Despite his defeat, David Harrison is keeping the faith with Buster Bash, drawing encouragement from champion jockey, Jamie Kah. Jamie Kah rode Buster Bash in last Saturday’s G2 Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield, but the gelding failed to flatter in his interstate debut. Buster Bash led and turned for home in front,… Read More »
Racing NSW Stewards have been provided with the following updates from injured jockeys Regan Bayliss and Tim Clark who were involved in a fall at the Wyong Cup meeting on Friday, 1st September 2023. Tim Clark has today been released from hospital. Further scans revealed that Tim has sustained internal… Read More »
After last year’s heartbreak of having what would’ve been his first Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) runner scratched on race day with a bruised heel, Grahame Begg has his sights on redemption with Lunar Flare to be aimed solely at the race that stops a nation. The daughter of 2013 Cup winner… Read More »
Ever since Vintage Crop internationalised the Melbourne Cup in 1993, the Irish St Leger, which will be run at The Curragh this weekend, has had a key impact on Australia’s most famous race. Vintage Crop is the only horse to have won both races, but Oscar Schindler, Vinnie Roe, Yeats and… Read More »
Moonee Valley has some strong group racing this Saturday that will offer racing folks a good guide to the big races to come. The main race is the G2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) with horses who will be aiming at the Cups and/or Cox Plate. The Melbourne Cup winner himself Gold… Read More »
There are so many feature races on Saturday that will impact on the majors through the Spring that it is like an Everest Carnival Preview. The G2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) sees horses who contest the big one in a few weeks as well the Epsom, Invitation and even the… Read More »
A week at the beach beckons for The Everest second favourite I Wish I Win, who has recovered well from his first-up third placing in Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Peter Moody on Monday morning released his stable update to his co-owners Waikato Stud after the five-year-old had been… Read More »
Five-time Group 1 winner Imperatriz is leading the charge at Te Akau Racing’s newly established base at Cranbourne in Melbourne. She is slated to compete in the Group 2 McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley next Saturday. David Ellis, Chairman of Te Akau Racing, spoke highly of the new facilities. “The… Read More »
Legendary racehorse Makybe Diva is set to make a grand return to Flemington on September 16, marking her first appearance in front of fans since her historic triple Melbourne Cup win in 2005. This visit is not just a nostalgic nod to her accomplishments; it also serves as part of… Read More »
Chris Waller has had a change of heart and is leaning towards running Shinzo first-up in the Golden Rose as he warms to an Everest start for the star colt. The Golden Slipper winner was initially slated to resume in next Saturday’s The Run To The Rose (1200m), alongside ATC Sires’ Produce… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will give Globe the benefit of some added experience at Moonee Valley ahead of his first-up run. Globe is set to resume in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) on Saturday as he looks to build on his unbeaten four start career. The five-year-old son of Charm Spirit has not… Read More »
Mr Brightside has been a special horse for Lindsay Park providing the stable with a number of firsts. The New Zealand-bred gelding provided Ben and J D Hayes with their first Group 1 when he took out the Doncaster Handicap at Randwick last year. With brother Will, the twin of J D, joining the training… Read More »
Zac Lloyd has celebrated a Group race double at Randwick, adding the Tramway Stakes aboard Godolphin’s Pericles to his Furious Stakes win on the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Tiz Invincible. The champion Sydney apprentice was riding at his first Saturday meeting since returning from a three-week suspension, which stemmed from two separate… Read More »
David Payne has masterminded a Chelmsford Stakes boilover, producing roughie Navajo Peak to upstage several weight-for-age stars and put himself in the frame for some even bigger targets. The gelding was sent out the equal outsider of the Group 2 field at $41 but Payne took a different view, telling jockey Chad… Read More »
Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. Craig Williams (Mr Brightside): “I went out and walked the track before that race and I felt it’s not going to be a disadvantage to him if he sits wider rather than having… Read More »
An era has ended with Chris Waller announcing the retirement of champion sprinter Nature Strip. The decision was made almost immediately after the nine-year-old finished down the track in the Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday with Waller convening a spontaneous press conference to confirm the news. Standing alongside Nature… Read More »
Michael Hawkes has compared Remarque to grand sprinter Chautauqua in terms of natural ability but says a number of issues have prevented him from realising his potential – until now. The five-year-old has put his hand up for a slot in The Everest with an against-the-odds win in Saturday’s Concorde Stakes (1000m) at… Read More »
Benedetta has ticked off an important Stakes race victory for her future as a broodmare, but trainer Jason Warren says there is a lot of unfinished business remaining. Having now won six of her eight career starts, Benedetta claimed her first ‘Black Type’ win when successful in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield… Read More »
An era has ended with Chris Waller announcing the retirement of champion sprinter Nature Strip. The decision was made almost immediately after the nine-year-old finished down the track in the Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday with Waller convening a spontaneous press conference to confirm the news. Standing alongside Nature… Read More »
Champion apprentice Zac Lloyd has proven a capable fill in for Sydney’s leading jockey James McDonald, answering a late call-up to guide Tiz Invincible to a dynamic win in the Group 2 Furious Stakes at Randwick. McDonald injured his ankle in a race day mishap at the Wyong Cup meeting and while… Read More »
