Luke Price isn’t sure he has found the ideal race for two-year-old Brave Agenda at Randwick, but he is certain the filly has a bright future. One of only three runners in the 14-strong field with race experience, Brave Agenda heads to the Petaluma Handicap (1000m) off a determined second… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown registered an important breakthrough win with Fantasising at Sandown and is looking ahead to landing another at Moonee Valley. Brown will saddle Threeandfourpence in the Ladbroke It! Handicap (1600m) on Saturday as the former Irish and Singapore raced galloper attempts to break his maiden status in Australia. Stablemate Kwoi Hoi, a last start dead-heat winner at Moonee Valley on December… Read More »
Danny O’Brien is looking forward to seeing a couple of his handy three-year-olds compete against each other up the straight at Flemington. Atlantis Tycoon and Stupendo shape up against each other in the Deane Lester GoFundMe (1100m), a benchmark 64 grade race, at Friday’s Rapid Racing meeting. Atlantis Tycoon has raced only three times and the O’Brien stable thought… Read More »
The Longines World Best Racehorse ranking for 2022 are out, and again itâs Nature Strip whoâs the Worldâs Champion Sprinter on 126, having also been World Champ last year on 124. Highly impressed with the Australianâs outstanding victory at Royal Ascot to win the King’s Stand Stakes, the WBR Committee were… Read More »
Joe Pride is hoping to end a tough week on a high when he saddles up a handful of runners at Randwick, headed by Carrington Stakes fancy Titanium Power. The trainer was set to have up to three runners in the Listed sprint but lost the horse who would have arguably… Read More »
Jockey Jack Martin has been disqualified for more than four months and fellow rider Kayla Nisbet two months at the conclusion of a Racing NSW stewards’ inquiry into their conduct. Owner and professional punter Jacob Hoffman was also outed for an extended period in relation to his involvement in the matters. Stewards… Read More »
When Justin Huxtable lost the ride on the then unbeaten Miss Coota in the Group 3 Bruce McLachlan Stakes, he would have been forgiven for thinking that his chance of riding the Chris Munce trained filly in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic was gone. Huxtable had partnered Miss Coota… Read More »
Multi-Premiership winning trainer Tony Gollan is very happy with his runners going into the two $2 million races at the Gold Coast today … the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic and the Magic Millions Three-Year-Old Guineas. These two races feature amongst the eight races that were postponed, moving from Saturday to… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Jye Mcneil holds high hopes for Yasuke after a debut win at Sandown. The son of Maurice, sire of dual Derby winner Hitotsu, Yasuke took out the Ladbrokes Mates Mode Plate (1400m) on Wednesday. Yasuke ($5) scored a three-quarter length win from the $4.80 equal favourite Magnupur with the other co-favourite Futile Resistance the same margin off third. McNeil holds a healthy… Read More »
Grahame Begg was absent at Sandown to see the debut win of Tick Tock Lady but had a valid excuse. Begg was in Sydney on Wednesday to celebrate the 92nd birthday of his father Neville, one of Sydney’s former great trainers. Neville Begg had an illustrious career in racing and prepared many class gallopers including Divide And Rule and Emancipation… Read More »
Mark Newnham was outbid when trying to buy a yearling by Spieth at the 2021 Magic Millions Sale but as fate would have it, the horse found its way into his stable regardless. Missing out to Capri Racing and Syndications, Newnham was subsequently approached to train the $85,000 purchase, despite the… Read More »
Tony Gollan openly expresses how exciting he thinks the current group of three-year-olds in his stable can be, and that applies to Busting who steps out for the final run of his first campaign at Doomben on Saturday. Winning on debut at Gold Coast on December 3 over 1100 metres, then following… Read More »
Boasting a last start win over the top two fancies in Magic Millions Classic betting, Fire Lane has the right form reference for the $2 million feature. Now trainer Brad Widdup is just hoping she has coped with the five-day delay to the race. “It’s a bit of an unknown now, isn’t… Read More »
Champion hoop James McDonald is poised for a lucrative Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast before he returns to Sydney to concentrate on the upcoming autumn carnival. McDonald routinely demands outstanding books of rides, but he has an especially strong hand at Thursday’s rescheduled meeting where he partners favourites in… Read More »
You never stop learning as Warrnambool trainer Aaron Purcell can vouch for. What may appear right on the surface can prove the opposite as Purcell and connections of Prospectus have found out. After putting together three straight wins on his home track, Prospectus heads to Moonee Valley on Saturday to run in the Ladbrokes Mates Mode… Read More »
Every year, buyers at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale are essentially pursuing the dream of owning an elite racehorse. It is a combination of desire and optimism on which much of racing is built … and the beauty of the game is that nobody knows who the next champion racehorse… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 9 Fortune Master Race Two: 9 Jolly Honour Race Three: 6 Vincy Race Four: 11 Flying On The Turf Race Five: 2 Rattan Kingdom Race Six: 4 Star Contact… Read More »
The postponement of the last eight races at the Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast on Saturday was the fairest outcome for the majority of runners engaged in the last eight races, which will now take place on Thursday. Saturdayâs meeting officially came to an end with the stewardâs… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Brian Mcgrath did not realise the significance of his maiden Flemington win until he awoke to find a raft of messages on his phone. D’Jumbuck’s win last Saturday at ‘headquarters’ was McGrath’s maiden Saturday city win after seven victories at midweek level, all at Sandown. “I’ve had winners in town, but… Read More »
High-profile jockey Tommy Berry has been hit with a massive suspension after fronting a Racing NSW stewardâs hearing earlier today. Berry was handed a disqualification of eleven months and two weeks after being found guilty on several charges relating to his âaccepting considerationsâ from a prominent punter. Under the rules… Read More »
