Confidence lost, everything lost. It is what punters say, but it can also transfer over to horses and have an effect on their careers. Trainer Dane Smith has had to rebuild the confidence of San Remo following a fall in the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool last year. After two wins to start the 2023 jumps… Read More »
Henry Dwyer is looking forward to the jumps return of Riding High who will contest the first feature race of the Warrnambool May Carnival. The three-day meeting kicks off on Tuesday with the Brierly Steeplechase (3450m) the feature of the opening day. It will be a little over 12 months since Riding High last… Read More »
At the beginning of her career, a feature Sunday meeting at Rockhampton would have seemed an unlikely setting for reaching 1000 career winners by jockey Samantha Collett but 2023 The Archer Day will be one the 33-year-old will remember. In reaching this new level, Collett joins both her parents, Judy Thornton… Read More »
They’ve proven to be a gun stable for training stayers in recent times and the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace partnership have added more silverware to the cabinet with Affaire A Suivre ($7.50) taking out the Group One $500,000 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. After drawing the widest barrier in a… Read More »
Brad Rawiller has served a reminder of his talent with a pinpoint frontrunning ride on Coal Crusher at Rosehill, although the win might not be enough to keep the heavyweight rider in Sydney. Rawiller had been based in Perth before making the move east a few months ago and while he was… Read More »
When the call came through to trainers asking what distance they wanted the VRC St Leger run over at Sandown, Matt Cumani was open minded. Due to the death of Dean Holland in a race fall at Donald on Monday, the traditional Anzac Day meeting at Flemington the following day was… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody will look to the Melbourne Spring Carnival with Legacies who kept an unbeaten record with an impressive win at Sandown. A debut winner at Cranbourne on April 14, Legacies added the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) to her record on Saturday. The Anzac Day Stakes is traditionally run at Flemington but was rescheduled… Read More »
She didn’t execute the race to perfection, but Dipsy Doodle’s class shone through as she posted her second career win at Rosehill to book herself a shot at the Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone. Bringing up James Cummings’ 27th two-year-old win of the season, Dipsy Doodle ($2.70 unibet fav) mustered… Read More »
Trainers Toby and Trent Edmonds are looking to keep the ‘picket fence’ run of The Vowels going in the Queensland Guineas at Eagle Farm. The Vowels will be aiming for his sixth straight win when he contests the Group 2 1600m race for three-year-olds on Saturday, his toughest test to date. Commencing his winning… Read More »
Trainers Toby and Trent Edmonds hold some plans of a Group 1 start during the Brisbane Winter Carnival with Alpine Edge. But first there is a race in the far-north part of Queensland that they would like to tick off. Alpine Edge heads to the second running of the $775,000 The Archer (1300m) at Rockhampton on Sunday…. Read More »
When Thompson Creek Thoroughbreds secured Running On Time at Inglis Premier two years ago, it did so dreaming that she might emulate one of the Group 1 winners on her pedigree page. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly will get the chance to do that in Adelaide this Saturday, when… Read More »
Cardinal Gem does not have a lot in his favour ahead of the Anniversary Vase at Sandown. A galloper that has shown a liking for galloping room in his races, Cardinal Gem has drawn barrier one in the 1400m Listed race on Saturday. And Cardinal Gem faces a significant weight rise following his win in… Read More »
An infection ruled Perfect Thought out of his autumn carnival targets, but trainer John Sargent is hoping the promising colt can make up for lost time, starting in the Queensland Guineas. Perfect Thought was slated to contest the major three-year-old races in Sydney but after missing his scheduled first-up assignment due to… Read More »
Luck has deserted Private Eye so far this preparation, but the stars are finally aligning for the top-class sprinter to return to winning form in Brisbane. The Everest runner-up will step out in Saturday’s Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm where he has drawn ideally in barrier three, looks set to… Read More »
The last time Ed Cummings was in Adelaide for a Group 1 race, it was as an assistant trainer to his father Anthony with a horse at the end of its preparation. Fast forward seven years and Cummings is back in town as a successful trainer in his own right, this time… Read More »
Chris Waller’s decision to split up his team of milers has delivered him a two-state feature race double, the champion trainer coming away with the spoils in both the Hawkesbury Gold Cup and Tails Stakes in Doomben. Waller scratched Skyman from Hawkesbury to run in Brisbane and the horse swept… Read More »
Jigsaw’s first crack at the top level as an older horse didn’t work out how connections would have hoped, but Cindy Alderson remains hopeful he might yet retire a Group 1 winner after the gelding rebounded to claim Saturday’s Hareeba Stakes at Mornington. The four-year-old son of Manhattan Rain was… Read More »
Few jockeys can match Nash Rawiller in the nerve department and the top hoop was seen at his daring best at Hawkesbury as he extricated US import Princess Grace from a sticky situation to land her first black-type win in Australia. Held up behind shifting leader Expat, Rawiller had to… Read More »
Lethal Thoughts was set an ambitious task in Queensland around this time last year and the son of So You Think could again be Brisbane-bound after winning Saturday’s Mornington Guineas. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt registered his first win since his debut success at Sale on April 27… Read More »
Blue-blooded colt Hawaii Five Oh has laid the foundation for a lucrative winter campaign in Brisbane with a breathtaking performance in the Hawkesbury Guineas and in doing so reignited one of racing’s great associations. Trainer Gai Waterhouse, owner John Singleton and jockey Nash Rawiller combined to capture Saturday’s 1400m feature… Read More »
