The race is on to find a jockey for smart mare Boomtown Lass in the Ramornie Handicap after connections decided to bypass a stakes race Brisbane. The $200,000 Listed Ramornie will be run at Grafton on Wednesday and will have a capacity field but Boomtown Lass is assured of a… Read More »
As his fellow jockeys left Singapore to return to Australia following the closure of racing, leading jockey Vlad Duric decided to stay put. It was a tough decision after racing was halted in early April because it left Duric with no chance to earn an income and limited his opportunities… Read More »
Love has made it a Classic double for trainer Aidan O’Brien as she ran right away with The Oaks at Epsom Downs. Winner of the 1000 Guineas for O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore last month, Love was sent off the 11-10 favourite to follow up over 12 furlongs. Love was… Read More »
Long-shot Serpentine has pulled off a huge shock as he made all the running to win the Derby and claim Britain’s richest horse race at a near silent Epsom Downs. Aidan O’Brien saddled six in the premier classic on Saturday but it was Emmet McNamara’s mount who prevailed, having only… Read More »
Injuries and ailments have been a recurring theme in the Anthony Cummings yard this year, hindering several of his star performers. Prince Fawaz hurt his leg after finishing down the track in the Doncaster Mile, Libertini had a brief and underwhelming two-start autumn campaign before it was discovered she had… Read More »
Promising Star Of Michelin’s liking for big racetracks will see him on a quick turnaround into the Group Three Winx Guineas. The Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) has been renamed after retired superstar Winx who won it in 2015. The race always attracts a strong field but trainer Stuart Kendrick believes… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with the main focus being the battle between Zac Purton and Joao Moreira for the jockey premiership. Race One: 3 Enchanting Start Race Two: 7 My Sugar Race Three: 10 Hay Run Race Four: 6 Comfort Life Race… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Sandown on Sunday night, highlighted of course by the return of Enable in the Group l Eclipse (2000m).
Finals Day at Flemington was a focal point for racing on Saturday, along with a couple of features at Eagle Farm, plus J Mac appealed his suspension. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Sircconi Spanks Them In Winter… Read More »
Consistent mare Jami Lady will get a chance to show she is more than a speed horse after landing her first stakes win. Jami Lady ($6) has previously been stakes-placed but made no mistake about her first black-type win, leading all the way in the Listed Bright Shadow (1200m). The… Read More »
Racing on a seven-day back-up and dropping in distance, Sircconi has demolished his rivals in the Listed Winter Championship Series Final at Flemington to deliver Nick Ryan his first stakes victory as a trainer. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, who continued his successful season in Victoria in which he leads the… Read More »
Due to Covid, the Epsom Carnival is changed around for 2020 and both the Oaks and Derby will be run on the same program this Saturday, with the seven race meeting proving to be very strong across the afternoon.
Kathy O’Hara has made a triumphant return to Saturday metropolitan racing with a bold frontrunning display aboard Spaceboy and some sage advice to his trainer. The popular jockey has been riding at weekend provincial meetings after choosing to base herself outside the Sydney zone during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has… Read More »
Lord Von Costa has done his chances no harm of snaring a slot in The Kosciuszko at Randwick this spring after storming to victory in the Listed All-Victorian Sprint Series Final at Flemington. Four years after winning the Creswick Stakes when it was run on the corresponding program during a… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson has been saying for months the day his filly Plutocrat drew a decent barrier she would win a good race. He was proved correct on Saturday when Plutocrat ($9.50) beat Sydney filly Zero To Hundred ($5.50) by a nose in the Listed Tattersall’s Club Stakes (1400m). Tumbler… Read More »
A nondescript barrier trial at Hawkesbury has proven to be an outstanding winter form reference for Godolphin with unbeaten filly Tailleur putting the icing on the cake. Tailleur split stablemates Varda and Roheryn in the June 15 heat and all three have now resumed with impressive wins after Tailleur added… Read More »
Exciting prospect Cherry Tortoni has capped an unbeaten first campaign in the Taj Rossi Series Final while two-time AFL premiership-winning coach Denis Pagan has kicked off his thoroughbred training career with his first runner placing at stakes level. The Patrick Payne-trained Cherry Tortoni made it three wins from as many… Read More »
Tough stayer Humbolt Current has come a long way since the days he was owned by the Queen but he might finally have found his niche in Queensland. Humbolt Castle ($4.60) took trainer Chris Waller’s season earnings in Queensland metropolitan races past $4 million when he won the Tattersall’s Arcade… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price will turn his attention to the spring carnival with promising filly Sense Of Honour who has again highlighted her potential with victory in the Next Generation Sprinters Series Final at Flemington. Sense Of Honour made it two city wins from her first three starts in Saturday’s 1200m… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss has labelled Randwick as one of the wettest tracks he has ridden on after guiding Edison through the mud in the opening race. The surface was officially put up as a heavy 9 on Saturday but Boss was adamant it was further along… Read More »
