The rural surrounds of Maher Racing’s supplementary Bong Bong Farm facility has been put to good use ahead of Detonator Jack’s bid to deliver the leading yard a first win in The Ingham. The gelding enjoyed a bit of R & R at the property following his dynamic Gong victory… Read More »
Sprinter Waihaha Falls won’t get his preferred rain-affected conditions at Randwick, but he will have another couple of factors in his favour when he lines-up in the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap. The six-year-old resumed with a solid fifth over the same course and distance on Melbourne Cup Day, the effort satisfying… Read More »
Patrick Carbery knows how to win the Northerly Stakes (1800m). He’s eyeing his third consecutive win in the Group 1 event and fourth in the last seven years. He was able to win it aboard tough geldings Pounamu in 2017 and Regal Power (2021), as well as boom filly Amelia’s Jewel (2022)…. Read More »
Jockey Steven Parnham couldn’t disguise his disappointment when Zipaway came up with barrier 14 in Saturday’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. With his head in his hands, Steven Parnham was left contemplating how he would be able to negotiate the best run for Zipaway from the second widest gate. To… Read More »
If Damien Oliver is to salute in his last Group 1 ride on the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Zoumon in the $1.5 million Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, he will have to help his mount negotiate any disadvantage associated with a wide barrier draw (barrier fifteen out… Read More »
Champion apprentice Zac Lloyd will bid to maintain his perfect record on Insurrection as the sprinter faces a distance test in the Racing And Sports Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick. Lloyd has a remarkable affinity with the Michael Freedman -trained speedster who he has ridden four times for as many wins, including a… Read More »
Trained in Albany by Rebecca Bayliss, Final Siren makes his city debut on the weekend. The three-year-old son of I’m All The Talk comes to town after going bang-and then bang again from the opening two starts of his career on home deck. On debut Final Siren won in a canter… Read More »
The now eight-year-old holds the record for the most Group 1 wins in Hong Kong (nine) and will attempt to join Good Ba Ba as the only three-time winner of the Hong Kong Mile. A winner of 25 of his 29 career starts, he first won the mile in 2020,… Read More »
After a slew of outside barrier draws in big races, John O’Shea is celebrating a welcome change of fortune for his trio of runners in the $3 million The Ingham. Kirwin’s Lane, Lion’s Roar and recent acquisition Dark Destroyer have come up with gates two, five and 10 respectively after all drawing double-figure alleys… Read More »
Hometown trainer Matt Cumani will kick-start the careers of two of his youngsters at Ballarat. Dun Wondering and Shadeelaa are set to run in the Magic Millions Ballarat 2YO Classic (1000m) at Ballarat on Saturday. Cumani expects the pair to find the 1000m journey too short, but being on their home track it… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are relying on race experience to give their trio of Inglis Nursery runners an edge as they hunt for their third win in the $500,000 feature. The training powerhouses, who have taken out the race with Acrobat in 2020 and El Padrino in 2021, saddle-up colts Odinson and Sacred Fort,… Read More »
Spywire will put his Magic Millions credentials to the test at Eagle Farm this Saturday, in the process trying to justify a quote seldom seen in two-year-old racing. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained speedster will be out to make it two wins from as many starts in the $200,000… Read More »
The extra prize money on offer at Ballarat without the need of interstate travel will keep Foxy Cleopatra in Victoria on Saturday. Foxy Cleopatra was named the fourth emergency in the Group 2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday and as a back-up is in the field of 11 for… Read More »
What an absolute star Rachel King is! Sure, she is a seasoned, professional jockey and you simply do not get an invitation to the prestigious Longines International Jockey’s Championship (IJC) in Hong Kong without earning the right to join the line-up of twelve of the best riders from all around… Read More »
Australian Racing Hall of Fame Legend Gai Waterhouse has described the potential sale of Rosehill racecourse as the saddest decision ever made. In a radical proposal from the Australian Turf Club being considered by the NSW government, a $5 billion price tag has been put on the land in Western Sydney… Read More »
Such is the aura surrounding veteran Sydney galloper Zaaki, champion jockey William Pike fears rivals maybe running for second spot in Saturday’s G1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot. Zaaki, a four-time winner at the elite level with $10.8 million in prizemoney, is clearly the highest-rated runner in Perth’s weight-for-age feature… Read More »
Sandown winner Plenty Of Ammo s like a Christmas present that connections have only just been able to unwrap. The now five-year-old, having her fourth start in the Ladbrokes Odds Surge Handicap (1600m) at Sandown on Wednesday, won in the style of a future Stakes winner. Trainer Symon Wilde said barrier issues had… Read More »
As the trainer of two-time Group One placegetter Spieth, Bryce Heys is well equipped to get the best out of the ill-fated sire’s offspring and he has done exactly that with Warwick Farm winner Tamaroa. Spieth was agonisingly nosed out of victory in both the 2016 Darley Classic and the following… Read More »
The government has formally entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Turf Club (ATC) following their proposal to repurpose Rosehill Gardens Racecourse into a residential enclave comprising up to 25,000 homes and a school, accompanied by a strategically located station. Under the terms of the agreement, the ATC… Read More »
Michael Freedman will start a pair of Group One winners in the $3 million The Ingham, but he is the first to admit their presence in the Sydney summer feature is a leap of faith. Freedman’s Randwick Guineas victor Communist and former Hong Kong galloper Excellent Proposal have both been down on form, albeit… Read More »
