The Chris Waller stable had concerns about Tycoonist handling the very heavy conditions at Hawkesbury, but they need not have worried with the consistent gelding scoring a promising first-up win. In a race that didn’t quite go to plan, Tycoonist ($4) camped just behind the speedy Malkovich ($2.90 fav) and the pair fought… Read More »
Agreeable has supplied a bit of light on a dark time for the Freedman family with her first-up victory at Sandown. Trainers Lee, Anthony, Richard and Michael Freedman are mourning the death of their mother Del who passed away on Friday. Agreeable is trained by father-and-son partners Anthony and Sam… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Hell Hound has graduated to city company with a stylish victory at Sandown. A debut winner at Terang on April 10, Hell Hound headed to Sandown on Saturday to contest the IVE> Print Handicap (1000m). Sent out the $1.90 favourite under Beau Mertens, Hell Hound registered a three-quarter… Read More »
Snitzel colt Burgunder has announced himself as a horse of the future with a determined victory in the Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury. While the 1400m race does not carry black-type status, it has historically proven to be a strong form reference for the later-maturing juveniles with the likes of 2013… Read More »
The Stuart Kendrick trained gelding, Menazzi, will face his toughest test yet when he tackles the Group 2 Queensland Guineas over 1600m at Eagle Farm on Saturday ⊠and not just because he is facing some very tough opposition. âI would have loved to have drawn a bit of a… Read More »
If the strong favourite Rothfire is right for the Group 2 Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday, chances are his odds of $2.20 are about on the mark ⊠and what a thrill it would be to see the Robert Heathcote trained son of Rothesay get back to his… Read More »
The Steve Tregea trained Niccanova might be eight years old, but he was also eight years old when he ran a succession of feature Listed race places over the summer ⊠finishing fourth in the Keith Noud, third in the Tatts Recognition, second in the Brisbane Handicap and then fourth… Read More »
The Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes had a one-horse look to it with hot favourite Yibir bringing strong credentials on the back of a Breeders Cup Turf win last term along with a runners-up spot on his 2022 debut in the Sheema Classic. But races arenât run on the form… Read More »
Fresh from winning both feature races on the Easter long weekend a fortnight ago, jockey Brad Parnham has this weekend’s blacktype races firmly in his sights. Parnham will team up with Amasenus in tomorrow’s Sheila Gwynne Classic (1400m), who he won the Marjorie Charleson Classic (1200m) aboard on Good Friday. He… Read More »
The Robert Heathcote stable received some positive news with the four horses scratched in Brisbane last week all returning swabs with no irregularities. Startantes, Prince Of Boom, Crymenonears and Starvirgo were withdrawn by order of stewards on race morning last Saturday after the substance Hemoplex, which contains small amounts of the banned substance cobalt, was… Read More »
Trainer Tony Sears has confirmed that it is âall systems goâ for his boom two-year-old Steady Ready who races in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday. âHeâs all good. He is going well, so very happy going into the race,â said Sears. Steady Ready first caught the… Read More »
Saturday at Eagle Farm will provide an appetising start to the 2022 Stradbroke Season Carnival which will cover six high profile Saturday race-days at Eagle Farm and Doomben from April 30 to June 11. Prize-money of more than $15 million will be there for the taking over the Stradbroke Season… Read More »
It has taken a while for the penny to drop for Paper Dragon who will chase a winning hat-trick when she lines up at Sandown. Paper Dragon runs in the Senet Gambling Law Experts Handicap (1300m) on Saturday following wins at The Valley and Swan Hill. It will be Paper… Read More »
Nick Ryan has been looking for an excuse not to start Regardsmaree in a stakes race at Sandown but is yet to find one. Regardsmaree is down to run in the Listed Anniversary Vase (1400m) on Saturday, a week after winning the VOBIS Gold Sprint (1200m) at Caulfield. Ryan says Regardsmaree ticks all the boxes for… Read More »
The Victory Stakes has been a reliable winter carnival launching pad and for trainer Tony Gollan, it evokes fond memories. Gollan’s first Group 1 winner Temple Of Boom beat stablemate Spirit Of Boom in the 2014 edition before his barn mate reversed the result a month later in the Doomben 10,000. Brisbane’s… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman does not get to have too many starters in Group 1 contests. Fortunate Kiss will be just his ninth runner at the highest level when she runs in the Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Bowman was fortunate enough to prepare Begood Toya Mother to win the Group 1… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees is warming to his chances of claiming a first win in the Group 3 Hawkesbury Crown despite one of his runners drawing an outside gate. The leading Newcastle trainer will saddle up ultra-consistent mare Wandabaa and the talented Never Talk, who will have to overcome the second outside gate in… Read More »
Dan Morton, trainer of Buzzoom, is confident his three-year-old -filly can exact revenge on key rival Amasenus in Saturday’s Listed Sheila Gwynne Classic (1400m). Buzzoom and Amasenus renew hostilities for the second time in a fortnight after their tight encounter in the Marjorie Charleson Classic (1200m). The Simon Miller -trained Amasenus and Buzzoom… Read More »
Slot holders Chris Waller Racing Partnership have locked in champion sprinter and reigning Everest titleholder Nature Strip as its runner in this year’s $15 million showpiece. While the feature is almost six months away, Waller has been keen to bed down spring plans for the three-time T J Smith Stakes winner, who… Read More »
After initially holding high hopes for Starry Legend, those expectations have been lowered by the stable ahead of his second run back from a spell at Sandown. After a ‘fair’ first-up fifth at Mornington on March 26, Starry Legend is back at Sandown on Saturday, where he was successful on… Read More »
