The clock told the story as exciting sprinter Remarque overcame a ten-kilo weight differential to stamp his class at Randwick, and open the door to a Group 1 opportunity interstate. Making light of his 62kg topweight, Remarque covered the 1000m in a class record 56.48 seconds, the final 600m in a… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams did not consider Wrote To Arataki a stakes winning mare, or one that would be capable of winning when leading. That was six months ago, but now she is both after leading throughout to claim the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday. Given an easy time in front under Jamie Kah,… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham likes the program set for Godolphin colt Zulfiqar in his search for victory in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Melham partnered with the James Cummings-trained two-year-old to claim the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) will be run on February 25 and Melham… Read More »
Michael Freedman’s day almost got off to the worst possible start when his two Lonhro Plate runners played up in the barriers, but while one was a late scratching, the other posted a smart debut win. Mexico was withdrawn after he reared in the gates and when stablemate Madeira Sunrise became… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with the depth across the program being relatively solid. Race One: 2 Gold Cut Race Two: 1 Tributo Race Three: 3 Sabah Ace Race Four: 2 Per Incrown Race Five: 3 January Race Six: 1 Zoffspeed Race Seven: 1… Read More »
Some good news after the nasty road accident yesterday with the Doug Gorrel stable posting this update on social media: ‘DGR is thrilled to let everyone know that Sir Savaluca and Amen Brother have returned to the stables safe and sound. Both horses are battered and bruised but remarkably well… Read More »
Jockey Troy See has been handed a twenty-two-and-a-half month disqualification after Racing NSW Stewards concluded a hearing into See’s conduct at the Murwillumbah meeting on January 21. He also received a $500 fine. See faced three charges. This, from the relevant Steward’s Report: ‘Charge 1: The details of the charge… Read More »
Sure, there was a blip and a hiccup when she got beaten for the first and only time to date in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m), but don’t discount the winner, Laced Up Heels, she is above average. Order was restored for Amelia’s Jewel when she bounced back to regain her… Read More »
Former Champion trainer Darren Weir’s four-year disqualification period is nearly at an end … but any future return to participation within the industry on his part is still uncertain. The suspension officially ends at midnight on February 6, but Weir’s path beyond that, should he want to return to a… Read More »
One thing trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr won’t have to worry about is hot weather ahead of Inundation returning to Sandown on Saturday. The hot weather was blamed for Inundation’s downfall when beaten as the $1.40 favourite over 1000m at Sandown on January 7. Four weeks later, Inundation runs over… Read More »
Small in size, but big in heart. That’s how Roy Rogers describes Halatorion. The Albany trainer is confident Halatorion can win again at Ascot on Saturday and stamp his claims for a bigger race in a fortnight. Either side of his sixth placing in the Fitzpatrick Plate (1230m) at home… Read More »
Grahame Begg always has a good two-year-old in his stable and it was only five years ago that he won Melbourne’s premier two-year-old event, the Blue Diamond Stakes. While Begg’s two-year-old numbers are high this season, Written Bligh will be his first two-year-old runner when she heads out in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown… Read More »
The racing future of lt’s Me, last year’s Kosciuszko winner, is in serious doubt following the news that the daughter of Shamus Award has suffered a tendon injury. It’s Me had been one of the early favourites for the Country Championships series. The $1.3 million Kosciusko was It’s Me’s fourth… Read More »
Wrote To Arataki heads to her first ‘black type’ assignment when she runs in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) on Saturday. Kah rode Wrote To Arataki in the mare’s victory at Flemington on New Year’s Day when trainer Matthew Williams issued no instructions to the jockey after drawing an awkward gate. Again, Wrote To Arataki has drawn poorly and Williams said Kah will… Read More »
Trainer Gary Portelli has been taken by the physical improvement Sejardan has made from the spring to the autumn, now he wants to see the colt convert that into success at the highest level. A dual Group winner as a juvenile, Sejardan mixed his form last preparation, finishing out of the placings… Read More »
Import Kettle Hill has been put on notice to stand up and be counted at Randwick as connections look towards targeting a feature race over the autumn carnival. The six-year-old will step out in the TAB Handicap (1800m) on Saturday and having finally drawn an inside gate, Australian Bloodstock director Jamie… Read More »
Emerging sprinter Kote has piled on the kilograms during his summer break and trainer Anthony Cummings is still trying to work out whether that is a good thing. The three-year-old is “12 to 15 kilos” heavier than he was in the spring and Cummings is hoping it is due to extra… Read More »
A collision between a horse-truck and two cars on the Olympic Highway earlier today has had a sad aftermath with one of the four horses involved in the incident unable to be saved. The horses were being transported to today’s Albury race-meeting when the accident occurred just after twelve o’clock… Read More »
It isn’t that all often you look at a horse and go ‘wow’. It normally only occurs in the presence of a particularly magnificent individual … or, with a horse whose appearance is so different to the general norm, in the positive sense, that it comes across as spectacular. And… Read More »
The $2 million Queensland Jewel race-day will be run at Doomben this year instead of Aquis Park at the Gold Coast, where it has taken place since its inception in 2018. The Gold Coast venue is currently undergoing a $63 million redevelopment with all of the meetings there taking place… Read More »
