The Arrowfield love affair with the Japanese thoroughbred has expanded with the arrival of the unbeaten Champion Japan 2YO Colt in Admire Mars joining their 2021 roster. Arrowfield Stud had definitely been the front runner in growing the Japanese success in Australia, with Admire Mars being a three-time Group 1… Read More »
A maiden win at Northam doesn’t hold the prestige of a feature race in Perth, but nonetheless there were plenty of tears, sentiment and jubilation for Holly Taylor. Tears for a three-year-old who defied the odds and delivered a miracle when no one expected to see her at the races… Read More »
A win for Glorious Dream on Wednesday could see Luke Pepper push for a slot in the $1.3 million The Kosciuszko. Canberra-based trainer Luke Pepper believes a win at Kensington on Wednesday can catapult his lightly raced mare into Kosciuszko calculations. Glorious Dream heads to Sydney for the first time in the… Read More »
Chris Parnham is preparing to go where he’s never gone before in order to finish the season as Australia’s leading jockey. Chris Parnham, who rode a double at Belmont on Saturday, sits three wins clear of New South Wales based jockey Blaike McDougall with just five days left in the season…. Read More »
Group One-winning trainer Edward Cummings will take two up-and-coming fillies to Kensington on Wednesday. Cummings will start the day off with debutant Have Mercy lining up in the Vinery Stud Handicap (1100m). The two-year-old impressed in her most recent trial, beating the Golden Slipper placed Ingratiating by two lengths. The daughter of… Read More »
The Mick Prince and Michael Kent Jr stable will be hoping a return to Morphettville will bring out the best in Parlophone . The three-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible will be aiming for back-to-back victories in the Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) on Saturday. A filly of immense talent, Parlophone can also be her own… Read More »
Having claimed their first Melbourne Trainers’ Premiership, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace combination will be out to hit the ground running at Sandown. With the season winding up at The Valley on Saturday, the first feature race of the season will be held on the opening meeting of the… Read More »
Nick Ryan has Group 1 aspirations for Regardsmaree who is set to resume in the Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. Flemington trainer Nick Ryan has enjoyed a good run of success since relocating from Caulfield and is eagerly awaiting the upcoming Spring Carnival. While horses like Dice Roll, Mahamedeis, Express Pass… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Simon Ryan will give Police Camp every opportunity of winning the Grand National Steeplechase by forgoing a feature jumps race at Sandown. A maiden on the flat, Police Camp has won four jumps races, including the feature Thackaray Steeplechase on his home track in 2019, a race he finished second… Read More »
It had been 20 years since the very recently deceased super-stallion Galileo completed the Derby/King George double so it was fitting, with the memory of his passing still fresh, that his grandson Adayar became the first horse since then to achieve the same feat. Adayar’s Derby was run on good… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Singapore on Sunday in what looks a good quality meeting. We take a look at each of the eleven races and give our tips and best bets for the meeting at Singapore. Race One: 6 Zoffspeed Race Two: 1 Hero Race Three: 5… Read More »
With the spring carnival on the doorstep, Randwick will host a star-studded barrier trial session on Tuesday. Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside will be one of several headline horses stepping out in barrier trials at Randwick this week as the spring carnival countdown begins in earnest. Outstanding mare Verry Elleegant,… Read More »
Phillip Stokes is hopeful the new work regime he has placed Sansom under can see the sprinter extend further in trip following a first-up win at Caulfield. A more relaxed Sansom showed the benefits of Stokes’ new uphill 1100m track at his farm near Pakenham racecourse in taking out the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes… Read More »
A genuine horse returned with a Stakes win, Chris Waller got a wayward galloper back in the winners list and an apprentice rode four of the best. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Relaxed Sansom Wins Bletchingly Sansom,… Read More »
Young apprentice Brock Ryan has had an afternoon to remember at Rosehill, landing his first metropolitan treble then bettering it with a four-timer. It was an especially sweet moment for the junior rider who has endured a rotten run of bad luck, missing some key autumn engagements on Percy Sykes Stakes… Read More »
Group l racing returns to Ascot on Saturday night, where the feature race is the King George Vl (2400m).
Order Again has been rewarded for his consistency with an overdue victory in the Listed Winter Challenge, continuing Chris Waller’s domination of the feature race. Waller has now captured six of the past nine runnings and he was rapt to see Order Again finally have some luck this campaign. “He’s… Read More »
Jockey Dean Yendall says winning aboard Cru Classe in a distance race at Caulfield was one of the ugliest staying races he has been involves in. Cru Classe prevailed in the Ciaron Maher Racing Premiership Handicap on Saturday in a tooth and nail fight up the Caulfield straight. Under Yendall’s urgings, Cru Classe ($7) scored… Read More »
River Views has surprised the punters and his trainers taking out the third event at Caulfield on Saturday. The Written Tycoon gelding was sent out a $41 chance over the 1400m event before letting loose with an impressive turn of foot down the centre of the track to round up his… Read More »
A rails hugging ride by Damien Oliver aboard Godolphin mare Plaquette has continued the mares’ good form at Caulfield. Plaquette has now registered two wins and a second from four runs at the track after taking out the VRC Member Garry Franklin Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. Oliver elected to ride Plaquette quietly… Read More »
