Tommy Berry will be given strict instructions to ride Bottega patiently when horse and jockey team up for the first time in the Listed Scone Cup on Friday. The multiple stakes placegetter was expected to be competitive last start when he stepped out in a benchmark race at Randwick but after driving… Read More »
The racing days of Great Shot has come to an end. The Magnus gelding bows out of racing having claimed eights wins and 22 placings from 47 starts with $1.5 million in prizemoney. His best victory came in the 2017 Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) when he led from barrier… Read More »
Team Snowden have won three of the five renewals of the Inglis Guineas and they hope to strike again with Exoboom. The Scone carnival holds special significance for the Snowden family and father and son training partners Peter and Paul are again hoping to make their mark on the two-day… Read More »
He has been the coming apprentice in Queensland for some time now and Kyle Wilson-Taylor’s performance at his first Metropolitan meeting simply franked his already burgeoning reputation. To be fair, the young rider is going to have to face more testing conditions than he did on his Metropolitan debut at… Read More »
Jamie Kah and Phillip Stokes will combine with Instant Celebrity in their bid to claim a first win in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Instant Celebrity will join a rare group if she is to win The Goodwood at Morphettville on Saturday. Only two three-year-old fillies have been successful in the Group 1 sprint… Read More »
Realm Of Flowers will attempt to take the pressure of Anthony and Sam Freedman by winning the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. Victory in the 2800m race on Saturday provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November. Realm Of Flowers has shown staying promise throughout… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Nettoyer (Sebring) headlines the latest supplementary entries for the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, which gets underway on the Gold Coast on May 25. The mare has won seven of her 42 race starts, headed by victories in last year’s Doncaster Mile (Gr 1, 1600m), while she… Read More »
The immediate riding career, and perhaps future riding career of Sydney’s champion apprentice Robbie Dolan is at the cross roads. He was taken back to hospital when his injured arm began to hurt more than expected and he is still there. The doctors believe he may well have severe nerve… Read More »
Trainer Dan Morton says quality gelding Elite Street can bounce back to his very best and be hard to beat in Saturday’s $200,000 Group 3 Roma Cup (1200m) at Ascot. Morton believes the four-year-old can return to the form that proved good enough to topple a Group 1 field in… Read More »
A late double at the Sale meeting transferred to Pakenham on Wednesday has provided Jamie Kah with her 1000th career victory. The milestone came up aboard the Michael Moroney-trained Bermadez in the final race, the Evergreen Turf Handicap (1400m) after Kah had guided Kurabui to victory in the preceding race, the Schweppes Handicap (1400m). Kah… Read More »
Matt Cumani is running out of chances this season, but still firmly believes Khoekhoe is the horse that can provide him with a maiden Group 1 success as the colt prepares for his Queensland debut in Saturday’s Rough Habit Plate at Doomben. The Group 3 will be a dress rehearsal for the… Read More »
Tony Gollan has no concerns about the predicted storms for south-east Queensland as he plots a Doomben 10,000 upset on Saturday. Gollan’s number one seed was said to be Jonker, who requires firm footing to show his best. But with his setback, it leaves Gollan’s chances in the $1Million race with… Read More »
The Annabel Neasham-trained Cadenabbia has notched up his second win in trying conditions at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. It was just his second start under the Annabel Neasham banner, after being transferred to the young trainer from Chris Waller. The three-year-old colt has been tried in black type company, but… Read More »
Richard Jolly has been trying to win one of Adelaide’s feature races for 30 years, firstly as a jockey in the last 20 years as a trainer. Richard Jolly says victory in The Goodwood would tick off one of his ‘bucket list’ races on the South Australian calendar. Along with his… Read More »
The Danny O’Brien pair of Miami Bound and Salto Angel will be after a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup when they line up in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. A bigger field may have been expected for the ‘Golden Ticket’ up for grabs in the Listed Andrew Ramsden… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle will launch a two-pronged attack on the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at Scone on Friday. Electric Girl and Strawb will both line up in the feature event and will both carry the 54kg minimum. Nathan Doyle is going at a phenomenal strike rate of late, striking at… Read More »
Leading trainer Adam Durrant concedes Massimo and Money Matters will have to elevate and go to another level to have a winning impact in Saturday’s Group 3 Roma Cup (1200m). Adam Durrant has high regard for his two charges, but believes Northam Stakes (1100m) winner Cup Night is poised to add… Read More »
After a luckless run in the Robert Sangster Stakes, Prophet’s Thumb will get one last chance at a Group 1 in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Prophet’s Thumb was supposed to be heading to a life of a retirement following her last start but connections have decided to roll the dice once… Read More »
Eight-year-old stalwart Sikandarabad will look to give his trainer Sam Kavanagh his second win in the Listed Scone Cup (1600m) on Friday. Sam Kavanagh won the Scone Cup back in 2015 with USA bred Tales Of Grimm. Sikandarabad hasn’t won since claiming the Coffs Harbour Cup in August last year but has… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 5 Jade Theatre Race Two: 7 Fairy Floss Race Three: 1 Winner Method Race Four: 3 Beauty Cheers Race Five: 10 Infinite Power Race Six: 4 Lady First Race… Read More »
