Jackson Radley capped a red-letter day for apprentices at Flemington on Saturday, especially those from Tasmania, when he partnered Seafall to victory in one of the day’s features. Radley continued his good association with the Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained mare, guiding her to victory in the $150,000 The David Bourke (1620m)… Read More »
Royal Ascot one day, Royal Randwick the next. Globetrotting trainer Bjorn Baker has capped a memorable week by taking out Saturday’s Listed Civic Stakes (1400m) with up-and-coming gelding Midnight Dynamite. The victory came just days after Overpass finished a game third in the King Charles III Stakes at the famous English course… Read More »
Four years after becoming the first jockey to claim the Ipswich Cup as a trainer, Chris Munce had added another footnote – winning it in partnership with son Corey. Munce took out the Listed staying feature aboard Oompala in 1994, that horse going on to finish third to Jeune in the… Read More »
Ice Kool is still honing his race craft, but there is no doubting the emerging sprinter’s talent after he overcame his inexperience to post another promising win at Randwick. While the three-year-old continues to make his job harder by not anticipating the start and then wanting to get on with proceedings,… Read More »
Any win Ben Brisbourne achieves with Fontein Jewel is a special one, but the two-year-old’s win in the first race at Flemington on Saturday held particular significance. The Lucky Vega colt’s win in the $150,000 TAB We’re On Handicap (1420m) was the young English trainer’s first at the track since being granted… Read More »
Emerging filly Chains Of Love is in line for a return to black-type company after outclassing a more seasoned field of rivals to win the Highway Handicap at Randwick. The superbly bred daughter of I Am Invincible out of 2015 Group 1 Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me is set to… Read More »
Bjorn Baker won’t be on track at Royal Randwick on Saturday but will bring a strong hand to the feature event, the Listed Civic Stakes over 1400m. Baker has been at Royal Ascot all week preparing stable star sprinter Overpass, who ran a gallant third in the Group 1 King Charles… Read More »
Racing and travel have brought out the best in Silver Wedding who will now look to add a Stakes race victory to her record. A winner of four of her 13 starts, the Ciaron Maher-trained mare runs in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) at Ipswich on Saturday. A sister to Group… Read More »
Bow Echo may not have had it all his own way this time but his class shone through for a Royal Ascot victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes (1603m). A third group one win for jockey Billy Loughnane, Bow Echo ($1.83/5-6) followed up on the pair’s Group 1 2000… Read More »
There was just one thing more for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore to complete at Royal Ascot and Mission Central was the horse the give the pair the full set of wins at the highest level at English racing’s showpiece. Moore, aboard Mission Central ($13/14-1), pounced late in a high-pressure… Read More »
There aren’t many better at taking a tried horse and improving them to greater heights than Joseph Pride, who has taken care of talented gelding Poison Chalice. The six-year-old by Savabeel was formerly prepared by Horsham-based trainer Paul Preusker, who was last seen running tenth in the Listed Ballarat Cup… Read More »
The Caulfield Cup has received a prize money boost in time for the 150th running of one of Australia’s historic races. The 2400m handicap to be run on October 17, will this year be worth $6 million with all 18 starters receiving a prize money cheque, with horses finishing outside the top… Read More »
De Bergerac is already safely in the field for next month’s Santa Ana Lane Series Final, but the gelding will use this Saturday’s final qualifier to round out preparations for the Listed event. The Grahame Begg-trained five-year-old will step out in the $150,000 open handicap over 1100 metres at Flemington…. Read More »
Grand Final Day as almost arrived for Asfoora and Henry Dwyer is tipping an improved performance from his globe-trotting mare in the King Charles III Stakes on Day 1 at Royal Ascot. The seven-year-old daughter of Flying Artie, who won the 1005-metre Group 1 sprint at Royal Ascot two years… Read More »
Skyhook ticked an important box by stretching his brilliance to a mile with an emphatic win in the Gunsynd Classic, putting himself firmly in the frame for a shot at the Golden Eagle in the spring. Co-trainer Sterling Alexiou confirmed the three-year-old had earned a spell after taking out Saturday’s… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher-trained Royal Supremacy has done a ‘Pride Of Jenni’ in leading throughout to score in the Q22 at Eagle Farm. With Pride Of Jenni withdrawn on race morning because of the Heavy 9 track, Royal Supremacy took up the leader’s role in the Group 2 2200m weight-for-age contest… Read More »
No, a champion will not let one go. Despite the hopes of some of his rivals, James Mcdonald had all of those exceptional riding qualities on display as he steered Tron Bolt to victory in the Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm, and overtook Malcolm Johnston’s long-standing… Read More »
A trip north or a break to get ready for the spring is what trainer Lloyd Kennewell must weigh up after Straand Deal made it a winning hat-trick at Sandown. Success in the Sportsbet Same Race Multi Handicap (2400m) on Saturday was Straand Deal’s first at the trip after victories… Read More »
Rising staying talent The budgiesmugla has justified the decision to bypass the Brisbane Cup in preference for a Listed assignment at Rosehill, maintaining his perfect 2400-metre record in the process. Trainer Bjorn Baker, who is in England to oversee the Royal Ascot bid of gun sprinter Overpass, opted for Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Lloyd Kennewell is already looking ahead to the major Group 1 sprint for three-year-olds in Melbourne with debut winner Mbube. The two-year-old son of Rubick was heavily supported to win the Sportsbet Fast Form Handicap (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday and Kennewell said the colt will be in the… Read More »
