It’s a testament to the prize money levels on offer for country-based New South Wales gallopers that the Terry Robinson-trained Art Cadeau has already earned over $1.3 million for his connections, but has yet to compete at Group or Listed level. Winning a Kosciuszko and a Country Championships final goes a… Read More »
Golden Sixty has made it fifteen wins on the trot with a facile win in HK$4.75 million G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. It is now twenty-eight months since Golden Sixty tasted defeat back in July 2019. As such, he unsurprisingly started at very restrictive… Read More »
It has been twenty-one months since Alligator Blood, at the time one of the stars of the turf, won the Group 1 Australian Guineas. Alligator Blood had another four starts subsequent to that win for trainer David Vandyke, who had blazed a dominant trail with the son of All Too… Read More »
There is no prize for guessing the performance of the day at the opening meeting of the Queensland Summer Carnival at the Sunshine Coast. It was Zoustyle’s performance that left punters gobsmacked as he lowered the 1000m track record to a sizzling 55.80 seconds under the steadying burden of 58kg,… Read More »
Jockey Chad Schofield will return to Australia after the Hong Kong International Races in December. Schofield’s original three-month riding contract in Hong Kong turned into a very extended stay with the rider currently competing in his seventh successive season in Hong Kong but now, with a baby boy due in… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Smith will take advantage of a late feature meeting in Melbourne by having a many as four runners at Caulfield. Saturday’s Zipping Classic meeting was put back two weeks at the request of the Melbourne Racing Club and transferred from Sandown to Caulfield. Smith had considered starting Japanese import Keiai Nautique in… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace stable have the highest number of two-year-olds remaining for the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes following the closure of First Acceptances. Maher and Eustace account for almost 10 per cent of the 933 two-year-old that remain after First Acceptance closed last week. A total of 933 juveniles were paid up for of… Read More »
A desire to give others an opportunity to forge careers in racing is the driving force behind Mark Newnham’s commitment to mentoring the sport’s brightest young riders. A former jockey before he turned his hand to training, Newnham has produced the past three winners of the Sydney apprentices’ premiership –… Read More »
A local got a well deserved big money race win, a mare continued her purple patch at Ballarat while at Ascot. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Count De Rupee Wins Gong He was desperately close to winning… Read More »
Gerald Ryan had hoped to be saddling up Steely in the feature race at Kembla Grange but in the end he was content to settle for a victory in one of the support events. The five-year-old was nominated for the $1 million The Gong (1600m) but failed to make the 16-horse field,… Read More »
Aquagirl has relished the rise in distance and a drop in grade to break back into the winner’s stall at Ballarat. And the victory in the Magic Millions Ballarat 3YO & 4YO Classic (1100m) on Saturday may have also earned the Phillip Stokes-trained mare a trip to Queensland for the Magic Millions Carnival… Read More »
Tears have turned to triumph for the connections of Count De Rupee, who has scored an emotionally charged win for local trainers Robert and Luke Price and their stable apprentice Brock Ryan in the $1 million The Gong. Three weeks ago, the trio had to endure the heart break of finishing a… Read More »
Zayydani is the pin-up horse for the new look Lindsay Park after taking out the Listed Ballarat Cup. The daughter of Savabeel provided trainers Ben and JD Hayes with their first winner not long after taking over at the helm of Lindsay Park in June. That was a Listed race in Brisbane and on the… Read More »
Young apprentice Tyler Schiller has celebrated his first Saturday metropolitan double with a barnstorming victory aboard Eleven Eleven in the inaugural running of The Warra. Schiller, who posted an earlier win for his boss Mark Newnham on Dragonstone, appeared a forlorn chance to grab another when he found himself a long way back… Read More »
Ocean Beyond has capped off a big week for jockey Harry Coffey coming with a well-timed run to score at Ballarat. Coffey married Tayla in Swan Hill last weekend and returned to the saddle at The Valley on Friday night before heading to Ballarat on Saturday to claim the $150,000 Tonks Plate (1200m). A well-judged… Read More »
Dragonstone might not be much to look at, but he has put himself on a path to stakes company with a flawless first-up performance at Kemba Grange. Trainer Mark Newnham openly describes the three-year-old as “small and plain” but admits he packs a punch on the racetrack after posting his second win… Read More »
Cusack has earned himself a trip to Queensland for next year’s Magic Millions Carnival with a debut victory at Ballarat. The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young – trained son of Not A Single Doubt took out the $250,000 Magic Millions Ballarat 2YO Classic (1000m) on Saturday to book his place in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic… Read More »
The locals have drawn first blood at Kembla’s flagship meeting with trainer Theresa Bateup and apprentice Brock Ryan combining to capture the opening race with The Guru. Bateup has spent her career training from the provincial track, while Ryan is indentured to fellow Kembla Grange trainers Robert and Luke Price. The pair… Read More »
With black type racing on his resume, Easy Campese will face one of his easiest assignments to date, when he contests Saturday’s Midway Handicap at Kembla Grange. After a gutsy first-up performance that saw the son of Sidestep stick on gamely for third behind the smart Ma And Pa, Sydney… Read More »
Western Empire is hot favourite to win the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday, but owner Bob Peters remains cautious, despite his phenomenal record in the $1 million race Since Western Empire took out last fortnight’s Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) with ridiculous ease, he has been… Read More »
