The scratching of El Patroness from the Australasian Oaks has afforded Patrick Payne a second starter in the Group 1 race at Morphettville. El Patroness was withdrawn with a foot abscess on Thursday morning paving the way for Bundle Of Fun to join stablemate Douceur in the 2000m race for three-year-old fillies on… Read More »
A recent stable acquisition for Robert and Luke Price, Our Bellagio Miss is at double-figure odds for her stakes assignment at Hawkesbury but if trainer confidence is anything to go by, she could represent value. The five-year-old joined the Price team during the summer but co-trainer Luke Price admitted it took time… Read More »
Banishing memories of December’s injuries, Lyle Hewitson exalted in the finest display of his Hong Kong career by posting a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (27 April), matching South African compatriot’s Douglas Whyte’s effort to snare a three-timer. Seriously injured in a fall in the G1 LONGINES Hong… Read More »
Both trainer Desleigh Forster and jockey Jim Byrne were all smiles after Apache Chase’s exhibition gallop between races at Ipswich on Wednesday. Apache Chase will soon be heading to Rockhampton to tackle the inaugural running of the $440 000 The Archer, a race in which the runners are determined by… Read More »
How good is it to have Vega One, who was last seen action in last year’s Stradbroke Handicap, lining up to face the starter at Eagle Farm on Saturday! The Tony Gollan trained gelding provided arguably the most exhilarating moment of last year’s Queensland Winter Carnival when he won the… Read More »
Having proven he can compete at stakes level, emerging three-year-old Loch Eagle will undergo a further test of his credentials when he takes on a smart field in the Hawkesbury Guineas. After recording consecutive wins at Newcastle and Warwick Farm, Loch Eagle stepped up to black-type company for the first time… Read More »
The countdown to the long-awaited return of the unbeaten Orbisyn to race action can now officially begin with trainer David Vandyke confirming that the Listed ATC Cup at the Gold Coast on May 7 has been set down as the kick off point for the four-year-old son of Rich Enuff’s… Read More »
The Queensland Winter Racing Carnival is renowned for exposing emerging talent who go on the claim some of racing’s greatest riches. It happens almost every year and the list is a long and an incredibly impressive one whether you are recalling the likes of Ethereal (who did the Doomben Roses… Read More »
Home Affairs is on the cusp of one of the most anticipated stallion careers in Australian history and he will have a fee to match after Coolmore on Wednesday night announced his introductory figure. In confirming that the son of I Am Invincible would not race on at four, Coolmore Australia… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Luna Rocks has given father and son training partners Richard and Will Freedman their first Sydney metropolitan success. The pair only joined forces at the start of the month and have hit the ground running, with city winners in Melbourne (Juan Diva), Brisbane (On The Lead ) and now Sydney. Luna Rocks,… Read More »
Two of the horses who helped deliver Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou a recent treble at Eagle Farm will headline the training partnership’s assault on the stand-along meeting at Hawkesbury. Juvenile Green Shadows will bid to extend his unbeaten record to three in the Clarendon Stakes (1400m), while emerging three-year-old Flying… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace extended their lead in the Victorian Trainers’ premiership with a double from their only two runners at Sale. Debutants Lethal Thoughts and Mygirlgladys took out their respective races on Wednesday’s card. Maher and Eustace stable spokesperson Leigh Allen said the stable has high hopes for Lethal Thoughts after his… Read More »
Trainer Simon Miller is cautiously optimistic he can reach a record equaling victory in the G3 Northam Stakes (1100m) with Flirtini on Sunday. Miller is chasing his third success in the Northam Stakes after previous wins with Power Princess (2011) and First Among Equals (2017). Since the Northam Stakes was… Read More »
Stable bragging rights will be up for grabs when barn mates Count De Rupee and Jamaea face off in the Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. While Jamaea is also paid up for the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) in Sydney, co-trainer Luke Price has confirmed she will join… Read More »
The Listed Anniversary Stakes (1400m) on Saturday will be Buffalo River’s first-up assignment with the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm in June the long-term aim. Trainer Mike Moroney said Buffalo River was well-primed for his first-up tilt on Saturday and added the expected rain would be a… Read More »
The way for Godolphin filly Mamounia to improve her broodmare value is to score a Group 1 win, and the way James Cummings sees that is with a distance drop in Adelaide. The Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) is next on the agenda for Mamounia after the filly scored an important… Read More »
Chris Waller has scrapped plans to run Verry Elleegant in France’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, but the Melbourne Cup winner could still make a flying trip to Europe. In a statement released on Wednesday, Waller said he had discussed all options with the mare’s ownership group and it had… Read More »
Gypsy Goddess is being prepared by trainer David Vandyke for a crack at two of the Queensland Winter Carnival feature races for three-year-old fillies … The Roses, a Group 2 contest, and the Group 1 Queensland Oaks. The smart daughter of Tarzino will return for The Roses having been allowed… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg would like to head north for the Brisbane Winter Carnival with Cardinal Gem who resumed with a placing at Flemington on Monday. Having sorted stabling for his horses in Brisbane, Begg is concerned with the ongoing wet tracks along with transport issues. For that reason, Begg will remain… Read More »
Annabel Neasham certainly hasn’t missed a trick since she started training in her own right. It’s hard to believe that with five Group 1 winners already on the scoreboard and big-name runners such as Zaaki and Mo’Unga flying the stable flag that Neasham only took out a training license in… Read More »
