A field of 10 has accepted for the $500,000 Doomben Cup, including late entry Angel Of Mercy. Angel Of Mercy will join Streama and Floria as mares in the weight-for-age race at Doomben on Saturday. Streama has been displaced as co-favourite after drawing barrier eight with new market leader Leebaz… Read More »
Nathan Tinker’s days as a prominent figure in Australian racing appear numbered after a truckload of Patinack Farm horses were removed from trainer John Thompson’s Randwick stables. As reports emerged of a possible sale of Tinkler’s racing and breeding assets, Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy confirmed he spoke to… Read More »
A pleasing gallop in Brisbane on Tuesday has class mare Streama ready to try to add to her Group One tally in the Doomben Cup. Sydney jockey Blake Shinn made the trip to Brisbane to partner the last-start Hollindale Stakes winner in a workout on the Doomben course proper ahead… Read More »
Trainer Ross Stitt has confirmed one of the most appropriate jockey engagements of the Scone Cup carnival. As Scone prepares to host Australia’s richest country racing carnival, record-breaking bush jockey Robert Thompson will be reunited with Youthful Jack, the Taree-trained warhorse he has ridden to eight wins. They will team… Read More »
Peter Snowden has claimed much bigger wins as a trainer but a restricted-race victory at Hawkesbury on Tuesday will still be one he and his son Paul will always remember. Tumult’s success in the Blakes Marine Handicap at the provincial NSW track gave the Snowdens the first win for their… Read More »
A shot at the Queensland Oaks will be on the line for lightly raced filly Khutulun at Caulfield on Saturday. While trainer Luke Oliver is sending Jessy Belle north to NSW for Saturday’s lucrative Scone Guineas, Khutulun could also earn an interstate trip if she can figure in the finish… Read More »
Retired champion jockey Darren Beadman has joined Darley Australia as an assistant trainer to John O’Shea. Darley Australia’s managing director Henry Plumptre confirmed Beadman had started his role as O’Shea’s offsider last week and has no doubts he will be an asset to the team. Beadman, who rode Neroli to… Read More »
Jason Warren has witnessed the success other Australian trainers have had with European imports and thought it was about time he tried his luck as well. At Sandown on Wednesday, Warren will saddle up four-year-old mare Suspicieuse who was bought from France in December and makes her Australian debut in… Read More »
Kiwi raider Scared Star is on target to secure a Group One Stradbroke Handicap start after a brilliant trial win at Doomben on Tuesday. Ridden by race jockey Leith Innes, Sacred Star flew over the 840m of the trial in 48.18secs, one of the fastest times recorded in recent years…. Read More »
Breeding will ensure there will be more midweek interest than usual when unraced two-year-old Highward makes his debut at Canterbury on Wednesday. The High Chaparral youngster, raced by prominent Queensland owners Graham and Linda Huddy, steps out in Theraces.com.au Handicap with genuine expectations because of his pedigree. The Huddys raced… Read More »
Ria Antonia will be the first filly to run in the Preakness Stakes since 2009 when Rachel Alexandra won the race. Calvin Borel, who guided Rachel Alexandra to victory, will ride the Tom Amoss-trained filly who finished sixth in the Kentucky Oaks. Amoss said the idea to run Ria Antonia… Read More »
Frankie Dettori is raring to go on Olympic Glory in the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. Richard Hannon has also left in Al Shaqab Racing-owned stablemate Toronado, as well as Montiridge, but seems likely to rely principally on his Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner. Olympic Glory will… Read More »
Last year’s Derby winner Ruler Of The World remains on course for a return to Epsom in the Coronation Cup. The four-year-old disappointed in the Irish Derby following his career-defining victory last June and rounded off his year with a narrow defeat in the Champion Stakes at Ascot. He was… Read More »
Veteran stakes winners Ironstein and Youthful Jack are among 27 entries for the Scone Cup, the feature race on the first day of the richest country carnival in NSW. Trainer Gerald Ryan admits Ironstein is nearing the end of his career but says he is in good shape following his… Read More »
Robert Smerdon only has one way to assess what he has with two-year-old colt Crimson Cape. A son of Savabeel, Crimson Cape is bred on staying lines but the trainer says he needs to run the youngster at Caulfield on Saturday to get an indication of which path to take…. Read More »
Punters got their wish to have the city race clubs identify horses competing in unofficial jumpouts at Caulfield and Flemington earlier this year but a flashy grey slipped through the system. Trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra produced a nuggety sprinter to win an 800m jumpout by a space at… Read More »
The Doomben Cup may or may not be Streama’s last race but if it is, trainer Guy Walter has her primed to go out a winner. Since the beginning of her latest campaign, Walter and her owners have been flagging it as likely to be her last with her future… Read More »
Derby favourite Australia’s position at the head of betting for the premier Classic has been strengthened over the weekend without him leaving his box. One of the best-bred horses to see a racetrack, the Aidan O’Brien-trained Australia only finished third in the 2000 Guineas but looks guaranteed to improve for… Read More »
Rebel Dane has passed his latest test with flying colours, restoring his trainer’s confidence he can bounce back from a last-start disappointment. Gary Portelli was pleased with what he saw in a 1030m barrier trial on Monday when Rebel Dane went round at Rosehill wearing a crossover nose band. Portelli… Read More »
Resurgent Victorian stayer Akzar has galloped right-handed at Warrnambool in preparation for his trip to Brisbane for the Group One Doomben Cup. Beach work at Warrnambool has propelled Akzar from an also-ran in a Traralgon Cup to a Group One hopeful in the space of six starts and the seven-year-old… Read More »
