A maiden purchase in New Zealand has given Lindsay Park some heart for the future with his debut Australian win at Sandown. Rheinberg, a four-year-old son of Swiss Ace, raced to an impressive win in the Ladbroke It! Plate (1400m) on Wednesday. Sent out the $4.20 favourite under Michael Dee, Rheinberg scored a… Read More »
Rousillon has continued Godolphin’s good start to the two-year-old season, capitalising on his race experience to post a classy win at Warwick Farm. Starting at $5.50, the youngster lowered the colours of Deciduous, the first runner for freshman sire The Autumn Sun, unleashing a strong run down the outside to… Read More »
Taksu ended his most recent campaign on a career high and trainer Joe Pride is hoping the sprinter can continue where he left off when he resumes in the Racing & Sports Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick. The seven-year-old broke through for his first black-type win in the Civic Stakes (1400m) in… Read More »
Lightly raced galloper Tasman Park is giving away experience to his rivals as he looks to extend his winning record at Sandown. Tasman Park is set to contest the Thoroughbred Club Australia Handicap (1600m) on Saturday after success at his only two previous starts at Bendigo and Sandown. Saturday’s benchmark 70 grade race… Read More »
Snapdancer shapes as one of the big-ticket items on next year’s broodmare sale circuit after the curtain was officially drawn on her racing career on Wednesday. Ciaron Maher Racing announced that the Group 1 Memsie Stakes, in which the daughter of Choisir defeated subsequent spring star I’m Thunderstruck, would be her last start… Read More »
Already enjoying a tremendous start to the season, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will launch a three-pronged attack on the richest race of the Sydney summer. The Tulloch Lodge training duo saddle up two last start winners in Riodini and Dajraan, along with the under-rated Surf Dancer in Saturday’s $2 million The… Read More »
The Roy Higgins joins five other Victorian races that carry a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup. Along with a prize money boost to $500,000 and a step up in trip to 2800m at set-weights, The Roy Higgins at Flemington will provide the winner a golden ticket into the Cup. The Roy Higgins joins The Andrew Ramsden (2800m), The Bart Cummings (2500m),… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, headlined by the International Jockey Championship. Race One: 7 Happy Jai Jai Race Two: 7 Medic Elite Race Three: 4 Hearty Wish Race Four: 1 Forte Race Five: 3 Royal Pride Race Six: 12 Sixth Generation Race… Read More »
Sending out juvenile debutants is one of the most exciting parts of the job for Adrian Bott, which will come as no surprise given the stable’s record in two-year-old features, but there is an added air of expectation around the one Bott and Gai Waterhouse will produce at Warwick Farm… Read More »
Most trainers would be content to have one runner in a Group 2 $2 million race, but Randwick-based conditioner John O’Shea will saddle up four in this weekend’s The Ingham on his home surface. O’Shea will have all bases covered on Saturday from his old grey beard Berdibek to the lightly-raced… Read More »
Bigger prize money and the chance to race on one of Australia’s best racetracks will see Steven Pateman head to Sandown with El Gladiador. A last start runner-up to Milford in the Group 3 Eclipse Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield, El Gladiador is entered in a benchmark 82 race at Morphettville and a benchmark 84 contest at Sandown on Saturday. Both races are… Read More »
Malua Racing has taken the conservative approach with Three Graces and hopes to reap the rewards when the promising filly resumes at Sandown on Wednesday. The daughter of Sebring made her debut at the same track on May 22, when she beat home all bar Portray in a 1200-metre two-year-old… Read More »
Joao Moreira has not ridden in Hong Kong since September 21 due to a recurring hip injury which saw him sidelined before he decided to return home to Brazil for further treatment and rehabilitation … and also, most importantly, to be with his family who had already gone back to… Read More »
Racing stewards have issued charges against trainer Todd Austin, Jockey Ric McMahon, and Toni Austin, Todd Austinâs wife, in the fallout following the exposure of a âjigger-likeâ device being present at a training gallop in the build-up to the Birdsville earlier this year. After an official three-day inquiry into the… Read More »
Talented Melbourne apprentice Tayla Childs has high hopes her decision to relocate to Perth with the aim of securing further opportunities will be realised. From a respected racing family, Tayla Childs, daughter of champion jockey Greg and sister of G1 winning-rider, Jordan, has ridden 33 winners since she began her… Read More »
In a massive boost for WA racing, star filly Amelia’s Jewel will remain in Perth and won’t travel to Melbourne for an autumn campaign. Amelia’s Jewel confirmed she was Australian racing’s latest pin up girl after her spectacular win in last Saturday’s G1 Northerly Stakes. Initial feedback from owner Peter Walsh… Read More »
Perth Racing has secured what will be one of the drawcard runners for the inaugural edition of The Quokka after it was confirmed late on Monday afternoon that Amelia’s Jewel would target the new race. Amelia Park Racing, which races the Simon Miller-trained filly, announced on social media that the $4… Read More »
A slick gallop with a well-bred stablemate at The Valley on Monday morning has the team at Malua Racing confident Girl can take the step up to metropolitan racing at Sandown this Saturday. The daughter of Zoustar went to the line locked together with Sana Ana Lane’s half-sister Fast Star after carving… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will now be one of the Australian representatives in the Longines International Jockeys’s Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Bowman, who has over one hundred Group 1 wins to his credit and whose unique partnership with the mighty Winx will forever illuminate the records books, will… Read More »
The holiday is over for Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip, who will this week start his build up towards his autumn campaign. Tuesday will mark five weeks since the six-year-old won Australia’s most famous race and with his major autumn assignment â the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes â just… Read More »
