Hugh Bowman will appeal two careless riding bans which will keep him off Winx’s back in her return in the Apollo Stakes. The jockey has lodged an appeal against penalty for a careless riding suspension from Friday’s Warwick Farm meeting and if he can get that and another incurred the… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says he may have to turn his phone off as jockeys clamber to replace the suspended Hugh Bowman on champion Winx in the Apollo Stakes. Bowman copped two suspensions in two days at Warwick Farm on Friday and Auckland on Saturday, ruling him out of the ride… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has been hit with a suspension which will cost him the ride on champion Winx when she resumes in the Apollo Stakes on the 17th February. The premier Sydney jockey was outed at the Karaka Million meeting at Ellerslie in Auckland on Saturday, a ban which comes on… Read More »
Hugh Bowman will miss the Breeders Classic meeting through a suspension which ends in time for him to ride Winx in her return in the Apollo Stakes. Bowman was outed for his winning ride on Tswalu at Warwick Farm on Friday after pleading guilty to shifting in at the 900m… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller is not expecting too much from Winx’s barrier trial at Rosehill or from the body which determines the world’s best racehorse. Winx will step out on Monday in a heat which includes top sprinter Redzel and three-year-old Group One winners Ace High and Trapeze Artist. In London… Read More »
Champion Winx will meet Australia’s best sprinter Redzel in a barrier trial at Rosehill as the pair embark on their next campaigns. Monday’s 900m-heat on the course proper also features Group One winners Ace High (Victoria Derby) and Trapeze Artist (Golden Rose). Winx ended the spring with her 22nd consecutive… Read More »
Champion mare Winx will be heading to Royal Ascot if everything goes to plan according to trainer Chris Waller. Waller gave his strongest indication yet that the 3x Cox Plate winner would be heading overseas when speaking to RSN 927’s Matt Stewart on Saturday morning. Have Your Say 🗣: Will… Read More »
The second Chinese Festival of Racing will be held at Randwick on the day champion Winx could make her autumn return. The event, held in conjunction with The Star, will be on the second day of the Lunar New Year on February 17 and will combine the Apollo Stakes race… Read More »
If Australia’s champion racehorse Winx is beaten again, her trainer Chris Waller has narrowed it down to two ways it might happen. After Winx made a winning return before an after-work audience at Randwick on Monday, Waller all but ruled out bad luck ruining her spectacular streak. Should the unthinkable… Read More »
Champion Winx has made a triumphant return to racing with a dominant win over Hartnell in the Group Two Apollo Stakes at Randwick. Her winning streak is now 14, the equal of Phar Lap’s longest string of success. WINX STATS * 5yo bay mare by Street Cry out of Vegas… Read More »
View the results for the 2017 Apollo Stakes run at Randwick racecourse on 11/2/2017. Results: Finish No. Horse Trainer Jockey Margin Bar. Weight Starting Price 1 11 WINX Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 2 57kg $1.14F 2 1 HARTNELL (GB) John O’Shea James Doyle 2.8L 5 59kg $12 3 7… Read More »
The best racehorse on turf is Winx and she is back on the track to kick off what will hopefully be a history making 2017 and her return in the Apollo Stakes (1400m) highlights a fab card at Randwick on Monday, postponed from Saturday . The weather is fine, the… Read More »
View the field for the 2017 Apollo Stakes. The Apollo Stakes will be run on Monday 13th February at Randwick racecourse. Time: 5:40PM Distance: 1400m Class: Group 2 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Apollo Stakes? No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 HARTNELL (GB)… Read More »
Punters won’t hear of Winx being beaten as she makes her delayed return in cooler and more low-key circumstances than originally planned. Sydney’s oppressive hot weather forced racing officials to abandon a bumper day on Saturday and move the meeting to Monday when the maximum is expected to be in… Read More »
The predicted extreme heat in Sydney has prompted racing officials to postpone the Apollo Stakes meeting at Randwick because of welfare concerns for horses and human participants. Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club have moved the meeting from Saturday to Monday and adjusted the race times with the Apollo… Read More »
While he doesn’t expect Lasqueti Spirit to cause another big-race boilover, trainer Lee Curtis believes the star-studded Apollo Stakes is the right race to kick off her next campaign. The filly was a 100-1 winner of the VRC Oaks in November, leading at her own pace and defying all attempts… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman are keeping their cool ahead of Winx’s return at Randwick where temperatures are expected to reach record highs for February. The Australian Turf Club will have measures in place on Saturday for the comfort of racegoers as well as the horses as the… Read More »
Superstar mare Winx rules the roost at Chris Waller’s stables and that will be the case in Saturday’s Apollo Stakes. Winx ($1.15 favourite) will be joined in the field by four other Waller trained horses. Sportsbet.com.au is offering $34 for any two of them to fill the trifecta by finishing… Read More »
A clash with Winx can wait for Global Glamour with the Thousand Guineas winner confirmed for a more conservative return to Sydney racing. Co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott caused a minor stir when they paid up for Global Glamour to contest the 2017 Apollo Stakes, the weight-for-age race at… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Malaguerra will jump from the outside barrier, but remains the best backed for Saturday’s C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Winx firms into $1.15 to win her 14th consecutive race in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Chautauqua $2.30 favourite and best backed to resume a… Read More »
