It wasn’t the kind of race line-up you would expect to see on a carnival race-day, but that was no fault of the Tony Pike trained Tutukaka who didn’t raise a sweat in trouncing his four rivals in the Tattersall’s Life Member Stakes over 1830m at the restrictive odds of… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher / David Eustace trained Away Game has always been a very good horse. She has only finished out of the first four twice in fourteen starts in a career which has brought her five wins and over $3.2 million in prize-money and she added that latest notch… Read More »
A star mare continued her Group l winning ways at Eagle Farm, the boom on a stayer intensified while Covid changed the racing landscape. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Tofane Brilliant In Tiara Tofane was down to… Read More »
Eleven races have been set down for Singapore on Sunday in what looks a good quality meeting. We take a look at each of the eleven races and give our tips and best bets for the meeting at Kranji racecourse. Race One: 4 Loving Babe Race Two: 1 Golden Sprint… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings will adopt a fresh approach with Libertini as he sets his sights on a second Everest tilt. No horse has won The Everest first-up but that statistic holds no fears for Anthony Cummings, who will send Libertini into the $15 million race fresh – if she can gain… Read More »
Two NT jockeys are in a critical condition and a horse has died after a three-horse fall at Fanny Bay racecourse in Darwin on Saturday afternoon. Two of the jockeys Brendan Sweeney and Jarrod Todd were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital via ambulance in a critical condition, according to a… Read More »
Rejuvenated mare Tofane has become the third horse to claim the Stradbroke Handicap-Tattersalla’s Tiara double. Craig Williams has described Tofane’s victory in the Tattersall’s Tiara as “quite easy” after the Victorian-trained mare outclassed her rivals to land her second Group 1 win of the Brisbane winter carnival. It has been… Read More »
Warrnambool-trained Corner Pocket has continued on his winning way with a game effort at Caulfield. Defeated at his first two starts, Corner Pocket has now won six of his eights after taking out Saturday’s Neds Handicap (1440m). It was a brave performance from the Lindsey Smith-trained galloper who was taken on in the… Read More »
The Joe Pride-trained Brutality has returned to the winner’s stall with a determined performance at Rosehill. Joe Pride pinpointed two horses as his stable’s bankers for the winter and up until a week ago, he was questioning his assessment. But that quickly turned on its head as both gallopers scored wins in… Read More »
Relishing the wet conditions and a track favouring on-pace runners, No Effort has landed another impressive victory, this time at Caulfield. Just as she did at Sandown on June 12, No Effort led throughout to take out the Neds Same Race Multi Handicap (2000m) on Saturday. The track may not have been as… Read More »
Michael Hawkes says identifying the right races at the right time of year has been the key to getting the best out of quirky gelding Bandersnatch. The four-year-old has posted his third victory, and second at black-type level, since joining the Hawkes team late last year, dictating terms to land… Read More »
Absolute Flirt has shown her class with a hard-fought narrow victory at Caulfield. Absolute Flirt has again shown her liking for racing on the fresh side with a well-supported first-up win at Caulfield. The Danny O’Brien-trained daughter of Stratum was heavily supported to win the Neds Bet Back Handicap (1100m) on Saturday and… Read More »
Training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra hope to have finally worked out Devine Diosa after her win at Caulfield. Having had ‘black type’ aspirations for the filly, Divine Diosa finally broke through for her maiden Saturday city success when taking out the Take It To The Neds Level Handicap (1440m). Divine Diosa scored her maiden… Read More »
Sweet Thomas has continued his outstanding record in two-mile races to claim his second Stayer’s Cup. Matthew Smith’s dream of getting Sweet Thomas into a Melbourne Cup might be at long odds to come to fruition but a second win in the Stayer’s Cup has provided a worthy consolation. A… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Jigsaw has relished the rain-affected going at Caulfield in making a winning return from a spell. Jigsaw took at Saturday’s Unleash Your Neds Toolbox Handicap (1100m) at his first start after a three-run summer campaign. A heavily-backed $1.65 Neds favourite under Mark Zahra, Jigsaw raced to a two-length win from Sharp… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 10 Ka Ying Brilliance Race Two: 1 Blaze Warrior Race Three: 10 Fox Cheunger Race Four: 5 Lady First Race Five: 2 Vincy Race Six: 2 Victory Scholars Race Seven:… Read More »
A total of 561 lots have been catalogued for the Inglis Digital June (Late) Online Sale which opened for bidding on Friday. Included in the catalogue is stakes winning juvenile Volcanic Rock (Hinchinbrook) and a number of stakes-performed mares in the broodmare category. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott,… Read More »
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) today announced the winners of the 2021 Ladies of Racing Awards, celebrating the diverse roles of women in the thoroughbred racing industry. The awards showcase women’s achievements in the categories of Leadership, Dedication to Thoroughbred Racing, Welfare and Administration. The 170 attendees saw one of the State’s iconic racing personalities, Brittany Taylor, win the Ladies… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings had been quietly optimistic Terwilliker could improve on his performances in the past two editions of the Stayer’s Cup, but his confidence will be dented after the meeting’s belated venue change. Racing officials made the decision to move Saturday’s program from Randwick to Rosehill on Friday in response to… Read More »
The final Group 1 meeting of the season is in chaos after an eleventh-hour change to Queensland’s COVID regulations. The Tattersall’s Tiara meeting has been thrown into disarray after Queensland Health imposed updated COVID regulations which will prohibit some of Sydney’s highest profile jockeys from riding at Eagle Farm. James… Read More »
