Trainer Shea Eden thought the idea of King Way contesting a stakes race when he started his campaign was way off the mark. But after success at Geelong at his most recent outing, King Way runs in the Listed R M Ansett Classic (2400m) at Mornington on Saturday. The victory… Read More »
Blake Shinn has successfully appealed a careless riding ban that would have cost him the mount on English in the $10 million Everest. Shinn received a 10-meeting ban for an incident in the Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill last Saturday. Racing NSW stewards outed Shinn for shifting in aboard… Read More »
All is in readiness for the spring return of Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign. Her trainer says the filly has had a faultless build-up and has been flying in her trackwork. Now it’s a matter of seeing how the three-year-old measures up against a bunch of proven older sprinters… Read More »
My Diamantine might be the outsider in the field for the Metropolitan Handicap but that doesn’t faze her veteran trainer Brian Smith. “I’ve been all around the world with horses. I just worry about getting my horse fit and producing them,” Smith said. An ex-pat New Zealander who brought champion… Read More »
A Group 1 winner syndicated by Darby Racing has been sold although no news has emerged as to who the buyer is. The Inglis Sires and Spring Champion Stakes winner Yankee Rose has been sold to an unknown buyer after connections decided to retire the mare after a poor first… Read More »
Lindsay Park is keen to add to its arsenal of Caulfield Cup runners. The stable already has Harlem tucked away in the field courtesy of his win in the Naturalism Stakes while Ventura Storm and He’s Our Rokkii sit around the cut-off point. Victory in Sunday’s Group One Underwood Stakes… Read More »
Mark Webb’s plan to re-establish himself as the state’s leading trainer of two-year-olds will get off to a solid start in the first juvenile race of the Queensland season at Toowoomba. The Toowoomba Turf Club has planned a large promotional day on Sunday to honour the late course race caller… Read More »
Godolphin’s English trainer Charlie Appleby has put the final pre-travel touches on the four horses he will train for Melbourne spring features. Qewy, Francis Of Assisi, Folkswood and Kidmenever all worked over six furlongs (1200m) at Newmarket on Wednesday, a day before their scheduled flight to Australia. “Qewy, Francis Of… Read More »
NSW trainer Kim Waugh is sticking to a successful formula with Supreme Effort who makes his Queensland debut at the Sunshine Coast. Waugh, who trains at Wyong on the Central Coast, has been a regular visitor to Queensland for more than two decades, winning several stakes races, but recently she… Read More »
Champion Winx has arrived safely in Melbourne ahead of her next scheduled race at Flemington. The Chris Waller-trained mare travelled from her Rosehill base in Sydney to the trainer’s Flemington stable on Wednesday night. Winx, who registered her 20th straight win in the George Main Stakes at Randwick on September… Read More »
Jay Ford and Kathy O’Hara have received careless riding suspensions at Rosehill. Ford starts a four-meeting ban next Thursday after his mount Faith’s Encore shifted out and caused Choice Large, ridden by apprentice Brock Ryan, to check near the winning post. He pleaded guilty and can resume riding on October… Read More »
A famous set of racing colours no stranger to success in some of Australia’s biggest races have been carried to victory at Flemington. And in a little over a month they could again be seen aboard the winner of the Victoria Derby. Tavistock Abbey took out Wednesday’s Victoria Derby Trial… Read More »
An in-form jockey has been suspended for breaching the whip rules in a midweek race at Flemington but the jockey will not miss a feature meeting through the ban. Zahra was outed for six meetings after using the whip 12 times, seven more than allowed, before the 100m on runner-up… Read More »
Godolphin filly Demerara has overcome pre-race jitters to maintain an unbeaten record for Godolphin. Fractious in the Rosehill yard, Demerara had to be reshod before jumping cleanly and surging to a 1-1/4 length win in a Benchmark 71 Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday. Fortunately for Godolphin head trainer James Cummings, the… Read More »
