Gai Waterhouse has trained her fifth Golden Slipper winner with Overreach scoring a clear-cut victory in the $3.5 million two-year-old race at Rosehill. Given a perfect run from an inside gate by Tommy Berry, Overreach took control at the 250m and set up an unassailable lead. She went to the… Read More »
Fiveandahalfstar has set up a mouth-watering clash against It’s A Dundeel in next week’s Australian Derby with an all-the-way success against older horses in the Group One BMW at Rosehill on Saturday. Trainer Anthony Cummings bypassed last week’s Rosehill Guineas with Fiveandahalfstar in favour of the $2.25 million BMW (2400m)… Read More »
Well-related filly Zellindi provided her trainer with a landmark victory and her mother with another offspring to be proud of with her win in Saturday’s DPOS Displays Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley. For Cranbourne handler Shea Eden, the win was his first with a two-year-old in town and came after… Read More »
Norzita has given Bart Cummings his 266th Group One win in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill in the absence of her famous trainer. The 85-year-old stayed away, deciding not to brave the wet conditions on Saturday, leaving his grandson and foreman James to bask in the glory. Norzita gave… Read More »
The Guy Walter-trained Appearance has claimed her second Group One of the Sydney autumn carnival, leaving hot favourite More Joyous out of the placings in the Queen of the Turf Stakes at Rosehill. Fresh from winning the Coolmore Classic, Appearance joined the leaders at the 200m and held on bravely… Read More »
The Victoria Derby winner Fiveandahalfstar has outstayed his older rivals to win the Group One BMW at Rosehill on Saturday. Making all the running under Hugh Bowman, Fiveandahalfstar defied a home-straight challenge from New Zealand stayers Silent Achiever and Sangster in the $2.25 million race. The only three-year-old in the… Read More »
Norzita has added a second Group One win to her record with a hard-fought victory in the $400,000 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. Coming from seventh in running, the Bart Cummings-trained filly strode into the race on straightening and looked set for an easy win. But jockey Hugh… Read More »
An overseas sale that fell through and the breathtaking form of Australian Derby favourite It’s A Dundeel tempered the jubilation of Philippi’s connections following his Tulloch Stakes victory at Rosehill on Saturday. The Victorian colt was scratched from last weekend’s Rosehill Guineas because connections had all but brokered a deal… Read More »
A Schweppervescence Stakes win was the launching pad to Group One success for Skilled and trainer Peter Snowden hopes a repeat is in store with two-year-old Champollion. The Snowden-trained Skilled took out the Schweppervescence (1400m) on Golden Slipper day three years ago before finishing second in the Sires’ Produce Stakes… Read More »
Lights Of Heaven has given trainer Peter Moody a welcome change of luck in Sydney with victory in the Group Three Neville Sellwood Stakes, the first race on Saturday’s Golden Slipper program. The mare was the well supported $2.90 favourite on a Rosehill track rated in the slow range as… Read More »
Bookmakers believe punters will go angling for Seabass to put Katie Walsh into the record books as the first female jockey to win the Grand National. The combination filled third place 12 months ago and the bookies think there could be a public plunge on the Irish rider as she… Read More »
The Aintree Festival was plunged into more grief on Friday following the death of another horse over the fences used in the Grand National Steeplechase. Little Josh was euthanased after breaking a shoulder following a heavy fall in the Topham Steeplechase, the fourth race of the day. He was the… Read More »
Jumps racing phenomenon Sprinter Sacre has stretched his winning streak to nine in the Grade One Melling Chase at Aintree. The seven-year-old, known as the Frankel of the jumps scene, made light of the extra half-mile (800m) to his preferred distance of two miles to cruise home 4-1/2 lengths clear… Read More »
Riding a well-supported horse trained by Gai Waterhouse in a race she has won four times could easily be a fast track to success but veteran jockey Jim Cassidy says luck will also play its role in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper on Saturday. The most experienced jockey in the… Read More »
Just as James Cummings is adamant a moment’s hesitation cost Norzita a last-start Group One win, he is almost as certain the filly can deliver at the same level on Saturday. Norzita ended up on the wrong end of a three-way finish in the Coolmore Classic but the agonising defeat… Read More »
A burst of acceleration Dwayne Dunn first doubted was there in the Ranvet Stakes has boosted the jockey’s confidence about Maluckyday in the Group One BMW. Maluckyday was at the tail of the field and Dunn feared he was going to run last approaching the turn in the Ranvet two… Read More »
The wet track bona fides of Fiveandahalfstar are open to interpretation but trainer Anthony Cummings says a rain-soaked Rosehill might not make any difference to the three-year-old’s chances of winning the BMW on Saturday. Fiveandahalfstar is favourite for the $2.25 million weight-for-age race but he is drifting in betting because… Read More »
Reliable Man isn’t Chris Waller’s best chance of a fourth-straight George Ryder Stakes win but his latest import still looms as one of the more interesting runners on a Golden Slipper program littered with stars. Reliable Man heads into his Australian debut with a high international rating and a form… Read More »
A decade after he failed to run a place in the Golden Slipper, Exceed And Excel gets the chance to stamp his name on the race. The Slipper is recognised as a stallion maker, either for the winner or its sire. Exceed and Excel is represented by four runners –… Read More »
City Of Song is slated to have her final start for John Moloney at Moonee Valley on Saturday, but the trainer is hoping another win might change the owner’s mind. City Of Song is entered for the Inglis Easter Broodmare Sale in Sydney later this month. “I’m hoping she does… Read More »
