Fresh from Think About It’s victory in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday, Joe Pride has another prong to his springtime focus after King Of The Castle’s win at Warwick Farm. A berth in The Big Dance, worth $2 million over a mile, is Pride’s aim for… Read More »
Regally bred colt Piercing Arrow has continued Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s outstanding run with two-year-olds this season, posting an impressive debut win at Warwick Farm to earn a spring carnival tilt. By super sire I Am Invincible out of Listed winner Silently, Piercing Arrow fetched $1 million as a Magic Millions… Read More »
Brisbane has a week off through the Stradbroke season as Ipswich hosts its iconic race day and the numbers are aplenty. The Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) has G1 performers nominated for it and even if they don’t run, it will still be a highly competitive race. Numerian ($4) is there for… Read More »
Co-trainer David Eustace says that King’s Stand Stakes aspirant Coolangatta has arrived well and taking to his new environment in the UK towards his run down the Ascot straight at the Royal Meeting next week. “She’s travelled very well,” Eustace told RSN. “She’s travelled as well as you could possibly… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Sheriden Tomlinson has been fortunate to escape serious harm after a dramatic fall during a race at Morphettville on Saturday. The 24-year-old was riding the gelding Kalasec in the opening race when they took a tumble after crossing the finish line. Although immediately attended to by on-site medical… Read More »
Nonconformist is poised for a third shot at the Caulfield Cup, following an impressive second-place finish in The Q22 at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Trainer Grahame Begg was highly pleased with Nonconformist’s performance, attributing the resurgence to the firm Brisbane track conditions that favoured the horse over the softer turf… Read More »
Fresh from owning Saturday’s Sandown card, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have readjusted their sights to Monday’s Mornington program, where they have one of the shortest-priced favourites of the day in Mrs Chrissie. The daughter of Per Incanto will chase a maiden city win in the $60,000 Ron Hutchinson BM70 Handicap (1200m)… Read More »
Joe Pride and syndicators Proven Thoroughbreds celebrated their biggest win with Think About It in the Stradbroke Handicap and they have late-trainer Guy Walter to thank. Guy Walter’s brother Jamie is the founder and director of Proven Thoroughbreds, and it was a conversation Jamie had with Guy than eventually led him to Pride…. Read More »
From two-year-olds to stayers, Ciaron Maher openly admits to having had a phenomenal 2023 in races at the highest level and King Colorado provide another group one win for the stable in the JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) for juveniles at Eagle Farm. Backed from $51 into a starting price of… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are hurtling towards a maiden win in the Australian trainers’ premiership and Saturday’s racing, right across Australia, highlighted why. The Victorian training partners dominated the Sandown meeting in Melbourne, training five winners, while also picking up wins at two different venues in Queensland. Group 1 J J… Read More »
Joe Pride has trained some well-above-average horses but Think About It elevated himself to potentially the best with his win in Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane. The four-year-old son of So You Think brought up his ninth win from 10 starts when he dominated his rivals in the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap…. Read More »
It might have been an off-season winter meeting in Sydney, but it proved prolific for trainer Bjorn Baker and apprentice Dylan Gibbons with both celebrating significant milestones. Baker took seven horses to Randwick and five of them won, giving the Warwick Farm-based horseman his first quintet. Gibbons too had a day to… Read More »
Luck hasn’t always favoured Spacewalk, but the Godolphin sprinter has been rewarded for his consistency with his first black-type success. The gelding has had to settle for his fair share of stakes placings, including when he threw away almost certain victory in last year’s The Rosebud by ducking out, and… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Wiremu Pinn continues to tick off the milestones early in his stint in Australia and can now say he’s a Saturday city winner. But not content with his first win on Australian racing’s biggest day of the week, the boom apprentice racked up a winning double. After scoring… Read More »
Dylan Gibbons was left searching for superlatives after emerging colt Ozzmosis maintained his unbeaten record with a classy victory over the highly-touted Royal Tribute at Randwick. The top apprentice compared the Bjorn Baker-trained winner to a luxury car and said the most exciting aspect of his performance was the fact he was… Read More »
South Australia’s racing industry is poised for a significant prize money increase, thanks to the state government’s decision to amplify the Point of Consumption (POC) tax returns. The Labor Government, led by Peter Malinauskas, will elevate the POC tax revenue allocated to the racing industry from 10% to 20% starting… Read More »
Michael Grantham hasn’t lost faith in Kaptain Kaos and believes he is capable of returning to the winner’s list in Saturday’s Group 3 Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont. It hasn’t been a kind 12-months for Kaptain Kaos who has been unable to replicate black-type form since winning the G3 Hyperion Stakes… Read More »
A horse that his trainer thought may have been finished racing a year ago has come out to win the feature sprint race at the three-day Swan Hill Carnival. Yulong Storm has provided trainer Nathan Hobson and his former apprentice Madison Lloyd with the feature sprint race of the Carnival, the Golden Topaz (1200m) on Friday…. Read More »
Notorious One has not won a race in 658 days, but co-trainer Chris Gangemi believes the seven-year-old can go close to breaking the drought at Belmont on Saturday. Together with a rain-affected track and two sound runs, Chris Gangemi says Notorious One is poised to return to the winner’s circle… Read More »
It is not often that a horse drops in class but also drops in weight. But that is the case facing Esta La Roca when she steps out in the Stow Storage Solutions Handicap (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. Returning from a break at Sandown on May 27, Esta La Roca… Read More »
