A golden ticket into the Caulfield Cup is up for grabs for the winner of the Mornington Cup. The Grahame Begg-trained Nonconformist fell short in the Mornington Cupo two years ago before winning his way into the Caulfield Cup later in that spring. Nonconformist ran second to Incentivise in that year’s Caulfield Cup… Read More »
Even a cursory glance at the Sky Racing television channel in recent times would have put you onto the fact that apprentice Zac Lloyd is tracking very well. Drill down a bit deeper and you might be surprised at just how well the young man is doing. Using adjectives like… Read More »
Anamoe’s racetrack record will stay as it is with Godolphin on Friday announcing that its star four-year-old had run his last race. As recently as late last week trainer James Cummings said he was ‘quite keen’ to head to Royal Ascot for the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes on June… Read More »
John Thompson is banking on the natural gate speed of Jojo Was A Man helping to offset a wide draw when the horse bids for a maiden black-type win in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup. The five-year-old will jump from the second outside barrier in the 16-horse field if there are… Read More »
The impending sale of multiple Group 1 winner Montefilia is set to leave a significant void in David Payne’s stable and he is putting his faith in the next generation to step up to the plate. Montefilia will go under the hammer as a broodmare prospect at next month’s Chairman’s… Read More »
Jockey Pat Cosgrave has been handed a 28-day ban by stewards at Chelmsford after he eased up on a hot favourite and dramatically snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The incident occurred in the Bosh Handicap over a mile, where Cosgrave was riding the George Boughey-trained Concorde, the $1.17… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse, a legendary horse trainer, will not be attending the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival this year for the first time in a decade. Waterhouse became a fan of the three-day event in 2012 and has been a regular attendee since then. She typically stays in Port Fairy with her… Read More »
Fresh from snaring the inaugural running of the $4 million The Quokka, Bjorn Baker is looking to continue his momentum at Hawkesbury where he has runners in three of the four feature races. Baker made the dash to Perth for last weekend’s slot race and came away with the spoils courtesy… Read More »
“It’s a very simple recipe – find a bum”. That will be Anthony Cummings’ instruction to jockey Josh Parr when he is legged aboard Kote in the Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) on Saturday. Cummings has never doubted Kote’s ability, but he is the first to admit that harnessing it has been a challenge…. Read More »
Trainer Pat Carey knows a thing or two about the family of Mornington debutant Claymore Mine. The filly is set to make her debut in the Mornington Peninsula News Group Sires (1200m) on Saturday. Claymore Mine is a daughter of four-time winner Cresta Condor, that Carey trained, and who has produced Carey-trained gallopers Crestani, a… Read More »
Sydney has been a happy hunting ground for Victorian trainer Josh Julius, who is hoping his gamble to bring Just Folk north in search of a wet track pays dividends at Hawkesbury. The gelding will take his place in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) at the club’s stand-alone Saturday meeting, just… Read More »
Having secured his first Group 1 victory, Clayton Douglas would now like to win a feature race on his home track at Mornington. While he does not have a starter in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday, he will saddle Bless Her in the Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m). Douglas is still on cloud… Read More »
If the early betting boards are anything to go by, runners trained by South-East Queensland based trainers will hold the upper hand in the second running of The Archer, the richest race in regional Queensland, when it takes place as a Queensland stand alone meeting on April 30. Robert Heathcote… Read More »
Hezashocka has been a tease for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnrr. The New Zealand-bred gelding keeps running above expectations in rich races that it has delayed Hezashocka getting out to a trip his trainers think he will be comfortable at. That changes on Saturday when the gelding lines up in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) with Price saying Hezashocka is looking… Read More »
Jake Bayliss is back in Brisbane and ready to put in the hard yards to re-establish himself locally and give his career some traction heading into the Queensland Winter carnival. Apart from a couple of weeks back visiting family in December 2022, Bayliss has been busy gaining international experience over… Read More »
Rockhampton based trainer Clinton Taylor’s star filly Chinny Boom will look to take the next step in her already burgeoning career when she raises the bar once again to Listed company at Doomben on Saturday where she will line-up in the Mick Dittman Plate. Chinny Boom does have a runner-up… Read More »
Jockey Belinda Hodder was dislodged from her mount while riding trackwork for trainer Paul Shailer at Port Macquarie this morning. Belinda was conscious after the fall and was transported to a local Hospital. She has sustained spine and back injuries will be airlifted to Sydney.
Apprentice Celine Gaudrey has put away a harrowing couple of weeks in March to boot home four winners at Sandown. And Gaudrey hopes to parlay that into a first Cup victory when she partners Port Phillip in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. Gaudrey was knocked around mentally when her partner, fellow jockey Ethan Brown was injured in a fall in the Australian… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn has made a successful return to riding at Sandown following an enforced break. Shinn was suspended for three weeks after returning a positive sample to Zolpideum, an acid metabolite that is found in a type of sleeping tablet. The jockey issued a statement at the time of the announcement that he had… Read More »
With the bulk of his brightest talents in the spelling paddock following another successful Sydney autumn carnival, Chris Waller is shifting his focus to the feature races at the annual stand-alone Saturday meeting at Hawkesbury. The champion trainer will have up to six runners in the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup… Read More »
