Trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy are looking to repeat the efforts of a former filly in their care by taking out the Sandown Guineas. Pretty Brazen provided the father-and-son combination with a win in the Group 2 race at Sandown in 2019 and this year they will be represented by Sunset Dreaming. Saturday’s… Read More »
Blake Shinn, Melbourne’s leading jockey and last season’s Scobie Breasley medalist, is set to adopt a busy travel schedule after his suspension ends on December 20. He plans to ride in Queensland, New Zealand, and Victoria during the festive season. Shinn will restart his racing at Flemington, then base himself… Read More »
The Traralgon Cup meeting, scheduled for this Sunday, has been delayed by a week due to heavy rainfall in Gippsland, with Traralgon receiving around 48mm since Monday. The track is currently rated a Heavy 10, and more rain is expected. The eight-race program, which includes the $70,000 Traralgon Cup, had… Read More »
Having recently graduated from apprentice ranks, Thomas Stockdale landed his first winner as a senior at Sandown during the week. Stockdale now has his eyes on a bigger prize when he partners King Magnus in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. As an apprentice, Stockdale was able… Read More »
Adrian Bott will head to Rosehill with a trio of black-type runners, but it is an unraced two-year-old who has lit up the trial track that could outshine them all. Bott and training partner Gai Waterhouse will start defending titleholder Dajraan in the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m), along with stayers Serpentine and I’m… Read More »
Black-type placegetter Sneaky Paige will kick off her second campaign for Brad Widdup in the Starlight Stakes and the trainer is looking forward to the fresh slate. The mare joined Widdup’s team earlier this year following the departure of Mark Newnham to Hong Kong and in hindsight he said it wasn’t the smoothest… Read More »
Lauda Sion is not involved in one of the feature races at Caulfield this Saturday, but there are not many more intriguing runners on the Zipping Classic Day card. The seven-year-old Japanese entire will have his first Australian start for champion trainer Chris Waller and new owners Yulong in the $175,000 Listed… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will be out to add a second Zipping Classic to the trophy cabinet when Duke De Sessa lines up at Caulfield. The multi-state trainers collected the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) with Southern France when the race was run at Sandown, a week after the conclusion of the… Read More »
He’s back … and riding winners! There is no big news in the riding winners part of that statement, as Elione Chavez arrived back on the Gold Coast with the Jockey Championship in Sweden firmly in his grasp (his seventh Premiership title in Sweden) with his season’s honour roll including… Read More »
Barry Baldwin didn’t manage to round off his six-decade training career with a winner at Ipswich on Wednesday where his sole … and last … runner Shadow Cruiser finished fourth, just 0.60 lengths behind the winner after coming from last, all of eight lengths back, and hitting the line hard…. Read More »
Trainer Alex Rae has ended Shock ‘Em Ova’s spring campaign, withdrawing him from the upcoming Group 2 Zipping Classic at Caulfield. Rae explained the decision, citing a minor inflammation in the horse’s fetlock following a Tuesday morning gallop. Emphasising the need for the horse to be at peak condition for… Read More »
Tony Gollan was on weather watch for all of his starters at Doomben on Saturday, but his main focus is on the feature – the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) – where he’ll saddle nearly half the field with five runners. Having won five of the past eight editions of… Read More »
Trainer Lindsey Smith is optimistic a decision to send Triple Missile to Perth will be richly rewarded in the $1.5 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Lindsey Smith knows what it takes to win the Winterbottom Stakes, Perth’s major and most prestigious sprint, he did it 15… Read More »
In-form mare Amber Glide gets her chance for another feature event when she runs for Bunbury trainer, Ross Price at Ascot on the weekend. Ross Price is getting a real kick out of Amber Glide, happily acknowledging the four-year-old has been a real surprise packet for his stable. On a dazzling… Read More »
Silk Racing owners officially confirmed on Thursday that Equinox, acclaimed as the world’s best racehorse, has been retired to stud following his commanding victory in the Japan Cup. Trained by Tetsuya Kimura, Equinox concludes his racing career with an impressive record of 10 starts, boasting 8 wins, 2 runner-up finishes,… Read More »
Little Brose, the winner of the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes, is set to continue his racing career in Hong Kong, as confirmed by his new trainer, David Hayes. The three-year-old colt, a son of Per Incanto, will be transferred to Hong Kong by the end of this year, eyeing… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is looking forward to the return to the racetrack of Zennzella. Left in the care of Maher and Eustace after being sold on the Gold Coast in the middle of the year, Zennzella resumes in the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday…. Read More »
Country trainer Karen Owen might work with racehorses for a living, but she wasn’t exactly thrilled when daughter Madeline declared her intent to become a jockey. “I must say, we weren’t really happy she wanted to become a jockey but it couldn’t be avoided. She was just so keen,” Karen Owen… Read More »
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable is banking on a gear change to turn around the fortunes Alectrona who steps up to Stakes company at Caulfield. Alectrona heads to the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, a race that Calvin McEvoy concedes is ‘aggressive placement’ by the stable. A maiden winner over… Read More »
Over a long period of time, jockey Craig Williams has had considerable success in the Royal Blue, Lime Hoops, Hooped Cap of owners Colin and Janice McKenna. Williams will partner a couple of the husband-and-wife part-owned gallopers in two feature races at Caulfield on Saturday, firstly Modown in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas… Read More »
