Darley has reduced most of its stallion fees for the upcoming breeding season with uncertainty continuing regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Exceed And Excel leads the roster and is the only Darley stallion to have his service fee increased, going from $88,000 to $132,000. “We’ve been supportive in our approach to… Read More »
Beaten Sydney Cup favourite Young Rascal will remain in Australia to be trained by Archie Alexander after OTI Racing secured a 50 per cent interest in the stayer. English trainer William Haggas sent Young Rascal and stablemate Addeybb to Australia for the Sydney autumn carnival. Adeybb will go home with… Read More »
Surround Stakes: Probabeel. Trainer: Jamie Richards. Jockey: Opie Bosson Chipping Norton Stakes: Te Akau Shark. Jamie Richards. Opie Bosson Randwick Guineas: Shadow Hero. Mark Newnham. Josh Parr Canterbury Stakes: The Bostonian. Tony Pike. Nash Rawiller Coolmore Classic: Con Te Partiro. Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott. Tim Clark. The Galaxy: I Am Excited…. Read More »
Leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson is to consider moving his family to Australia amid uncertainty when racing across the Tasman will resume. Bosson ended the Sydney autumn carnival as the leading Group One rider with four elite victories aboard Probabeel (Surround Stakes), Te Akau Shark (Chipping Norton) Quick Thinker… Read More »
Despite Sunlight being soundly beaten by Gytrash in the R N Irwin Stakes in Adelaide, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare did enough to suggest she is on track for upcoming Group One targets. Sunlight finished three lengths second to emerging sprint star Gytrash in Saturday’s Group Three 1100m-race at… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griffiths is looking forward to the Melbourne spring with Glenfiddich after the colt’s narrow defeat in a Group One race at Randwick. Griffiths has long held 2020 Caulfield Guineas ambitions for Glenfiddich and after his second to King’s Legacy in Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m), he sees no… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has been fined for running Stardayz at Flemington after the horse was given shockwave therapy within the cut-off period before the race. Maher, who appeared before stewards on Saturday, pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $2000 while Stardayz was disqualified after… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Scathing has emerged as another top winter contender for trainer Chris Munce with a strong win at Doomben. Scathing easily beat older horses in a benchmark 72 race on Saturday to take his record to three wins and four minor placings from seven starts. Munce has been active… Read More »
Oju Chosan has extended his own record-breaking feats with a fifth consecutive win in the Japan’s rich steeplechase, the Nakayama Grand Jump. His fourth win a year ago gave him the outright record after he was tied on three with Australian horse Karasi who won from 2005 to 2007. 20162017201820192020… Read More »
Leading Brisbane jockey Baylee Nothdurft faces a disrupted start to winter racing after being suspended for nearly three weeks following incidents at two meetings. Nothdurft, who rode a treble at Doomben on Saturday, leads the state and metropolitan premierships in the senior and apprentice divisions. He was suspended for 13… Read More »
A Guineas meeting in early June and the Derby and Oaks run in early July feature in the British Horseracing Authority’s best-case scenario when racing resumes. With racing suspended indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic, the season’s first four Classics have been delayed from their usual slots in the calendar…. Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, where most eyes will be on the opener, the Griffin, where we’ll see six newcomers having their debut. Race One: 1 Hurricane Fighter Race Two: 7 Full Power Race Three: 1 Jade Fortune Race Four: 14 Foodie Princess… Read More »
The Sydney Autumn Carnival officially wrapped up at Randwick on Saturday while earlier in the week, a champion sprinter was retired. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: King’s Legacy Does The Double Not since Guelph had a horse… Read More »
Trainer Tony Noonan gave his jockey son Jake a football-style rev-up before going out to win The VOBIS Sires Guineas at Caulfield. The coaching style talk paid off with Florent scoring a long shot victory in Saturday’s 1600m race for three-year-olds. In an all fillies finish, Florent ($51) scored by… Read More »
Ranier has burst through between runners to deny stablemate Phaistos right on the line and make a winning return at Randwick. Godolphin trainer James Cummings admitted the team had to be patient and wait until just before scratching time on Saturday morning before deciding whether multiple stakes winner Ranier would… Read More »
Compounding his last-stride defeat aboard Pierata in the All Aged Stakes, Tommy Berry has been suspended and fined for flouting the whip rules in the Group One race. Berry was hit with a $1000 fine for exceeding the legal number of times he was allowed to strike Pierata with the… Read More »
A proud Greg Hickman will farewell Pierata from his Warwick Farm stable with mixed feelings after the five-year-old went down by a half head in his final race start. Pierata, who will join the Aquis Farm stallion roster, was caught by Tofane on the line in his defence of the… Read More »
Tommy Berry has landed a consolation win aboard Greyworm in the Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick, forty minutes after finishing a heart-wrenching second on Pierata in the sprinter’s final race. Chasing back-to-back wins in the Group One All Aged Stakes, Pierata surged to the front, only to be nailed by… Read More »
Tofane has crashed Pierata’s farewell party with a last-stride win in the All Aged Stakes to end Group One racing in Sydney for the season. Pierata ($5.50) gave his rivals the slip halfway down the straight with Tofane ($12) the one to give chase. Under hard riding from Opie Bosson,… Read More »
Trainer John Price says the stars had to be aligned for William Thomas to take out the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield. Coming back in distance, combined with a quick back-up and a fast pace has enabled William Thomas to come from last place before the turn to claim… Read More »
