Instant Celebrity will chase back-to-back Robert Sangster Stakes success with her trainer believing she is in better order the second time around. The Phillip Stokes-trained mare won the Group 1 race over 1200m at Morphettville last year under a masterful ride from Craig Williams. This year, coming off knee surgery… Read More »
John Sargent is renowned for his knack with fillies and he is taking a trio of them to the Gold Coast, led by dual Group winner Four Moves Ahead. The three-year-old lines up in Saturday’s Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) alongside stablemate Mayrose, while ATC Australian Oaks placegetter Gin Martini ramps… Read More »
Mark Newnham is remaining upbeat about the chances of Lord Olympus in the Takeover Target Stakes despite the horse drawing wide for the second time in a week. Plan A had been a trip to Wagga for Thursday’s $200,000 Town Plate (1200m) but when he landed barrier 21, Newnham opted to instead… Read More »
Witchachar Star has continued his meteoric rise up the ranks taking out the Listed Warrnambool Cup. Backing up from a heavy track victory at Sandown last Saturday, Witchachar Star relished the heavy ground to record an impressive win over 2350m on Thursday. Witchachar Star was having only his seventh start for trainer Chris… Read More »
Wagga Wagga one day, Rockhampton the next. Jockey Brodie Loy is accustomed to travelling far and wide for rides but his schedule this week is a stretch, even for him. After riding at the Wagga Cup meeting in NSW on Friday, Loy will travel to Far North Queensland to partner the… Read More »
Prince Turbo ran second to Sentimental Queen in the Diggers Cup (1800m), but for Miller, despite the three length margin, it was as close to a win as you could get. Training Prince Turbo has been a challenge for Miller and he’s just relieved the son of Vital Equine is… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have claimed another victory in Australia’s longest race with Heberite taking out the 150th running of the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. Maher and Eustace took out the time-honoured race in 2020 with Ablaze which added to Maher’s previous record with Al Garhood (2010-11) and Regina Coeli(2015-17). Heberite led for the… Read More »
Hollindale Stakes hopeful Huetor and emerging import Old Flame are completely different types of horses, but they do have something in common. Not only are both European imports for Peter and Paul Snowden, they both arrived in Australia at a similar class level and hit the ground running. While Huetor won his… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has trained better horses than Away Game, but he hasn’t trained many more resilient than the daughter of Snitzel. So it will be with a heavy heart that Maher and co-trainer David Eustace saddle her up for potentially the last time in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Sangster Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
David Vandyke is banking on the sheer talent of Gypsy Goddess to help her overcome a distance drop when she returns to her home state for an important winter carnival stepping stone. After fine performances to finish third in the Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m) and runner-up in the ATC Australian Oaks (2400m)… Read More »
Lindsay Park colt Liberty Steps will be racing for a potential trip to Brisbane when he steps out at Caulfield. A Caulfield winner at his second start, Liberty Steps will line up in the Thomas North Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. The Ben and JD Hayes-trained two-year-old, if successful, could then make… Read More »
Trainer Eric Musgrove’s longevity as a jumps trainer has been rewarded at Warrnambool with the stalwart registering his 31st winner at the famous Three-Day Carnival. Musgrove scored his first Warrnambool Carnival winner back in 1981 and along the way has collected two Grand Annual Steeplechase victories with Hibernian Prince in 2001 and… Read More »
Two progressive gallopers from the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable are set to kick off their latest campaigns at Caulfield. Thought Of That and Mankayan pair off against each other in Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. Both have not raced since late last year and are potentially heading to Queensland. Eustace said… Read More »
After missing much of the Sydney autumn carnival with injury, Jason Collett will waste no time getting his season back on track when he returns to Saturday racing with a bumper book of ten rides at Gosford. Collett spent six weeks on the sidelines after breaking his collarbone in a race… Read More »
Elated after the latest twist in a rollercoaster debut Hong Kong season, Luke Currie jubilated in a remarkable Sha Tin double for John Size on Wednesday night (4 May) to seal an inspiring return from injury. Likening victory aboard standby starter Touch Faith in the Class 5 Lau Fau Shan… Read More »
Mark Newnham is banking on a different preparation yielding a different result when Spirit Ridge attempts to go one better than his runner-up finish in last year’s Wagga Cup. Usually an on-pace runner, Spirit Ridge settled worse than midfield when coming back in journey from a Sydney Cup tilt in the 2021… Read More »
Prince Of Boom, who was one of the Robert Heathcote runners sensationally scratched (by order of the stewards) from the Mick Dittman Plate on April 23, will be looking to right the ship of the Heathcote stable, which has endured a really rough passage recently, when he tackles the Gold… Read More »
Trainer John O’Shea is likely to head north with improving colt Shalailed, who has posted his first win despite not enjoying the heavy conditions at Canterbury. The youngster surged to the front halfway up the straight in Wednesday’s TAB Plate (1200m) before the testing ground started to take its toll. He… Read More »
Apprentice Madison Lloyd has landed her most important career victory guiding Frankie Pinot to a first-up win at Warrnambool. Success in the Listed Wangoom Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday was her biggest success since the apprentice had her first ride in March 2019. “Last year was my first year here (at Warrnambool)… Read More »
The promising Huetor will face his moment of truth when he takes on star galloper Zaaki in the Hollindale Stakes and it may not be their only match-up. Co-trainer Peter Snowden is hoping the French import can prove his weight-for-age credentials to earn a shot at the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m), which… Read More »
