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 »
Swoop Dog looked to be taking the Tasmanian Racing Carnival by storm after winning three feature races on end, so a crack at a clean sweep at the main Cups looked the obvious pathway however trainer John Blacker has avoided Wednesday’s Group 3 Launceston Cup (2400m) in favour of a Listed… Read More »
A trans-Tasman Group double by 3YO colt Elliptical and 4YO mare Aquacade extends Dundeelâs spectacular start to 2023. Six of his 11 stakes runners since New Yearâs day have won, taking Dundeelâs season tally of stakes victories to 11, and his career record of stakeswinners to 22. Heâs also had… Read More »
Notching his eleventh victory in 18 starts, Turk Warrior has improved his value even more to connections â not just in a financial sense â after winning the Magic Millions 3yo/4yo Classic (1400m) at Launceston. Rejecting million-dollar offers when a three-year-old, the now four-year-old who originally failed to reach the $30,000… Read More »
Leading all the way, Soul Choice notched her third career victory in the Tasmanian Oaks. An all-Tasmanian lead-up has paid off for training partners G Waterhouse and Adrian Bott as Soul Choice fended off a late challenge to win the Listed Tasmanian Oaks at Launceston. Soul Choice, the $1.45 betr… Read More »
Co-trainer Matt Hoysted admitted to midrace concerns as Queensland galloper Scallopini was eyeballed by Milton Park in the middle stages of the Listed Elms Handicap (1400m). But that early pressure mattered little for Scallopini who showed a turn of foot passing the 300m mark and then hold off the chasing pack. “I was… Read More »
Annavisto will head to Sydney for a Group 1 assignment after her first-up win in the Tony Bourke Memorial (1400m). The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained mare registered her second win in the Group 3 race for fillies and mares, leading throughout. Annavisto was pressure early in the race by Wrote To Arataki but displayed a… Read More »
Success on the straight Flemington track in the Listed Talindert Stakes is likely to be beneficial for Maharba later in the year. New trainer Grahame Begg hopes the gelding may return to Flemington during Melbourne Cup week for the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). Formerly trained by David Payne in Sydney, Maharba was transferred into Begg’s care… Read More »
So You See has bounced back to record a second win in three starts taking out the Australian Childhood Foundation Trophy (1600m). Trainer Mike Moroney explained the mare had a high temperature after So You See scored at Sandown on January 7 and while the mare’s blood picture and her work had been… Read More »
Chris Waller was offering no excuses following the first-up defeat of Nature Strip in the Lightning Stakes admitting the world champion sprinter was slightly off his game. Starting a $1.95 favourite, the gelding jumped smartly and made the running but he was under pressure with 200m to go, battling away to finish… Read More »
The Golden Slipper picture has had more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie novel, but trainer Tony Gollan can see no reason to doubt the credentials of his undefeated Magic Millions winner Skirt The Law. The filly will make her Sydney debut in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
Sheikh Mohammed and more recently Godolphin have had an exceptional record in Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race, the Blue Diamond Stakes. Godolphin has three wins in the Group 1 race, winning with Earthquake (2014), Lyre (2019) and Daumier last year while Sepoy won in Sheikh Mohammed’s colours in 2011. Next Saturday’s race is likely… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 10 Fortune Master Race Two: 8 Go Go Sixteen Race Three: 1 Beauty Joy Race Four: 3 Innoconstruction Race Five: 1 Ching Race Six: 5 Green N White Race Seven:… Read More »
Just 20 minutes after the disappointment of Nature Strip’s unplaced return in Melbourne, Chris Waller had something to smile about when lightly raced colt Osipenko claimed the feature race at Rosehill. Osipenko ($8) put his hand up as an autumn force when he scooted through along the inside to win the Group… Read More »
Coolangatta has become the third three-year-old filly in the 25 past years to take out the pure speed test of the autumn, the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington. Just like Isca (1999) and Regimental Gal (2004), Coolangatta was first-up from a successful spring campaign that saw her collect the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Elliptical looks set for a good autumn campaign following an impressive first-up win at Flemington. The son of Dundeel will now chase his maiden Group 1 win when he returns to Flemington in two weeks’ time for the Australian Guineas (1600m) following Saturday’s narrow win in the Group 3 C… Read More »
