Samantha Barr won’t give up her day job, even if stable recruit Molto Bene becomes the Adelaide trainer’s first Flemington winner on Saturday. Barr works full-time as a veterinary nurse at a practice adjoining the Morphettville racecourse while preparing a six-horse team but the numbers are growing. But Barr says… Read More »
Sidestep, a Group Two winner for Darley during The Championships, has been ruled out of the Brisbane winter carnival. The three-year-old has reportedly succumbed to a leg injury. “Trainer John O’Shea has advised stewards that Sidestep has been sent for a spell and will not be accepting for this Saturday’s… Read More »
Jason Coyle wants to reinvent the racing style of Scream Machine in time for a shot at the two richest sprints of the Brisbane winter carnival. “We thought we would change tack this time and miss the autumn to concentrate on the winter,” Coyle said. Scream Machine will resume at… Read More »
Moparee hasn’t won for a year but her absence from the winner’s circle shouldn’t be interpreted as a loss of form. The filly posted her last win at Flemington in May last year but the three-year-old has only had four starts since. A succession of minor issues kept Moparee off… Read More »
It may be late in the racing season but trainer Joe Pride is still ahead of schedule as he prepares to have his first two-year-old runner in 2013-2014. Pride will start Shadow Lord on his home track at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with the youngster showing the the trainer more… Read More »
Champion jockey Robert Thompson rode his 4000th winner on Saturday while another country-based hoop achieved a rare feat to much less fanfare. Rockhampton jockey Adrian Coome became the first to ride 100 winners in Queensland for 2013-2014 with a double at Mackay on Saturday. Coome, who is the regular rider… Read More »
Troy Corstens is excited to see what Group Two winner Pampelonne produces in his debut for his new stable at Flemington on Saturday. Corstens has had Pampelonne, who was formerly trained by Tim Martin, in his care for around 14 weeks and is hoping beach and treadmill work will help… Read More »
High-profile filly Belle Couture is scheduled to get her first look on Saturday at the Flemington straight course where her famous half-sister Black Caviar claimed eight of her 25 wins. Belle Couture was a dominant 2-1/2 length winner over 1200m at Caulfield on April 21 after finishing a close second… Read More »
The Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill is not quite as prestigious as the Champion’s Mile at Sha Tin but trainer David Payne hopes Laser Flash can give owner Markus Jooste another feature win. The South African businessman celebrated the landmark victory by Variety Club in Hong Kong on Sunday when… Read More »
The long-range Brisbane weather forecast is bad news for some but has delighted trainer Joe Pride as he prepares to send Tiger Tees north in pursuit of another Group One win. The six-year-old won The Galaxy (1100m) at the third of his five starts this campaign before finishing fourth in… Read More »
Richard Jolly had to wait almost 14 years to train his first Group One winner. He hopes he only has to wait a week to celebrate another. Kushadasi prevailed in a photo finish to Saturday’s South Australian Derby to give Jolly his biggest win since he took out a trainers’… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has played a major role in turning Snitzel into a serious contender for the title of Australia’s leading sire and the trainer is not finished yet. Snitzel is closing in on his own sire and fellow Arrowfield stallion, Redoute’s Choice, on the general sires’ list for 2013/14 with… Read More »
Miracles Of Life has come through her Group Two win on Saturday in good order and remains on track to back up in the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. The popular filly returned to winning form in Saturday’s Sportingbet Stakes, scoring her first victory since the 2013 Blue Diamond Stakes…. Read More »
The aptly-named Miss France has given master French trainer Andre Fabre his first English 1000 Guineas. Ridden by Maxime Guyon, the 7-1 chance held off Lightning Thunder (14-1) and Ihtimal, with heavily-supported 9-2 favourite Tapestry unplaced in Sunday’s Classic. Fabre, a 25-time champion trainer in France, added to his success… Read More »
Outstanding mare Streama is the new favourite for the Group One Doomben Cup, the race likely to be her swan song. The five-year-old won Saturday’s Group Two Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at the Gold Coast to record her first victory since the George Main Stakes in the spring. Her trainer Guy… Read More »
The first Group One of the Brisbane carnival could be overshadowed by a Listed race featuring bush star Our Boy Malachi against Cape Kidnappers. The two are scheduled to clash in Saturday’s Bribie Hcp (1110m), one of the support races on Saturday’s BTC Cup program at Doomben. Our Boy Malachi… Read More »
Bel Sprinter will wear blinkers in his final attempt to snare a Group One this season. The gelding runs in The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday and trainer Jason Warren has once again tinkered with his gear in an attempt to get the best out of last year’s Galaxy… Read More »
Victorian trainer Ciaron Maher’s first Queensland runners have given him something to remember with the promise of more to come. Maher had the rare distinction of training a black type winner with his first Queensland starter when Srikandi took out Saturday’s Listed Silk Stocking (1300m) at the Gold Coast. He… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has begun his winter carnival assault in style but the weather will determine if Group One winning sprinter Snitzerland continues her campaign. The Rosehill trainer had two stakes winners – Dances On Stars and Dothraki – at the Gold Coast on Saturday and the pair will stay in… Read More »
Art Sherman lives in a nice little house next to a picturesque golf course in San Diego. From his porch, he can see men much younger than his 77 years chipping and putting happily along. That retirement life is not for him. “I wouldn’t know what to do with myself,”… Read More »
