Pakenham-based trainer Charlotte Littlefield has not had many opportunities of success in ‘Black Type’ races and will miss her latest attempt at Caulfield. A planned trip back to England, booked six months ago, means Littlefield will miss out on seeing Modown line up in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. Littlefield has saddled… Read More »
The lucrative prizemoney purse for The Ingham has swayed connections of Detonator Jack to keep him in Sydney for the $2 million summer centrepiece. A brilliant winner of The Gong at Kembla Grange last Saturday, Detonator Jack was being considered for a start for the $500,000 Ballarat Cup (2000m) as several… Read More »
In a remarkable weekend for the Parnham family, the father-son duo of Neville and Steven Parnham celebrated a significant victory at the Group 1 Railway Stakes with their four-year-old gelding, Bustler. This triumph in the prestigious $1.5 million Railway Stakes, held over a mile at Ascot, marked a career milestone… Read More »
Trainer Peter Gelagotis and connections of Extremely Rowdy could be seen celebrating their smart filly in style as the $4 chance backed up a last start dead heat maiden win to take out a 3yo handicap on Cranbourne Cup day. Gelagotis was full of confidence pre-race and was justified with what he… Read More »
Zac Lloyd has declared Insurrection his favourite horse after maintaining his perfect record on the talented sprinter with an all-the-way victory in The Warra. Not only is Insurrection the galloper who secured Lloyd last season’s Sydney apprentices’ title, he has also managed to win every time the young gun has been in… Read More »
He had to settle for the minor prize in two lucrative races, but Detonator Jack has finally had his moment in the sun, responding to the addition of blinkers with a dominant win in the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange. Trainer Ciaron Maher made the gear change after the gelding… Read More »
Teo Nugent made the most of his 53kg allotment and led a select field of sharp sprinters a merry dance in the $175,000 Apache Cat Classic (1000m) aboard Taunting for Michael Hickmott. Taunting ($6) showed excellent gate speed to hold out noted speedster Midwest ($4 EF) for the lead and travelled better… Read More »
Ben Brisbourne may have a nice staying three-year-old on his hands after $15 chance Motorace was able to lead all of the way in the Cranbourne Classic (2025m) under Craig Newitt. A last start winner of a Class 1 at Albury, the Denman gelding was afforded every chance by Newitt, controlling the… Read More »
Comfort Me drew barrier 18, leaving Rhys Radford feeling deflated, but it’s a position the young trainer knows only too well. On face value it’s a body blow, but if the emergencies come out Comfort Me jumps from gate 15 and jockey Peter Knuckey gets to work. Comfort Me, one of the most consistent… Read More »
In a gala event in Perth, the 2022/23 Australian Racehorse of the Year title was bestowed upon Anamoe, a distinguished nine-time Group 1 winner. Owned by Godolphin and trained by James Cummings, Anamoe triumphed over rivals Mr Brightside and Alligator Blood. His Cox Plate victory was highlighted as a defining… Read More »
It is hard to get the passion for the horse and racing out of the blood. Vincent Hall was an accomplished jockey who retired from race riding in 2006 and only recently took out a trainers’ licence. On Saturday, Hall will saddle just his eighth starter as a trainer when Riyazan lines… Read More »
Handy sprinter Quick Tempo will make his second consecutive appearance at The Gong meeting but this time it will be to chase one of the day’s features. The gelding took out a 1000-metre benchmark race on the undercard 12 months ago, his performance there planting the seed for trainer Mark Minervini to… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will attempt to keep the Cranbourne Cup on home soil when they saddle up Ascension and Charterhouse in the 1600m Listed race on Saturday. Since the Cranbourne Cup was shortened to 1600m and transferred to after the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Cranbourne trainers have taken out the race. Robbie Griffiths… Read More »
Time and patience are proving a successful combination for connections of Hard To Say as he attempts to extend his winning sequence to five in the $300,000 The Warra at Kembla Grange. The sprinter has been a revelation this campaign, book ending back-to-back victories in Brisbane with a first-up triumph at… Read More »
After a dominant carnival in Melbourne, James McDonald will bid to add the $1 million The Gong to his spring portfolio before jetting off to Hong Kong for a short-term stint. Sydney’s reigning champion jockey will link with the Chris Waller-trained Osipenko in Saturday’s Kembla Grange feature, ahead of fulfilling a… Read More »
Lindsey Smith has no complaints with the barrier Tuvalu drew for this Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes at Ascot, but it is a different story with the weather in his old home town of Perth. Western Australia is in the early stages of a heat wave that will not abate until early… Read More »
Jigsaw will line up for his third run at the Cranbourne Cup meeting when he looks to go back-to-back in the Apache Cat Classic. The Cindy Alderson-trained sprinter finished last on a very wet Cranbourne track on as a three-year-old in 2021 before taking out the Apache Cat Classic (1000m) last year…. Read More »
Short course specialist and one of the favourites for The Warra (1000m) on Saturday, Malkovich should take his place in the $300,000 Kembla Grange sprint provided the track isn’t too wet. Luke Hilton from the Bjorn Baker stable was confident the Kembla Grange track will hold up, with anywhere from 0-6mm of… Read More »
In a sudden and unforeseen event, Peter Moody and connections are coping with the loss of Invincible Caviar, Black Caviar’s prominent racing offspring, who passed away last week. “She’s gone for an autopsy. She possibly had a heart attack or an aneurysm in the swimming pool on Friday morning.” Trainer… Read More »
After jumping on terms with them from the inside alley, rider Tyler Schiller pushed his mount along the rails to be in front after travelling only 100m and put some solid tempo into the 1300m affair. The Turffontein gelding put a massive gap in them in the home straight and held… Read More »
