The training partnership of Grant and Alana Williams added the 2026 Belmont Oaks to their long list of feature race successes when Ladies Pro (the $2.20 race favourite) saluted in comfortable fashion under Willie Pike, beating Pony Up and A Summer Fling, who both started at double-figure odds, into second… Read More »
The Michael Grantham-trained Westbound, the $2.05 race favourite, turned the Listed Aquanita Stakes at Belmont into a victory procession as the three-year-old son of Toronado had the 2000m contest well and truly won long before he crossed the finish line. Westbound had scored back-to-back wins in April and May over… Read More »
Cellarmaster ($5.50) edged out Platinum Pantheon ($6.50) in a thrilling finish with Rustemo ($8.50) just over a length away third. Cellarmaster returned a winning dividend at $5.50 according to leading betting sites with sign up bonus, while race favourite Within The Law ($2.60) failed to fire after attracting the bulk… Read More »
Unheralded mare Arabian Rose has delivered Sunshine Coast trainer James Healy his first stakes win with a hometown victory in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at Caloundra. The mare was made third emergency when the final field was declared, and Healy endured an anxious wait before Arabian Rose squeezed into the… Read More »
Luke Cartwright celebrated a career milestone when he teamed with Wise Inlaw to claim Saturday’s $175,000 A R Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Victoria’s leading metropolitan apprentice notched his first Stakes success when he guided the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained gelding to victory in the Listed event. It was… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker revealed he is likely to bypass the Grafton Cup later this month to set Thebudgiesmugla for the spring carnival and will consider targeting the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double. All this from a five-year-old gelding who came from New Zealand with initial concerns he might be… Read More »
Feet problems have plagued General Salute throughout his career, but the horse has put his best hoof forward at Rosehill to land an overdue win in the Listed Winter Stakes. Co-trainer Gerald Ryan revealed the five-year-old had suffered issues almost from birth and spent a year on the sidelines following… Read More »
The Mick Van Gestel-trained Dark Glitter, ridden by apprentice Anna Roper, scored her first win in 494 days when she finished brilliantly to win the Ranvet Handicap (1200m). This came on the same program as General Salute had 458 days between wins before his Winter Stakes success, Polyglot snapped a… Read More »
The form guide certainly didn’t read positively for Detonator Jack’s chances in the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final but a combination of factors saw the seven-year-old find his best. Winless in 952 days prior, Detonator Jack failed to beat a runner home the start prior in the David Bourke Handicap… Read More »
Atoning for a luckless last-start defeat, Hello Captain has stretched his record to four wins from six starts at Rosehill, and if he can stretch in distance, trainer Chris Waller says the sky is the limit. The three-year-old scored over 1300m in Saturday’s Find Your Stakes Winner @ The Chase… Read More »
The advantages of the Hawkes family’s dual-state operation was on show at Saturday’s Finals Day meeting at Flemington, where the father-and-sons training team won the $175,000 Taj Rossi Series Final with Marwooba. The John, Wayne and Michael Hawkes-trained son of Wootton Bassett bounced off a win at Rosehill on June… Read More »
Boom colt Omolong is likely to be aimed at the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes during the Melbourne spring carnival after maintaining his unbeaten record with another stylish win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Omolong unleashed a powerful finishing surge to score his second win from as many starts in… Read More »
Apprentice Izzy Neale landed her first City win at Rosehill aboard the Brett Robb-trained It’s A Tata in a Highway Handicap over 1200m. This win was also notable for the fact that it was It’s A Tata’s fourth successive victory … at a fair step up in competition … after… Read More »
Retired international riding great Frankie Dettori remains in hospital after suffering multiple injuries in a serious car accident near Newmarket on Wednesday evening. The 55-year-old sustained several broken ribs and a fractured thumb after another vehicle struck the rear passenger side of his car, causing it to spin before overturning,… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Sha Tin this Saturday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 1 Jedi Spurs Race Two: 5 Verbier Race Three: 11 Macanese Master Race Four: 4 Rising Force Race Five: 8 Decision Link Race Six: 1 Pejibaye Race Seven: 6 Grouper Race… Read More »
The David Murphy trained Areprice will line up as a lively contender in the Bruce McLachlan Classic, a QTIS Two-Year-Old contest over 1000m, which will be decided at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. The son of Better Than Ready has yet to run a bad race in his four career… Read More »
Star Sydney jockey Tommy Berry has been fined $4000 by Racing NSW stewards after pleading guilty to giving misleading evidence during an inquiry into raceday contact with disqualified trainer John O’Shea. Berry was forced to answer questions from stewards last month after he suggested in a post-race intereview that he… Read More »
Sheila Laxon has not been back to the Flemington winner’s room since the first Tuesday in November a couple of years ago, but she is optimistic of a return this Saturday. The Macedon Lodge trainer and her partner John Symons have three Finals Day shots at their first Flemington winner… Read More »
Bohemian Angel had a false start last week, but the four-year-old mare will make her debut for Phillip Stokes this Saturday at Murray Bridge. The former Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained mare was an acceptor for a 1000-metre race at last Saturday’s Morphettville Parks meeting but the stable elected to… Read More »
General Salute boasts some of the best form lines of any horse competing at Rosehill on Saturday, and jockey Tim Clark says he only needs to race up to those to win the feature sprint on the card. The gelding finished runner-up to star mare Autumn Glow in last year’s… Read More »
