Samantha Collett will go into the new year full of confidence that her career move from New Zealand to South-East Queensland has now really gained traction. A rider of undoubted talent … a Jockey’s premiership in her home country, three Group 1 wins and a host of stakes race successes… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Saturday, with good depth across the meeting, highlighted by a couple of Group lll contests. Race One: 4 Incredible Race Two: 2 Flying Ace Race Three: 1 Awesome Treasure Race Four: 6 Excellent Proposal Race Five: 1 Kilindini Race… Read More »
Every horse has its story … but Kementari, who will represent Godolphin’s blue army in The Buffering at Doomben on Saturday, can arguably boast a story that is more interesting than most. When the son of Lohnro completed a hat trick of Group wins back in March 2018 (in the… Read More »
Group 1-winning star Trap For Fools’ marvellous racing career will come to a close when he has his 57th and final start in tomorrow’s $400,000 Group 2 TABtouch Perth Cup at Ascot. Now an eight-year-old, the veteran warhorse is on the verge of breaking past $2.3 million in stake earnings… Read More »
Thirty-six years after beginning his race riding career, Larry Cassidy’s appetite for success is undiminished. Fresh off a feature race win aboard Kubrick in the Bernborough on Boxing Day, Cassidy has already followed up with two more winners since then, scoring on Savagol (at the Sunshine Coast on Monday) and… Read More »
There would not be a more consistent galloper racing at Flemington than Tigertiger who is taking a big leap in grade on Saturday. In nine starts since joining the Rob Blacker stable at Mornington from New Zealand, Tigertiger has four wins, four seconds and a third. Admittedly they have been in lesser company than the… Read More »
Imported mare Lighthouse faces her sternest test on Saturday when she steps up to stakes level at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained mare runs in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) looking to stretch her unbeaten sequence in Australia to four. But Lighthouse will meet new conditions on Saturday,… Read More »
Master Eight is shaping up as one of Hong Kong’s rising sprint stars and trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful the speedster can intensify his development in Saturday’s (1 January) HK$3.7 million G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) his toughest test to date. “It’s his first time at Group 3 level… Read More »
He’s been knocking on the door with three seconds from his past four outings, but the Damien Lane-trained Budhwar will get his opportunity to post a well-deserved victory when he contests the Midway Handicap over 1100m at Kensington this Saturday. The Wandjina gelding was only just nutted late on the line… Read More »
Douglas Whyte paid Blake Shinn the ultimate compliment after the Australian closed a spectacular December with victory aboard Will Power in the Class 1 Fo Tan Handicap (1650m) at Sha Tin’s eight-race all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night (29 December). Revered as the most successful rider in Hong Kong history with… Read More »
There may be a few nursing sore heads from New Year’s Eve celebrations when the first race is run at Flemington on Saturday. Racing Victoria and the Victoria Racing Club have jointly brought forward the start to Saturday’s feature meeting by two hours in a bid to complete the meeting prior to the warmest part of… Read More »
He’s had 15 throws at the Highway stumps for two wins and three placings, and Terry Robinson’s King’s Trust will again have another attempt at the $100,000 event at Randwick Kensington this Saturday. The six-year-old has competed almost exclusively in the race restricted to country-based trainers amassing over $190,000 in earnings… Read More »
Champion trainer Adam Durrant will be searching for a fourth victory in the TABtouch Perth Cup this Saturday when he saddles up Come Right Back in the $400,000 Group 2 feature. After previous wins with Lords Ransom (2010), Real Love (2015) and Star Exhibit (2019) off the back of lead-up… Read More »
Convict Sam showed enough staying potential as a younger horse to warrant a start in the VRC St Leger at Flemington. But when preparing for a return to racing as a four-year-old, the curse of many horses, a tendon injury, struck and sent Convict Sam to the sidelines for two years. Convict… Read More »
Trainer Terry Kelly wishes he had a stable full of horses like Skelm who will chase a maiden stakes race victory at Flemington on Saturday. Skelm runs in the Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) and will be racing to replicate his last start victory over 2600m at Flemington on December 18. On that occasion Skelm… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainer Ben and Jd Hayes are hoping Crosshaven can recapture his three-year-old form when he runs at Flemington on Saturday. Crosshaven lines up in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) looking to break a run of outs that stretches back to the 2020 Melbourne Cup Carnival. On that occasion, Crosshaven defeated… Read More »
It is all systems go for champion trainer Tony Gollan as he gets ready to fire up what he hopes will be an explosive start to the new year when he sends out a formidable team of horses to contest the three feature races on the card at Doomben on… Read More »
Star Tasmanian mare Mystic Journey has been sold to Northern Farms in Japan where she will continue life as a broodmare. The Group One winning mare amassed over $4.2m in earnings including wins in the G1 Australian Guineas and the $5m All Star Mile before being retired earlier this month…. Read More »
The Robert Heathcote trained Release The Beans, who is currently placed nineteenth in the Order Of Entry for the $2 million Three-Year-Old Magic Millions Guineas, will take his place in the Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate at Doomben on Saturday where he will look to seal his place in the… Read More »
Spendthrift Australia which was located on 600 acres just outside of Melbourne will close down with the property to be sold. “This has been a very difficult decision for us. We have a wonderful team in Australia and will be working closely with them to help make this as smooth… Read More »
