A mare in career-best form and a stablemate who enjoys wet conditions will spearhead Peter and Paul Snowden’s assault on the Takeover Target Stakes at Newcastle. While Tashi has always shown ability, the four-year-old has gone to a new level this preparation winning two of her first three starts and finishing… Read More »
Jack Turnbull spoke with pride when questioned about Le Don De Vie making a long-awaited return to the racetrack at the Sunshine Coast. An assistant trainer with the Ciaron Maher stable, Turnbull was full of praise for the imported stayer who makes his return in the Group 2 A D Hollindale… Read More »
The next time Tutta La Vita is seen at the races she will be carrying colours racing fans the world over will need to get used to after her sale at Thursday night’s Chairman’s Sale in Sydney. The triple Group 1 placegetter, a daughter of The Autumn Sun, got to $3.2… Read More »
Coolmore is hopeful She’s Extreme can become its next Chairman’s Sale success story after outlasting all rivals in the battle for the dual Group 1 winner in Sydney on Thursday night. The global racing and breeding giant paid $3.4 million for the daughter of Extreme Choice, who lived up to her… Read More »
A call from leading jockey Damian Lane was enough to convince owner Eddie Rigg and trainer Luke Fernie to send Laced Up Heels to South Australia for another shot at blacktype success. The mare was set to head to the paddock following her second placing in the Listed-Sheila Gwynne Classic… Read More »
Trainer Jack Duncan will send his old warhorse Wapiti out for the fourth successive Saturday meeting with the seven-year-old to take his place in the A.D. Hollindale, a Group 2 contest over 1800m at the Sunshine Coast. The previous three weeks results brought two wins and one fourth placing for… Read More »
No filly has won the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford in the past 25 years, but two of them are shaping to be key players in this year’s renewal. Surround Stakes runner-up Stefi Magnetica and last start Sapphire Stakes placegetter Ballroom Bella sit on the second and third lines of betting respectively… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Greg Eurell is banking on a set of blinkers turning around the fortunes of Papillon Club at Caulfield. Papillon Blub will be lining up for the fourth run of her campaign when she lines up in the BlueBlood Thoroughbreds Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. Eurell said Papillon Club had been hitting… Read More »
Describing a horse as having the body shape of a pencil might not sound like high praise, but Dylan Gibbons believes it will be an advantage for Tavi Time when he steps out on a heavy track at Gosford. Gibbons has a theory that thoroughbreds with a lither frame cope better with… Read More »
Along with Mr Brightside, Gentleman Roy was one galloper that helped establish the Lindsay Park brand after the departure of David Hayes and then Tom Dabernig. Now in the care of Ben, Will and J D Hayes, Mr Brightside has been the mainstay of the stable with multiple Group 1 wins… Read More »
An extended first campaign in Australia might have brought about the undoing of one-time Melbourne Cup fancy Goldman in the spring, but the measures taken to rectify that are set to pay immediate dividends. The five-year-old is a solid $3 favourite for Saturday’s Listed Gosford Gold Cup (2100m) as he searches… Read More »
With the Group 1 monkey off the back of Jamie Kah in her hometown of Adelaide, the leading rider will be looking to go back-to-back on Saturday. The win aboard Coco Sun in the South Australian Derby was Kah’s 13th Group 1 victory and while she will never forget her first… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan was rightly thrilled with Antino’s amazing last to first win in the Group 2 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday and the follow-up report on his strong Stradbroke prospect was just as satisfying. “He pulled up really well,” confirmed Gollan. “All is in order. He is… Read More »
The retirement of Zaaki has opened the door for Huetor to make an early mark on the Queensland carnival, but a Doomben Cup three-peat remains his primary mission. The gelding finished fourth to Zaaki in the 2022 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) and runner-up to the star galloper last year, but with no… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained Yellow Brick will make a keenly anticipated return to racing when he lines up in the Australian Turf Club Trophy over 1200m at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday with top hoop Opie Bosson in the saddle. Bosson’s expertise will be a positive factor when… Read More »
A $1 million race without a home. As inconceivable as it might seem, for the moment at least, as reported by Racenet, that is the state of play with regard to the scheduled running of the $1 million Magic Millions National Two-Year-old Classic which was due to take place at… Read More »
The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable is likely to add to their Brisbane team after Tacumwah scored at Sandown. Tacumwah holds a nomination in the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on June 8 and Coleman said the filly was likely to head in that direction after her victory… Read More »
Chris Waller will decide on Wednesday evening whether promising colt Imperial Force heads to the Sunshine Coast for a key lead-up run towards next month’s Group One JJ Atkins in Brisbane. The last-start Canterbury winner is a $5 equal favourite for the Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at Caloundra and… Read More »
Blue-blooded filly Clean Energy has made a perfect start to her racing career, overcoming testing track conditions at Warwick Farm to post a classy debut win and book her passage to Brisbane. A $2.6 million yearling purchase, the daughter of Zoustar out of Solar Charged was the highest-priced filly sold… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will & J D Hayes are expected to rely on only one of their horses in a two-year-old race at Caulfield. Just For Show is likely to be the stable’s sole representative in the Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. The Lindsay Park team also accepted with… Read More »
