It was almost five years ago to the day that the Gary Portelli-trained She Will Reign swept down the middle of the Rosehill straight to claim the Golden Slipper in trying conditions, and the Warwick Farm-based conditioner has two live hopes of repeating the dose this weekend. Portelli will saddle up… Read More »
The unbeaten Gypsy Goddess currently sits at the top of the betting boards for the Group 1 Australian Oaks which will be contested over 2400m at Randwick on April 9. It is exciting times for trainer David Vandyke … and also for jockey Willie Pike, who has been booked to… Read More »
It has often been said that a racehorse doesn’t know what its starting price is and sometimes it is also just as well that they can walk out, do their trackwork and racing and enjoy stable life without knowing the back-story of their career. If that scenario did not apply,… Read More »
Boom Western Australian mare Clairvoyance is fighting for her life following a track work accident on Tuesday morning. The exciting WA mare suffered a fractured off hind femur during track work incident this morning and was taken to vets. Earlier reports suggested the star WA mare was to be euthanised… Read More »
Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field is extremely confident Profiteer can become the next member of his family to become a successful stallion after announcing on Tuesday that the three-year-old had been retired from racing. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt will join the Newgate roster this breeding season, standing… Read More »
Tim Clark’s affinity with the Canberra Cup continued on Monday when the top Sydney jockey won the 2022 edition aboard Sacramento. It was the fourth win in the past seven seasons for Clark in the $200,000 Listed event, having celebrated previous wins aboard Hippopus (2016), Dark Eyes (2017) and Samadoubt (2019). “I’ve… Read More »
Jamie Kah has won much bigger races than the Group 3 Adelaide Cup, but few have been as sweet as her win in Monday’s $300,000 feature. The South Australian native, who is now based in Victoria, won the 3200-metre event for the first time when she partnered Daqiansweet Junior to victory for… Read More »
Those who feel like it was only yesterday that Black Caviar was racing can be excused for feeling a little older when they learn a grandson of the legendary sprinter is engaged to run on Tuesday. Keysborough will become the next generation of one of the most famous families in Australian… Read More »
Rokanori claimed his biggest victory on Saturday and trainer Grant Williams is confident the unbeaten colt can continue to improve as he progresses to next month’s WA Derby (2400). Coming off a Belmont Park maiden and an Ascot midweek race, Rokanori faced a stiffer test in the J.C.Roberts Stakes (1800m), but… Read More »
Anthony and Sam Freedman’s eyes are focussed firmly on delivering Godolphin a Golden Slipper this weekend, but they took time out to provide Sheikh Mohammed with a valuable Stakes win on Monday. The father/son training team produced Bistro to win the $107,000 Listed Cinderella Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville. It was a valuable… Read More »
On a day where great announcements dominated headlines in sport, one about an Aussie horse trainer should be right up there among them. * Tom Brady says he will play again, and Twitter goes mad. * Man filthy because he paid $500,000 for the last touchdown ball TB threw. *… Read More »
Irish Songs has scored an emotional win for trainer Kurt Goldman coming with a late rush to claim the Listed National Sprint at Canberra. The sprinter carried the colours of former 1960’s Wallaby representative Alan Cardy who died just before Christmas following a fall at home in Sydney. “I trained my… Read More »
Richard and Michael Freedman may be about to dissolve their training partnership, but the pair is still a force to be reckoned with in coming weeks. The Freedman brothers go their separate ways on April 1 with Richard to continue training at Rosehill and Michael from their Randwick yard. The pair sent… Read More »
The curtain will draw to a close shortly on the career of Tofane but there is still some unfinished business to do. It was announced on Friday that Tofane would be sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast in May, but first the Mike Moroney-trained galloper will run in… Read More »
Jockey Jordan Childs will do almost anything so as not to jeopardise his relationship with talented galloper Nonconformist. So much so the Victorian-based jockey is prepared to uproot stumps at home and head to Brisbane for the winter to continue his association with the Caulfield Cup runner-up. Nonconformist will commence… Read More »
Unleashing a decisive move in quest of a record 12th Hong Kong trainers’ title, John Size stamped familiar mid-season authority on the championship with a treble highlighted by success in the two Class 1 features – at Sha Tin on Saturday (12 March). Size’s three-timer with Sight Success, Champion’s Way… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes believes he is in a good spot to land a second win in his former hometown Cup. While Stokes still operates a base in Adelaide under the care of his son Tom, his main stable is now at Pakenham where last year’s winner Good Idea and Daqiansweet Junior… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have already combined to win one Golden Slipper and they have their sights on another with improving two-year-old Rise Of The Masses. The pair won the 2020 renewal with Farnan to give Waterhouse a record seventh victory in the juvenile showpiece but her first since… Read More »
The shock of absolute shocks in the Newmarket, a flying mare got a well deserved Group l win and a former American galloper earned herself a maiden major. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: What The Roch? Kiwi… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has described Lighthouse as a dream to train after she delivered the leading horseman his first Group 1 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. The mare became the second American import to win the 1500m feature in the past three years, following the trail blazed by the Tulloch Lodge-trained Con Te Partiro,… Read More »
