Michael Kent Jnr can’t help but think Gunstock has the talent to be targeting better races Tuesday’s The Les Carlyon at Flemington, but that does not dampen his enthusiasm for the gelding’s return. The four-year-old will be having his first start since his three-length win in the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m)… Read More »
Monday’s Coffs Harbour races have been postponed following overnight rain. With 83mls of rain recorded for the week, 52mls of which were in the last 24 hours, the track conditions are deemed unsuitable for racing. In particular, the 800m to 400m section of the course is waterlogged and squelchy, posing… Read More »
The Melbourne Spring Carnival is still months away, but jockey Jordan Childs is working hard to ensure he will be in the prime position for a Melbourne Cup ride. On of those potential rides is the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott -trained White Marlin who heads to the William Newton VC Handicap (2000m) at… Read More »
Inaugural Quokka winner Overpass is set to be given a Group 1 opportunity with trainer Bjorn Baker weighing up options in Brisbane and Adelaide. While the gelding will only be given a light campaign following his first-up win in the $4 million slot race, the stakes will be high. “There are two… Read More »
It took the Melbourne Cup favourite to halt Right You Are’s winning streak earlier this month and on Saturday the gelding returned to the winner’s list with a dramatic win in the $300,000 Listed Mornington Cup. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained galloper engaged in a stirring battle with proven… Read More »
Chris Waller’s decision to split up his team of milers has delivered him a two-state feature race double, the champion trainer coming away with the spoils in both the Hawkesbury Gold Cup and Tails Stakes in Doomben. Waller scratched Skyman from Hawkesbury to run in Brisbane and the horse swept… Read More »
Jigsaw’s first crack at the top level as an older horse didn’t work out how connections would have hoped, but Cindy Alderson remains hopeful he might yet retire a Group 1 winner after the gelding rebounded to claim Saturday’s Hareeba Stakes at Mornington. The four-year-old son of Manhattan Rain was… Read More »
Few jockeys can match Nash Rawiller in the nerve department and the top hoop was seen at his daring best at Hawkesbury as he extricated US import Princess Grace from a sticky situation to land her first black-type win in Australia. Held up behind shifting leader Expat, Rawiller had to… Read More »
Lethal Thoughts was set an ambitious task in Queensland around this time last year and the son of So You Think could again be Brisbane-bound after winning Saturday’s Mornington Guineas. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt registered his first win since his debut success at Sale on April 27… Read More »
Blue-blooded colt Hawaii Five Oh has laid the foundation for a lucrative winter campaign in Brisbane with a breathtaking performance in the Hawkesbury Guineas and in doing so reignited one of racing’s great associations. Trainer Gai Waterhouse, owner John Singleton and jockey Nash Rawiller combined to capture Saturday’s 1400m feature… Read More »
Yes, it’s an Asian white-wash of the April 2013 edition of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings with Japan and Hong Kong having the top seven international rated horses. In fact, so dominant was Equinox in his 3½ length all-the-way victory in the Longines Dubai Sheema Classic that he was… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable will send two in form gallopers to the Mornington Guineas. But they enter the race hopeful rather than confident of coming away with a major slice of the prize money on offer. Demon Darb, to be ridden by Craig Newitt, and King Samuel, Daniel Moor, will… Read More »
Jockey Teo Nugent has been suspended for 37 meetings on a careless riding charge that landed him in hospital with a serious neck injury following a fall at Moonee Valley. Racing Victoria stewards on Friday concluded an inquiry into the fall of Florescent Star in the Listed Abell Stakes (1200m) on March 18 that left Nugent nursing a C1 fracture. As… Read More »
The connections of Rovno Amber are looking to vindicate their decision to knock back offers from Hong Kong by chasing a debut win at Mornington. Rovno Amber runs for the first time in the Mornington Sires (1200m) on Saturday, coming off a second-place finish in an 800m trial at Cranbourne on April 5. Trainer Shane Nichols revealed… Read More »
A golden ticket into the Caulfield Cup is up for grabs for the winner of the Mornington Cup. The Grahame Begg-trained Nonconformist fell short in the Mornington Cupo two years ago before winning his way into the Caulfield Cup later in that spring. Nonconformist ran second to Incentivise in that year’s Caulfield Cup… Read More »
Even a cursory glance at the Sky Racing television channel in recent times would have put you onto the fact that apprentice Zac Lloyd is tracking very well. Drill down a bit deeper and you might be surprised at just how well the young man is doing. Using adjectives like… Read More »
Anamoe’s racetrack record will stay as it is with Godolphin on Friday announcing that its star four-year-old had run his last race. As recently as late last week trainer James Cummings said he was ‘quite keen’ to head to Royal Ascot for the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes on June… Read More »
John Thompson is banking on the natural gate speed of Jojo Was A Man helping to offset a wide draw when the horse bids for a maiden black-type win in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. The five-year-old will jump from the second outside barrier in the 16-horse field if there are… Read More »
The impending sale of multiple Group 1 winner Montefilia is set to leave a significant void in David Payne’s stable and he is putting his faith in the next generation to step up to the plate. Montefilia will go under the hammer as a broodmare prospect at next month’s Chairman’s… Read More »
Jockey Pat Cosgrave has been handed a 28-day ban by stewards at Chelmsford after he eased up on a hot favourite and dramatically snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The incident occurred in the Bosh Handicap over a mile, where Cosgrave was riding the George Boughey-trained Concorde, the $1.17… Read More »
