The Bryan Dais trained Glorious Ruby scored another eye-catching win when she took out the QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap for Fillies at Doomben. Since finishing second on debut back on January 9 at the Gold Coast, Glorious Ruby has now put two wins together, showing some versatility by leading from start… Read More »
Leading trainer Tony Gollan had a field day at Doomben on Saturday where his stable contested four races and came away with four winners. Three of those winners started very short-priced favourites and they won accordingly with Leadership Spill ($1.90), Miami Fleiss ($1.30) and Garibaldi ($1.80) winning by 2.25 lengths,… Read More »
Local trainer Graham Payne was overcome with emotion when his four-year-old gelding Baileys finished over the top of his opposition to take out the Country Championships Qualifier at Coffs Harbour which was the opening leg of the series. It was a win against the odds, both on the betting boards,… Read More »
An incident behind the starting barriers prior to the running of the fourth race at the Gold Coast on Saturday has left jockey Jason Taylor with serious injuries. Taylor’s manager, Melissa Shield, reported that Taylor suffered punctured lungs, bleeding on the lungs, broken ribs, facial injuries and bruising when his… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with the feature race being the Chinese New Year Cup, a Class One event over 1400m. Race One: 3 Kungfumaster Panda Race Two: 3 Sun Of Makfi Race Three: 5 Super Ten Race Four: 1 Everyone’s Delight Race… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys had to say about the runs of their mounts in the 2021 Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington on Saturday. Winning Jockey: Jamie Kah: “He’s just unbelievable. I wish mum & dad could be here today. It would have been awesome. They had a table… Read More »
A pre-race plan to let Every Rose utilise her natural speed has come to fruition with the filly toppling her more highly-fancied rivals in the Light Fingers Stakes. Trainer Mark Newnham had been thrilled with the three-year-old leading into Saturday’s Group Two feature, although a soft track and outside draw… Read More »
The $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes is the jewel in the crown of The Championships races and the likely target for Colette after her stunning return at Randwick. The mare had never won below 1500 metres, nor first up, but neither statistic mattered as she relished the soft ground to… Read More »
Star jockey Jamie Kah proved the key to coaxing the best out of the enigmatic Nature Strip when she combined with the superstar sprinter to win the Black Caviar Lightning. The race proved to be a triumph for Australia’s leading trainer Chris Waller, who produced the quinella in the Group… Read More »
An enigma bounced back to his brilliant best, a quality mare made a successful leap to WFA company while the Country Championships began at Coffs Harbour. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Kah + Nature Strip = Whoosh… Read More »
A meeting in Sydney seldom passes by these days without trainer Mark Newnham having a winner and this Saturday’s stable winner arrived in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes when Every Rose toughed it out to score by just under a quarter-of-a-length from the fast-finishing $16 outsider Never Talk. The… Read More »
The two winners of the Golden Eagle over the last two years, Colette and Kolding, ran the quinella in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Randwick with the $12 chance Colette taking the honours by a decisive two length margin under a super ride from Rachel King. Kolding made a… Read More »
Group One Blue Diamond Stakes hero Tagaloa has recorded his first win since that race with an emphatic victory in the C S Hayes Stakes. Co-trainer Natalie Young was relieved to see Tagaloa return to his best form in the Group Three event over 1400 metres. “‘Tags’ is back. What… Read More »
Nature Strip is back! Last season’s Australian Horse Of The Year took the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes by the scuff of the neck inside the last 200m, accelerating with meaning to open up a winning advantage. The big, striking chestnut is a sight to behold in full stride… Read More »
A year ago, Tagaloa won the Group 1 Blue Diamond. Today he returned to the winner’s enclosure for the first time since that Blue Diamond triumph when he proved too strong for his opposition in the Group 3, CS Hayes Stakes. The Trent Busuttin / Natalie Young trained three-year old… Read More »
Melody Belle’s bid to set a new benchmark for Group One wins by a New Zealand-trained horse has fallen short after she was beaten in the Herbie Dykes Stakes. The Jamie Richards-trained mare currently shares the record with the mighty Sunline, both gallopers having won 13 elite races apiece. Bad… Read More »
Zou Dancer made it two on the trot with another facile win in the Group 3 Vanity at Flemington. The Leon and Troy Corstens trained three-year-old stalked the pacemaker early before moving to the head of affairs as the field turned for home. At that stage, Jamie Kah still had… Read More »
James McDonald has labelled Stay Inside as a genuine Golden Slipper threat but stopped short of committing to stick with him in the $3.5 million feature. Having his first race ride on the Michael and Richard Freedman-trained juvenile in Saturday’s Pierro Plate (1100m) at Randwick, McDonald did little but sit… Read More »
Ingratiating is likely to join James Cummings’ powerful Blue Diamond Stakes team after his authoritative win in the Talindert Stakes at Flemington. The Godolphin trainer will already be represented by Anamoe, Arcaded, Picarones and possibly Telluride in the Group One two-year-old race at Caulfield next Saturday. Cummings’ Melbourne stable foreman… Read More »
The Richard and Michael Freedman trained Stay Inside dominated both the betting and the race itself when taking out the Pierro Plate at Randwick, winning by four lengths at a starting price $2.10 with Neds. This was only Stay Inside’s second start and his debut win one run earlier was… Read More »
