It has been over a year since she last raced, but Hellenism is back and looking to keep her perfect record intact on Saturday. The five-year-old last raced at Randwick in May of last year, finishing third to Tejori in a Highway race. The daughter of Helmet has not finished outside… Read More »
Dual South African apprentice champion and reigning champion jockey in Mauritius, Nooresh Juglall has died following a race fall. Jockey Nooresh Juglall has died following a race fall at Champ de Mars racecourse in Mauritius. The reigning champion jockey was riding in his third and final race of the first meeting back in Mauritius when… Read More »
Ayrton will be given the opportunity to settle into new surrounds in Brisbane before his next assignment in the Fred Best Classic. Mick Price hopes to have what he describes as potentially the best horse he has trained in Brisbane on Tuesday night to prepare for his next assignment. Unbeaten in… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES BRC SIRES PRODUCE Prince Of Boom $21-$7 (after winning Spirit Of Boom Classic @ Doomben) QUEENSLAND DERBY Criminal… Read More »
The first part of a patient and painstaking plan to advertise Lost And Running as an Everest contender has come to fruition with the emerging star posting his most important win to date in the Listed Luskin Star Stakes at Rosehill. Now, trainer John O’Shea is hoping one of his… Read More »
Realm Of Flowers has won an all-important ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup with a decisive win at Flemington. Success in Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) takes the pressure off trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman in plotting a path towards the Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November. Realm Of Flowers broke… Read More »
Having rediscovered his best form at Rosehill, Achiever will be set a Derby mission in Queensland. Chris Waller admits he had all but given up on Achiever before a confidence-boosting win three starts ago shifted the goal posts and set the foundations for the horse to emerge as a Queensland Derby… Read More »
Top jockey Rachel King has played a starring role at Scone with a brace of stakes victories. Sydney-based jockey Rachel King is the toast of Scone after making a clean sweep of the two feature races on Friday’s program, culminating with a Cup victory aboard Laure Me In. Forty minutes… Read More »
He may frustrate a lot of punters with his enigmatic style of racing, but when he is on song NATURE STRIP (Nicconi – Strikeline) is the best racehorse on the planet. And that’s not me talking, that’s what was just announced by the esteemed Longines World Rankings group. The Chris… 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 »
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 »
What price will a champion racehorse make when put through the sales ring as a broodmare. That is the question Bob Peters faces when Arcadia Queen is sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast later this month. The former Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained multiple Group 1… Read More »
Trainer Gordon Richards is confident sprinter Gytrash can acquit himself well when he runs first-up in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Gytrash is returning from an operation to remove a bone chip following victory at Rosehill last October, but Richards in noting how well the son of Lope De Vega returned thought the… Read More »
Popular renowned wet tracker Jungle Edge has been retired after a disappointing run in the Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool. Trainer Mick Bell said it was the right time to retire his stable star and for the popular horse to start the next stage of his career. “We’ve always said when… Read More »
Trainer Annabel Neasham came up trumps with Zaaki in the big one of the day at the Gold Coast, the 1800m, Group 2 A.D. Hollindale Stakes. The British import had two Group 3 successes to his credit in Britain (at Epsom and York) before relocating to Australia and this latest… Read More »
Ayrton as kept his record intact recording a soft return victory in the Darren Gauci Handicap at Caulfield. Two class acts in Ayrton and Jamie Kah combined for a stylish victory in the Darren Gauci Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr.-trained Ayton kept his… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES DOOMBEN CUP Zaaki $8-$4.50 AND THEN $4 (after winning Hollindale Stakes @ Gold Coast) Fifty Star $13-$8 Brandenburg… Read More »
The decision to bypass the Hollindale Stakes with Brandenburg and target a lucrative prize money purse closer to home has reaped the perfect reward for trainer John Sargent, even if he wasn’t trackside to see it. Brandenburg was slated to contest the Gold Coast feature and the Sydney-based trainer and… Read More »
Race caller Brett Davis summed up the Listed Adelaide Guineas the best when he said as CHERRY TORTONI (Night Of thunder – Tortoni) eased down near home, “he is a different class.” Todd Pannell rode the Victorian who was a $2 chance with Sportsbet and he rode him as if… Read More »
Explosive Jack may be given the opportunity to chase a fourth Derby success after taking out the South Australian version at Morphettville on Saturday. The three-year-old added the Group 1 race over 2500m to previous wins in the Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m) and the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at… Read More »
