Lightly-raced three-year-old Exoboom has upstaged his more fancied rivals to take out the Group 3 Hawkesbury Guineas, as odds-on favourite Ellsberg missed a place. Jockey Sam Clipperton was thrilled to find himself back in the feature race winner’s circle and was effusive in his praise of the gelding, who he compared… Read More »
Well-respected for the movement of horses around the country, Chris Calthorpe also has a successful stable and landed his first Group 1 victory with Media Award in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Calthorpe runs Air Horse Transport and is a well-known face at carnivals around the country for organising flights for trainers. Rival jockeys and… Read More »
Niccanova booked himself another Stradbroke start when taking an inside run to land the Group 2 Victory Stakes. The race carries ballot exempt status for the Stradbroke, where Niccanova can now try and atone for an unlucky third twelve months ago. Jockey Jimmy Orman wasted hard to make the horse’s… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla said he’d rarely landed a winner on a horse travelling worse than Private Eye before he netted the Group 2 Queensland Guineas at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Private Eye was under hard riding before the turn, as betting rival Apache Chase cruised along in front. But once Avdulla was able to… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes need not have questioned how Instant Celebrity had returned from a spring campaign after the filly blew her rivals away to claim her first Group 1 win at Morphettville. In a rails hugging ride from Craig Williams, Instant Celebrity raced clear over the final stages to claim the TAB Classic (1200m) on… Read More »
The decision to geld Embracer has reaped immediate rewards with the Tulloch Lodge five-year-old resuming with a brilliant stakes win at Hawkesbury. Co-trainer Adrian Bott said the procedure had made Embracer more relaxed, a quality he hoped would help the horse realise his potential. The five-year-old took the first step on… Read More »
An emotional John Thompson is adamant Sweet Deal still has more to offer on the racetrack despite her impending auction at an upcoming broodmare sale. The mare was back to her best to capture the Group 3 Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) at Saturday’s stand-alone meeting, which might be the final time Thompson saddles… Read More »
The Gr 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes over 1200m was won by local galloper BEAU ROSSA (Unencumbered – My Choisir) who stormed home to take the cash from LITCHFIELD COUNTY (Sebring – Limerock Lass) with RANTING (Zoustar – Vanilla Ice Cream) dashing late from well back to grab an impressive 3rd…. Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning trainer Danny O’Brien and champion rider Craig Williams combined to take out the Gr 2 Queen of the South Stakes at Morphettville worth $202,000. The winner of the 1600m affair for mares FABRIC (Ocean Park – Haberdashery) was perfectly placed back in 5th spot to the bend… Read More »
Grand Promenade has broken through for a long overdue win at Sandown and is now likely to attempt to win his way into the 2021 Melbourne Cup at his next outing. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace – trained galloper took out the Ladbroke It Handicap (2400m) on Saturday and is… Read More »
A winter carnival campaign in Brisbane has been locked in for juvenile Gleneagles after he came from off the speed to take out the Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury. Ridden by Jason Collett, Gleneagles ($4) swooped late to claim the 1400 metre race by three-quarters of a length over Hoover Lucy… Read More »
Three days in racing can be a long time as trainer John Sadler can readily attest. When Sadler first saw the fields, published on Wednesday, for the IVE > Print Handicap (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday, he considered Altai Ranger a strong winning chance. With apprentice Carleen Hefel on board and courtesy of… Read More »
British import WYCLIF (Archipenko – Altruiske) simply outstayed them to win a gruelling 2500m Port Adelaide Cup setting himself up for more spoils in a few weeks. But, the gloss was taken off his brave effort as two horses crashed heavily to the ground with 500m to go. Pelonomena ridden… Read More »
SAVATOXL (Kuroshio – Li’l Miss Hayley) jumped on the bunny and just kept going, defying all comers and putting a big margin in them in the end when he scored in the $127,000 Gr 3 DC McKay Stakes over 1100m at Morphettville. Beautifully ridden by Barend Vorster for Team mCEvoy… Read More »
Southern NSW-based jockey Blaike McDougall made one of his rare trips to Melbourne to land his first metropolitan winner of the season aboard Qeyaady at Sandown. McDougall does a lot of riding for the Lindsay Park operation of Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes in the north-east of Victoria and over the border in… Read More »
Racing this Saturday heads to Singapore for the main afternoon International meeting. As always the big even fields make for a good quality betting card. Race One: 3 Don De La Vega Race Two: 2 Ima Race Three: 2 Sacred Gift Race Four: 1 Golden Dash Race Five: 2 Shepherd’s… Read More »
A Listed victory over subsequent Coolmore Classic winner Krone is not a bad career highlight, so it is little surprise Alison Of Tuffy is following the same pattern that led to that win. The mare relegated Krone to third in the Just Now Quality at Eagle Farm in December, eight… Read More »
There will be a sense of dĂ©jĂ vu for Ellsberg’s trainer and jockey when he lines up in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Five years after combining to clinch the Hawkesbury Guineas with Spill The Beans, jockey Tim Clark and trainer Gerald Ryan will attempt to repeat the feat with a son… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Ryan Balfour says victory in the TAB Classic on his home track at Morphettville would be extra special as his father trained the mare’s dam. When Ryan Balfour walked into Morphettville for the barrier draw ahead of the TAB Classic, he wanted somewhere between six and eight for… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has confirmed two of his stable stars will miss the carnival in Queensland. Star sprinter Nature Strip and multiple Group 1 winner Kolding will both be spelled, ruling them out of the winter carnival races in Queensland. Trainer Chris Waller had been weighing up potential Brisbane targets… Read More »
