It will be a big stage for Jimmy Orman’s comeback race-day when he partners Mishani Warfare in the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Orman, who has established himself as one of the outright leading riders in Brisbane, last rode in a race on… Read More »
His clients didn’t need much money and in fact only needed his good eye. That’s what trainer Les Ross can appreciate about the horses he landed from the 2021 Magic Millions sale. He saddles three in the big 2YO race and those three yearlings cost the princely sum of $12,000…. Read More »
Tiffani Brooker will have the distinction of being the only female rider in this year’s $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic where she will ride the Mick Mair trained Sneaky Starter. Brooker hasn’t had the easiest time in recent years … on a couple of fronts! Firstly, after spending a… Read More »
Fields and barriers have been finalised for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and Magic Millions 3YO Guineas on the Gold Coast this Saturday. The lucrative two and three-year-old events have attracted capacity fields with the barrier draw conducted at Surfer’s Paradise on Tuesday morning. Magic Millions 2YO Classic favourite Coolangatta has… Read More »
Gosford trainer Angela Davies is excited for the return of Salina Dreaming and is hopeful the mare can produce a dream return on Saturday at Rosehill. Possessing an impressive first up record (4:3-0-1), Gosford trainer Angela Davies is confident Salina Dreaming will make her presence felt upon returning to the races at… Read More »
Magic Millions 2yo Classic favourite Coolangatta has drawn barrier 13 for Saturday’s $2 million event on the Gold Coast. Should three emergencies be scratched before then, the filly by Written Tycoon could come in to start from barrier 10. Either way, co-trainer Ciaron Maher is pleased with her draw. “I’m very… Read More »
Danny O’Brien is not letting Stupendo’s drawn barrier 19 concern him and that the colt’s raw ability can overcome it in Saturday’s $2 millions Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast. “You never really know until the run the race,” O’Brien said on RSN. “You can lose a lot… Read More »
She was only a $3,000 purchase for Kembla Grange-based trainer Theresa Bateup but Monegal is set to surpass the $400,000 prize money barrier at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday. The Lope De Vega mare has done a wonderful job for connections racking up seven wins and ten placings from 44 starts, with the majority… Read More »
Trainer Michael Costa could end up a home-town hero if Perfect Mission wins the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on Saturday. The astute Gold Coast based trainer is well aware of the size of the challenge facing Perfect Mission but, equally, he is well satisfied with his runner going… Read More »
They don’t come more laid-back than trainer Ciaron Maher. Even if, deep down, he does have some butterflies in the stomach this week about saddling the dominant $1.85 favourite Coolangatta in Saturday’s $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic, there is certainly no evidence of it … just the usual calmness… Read More »
The Robert and Luke Price trained Jamaea currently tops the betting boards at $5 in a wide open $2 million Magic Millions Three-Year-old Guineas which will be run at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Magic Millions Guineas The daughter of Headwater, who is… Read More »
Trainer David Harrison’s top record with two-year-olds continued at Ascot on Saturday when he created a new piece of history for himself, preparing the first four placegetters from only four runners in the Magic Millions Plate (1000m). The longest priced runner of the quartet – Sunny Honey ($18) – defeated luckless… Read More »
The Mishani brand will have a prominent presence in the field for the $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic which will be contested over 1200m at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Trainer Les Ross has qualified three horses for the Magic Millions Classic for Mishani Enterprises Principal Mike Crooks …… Read More »
The pandemic kept the visitors away last Gr 1 Melbourne Cup, meaning a local won. And, Australasian locals are versatile. Way more so than their European counterparts. As such, the Cup winner, wonder mare VERRY ELLEEGANT (Zed – Opulence), is among the 77 nominations for the world’s richest mile race,… Read More »
The fourth edition of the All-Star Mile returns to Flemington on 19 March and 77 horses have been nominated for the $5 million event after initial nominations closed on Monday. 22 entries have earned more than $1 million in prizemoney already and among them 20 Group 1 winners. They can… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace-trained Coolangatta opens shortest price Magic Millions favourite since 2016. With the release of the final field for the Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) on Saturday, filly Coolangatta has opened is into $1.80 with TAB and could be the shortest priced favourite since Capitalist in 2016 if… Read More »
Her Hinchinbrook gelding Endangered Species will line up in the Highway Handicap over 1500m, and looks to make it three wins on the bounce after solid victories at Lismore and on his home surface. Formerly conditioned by team Hawkes, the four-year-old was an unraced online purchase for Hardy and has done a… Read More »
Still residing in the considered ‘off-season’ of racing in Sydney, it is the 1100m Benchmark (BM) 88 that will headline Saturday’s Rosehill meeting. Two nominated horses that returned in great order last month are Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou’s Mr Mosaic , and the Kris Lees-trained The Bopper. Both resuming as… Read More »
On Boxing Day 2021, an unheralded gelding by the name of Thelwell finished second behind Coolangatta, the boom two-year-old of the moment, in the Group 3 B J McLachlan Stakes, at a starting price of $101. Nobody expected Coolangatta to be beaten on the day. Similarly, though, nobody anticipated the… Read More »
A handful of runs is the strategy for popular three-time Group 1 winner Behemoth as keeping him racing for at least two more seasons is the aim. “We’ve started thinking long term with the horse now,” Grand Syndications manager Sam Lyons said on SENTrack. “We’re come up with a plan that… Read More »
