After missing out on Eleven Eleven’s second Magic Millions carnival victory due to COVID restrictions, Keagan Latham is loathe to let another chance pass him by. Aboard for the horse’s promotion to first in the 2020 Magic Millions Guineas following the disqualification of Alligator Blood, Latham couldn’t get to Queensland to… Read More »
Champion Tasmanian mare Mystic Journey has been officially retired. The inaugural $5m All Star Mile winner will be retired to the breeding barn despite returning to form during the spring carnival where she placed in the Let’s Elope Stakes, Rose Of Kingston Stakes and the Empire Rose Stakes. Mystic Journey’s… Read More »
Zac Purton has joined Douglas Whyte and Frankie Dettori as a triple winner of the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship, claiming the title without a victory in the four-race series at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 December) to add further lustre to a phenomenal resume. Four days after overtaking Whyte… Read More »
Noriyuki Hori is no stranger to success at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) and this Sunday (12 December) at Sha Tin the master handler from Japan will be two-pronged at the end-of-year HK$100 million showcase. From nine runners since 2008 â including his trailblazing Jaguar Mail â Hori… Read More »
Darren McAuliffe believes his promising filly The Velvet Queen has a bright future ahead of her after she delivered in style for punters at Ascot on Wednesday. McAuliffe was full of praise for The Velvet Queen who validated $1.60 Sportsbet favouritism in the Byron Bay Premium Lager Handicap (1200m) with… Read More »
Accustomed to major race success, Yuga Kawada and Kiyoshi Hagiwara will lay siege to Golden Sixty’s G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) crown with Danon Kingly at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 December), carrying immense respect for the defending champion. Hagiwara, who successfully campaigned Normcore in the 2020 G1 LONGINES… Read More »
A nervous young jockey from Liverpool gazes round a star-studded Sha Tin paddock ahead of his ride on Andrew Balding’s Phoenix Reach in the G1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) and wonders whether he truly belongs. Frankie Dettori doesn’t have a care in the world; Olivier Peslier, Christophe Soumillon and Gerald… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr stable has a decision to make after the maiden victory of Perceptive at Sandown. The three-year-old daughter of Written Tycoon took out the Ladbroke It! Plate (1300m) on Wednesday at her second career start. Taken to the lead by Patrick Moloney, Perceptive ($9.50) held… Read More »
The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained California Deeply got the gaps late to cruise to a debut victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Having been a comfortable winner of a three-horse Randwick trial in November, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained California Deeply was a well-supported second elect when on debut over 1100m. Jumping… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will give Bistro the chance of taking on Melbourne’s best two-year-olds after her debut win at Sandown. Bistro took out the IVE>Print Plate (1000m) on Wednesday and will be given a short break before being set for a potential start in the Group 1 Blue Diamond… Read More »
Once described as an ‘Unruly colt’, Warwick Farm trainer Jarrod Austin is confident his reformed gelding Remus is primed to play a prominent role in Saturday’s Midway at Randwick. Although taking his time to get to the races, Warwick Farm trainer Jarrod Austin believes four-year-old Remus is ready to threaten in Saturday’s Midway… Read More »
If Huntly Castle can win at Flemington on Saturday, it would provide a fairytale result for Lindsay Park. The Ben and Jd Hayes-trained last start winner runs in the Gary Fennessy Handicap (1800m), named after Lindsay Park’s longest serving member. Fennessy has been a stalwart of the Lindsay Park operation joining the stable… Read More »
Consistent gelding Steely has usurped stablemate Ellsberg for Villiers Stakes favouritism after drawing ideally in barrier four. The five-year-old firmed into $4.80 with TAB fixed odds following the release of the final field and barrier draw on Wednesday and just shades Ellsberg, who is at $5 after coming up with gate nine…. Read More »
After a luckless Flemington outing on Melbourne Cup Day, Crestani returns for the Kensington Stakes. Pat Carey is hoping for a change of fortune when he returns to Flemington with Crestani. The last time he was at the course with Crestani was on Melbourne Cup day when the gelding finished tenth of the… Read More »
Tommy Berry has made a rare trip to Kembla Grange to test Jamaea in a barrier trial and his feedback has only fuelled trainer Luke Price’s belief that the filly has returned better than ever. An $8 equal favourite for next month’s $2 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast,… Read More »
Two former Kiwis will make their Sydney debuts for Annabel Neasham at Randwick and their new trainer is optimistic both can pay their way. Lightning Jack is an acceptor for the Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1600m) but after drawing barrier 18, he is likely to instead take his place in Saturday’s Catanach’s… Read More »
Choisir, who opened the eyes of the English at Royal Ascot to the ability of Australian sprinters, has died aged 22. The son of Danehill Dancer was a pioneer for future Australian-trained sprinters when he headed to the UK under the care of his Newcastle conditioner Paul Perry in 2003 to claim the King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) and the Golden Jubilee Stakes (1200m) double at the Royal Ascot meeting…. Read More »
Peters and co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams created WA racing history on Saturday by becoming the first to claim Ascot’s three Group 1s. Western Empire took out the Railway Stakes by a brilliant four lengths, Graceful Girl descended from the clouds to win the Winterbottom Stakes and Regal Power returned to his best… Read More »
Itâs finally here! Almost two years in the making, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Welfare Working Group 140-page report has arrived, to improving the welfare of thoroughbreds on retirement. In âgiving 46 tips,â this TAWWG report focuses on the aftercare of horses and how the industry can give the thoroughbreds a suitable… Read More »
Michael Campbell says he won’t be taking any risks with his stable pinup after he felt the effects of his spectacular victory at Belmont last Wednesday. Bitofmerit appeared to have the job ahead of him when he turned for home next to last, but underlined his class with a sizzling sprint over… Read More »
