Mick Price is aware of his tendency to get overly-ambitious when a member of his team indicates above-average ability, but it is unlikely to stop him doing similar with Globe. The untapped Charm Spirit four-year-old added another picket to the fence he has formed to start his career when he demolished… Read More »
He only hailed from across the Tasman, but Palmetto presented more like a European galloper than a New Zealander when he first arrived at John Sargent’s stable. It has taken two campaigns and a dose of TLC for the horse to acclimatise but now that he has, he’s put back-to-back wins… Read More »
John Allen last week reminded everyone of his affinity for South Australia with Australasian Oaks success and on Saturday the jockey completed the Adelaide Group 1 quaddie with victory in the $500,000 Robert Sangster Stakes. The Irishman is now a part of the select band of riders to have won all… Read More »
Joe Pride doesn’t know where Think About It’s ceiling is, but he does know he has a potentially top sprinter on his hands after the Stradbroke Handicap favourite overcame obstacles to win the Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford. It is Pride’s fifth victory in the 1200-metre feature and while his… Read More »
Mark Zahra wasted no time getting his name back onto the winner’s list, tasting victory at his first ride back after the month-long suspension he incurred for his involvement in a fall at Flemington earlier this year. Last year’s Melbourne Cup-winning hoop partnered the David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained Le Zebra to victory… Read More »
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2023 Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby will be run on Sunday, 7 May 2023 at Churchill Downs racecourse. Time: 8:57am AEST Distance: 2012m Class: Group 1 Market đ°: View the Odds for the Kentucky Derby Have Your Say: Who do you think… Read More »
A career in racing was never a childhood dream for apprentice jockey Austin Galati but he knew he wanted to work with animals. Now his favourite moments come from rewarding the quiet achievers in racing by bringing home a winner for them. “I love working with the horses, I love the… Read More »
Trainer Stephen Miller is banking on a middle distance race to help his gelding Last Of The Line return to the winner’s list in Saturday’s Tabtouch Stakes at Ascot. After four starts this preparation, Miller feels Last Of The Line will appreciate going over 2100m for the first time in his… Read More »
Brett Prebble has won feature races all over the world and on Friday he added another Cup to his resume, the Wagga Gold Cup. The champion jockey teamed with Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller to score a thrilling win in the $200,000 Listed event with imported galloper Wicklow. The 45-year-old earlier… Read More »
âWherever your horse ends up, there should be a life after racing,â stated IFRA Chair Di Arbuthnot on the highly successful 7th International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses. Conducted with the 39th Asian Racing Conference on 14 February in Melbourne, Ms Arbuthnot expressed âin addition to the success achieved,… Read More »
After a week of playing on his ‘home deck’ at Warrnambool, Aaron Purcell will make the trip to Sandown looking for another city win. The Warrnambool May Carnival was completed on Thursday where Purcell saddled 11 runners over the three days, coming home with two winners along a third-place finish in the feature race of… Read More »
Rather than chase a Stakes race victory in Adelaide, trainer Nick Ryan has decided to keep two of his mares in Melbourne for a lesser fillies and mares’ contest. Belle Savoir and Cap De Joie were both acceptors in the Group 2 Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville but they will instead line up against each other in… Read More »
The end of the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival is normally a time for Matthew Williams to regroup after the busiest few days of his year. But there will be no putting the feet up this year with the Williams’ attention quickly shifting towards the horse he hopes will secure him a… Read More »
The King’s Coronation Cup at Sandown has a ring to it of a race of importance which it may be in the career of the unbeaten Globe. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained four-year-old will look to extend his winning sequence to four when he lines up in 1800m benchmark 100 company on Saturday. Globe has gone from a 1400m Pakenham… Read More »
Brad Stewart, long considered by some of the best judges around as being amongst the top jockeys in Queensland, will undergo further surgery today … the outcome of which will go a long way towards determining his future in the saddle. As far back now as last September, Stewart broke… Read More »
Kris Lees is the first to admit he’s had doubts about Wolverine’s distance limits but while she continues to perform, he will continue to test them. The filly looked as though she may be better suited to fast-run sprints when she finished down the track in the Flight Stakes at her… Read More »
Beautifully bred colt Snapback has been scratched from the Hollindale Stakes meeting in Queensland to run at Gosford, but he could yet make a winter carnival appearance. Plans to head to Saturday’s Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast were quashed when he drew barrier 17… Read More »
Two horses at opposite ends of their racing careers will book end trainer Bjorn Baker’s team of runners at Gosford and both have points to prove. Seven-year-old Kiss The Bride returns to the Central Coast circuit for the first time in more than three years to tackle the Listed Gosford Gold… Read More »
Yulong Investments has continued its pursuit of top-class broodmares by acquiring Group 1 winners Montefilia and Icebath at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday night. The breeding giant paid $3.4 million for Montefilia, a four-time Group 1 winner by Kermadec, shortly after securing Icebath, the Group 1-winning daughter of Sacred… Read More »
Local trainer Maddie Raymond has missed-out on seeing her galloper Rolls take out the Listed Warrnambool Cup. Raymond and partner Paddy Bell were on the highway travelling to Melbourne airport ahead of departing for Spain for a friend’s wedding when the 2350m race was run on Thursday. Ridden by local jockey Harry Grace, Rolls ($11) scored a 1-Âœ… Read More »
