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 »
Perth-based trainer Dan Morton was convinced Kissonallforcheeks could stand up to a Group 3 test on Super Saturday at Flemington and that confidence was rewarded as the four-year-old took out the Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap over 1400 metres. “That’s why we’re here,” Morton said after Kissonallforcheeks ($4.80 favourite) notched a 2-Âľ lenth victory… Read More »
Joe Pride is hoping the rain-affected conditions continue into the autumn as he plots a Sydney Cup raid with wet track specialist Stockman. The five-year-old took his record to seven wins from 28 starts with victory in Saturday’s Sky High Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill and tellingly, all but one of his… Read More »
Edward Cummings had a plan when he started the autumn campaign of Duais to bring the mare to Melbourne for the Australian Cup. It was a race his grandfather, Hall Of Fame trainer Bart Cummings, won on 13 occasions and the younger Cummings wanted to get his name on the honour roll. “He set the… Read More »
Flemington has continued to be a graveyard for punters in feature races with New Zealand sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse the latest to score a knockout blow. Roch ‘N’ Horse became the latest triple figure winner when she took out the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday after Lunar… Read More »
Team Hawkes have again demonstrated their knack for successfully switching horses between states with Mr Mozart relishing a change of scenery in Sydney to capture the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes. The three-year-old had failed to beat a rival home at his past two starts on good tracks in Melbourne but enjoyed… Read More »
A fatal fall that claimed the life of his most promising horse Hot ‘N’ Hazy almost prompted trainer Danny Williams to walk away from racing. The support of the industry got him through and in the past few weeks, the pendulum of luck has finally swung the other way for the… Read More »
Barb Raider is likely to now head for Group 1 glory in Sydney after a fighting on-pace win at Flemington to remain unbeaten in her autumn campaign. The Jerome Hunter-trained filly took out the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday to follow her victory at Group 3 level in The… Read More »
Connections of Let’Srollthedice have a lot to look forward to after the Danny O’Brien-trained colt made the leap from maiden company to win at stakes level at Flemington. A debut winner at Bendigo on heavy ground on March 1, Let’srollthedice took out the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Ridden by… Read More »
Anthony Cummings is adamant She’s Extreme has the right constitution to relish a seven-day back-up into the $5 million Golden Slipper after booking her spot in the field with victory in the Magic Night Stakes. By Extreme Choice, the sire of last year’s Slipper winner Stay Inside, She’s Extreme ($3.50… Read More »
Ruthless Dame has maintained an unbeaten record with a strong win in the TBV Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly was successful over 1300m at Sandown last month which helped her at the end of the 1200m in Group 3 company on Saturday. It… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dabernig says there is plenty of time to get ambitious with in form mare Flying Mascot who scored an impressive win at Flemington. The Warrnambool-trained mare landed her third win at Group 3 level when she took out the Matron Stakes (1600m) on Saturday to go with her victory second-up… Read More »
Tofane, the mare Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Moroney considers among the best quartet of horses he has trained, will be offered for sale on the Gold Coast later this year. Magic Millions confirmed late on Friday that the four-time Group 1 winner would be part of its National Broodmare Sale. The… Read More »
