Isti Star heads the Ladbrokes.com.au market for the feature race at the Gold Coast tonight, The Debut (1000m). The Better Than Ready filly, trained by Paul Shailer, has looked sharp in a couple of trial wins and despite the tricky gate, she holds sway at $3.90, in from $4.40, and… Read More »
Racing fans will be tuning into the first race at Sale on Sunday ahead of Persian Caviarâs debut, as the seventh foal of the late Black Caviar steps out for her first start. The three-year-old filly by Written Tycoon has drawn barrier 14 in the 1100m contest but will move… Read More »
Former professional punter Noah Brash has been warned off from racing for 10 years after a Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) ruling on Friday morning. Brash, 29, pleaded guilty to five charges of betting with or for a jockey, breaching AR 236. The offences, involving jockey Michael Poy, included high-stakes bets… Read More »
Joe Pride has no doubt In Flight has the potential to develop into a stakes-class sprinter and the mare will be given an opportunity to earn her way back into that grade via a benchmark race at Randwick. The four-year-old had her first taste of black-type level in the Listed Starlight… Read More »
Trainer Stephen Theodore is looking to Divine Fire keeping his impressive strike-rate going when she shoots for a winning hat-trick on Saturday. After victories at Morphettville and Gawler, Divine Fire runs in the Christmas Cup (1600m) at Murray Bridge with Jacob Opperman in the saddle. Since returning to training ranks at the… Read More »
A pair of promising two-year-olds from the Ciaron Maher stable have lured top Sydney hoop Jason Collett to Queensland for back-to-back meetings this weekend. Collett is heading north to partner filly Life After Love in the $250,000 Magic Millions The Debut (1000m) at the Gold Coast on Friday night and her Maher-trained… Read More »
Two rising nine-year-olds, both resuming, will give Gavin Bedggood a potential shot at his biggest payday as a trainer. A former jockey, Bedggood has been plying his trade as a trainer since 2017 and during the recent Melbourne Spring Carnival prepared Mornington Glory to land his first Group 1 success. Just Folk and… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes have not seen the barrier antics of Global Harmony that had the gelding banished from Hong Kong. A former Lindsay Park galloper before heading to Hong Kong to be prepared by David Hayes, Global Harmony won two of his 14… Read More »
Trainer Danny OâBrien is readying two of his stable stars, Vow And Declare and Young Werther, for pivotal summer campaigns in separate Cup races. Vow And Declare will contest the $300,000 Pakenham Cup (2500m) this Saturday. The 2019 Melbourne Cup winner has shown promising signs after a challenging spring campaign,… Read More »
Trainer Kevin Daffy says there is still plenty of time to chase the big league with his lightly-raced mare Oh Too Good. A winner of four of her seven starts with three runner-up finishes as well, Oh Too Hard runs in the VOBIS Gold Bullion (1400m) at Pakenham on Saturday. Daffy… Read More »
Queensland’s spate of wet weather has prompted a change of plans for smart sprinter Our Kobison and Sydney racing is set to be the beneficiary. Trainer Angela Davies had initially intended to run the gelding in the Magic Millions Falvelon (1200m) in Brisbane this weekend with a view to next month’s Magic… Read More »
With runners at seven different venues across four states on Saturday, Sydney trainers Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald are in for a hectic afternoon, and it will culminate on the other side of the country. The pair have horses competing at Randwick, Wyong and Dubbo in NSW, Pakenham in Victoria,… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable will saddle three hopes at it chases back-to-back victories in the Pakenham Cup. Maher won the 2500m Listed race with Ashrun back in March after the race was not run in 2023 as Racing Victoria tinkered with race dates. But with the Cranbourne Turf Club and Pakenham Racing… Read More »
Harry Coffey is making a hit-and-run trip to the Gold Coast to partner Arabian Summer at the inaugural meeting run under lights. Arabian Summer runs in the GC100 3YO Plate (1000m) on Friday night as a lead-up to the Magic Millions Sunlight 3YO Plate (1100m), also under lights at the Gold Coast… Read More »
It is not often that full relations compete at the same meeting on the same afternoon but siblings Jojo Was A Man and California Grass are set to join that rare club at Randwick. Both by Al Maher out of Jo Jo Girl, the brother and sister will step out in vastly… Read More »
Tricolours Racing and Tulloch Lodge will be out to debunk the theory that lightning doesn’t strike twice with The Playwright in Saturday’s BJ McLachlan Stakes at Eagle Farm. Tricolours won the $300,000 Group 3 in 2022 with The Novelist who, like The Playwright, is by Written By out of a daughter… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is set to saddle two contenders, Windstorm and Just Folk, in Saturdayâs inaugural $1 million Supernova (1400m) at Pakenham, with both eight-year-old geldings offering unique stories and solid credentials. Windstorm, a former Perth star for owner Bob Peters, is fresh off a carefully tailored preparation. Racing in… Read More »
Global Harmony formerly known as Pagan in Australia, a six-year-old gelding with a tumultuous past, is set to make his Australian racing debut in the Benchmark 84 over 1400m at Pakenham on Saturday. Now trained by Will Hayes in partnership with brothers Ben and JD Hayes, the former Hong Kong… Read More »
Peter Moody has high hopes for Reach The Peak who broke through for his maiden win on the Caulfield Heath. Moody, who trains in partnership with Katherine Coleman, believes the three-year-old, a son of Grunt, could be a potential Derby contender come the middle of next year following his win in the… Read More »
Annabel Neasham is the first to admit she would usually spell a two-year-old after an inglorious debut performance, but she has opted to persist with Usain Boss in the hope he can rebound at Randwick. After convincingly winning a jump out in Victoria, Usain Boss started well in the market for the… Read More »
