winner with King’s Troop in the San Domenico Stakes. The well-bred colt won at Warwick Farm last Wednesday at his second start to earn the chance at stakes company. That may happen in Melbourne with… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price is hopeful he has ironed out Ready For Victory’s wayward habits as he prepares for a return trip to Sydney next month. The colt is being aimed at the Group One Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on September 12 which will be his second run back from… Read More »
Champion Irish jockey Ruby Walsh has ridden Bashboy to his history-making third win in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. Walsh was recruited for Sunday’s race when Steven Pateman was unsuccessful in his appeal against a careless riding suspension. The 10-time leading jumps jockey in Ireland had the Ciaron Maher-trained… Read More »
One of the international contenders in last year’s Melbourne Cup is back in work preparing for another tilt at the race, this time as a local. Mutual Regard finished 14th behind Protectionist in the 2014 Cup when prepared by former champion Irish jockey Johnny Murtagh. The gelding remained in Australia… Read More »
Queensland apprentice Ruby Ride will be out for up to three months with a pelvic injury. Ride was aboard Zippity Zou in the mounting yard at Ipswich on Friday when the horse reared up and fell on her. She is in Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital where she is in a… Read More »
After a good start to the Shergar Cup, the Rest of the World featuring Australian riders Kerrin McEvoy and Blake Shinn has had to settle for third place in the team event at Ascot. The jockeys’ series was won by the womens’ team with apprentice Sammy Jo Bell taking the… Read More »
Manageress has raced to her second impressive Flemington win of a campaign that could have the Group Two Matriarch Stakes as a spring target. The Colin and Cindy Alderson-trained four-year-old won the Rivette Series Final last month at Flemington before finishing fourth at her most recent start in the lucrative… Read More »
Apprentice Travis Wolfgram has picked up his first Sydney winner after guiding Boss Lane to victory at Randwick. The Ron Quinton-trained five-year-old was too strong in the TAB Place Multi Handicap on Saturday. Quinton, who took former star apprentices Sam Clipperton and Hugh Bowman under his wing, said it was… Read More »
Nash Rawiller has farewelled Sydney for the time being on a high note with victory aboard Sweet Fire at Randwick. A suspension means Rawiller will return to Hong Kong earlier than planned to prepare for the new season which begins in September. The three-time Sydney premiership winner has spent the… Read More »
Sunday Escape has given country trainer Andrew Murray with his first Flemington winner. With a team of six horses in work at Sale, Murray first tasted metropolitan success when Sunday Escape scored at Caulfield in April. Murray is now toying with the idea of giving Sunday Escape a break after… Read More »
