The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Coolangatta has fended off a fast-finishing Russian Conquest to win the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic. It took a brave pre-corner move from jockey James McDonald, but the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-prepared two-year-old filly Coolangatta ($1.95F) has proven too strong for her rivals… Read More »
Straight track specialist Halvorsen has won his second Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) in three years after a gutsy effort to claim the $250,000 feature by a long head. It’s the six-year-old’s third stakes win, adding to his Century Stakes (Listed, 1000m) win first-up this campaign and the 2020 renewal of… Read More »
Kembla Grange trainer Theresa Bateup knows a bargain when she sees one. Her Lope De Vega mare Monegal ($18) only set the stable back $3,000 at the Scone sales, but has now taken her earnings over the $460,000 mark with another victory at Rosehill Gardens. The six-year-old did it easy on… Read More »
You’d love to own a stable full of horses like the Lyle Chandler-trained Banju ($5.50F) who has four wins and eight placings from just 15 outings. He has continued to pick up a cheque for his connections by giving them a galloping lesson in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill Gardens…. Read More »
That’s how long it had been since the Ben & Jd Hayes – trained Dark Dream last won, 1041 days to be exact, but the drought came to an end in the California Memory Living Legends Plate (1700m). The 2018 Group 1 Queensland Derby winner was formerly trained by Kerry Parker before being sold… Read More »
She has been opening up the wallet at the Gold Coast Magic Millions sale this week, and Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neasham has shown what she can achieve with a juvenile by training three of the first four past the post in the two-year-old handicap at Rosehill Gardens. Her Deep… Read More »
While the Magic Millions shines brightest on the Gold Coast, it was a sales graduate that hit the board first in Melbourne as Lofty Strike taking out the first event at Flemington. A $280,000 purchase in 2021, the son of Snitzel is the second foal out of 2013 Golden Slipper… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 3 Wind Of Liberty Race Two: 3 Fountain Of Fame Race Three: 1 Special Ops Race Four: 1 King Arthur Race Five: 2 Ford Mustang Race Six: 2 Attila Race Seven:… Read More »
Could the Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young trained Cusack be the horse who has slipped under the punters guard for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic? The chances of the chestnut colt have almost been devoid of all publicity and he currently sits on the $29 mark in the… Read More »
Determined to build on a positive return to race-riding, Zac Purton believes the pecking order for the HK$48 million Four-Year-Old Classic Series will become clearer during a defining finale to the meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday (16 January). Committed to Danny Shum’s Packing Victory for the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic… Read More »
Danny Bougoure will saddle the unbeaten Indiscreetly in the $2 million Three-Year-Old Guineas at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The good-looking filly booked her place in the big race by landing three wins from three starts, but there was a time when any thought of her taking up a place… Read More »
The Magic Millions Race-day at the Gold Coast has ben kind to trainer Greg Hickman over the years, to the degree that it should be a pre-requisite for those who study form to see what he has in the 2022 edition of the event. Enter Eleven Eleven, a five-year-old gelding… Read More »
Scone trainer Lyle Chandler is confident Banju can replicate his efforts from a fortnight ago and collect a second Highway victory at Rosehill on Saturday. In what was a dogged effort displayed by Banju a fortnight ago when taking out the 1400m Highway handicap, trainer Lyle Chandler expects his gelding to once… Read More »
Giles Thompson has announced that he has resigned as CEO of Racing Victoria, a position he has held for some five years. Thompson’s media release reads, “It has been my privilege to lead this industry for more than five years during what has been an incredible period of growth. I… Read More »
Trainer Will Hulbert plans to have a good day out at the Magic Millions race-day at the Gold Coast on Saturday, whatever the result of the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic, but if Heroic Son, the horse he co-trains with his father Peter, were to win the big one… Read More »
While Dark Dream backs up after seven days since placing at Caulfield, the ex-Hong Kong galloper will be joined by two good chances at Flemington, in the opinion of Will Hayes who is looking after the Melbourne team while brothers Ben and Jd are attending the Magic Millions event on… Read More »
Halvorsen steps out at Flemington on Saturday chasing a second win in the Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m). Two years since scoring when the race was run in its traditional slot on New Year’s Day, training partners Robbie Griffiths and Mat de Kock chose to step the six-year-old gelding out… Read More »
Depending on who you ask, a recent jumpout by English Riviera had ‘watch me’ written all over it and has been well supported since markets opened earlier this week. On Friday morning is at $2.40 across most markets to win the Resimax Rapid Racing Handicap over 1100 metres. “It’s nice… Read More »
All Godolphin’s enigmatic Gr 1 winning star KEMENTARI (Lonhro – Yavanna) has to do on Saturday, is run and he will become part of Australian racing folk lore – and history. He’s the toppie for the $1million Magic Millions Cup over 1400m. He is a heavily backed $5 chance and… Read More »
Exactly a month after suffering multiple injuries in a Sha Tin fall, Zac Purton notched his 50th victory of the 2021/22 season as the champion hoop revived hopes of a fifth jockeys’ crown with a successful return at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (12 January). Competing for the first time… Read More »
