Jockey Tim Clark provided an optimistic assessment of Melbourne Cup 2023 contender White Marlin, expressing satisfaction with the horse’s current condition. The talented import, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, is steadily building momentum towards peaking in November. Following White Marlin’s first trial over 1100m at Canterbury, Clark shared… Read More »
Glorious Goodwood 2023 continues this Wednesday night, headlined by a crack edition of the Sussex Stakes (1609m). swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app Sussex Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Sussex Stakes
Trainer Stefan Vahala walked away from Monday’s Belmont trials with a spring in his step after a couple of recent acquisitions performed strongly. Lord Lala, a Deep Field gelding from New Zealand, stormed home powerfully from midfield after being hooked to the outside by jockey, Laqdar Ramoly. Showing an impressive… Read More »
Blake Shinn has become the first jockey to put both the New South Wales Metropolitan Jockey’s Premiership AND the Victoria Metropolitan Jockey’s Premiership behind his name … and that accolade will stay after clinching the later title in the season just ended. When you put a ‘first’ behind your name… Read More »
The anticipation is building for trainer Simon Miller as his star mare Amelia’s Jewel takes the next step in her preparation for a much anticipated interstate campaign in the spring. The exciting four-year-old validated star status by winning the G1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) G2 WA Guineas (1600m) double last year… Read More »
The Racing Industry is in mourning following the passing of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey John Duggan. Renowned as one of the era’s shining stars, Duggan achieved a remarkable feat by claiming the 1977 Melbourne Cup aboard Gold And Black, trained by the legendary Bart Cummings. Duggan’s exceptional talent led him to… Read More »
Peter Moody got as big a thrill out of the win of Runsir at Pakenham as did his new training partner Katherine Coleman. Coleman officially joined Moody as a trainer on Tuesday, the first day of the new racing season, and has a 100 per cent strike rate after Runsir took out the opening race on the synthetic… Read More »
I Am Me is likely to have an exclusive Sydney spring campaign which is set to kick-off in the Missile Stakes at Rosehill. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained five-year-old is also an entrant in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. However, Eustace said the Group 2 race… Read More »
The announcement last week of the formation of a training partnership between Gillian Heinrich and Renita Beaton at the Gold Coast is believed to have formalised the first all-female training partnership in the country. Heinrich, of course, brings lifelong training experience to the partnership … who can forget her famous… Read More »
Ten successive Metropolitan Premierships! Where has the time gone since Tony Gollan made the move from Toowoomba to Brisbane? Certainly, Gollan has never taken a backward step since his arrival in town and his on-going total dominance of the training scene in Brisbane underlines his unwavering focus on striving for… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are eyeing an ambitious program with unbeaten sprinter What You Need. High on the agenda is the $20 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick in October and already there has been some discussions on gaining a slot in Australia’s richest race. What You Need has… Read More »
Ersa won’t be carrying colours identifiable with most of the high-achieving members of her family when she makes her debut at Sale on Wednesday, but connections are confident she too can make a racetrack impression. The three-year-old is a daughter of Lonhro and Erato, which makes her a sister to… Read More »
New Zealand’s newly-crowned champion apprentice jockey, Tayla Mitchell, is bidding farewell to the local racing industry to pursue a promising career in Australia. Mitchell secured the title with a slender one-win lead over her closest rival, Kelsey Hannan, but had already set her sights on Melbourne before her triumph. She… Read More »
Ciaron Maher Racing is set to strengthen its spring racing prospects with the addition of eight horses currently based in Newmarket, UK, which are scheduled to fly to Australia in September. After a successful season, Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace, the training partners, are preparing to introduce a mix of… Read More »
Glorious Goodwood for 2023 kicks off on Tuesday night, headlined by the Group l Goodwood Cup (3219m), with the race having potential ramifications from a Melbourne Cup perspective. swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app Goodwood Cup 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Goodwood Cup
Talented jockey Alana Kelly is set to make her highly anticipated comeback to racing after enduring a harrowing fall in April. The accident occurred during a maiden race at Donald, tragically claiming the life of fellow rider Dean Holland. Following extensive rehabilitation both mentally and physically, Kelly is ready to… Read More »
Chris Waller will unleash a big team of quality horses at Tuesday morning’s Canterbury trials, including two colts many expect to be spring stars. Shinzo and Militarize, who between them shared the Sydney 2YO Group 1 Triple Crown earlier this year, will make their first public appearances for their three-year-old campaign in… Read More »
Neville Parnham claimed a record-extending 14th Trainers’ Premiership and his first title since the 2010-11 season. Parnham, a WA Racing Hall Of Fame inductee, prepared 59 city wins, 13 clear of runner-up, Simon Miller. Adam Durrant finished third with 43 wins with Dan Morton next on 39 and Albany-based trainer Steve… Read More »
The G2 Missile Stakes (1200m) is the first group race of the Sydney racing season and plenty of Group 1 horses have contested it in recent years. In 2023, we see Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile ($5) back to the races. He could face off with talented stablemate and Everest runner… Read More »
Often the G3 Aurie’s Star Handicap down the straight has been a kick off point for many a good horse for the Melbourne Spring. Bart Cummings would use it as his starting point for many a Cups or Cox Plate contender. Even just look back to Fields Of Omagh winning… Read More »
