Melbourne jockey Daniel Moor has no fears about German import Mawingo falling victim to the tricky Gold Coast track in the Group Two Hollindale Stakes on Saturday. Moor has had only a handful of rides at the Gold Coast but is confident of a breakthrough win on Mawingo following his… Read More »
Noel Mayfield-Smith prepared the first winner at a Hawkesbury stand-alone Saturday meeting and now hopes to land one of the feature races on the provincial club’s showpiece day. Mayfield-Smith will saddle-up lightly-raced Famous Seamus in Saturday’s $150,000 Listed Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) and says he’ll be disappointed if the gelding isn’t… Read More »
A heavy track is set to force favourite Angel Of Mercy out of the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet and concerns are mounting over how New Zealand Oaks winner Miss Artistic will cope in the conditions on Saturday. Trainer Gerald Ryan said a heavy track would rule Angel Of Mercy out… Read More »
Co-trainers Donna and Dean Logan will use the Listed Prime Minister’s Cup at the Gold Coast as a pointer for a possible Stradbroke Handicap mission for New Zealand sprinter Durham Town. The Logans concede Saturday’s 1300m feature is a roll of the dice to gauge Durham Town’s ability against the… Read More »
Paul Murray is wary of the Gai Waterhouse juggernaut continuing in Saturday’s Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury but hopes a weight advantage for Alma’s Fury can prove a telling factor. Waterhouse’s stable runners carved up the Sydney autumn carnival with Alma’s Fury twice on the receiving end. The consistent Alma’s… Read More »
If one of the most popular theories in Hong Kong racing carries any weight, almost half the field in Sunday’s Group One Champions Mile have the odds stacked against them. The good news for the connections of Australia’s lone entry King’s Rose is that she is among the “right” group… Read More »
When Tim Martin first laid eyes on Stay Schtum at the sales he thought he was close to the perfect yearling. At Hawkesbury on Saturday, Martin will find out if the youngster can convert those looks into racetrack success. By Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense out of Flora Danica, runner-up… Read More »
Trainer Bob Baffert is counting on talent to overcome a lack of experience when he sends early favourite Bodemeister out for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. Bodemeister was dazzling when he won the Arkansas Derby by 9-1/2 lengths but the colt did not race as a two-year-old and… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan is confident of claiming successive wins in the Listed Ken Russell Classic at the Gold Coast with talented Sydney youngster Dances On Stars. Ryan won the 1200m feature last year with Hot Snitzel who went on to run a close third in the Group Two Champagne Classic… Read More »
Camelot is a short-priced favourite to succeed the great Frankel in Saturday’s 2000 Guineas and provide his Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien with a sixth success in the English classic. Camelot assumed command of the pre-post market after following up his debut win at Leopardstown last July with an impressive success… Read More »
A full field of 20 horses will line up for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday (Sunday morning AEST). The winner becomes the only three-year-old with a chance to go on and try for the US Triple Crown by adding victories in the Preakness on May 19 and… Read More »
Joseph O’Brien is hoping St Nicholas Abbey will handle the expected soft ground when he returns to action at the Curragh on Monday. O’Brien, 18, enjoyed one of the biggest successes of his riding career so far on the horse, trained by his father, Aidan, in the Breeders’ Cup Turf… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden heads a field of eight declared for the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The six-year-old, trained in France by Mikel Delzangles, begins his 2012 campaign on European soil following an epic end to 2011 in which he not only struck in Australia but also… Read More »
The Tabcorp Warrnambool May Racing Carnival is regarded as the biggest and best country racing carnival in Australia and the 2012 edition certainly backed up that statement with three outstanding days of racing. It is the pinnacle of jumps racing in the Southern Hemisphere. It all kicked off on Tuesday… Read More »
Hawkesbury trainer Garry White is hoping to make his mark at his home track’s showpiece meeting on Saturday when he saddles up debutante Villa Splendido. The two-year-old is a daughter of Holy Roman Emperor out of November Song and White knows plenty about the family having trained the filly’s three-quarter… Read More »
Tough mare Dance With Her won her third country feature this preparation to give top heavyweight rider Steven Arnold his second Warrnambool Cup victory. The mare is a renowned wet tracker but despite that she was sent out at the generous odds of $21. She revelled in the heavy conditions,… Read More »
Rejuvenated six-year-old Adamon has backed up his last start Flemington win with a barnstorming victory in the Wagga Town Plate (1200m). The gelding is prepared by rookie trainer Nathan McPherson at Mornington and is one of five horses the 24-year-old has in work. Punters ignored Adamon’s win at Flemington last… Read More »
Promising filly Vain Attraction will have an important test down the straight at Flemington ahead of a planned assault at the track in next month’s Listed Creswick Stakes. The Bel Esprit three-year-old was soundly beaten at her only Flemington start on Oaks day last year but trainer Robbie Griffiths was… Read More »
Christian Reith hopes his knack for winning feature races at provincial tracks for Darley will continue when he rides Raspberries in the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury on Saturday. Darley’s head trainer Peter Snowden has plenty of entries at the stand alone meeting and with stable jockey Kerrin McEvoy riding in… Read More »
Cox Plate winning jockey Patrick Payne fulfilled a lifelong ambition when Awakening Dream ran away with the $250,000 Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. The eight-year-old, by unfashionable stallion Aristotle, gave champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman his second victory in the gruelling 5500m marathon over 33 fences after he won it… Read More »
