Paul O’Sullivan is buoyant of a positive result with stable star Duke Wai in Saturday’s (1 January) HK$3.7 million G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin, hopeful his charge can reap the benefits from his remarkable reliability on the track. “He tries hard and the handicapper has… Read More »
It was a battle of master and apprentice when Tom Sherry and champion hoop Hugh Bowman fought tooth and nail down the Gosford straight in a stirring edition of the $200,000 Group 3 Belle Of The Turf Stakes on Wednesday. The Mark Newnham-trained Expat ($8) was too strong on the line for heavy… Read More »
The Exceed And Excel gelding proved too strong for Authentic Jewel ($10) by a long neck with King Of Sparta ($4) making up many lengths at the finish to be a further half length back in third. The three-year-old has turned the corner in recent times putting three wins together on the… Read More »
Jamie Kah does not believe she has ridden a horse that is as ‘horse shy’ as debut Mornington winner Liberated Girl. The Peter Moody-trained daughter of Iffraaj scored in the Polvin Fencing Straight Maiden Plate (1500m) on Wednesday under a patient ride from Kah. “I wanted to slot in three-wide with cover, but she wouldn’t go… Read More »
Progressive filly Playz With Fire has filled visiting trainer Rob Gulberti full of excitement after landing another impressive victory at Belmont yesterday. The daughter of Playing God caught the attention of onlookers when rattling home from back in the field to break her maiden status at Pinjarra on December 12… Read More »
The patience of Cliff Brown has been rewarded with Place Of Gold providing the trainer with a debut win at Mornington. A two-time trial winner at Cranbourne in August, Brown could have pressed the button then and given the son of Turffontein a start during the spring. But the Mornington-based horseman elected to give the… Read More »
For training duo Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Saturday’s meeting on the Kensington track will outline what their team will look like at the Magic Millions raceday come January 15. The prolific partnership are hoping impressive two-year-old Pantonario and last-start placegetter Snitzonfire can book their tickets to the Gold Coast… Read More »
Passion is a most powerful force. In the thoroughbred industry it’s a necessity – it what’s makes us strive to be the best – to breed the toughest horses – to create the richest racing carnivals.’ Aushorse have released their Investors’ Guide for 2022, boasting that ‘1 in 254 Australians… Read More »
He was a galloper who won eight races and over $2.4 million in prize money for trainer Gary Portelli, and Rebel Dane is continuing to provide the Warwick Farm conditioner with on-track success with progeny such as Fireburn and Rebel Shadow now representing the stallion. A winner of the Group… Read More »
Sydney’s spate of wet weather has seen trainer Jarrod Austin head to Melbourne again chasing victory with Looks Like Elvis. After winning the VOBIS Gold Bullion at Pakenham on December 4, Looks Like Elvis is set to run at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m). To make the… Read More »
Leading Perth owner Bob Peters has two of the leading chances as he shoots for a record tenth victory in the Perth Cup. Grant and Alana Williams will saddle up TAB’s $3.60 favourite Midnight Blue along with $4.60 second elect Pure Devotion in the Group 2 race over 2400m at Ascot on Saturday. Market 💰: View… Read More »
Racing Victoria has announced that the ‘race free week,’ which was trialled in July, will be discontinued and, as such, will not form part of the Racing Victoria calendar in 2022. Towards the end of July this year, Racing Victoria trialled a five day race-free period which was met with… Read More »
To avoid the hottest part of the day, Racing Victoria has brought forward the start of the race meeting at Echuca on Friday. With temperatures expected to peak at 41 degrees on Friday afternoon, RV has brought forward the start of the meeting to 11.10am with the final race to be… Read More »
Champion Perth jockey William Pike has been replaced aboard Midnight Blue in the Perth Cup after a change in COVID protocols. A change in West Australia’s COVID protocols will see champion jockey William Pike miss the Perth Cup. Pike had been booked to ride the Bob Peters-owned Cup favourite Midnight Blue in… Read More »
A menacing force on the surface Kings Shield is looking to stamp his authority as Hong Kong’s unofficial dirt course kingpin in Wednesday night’s (29 December) lucrative Class 1 Fo Tan Handicap (1650m, dirt) at Sha Tin the second race of the midweek fixture’s no-nonsense all-dirt programme. Eyeing a fifth… Read More »
Having broken through for his first win in Victoria, Nick Ryan is now looking at a ‘black type’ race with Not To Be Mist. The former Perth galloper is among nominations for the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday. Not To Be Mist scored in the Furphy Festive Season Sprint (1200m)… Read More »
Senor Toba’s emergence as a legitimate BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) contender continued at Sha Tin on Monday (27 December) with the grey’s stout victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Sports Institute 30th Anniversary Cup Handicap (2000m), fuelling Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira’s hopes of successive triumphs in the… Read More »
Champion Western Australian jockey Willie Pike will miss this weekends Group Two Perth Cup meeting at Ascot due to the local government implementing a vaccination rule. The WA government this week announced all people must be double vaccinated against Covid-19 before they are allowed to attend the state’s racecourses on… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are leaving no stone unturned in their bid to claim victory in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on the Gold Coast. They have had their two-year-old Cusack on the Gold Coast for almost a fortnight preparing for the $2 million race on January 15. Cusack… Read More »
He’s been unlucky not to crack it for a win this preparation, but the David Payne-trained Dream Circle will get his chance to get back into the winners’ circle when he contests the Maroubra Mile at Kensington this Saturday. All three of the Dream Ahead gelding’s runs have been full of… Read More »
