Wily trainer Bevan Laming is eying another two-mile feature-race success at Eagle Farm with improving stayer The Inventor after his upset win in the Tattersall’s Cup on Saturday. The Inventor ($41) responded to a clever front-running ride by leading apprentice Tegan Harrison to win the Group Three race by a… Read More »
Although he was retired late last year, triple Group One-winning sprinter Hay List still likes nothing more than a day at the races. Dogged by injury throughout his career, the hulking gelding now lives on trainer John McNair’s Central Coast property and accompanies the stable runners to the track when… Read More »
Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse and leading jockey Tommy Berry have combined for more Group One success, winning the Tattersall’s Tiara at Eagle Farm. Berry rode a precise race to land the three-year-old filly Cosmic Endeavour a narrow winner in the final Group One event of the Australian racing season. He… Read More »
Work will begin shortly on resurfacing the tunnel at Randwick but it is a little too late for Sam Clipperton. The leading apprentice landed heavily against the rail when his mount Everage acted up and flipped over on her way to the track on Saturday. Presiding chief steward Greg Rudolph… Read More »
Apprentice Katelyn Mallyon had thoughts of a running double when Hard Stride rounded the final bend of his Moonee Valley assignment. Hard Stride had battled with Kievann for the first 1000m of the Essendon Nissan Handicap (1200m) before the three-year-old slipped clear of his opponent with 200m to run. Mallyon… Read More »
Veteran jockey Robert Thompson has ridden more than 4000 winners but rarely has he produced a better effort than in the WJ Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm. Thompson drew the outside barrier on Scone galloper Big Money ($6) but after the field had gone 300m he was one horse away… Read More »
A North Queensland campaign is on the agenda for Architect after his runaway win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ridden by Tim Bell, Architect, the $4.40 favourite, swept past Agitate ($5) to win the Hardy Brothers Jewellers Handicap (1200m) by 3-1/2 lengths. Trainer David Lawlor is keen to chase a… Read More »
It has taken only a short time for Tye Angland to re-establish himself in the Sydney riding ranks since his return from Hong Kong as shown by an early winning double at Randwick. Angland combined with premier trainer Chris Waller to win the first two races aboard two-year-old Delectation, who… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan has good reason to say he doesn’t want the winter carnival to end. Gollan brought up his 50th metropolitan winner for the season and his 14th since the winter carnival started when Fixation won at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Fixation ($26) fought off Homehill ($17) to score… Read More »
Gloop’s trainer says he has ugly legs but the youngster knows how to use them properly after winning at Moonee Valley. Gloop’s imperfect legs kept his value down to $1000 when he went through a yearling sale before Warrnambool trainer Patrick Ryan bought him out of paddock for $2000. Ryan… Read More »
He may be 80 years old but Clive Brittain danced a jig of unbridled delight after he saddled Rizeena to win the Coronation Stakes, the fourth-day feature race at Royal Ascot on Friday. Rizeena rebounded from a disappointing seventh place in the 1,000 Guineas to floor some of Europe’s best… Read More »
Bookmakers have her as a long shot but Caulfield trainer John Moloney says Cobblestones has a few things in her favour for her Moonee Valley assignment. Cobblestones is a $41 chance in early betting on Saturday’s Eurozone Handicap (1200m) after leading and fading when fifth behind the impressive Dig A… Read More »
A trackwork gallop on Tuesday at Moonee Valley provided trainer Sam Pritchard-Gordon with more questions than answers. Pritchard-Gordon took debut winner Madam Delponte to Moonee Valley to see how she would handle the tight circuit but the hit-out gave the Mornington horseman another problem. Madam Delponte struggled in the heavy… Read More »
An efficiency drive has led to an initiative to base Racing Victoria stewards and vets at the Cranbourne racetrack. A team of six stewards and vets will move into offices at the course with the task of overseeing the large horse population in work at Cranbourne and officiating at venues… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has had a big season with his two-year-olds and it’s not over yet with Brewery making his debut at Randwick in a bid to add to the trainer’s tally. If the colt is successful, he will be Ryan’s 12th individual juvenile winner this season which has been highlighted… Read More »
Melbourne Saturday meetings will feature nine races next season as Racing Victoria chases a larger slice of the punting pie. RV will schedule an extra race every Saturday from August 1 but will close the average gap between races from 40 to 35 minutes to ensure the meetings are run… Read More »
TAB agencies in Brisbane’s inner north-west will have to check cash their reserves before unlikely cult horse Ashgrovian tackles the Listed Breakfast Creek Hotel Stakes on Saturday. Two-year-old Ashgrovian is named after Marist Ashgrove College, a famous rugby union nursery in the heart of the inner north-west Brisbane suburb of… Read More »
A wet track contributed to Territory’s first-up downfall and trainer Jarrod Austen is expecting the sprinter to confirm Ramornie Handicap plans in better going at Randwick on Saturday. “The heavy conditions were against him in the June Stakes but he will go much better if he gets a better track… Read More »
Hong Kong-based jockey Tommy Berry is set to continue his successful fly-in fly-out Group One strike rate at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Berry, who has a good book of rides at Sha Tin on Sunday, will make a second visit to the Brisbane carnival primarily to ride Cosmic Endeavour in… Read More »
Signs that Craig Ritchie is gradually gaining a foothold in the highly competitive world of Sydney horse racing could become clearer at Randwick on Saturday. Setting up at Warwick Farm three years ago with a horse who had reached his mark and a two-year-old who has since left the stable… Read More »
