Not only will apprentice Dylan Gibbons make his first foray into Group 1 racing in the Surround Stakes at Randwick, he will do it all again forty minutes later. Gibbons has been booked to partner Wolverine for his boss Kris Lees in the three-year-old fillies’ feature and will replace the injured Jason Collett aboard… Read More »
The expansive Randwick track could be the key to Tulloch Lodge youngster Summer Loving breaking through for an overdue win when she faces a rematch with Magic Millions conqueror Skirt The Law. The pair will clash in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday after Summer Loving… Read More »
After months of speculation around a move of the Cox Plate, Australia’s Group 1 weight-for-age championship will remain in its traditional date, for the time being. But Racing Victoria has announced a number of changes to the programming which will see two Group 1 races run after Champions Day at Flemington, the Thousand Guineas and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Joining the… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 1 Happy Tango Race Two: 7 Euromissile Race Three: 4 Legion Of Merit Race Four: 4 E Brother Race Five: 3 Lean Hero Race Six: 5 Happy Soul Race… Read More »
The barrier draw for the Blue Diamond Stakes has not been that kind for Godolphin and James Cummings who is chasing a first win in Melbourne’s premier juvenile race. Barber (9), Zulfiqar (15) and Exploring (13) will represent Godolphin in the Group 1 race for two-year-olds over 1200m at Sandown on Saturday. A field of 16 will contest… Read More »
With eight winners (16%) and a further 15 placings (46%) from her past 50 runners, Albury-based trainer Donna Scott is one of the more consistent conditioners in her region. The Newhaven Park Country Championships qualifying heat takes place on her home surface this Saturday, and the stable could have upwards of… Read More »
Peter Giadresco last saddled a runner two years ago, but is ready to relaunch himself in the training ranks. It was the simple things Giadresco missed most from racing : friendships, the banter with contemporaries and the racing partnership with sons Matthew and Quenten. The Group 1 winning trainer left racing… Read More »
I’m Thunderstruck will sport a different look when he lines up in the Futurity Stakes at Sandown. Having raced most of his career with a Cross-over Nose Band, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding will race without the gear in the 1400m Group 1 contest on Saturday. I’m Thunderstruck still has a lugging… Read More »
Sigrid ‘Siggy’ Carr is no stranger to success in Tasmania as a jockey but while she has held a dual jockey/trainer licence since 2018 her best chance of notching a black type win fulfilling both roles could come if Queensborough Flyer can turn around a disappointing result in Hobart with a… Read More »
The Geraldton trainer wasn’t sure what he had got into when Dream To Me arrived at his stables. “From Perth I was told she might be alright for Carnarvon,” Glen Cortes told The Races WA. “She only had one 400m jump out and went a bit shin sore. “When I got her… Read More »
Saturday’s Lightning Stakes (1000m) winner Coolangatta could feature in the inaugural edition of The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot in April, according to owner John O’Neill. Coolangatta upstaged champion sprinter Nature Strip in Saturday’s Group 1 feature at Flemington, her second success at the highest level over 1000m. The Ciaron Maher and David… Read More »
While co-trainer David Eustace was in a jubilant mood and dreaming of Royal Ascot campaign following Coolangattaâs thrilling victory in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes on Saturday, another Australian training partnership could well be formalising even earlier overseas travel plans with a March 25 date in Dubai being their point… Read More »
Top trainer Neville Parnham says Neufbosc is building to a peak performance and believes the imported stayer can rewind the clock in the A.T.A Stakes (2200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Neufbosc won the A.T.A Stakes two years ago before backing up a week later and scoring a thrilling victory over… Read More »
The horses currently filling the top fifteen places in the voting for the $5 million All Star Mile are (as posted on Allstarmile.com.au at this time): *Please note, voting is still underway and therefore the vote totals listed here are merely shown as an indication of how the voting has… Read More »
The James and Lisa Dodgson trained Hamslette ($8) rained on what would have been quite a victory parade for Splash Some Cash, had the result gone the other way, when she took out the 2023 Kangaroo Island Cup at Kingscote over the weekend. The David Page trained Splash Some Cash… Read More »
Grant Burns is the wizard of the Magic Million sales. He seems to be everywhere, from zapping between the Gold Coast and Perth to inspecting horses or appearing centre stage at the auction. Here Grant Burns conjures up his top tips on picking horses ahead of the Perth Magic Millions… Read More »
The Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) has been won by most of the greats with Chris Waller dominating saluting in 10 of the last 12 years. Australia’s current WFA champ Anamoe ($1.65 favourite in early all-in markets) tries to maintain his status with another major to add to his previous seven. He… Read More »
Blake Shinn is taking confidence from a Flemington jumpout the form from which has already been franked as he prepares to partner a crowd favourite in this Saturday’s Group 1 Futurity Stakes. The star jockey will have his first race ride on Alligator Blood in the $750,000 wight-for-age contest at Sandown. Shinn… Read More »
Jimmy Orman, Brisbaneâs leading jockey, continues to pursue a rigorous workload of race rides as he focusses on his simple goal of âkeeping on getting better and riding as many winners as I can.â Orman is currently reaping the rewards of his focused mindset and committed physical work ethic, continuing… Read More »
The Steven OâDea and Matthew Hoysted trained eight-year-old not only claimed his twelfth career win in the Listed HKJC Elms Handicap over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday, but he did that carrying the steadying burden of 60kg from a very wide number thirteen barrier draw. To put that weight carrying… Read More »
