Progressive two-year-old Owen County has booked his passage to Queensland for a shot at the Group 1 J J Atkins Stakes with a classy victory at Randwick. Trainer John Sargent pulled the right rein by keeping the youngster in Sydney for Saturday’s Precise Air Handicap (1400m) after he was made… Read More »
In the midst of resurgent season, Matthew Chadwick hopes the combination of potentially rain-affected ground and Douglas Whyte’s finesse will allow Savvy Nine to contend strongly in the HK$3.7 million G3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (29 May). Chadwick has posted 44 wins this season… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 7 The Wild Prince Race Two: 1 Flashsfast Race Three: 7 Thunder Race Four: 5 Wawasan Race Five: 8 City Hall Race Six: 3 Gold Kingdom Race Seven: 4 No More… Read More »
Independent Road and Parure may still be a little ring rusty after extended breaks, but Lindsay Park is looking for good performances from the pair. Lindsay Park held high hopes for Independent Road on the eve of last year’s spring carnival only to have their dreams shattered by injury. Trainers Ben and… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood knows the odds are stacked against him as he tries to replicate the form of No Effort from 12 months ago. For one she is racing in tougher company courtesy of her first stakes win in the Listed Heatherlie Handicap (1700m) at Caulfield in August. After three runs back, two which… Read More »
Co trainer Ben Pearce has backed his gelding Dig Deep to run a bold race first up in Saturday’s G3 Furphy Belmont Sprint (1400m) at Belmont. The five-year-old has not raced since the Towton Cup (2200m) five months ago, but according to Ben Pearce he is primed to kick off his… Read More »
Chris Waller checked in with the Anthony and Sam Freedman stable to see how their preparation was progressing ahead of their trip to Royal Ascot. They will become fierce competitors come race day, but in the planning for a trip to Royal Ascot the two trainers involved are happy to… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller said the highlight of the three-horse jump-out at Flemington featuring the Royal Ascot bound Nature Strip, Home Affairs and Artorius was how well Home Affairs settled. Nature Strip won the 900m jump-out down the Flemington straight on Friday morning, but Waller took a keen interest in how Home Affairs… Read More »
Nine months after Brenton Avdulla missed a Group 3 win aboard Private Eye when he suffered serious injuries in a race day fall, jockey and horse will be reunited to chase an even bigger goal. Avdulla had been booked to partner the Joe Pride-trained gelding in the Show County Quality… Read More »
If there is one thing David Payne has learned about horses during his long and decorated career, it is never to judge them on one run. For that reason, Payne is taking a cautious approach with two-year-old Montebello’s Charm, who steps up to Saturday grade in the Precise Air Handicap… Read More »
Sunday, 29 May features the 89th running of Japan’s most famous race, the G1 Tokyo Yushun (2400m) and, for the fourth straight week, Tokyo Racecourse is the scene of top-level action. The second race in Japan’s Triple Crown, the Japanese Derby of 2022 will be an all-male affair, with 22… Read More »
Racing Victoria has secured a large parcel of land on the urban fringe of Melbourne that it hopes will future proof the thoroughbred racing industry. The price and location are currently the subject of confidentiality provisions, however the land is more than three times the size of Flemington racecourse and only 10 minutes from… Read More »
Beware of the young guns who have no fear and have nothing to lose. Of course they are up against it when they tackle quality horses trained by top Group 1 winning trainers ridden by some of the best jockeys in the land, but the old adage of âif you… Read More »
What do you do when you’ve got a Group 2-winning mare by your own star stallion in one of the most competitive broodmare sales in the world but can’t bring yourself to say goodbye? You assemble a posse and buy her back for $2.4 million. That’s exactly what Widden Stud’s… Read More »
Joao Moreira is chasing an unmatched fifth win in Sunday’s (29 May) HK$3.7 million G3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) when he gets the leg-up on Excellent Proposal for trainer John Size at Sha Tin. Already unrivalled with four wins since the race’s inception in 2016, Moreira will once again… Read More »
When Port Guillaume first arrived from France in 2020, big things were expected for the stayer who was among the nominations for the Cups. But soon after joining Lindsay Park, the stayer was ruled out of that spring with bone bruising, requiring a stint in the paddock. After a mixture of… Read More »
WA racing will receive its biggest-ever uplift with a three-year financial commitment, which will see an extra $30 million in recurring funding by 2025. Strong revenue growth and careful financial management has allowed Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) to raise funding for all three codes of racing and provide… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer John Price has William Thomas back in his care as he strives to get the sprinter back into winning form. William Thomas lines up in the Martin Collins Polytrack Plate (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday having returned to Price’s stable following a stint with Lindsey Smith at Warrnambool. The rising eight-year-old won… Read More »
If Victorian gelding Ballet Master acquits himself well at Randwick, he will be transferred to a new trainer, and he will do so with the blessing of his current conditioner Chris Hyland. Ballet Master enjoys rain-affected tracks and Hyland figures he is more chance of striking them consistently in Sydney this winter… Read More »
The initial signs suggest the gelding operation performed on Jigsaw has worked but trainer Cindy Alderson wants to see continued improvement from the sprinter. After showing above average potential, Jigsaw was sent for the ‘unkindest cut of all’ at the conclusion of his last campaign, in November. A first-up fifth at… Read More »
