The Australian sprinting contingent at Royal Ascot has bounced back with Artorius and The Astrologist finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on the final day of 2023 carnival. After Coolangatta and Cannonball made minimal impression on Tuesday in the Kings’ Stand Stakes,… Read More »
Danny Beasley has wound back the clock to land a winning double at Randwick, highlighted by his plundering of the Listed Civic Stakes aboard the Kris Lees-trained Ucalledit. One of Sydney’s leading jockeys during the early and mid-2000s, Beasley won some of Australia’s biggest races including the 2003 Golden Slipper on… Read More »
Palaisipan has added to her value as a broodmare after taking out the final Group 1 race of the season at Eagle Farm. The Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) on Saturday is for fillies and mares and boasted a large field as owners and trainers chase late Group 1 glory. Ridden by Kyle Wilson-Taylor, Palaisipan ($14) scored by a half-length from Roots… Read More »
First there was a Flemington winner and then came his maiden winner at Caulfield, all of which has helped Perth apprentice Luke Campbell get over his home sickness. Campbell is on a three-month loan to Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and wants to see how the next couple of months play out before making his next move. The apprentice will need to… Read More »
John Sargent is keen to see more long-distance races programmed in Sydney and preferably over two miles after taking out a shortened version of the Stayer’s Cup with Outlandos. The winter staple was held over 3200m at Rosehill until two years ago when it was shifted to Randwick and reduced to… Read More »
The talents of emerging apprentice Wiremu Pinn, whose name has been front and centre in headlines in reports covering the controversial, incorrect allocation of his weight claim by racing authorities when he moved across from New Zealand to Victoria … a mistake made through absolutely no fault of his own… Read More »
Docklands is closely-related to an OTI Racing horse who was a Black Type performer in Australia and the Harry Eustace-trained colt might see himself carrying the same colours Down Under after winning on Day 3 at Royal Ascot. The half-brother to Harbour Views took his record to three wins from five starts,… Read More »
Saturday night’s Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot has the potential to make Artorius a stallion with worldwide appeal and make some Australian breeders look like shrewd investors in the process. The 1207-metre Group 1 will be the final start for the son of Flying Artie before he embarks on… Read More »
The celebration of the day at last week’s Ipswich Cup meeting came from Jake Bayliss when he gave a rousing, emotionally charged, extravagant victory salute aboard the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained Chassis in the Gai Waterhouse Classic. Such are the twists and turns of racing that, apart from… Read More »
Australia’s horseracing world mourns the passing of champion racehorse Desert War. Desert War gained fame as an Australian Thoroughbred gelding with an impressive record, including six Group One (G1) wins. Among his victories were the Epsom Handicap, which he won twice in 2004 and 2005, the Chipping Norton Stakes, LKS… Read More »
Celine Gaudray has given Carleen Hefel the chance to take the lead in the Melbourne Apprentices’ Premiership race by accepting a ride in a Group 1 race in Brisbane. Gaudray left for Brisbane on Thursday to do some early work on the Eagle Farm track after gaining the ride on Excelida in the Tattersall’s Tiara… Read More »
Champion jockey Jamie Kah is optimistic about returning to race riding in just a few weeks, following a devastating fall at Flemington in March that resulted in serious brain trauma. She recently shared her experiences and progress in an exclusive interview with Channel 7’s Hamish McLachlan. Back riding trackwork on… Read More »
An adjustment in tactics brought out the best in Cotehele last start and trainer John O’Shea said he would stick to that formula ahead of the gelding’s bid for successive wins in the Listed Civic Stakes. The four-year-old had disappointed slightly in finishing just behind the placegetters at his first two runs… Read More »
From the picnic races at Mudgee last Saturday to saddling up his first Group One runner, Luke Pepper has experienced racing’s full gamut this week. The Scone horseman has Opal Ridge poised to contest Saturday’s $700,000 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm, the exciting filly backed into $3.30 favouritism after drawing ideally… Read More »
One person, who has previously been a standard fixture as a participant at the Queensland Winter Carnival, has been notably absentee from the 2023 edition of the event … and missing the prime time months of racing in his home state has been a painful experience for Jim Byrne in… Read More »
The news that Racing Victoria stewards have issued show-cause notices to connections of twenty-nine horses ridden by apprentice Wiremu Pinn with an incorrect apprentice allowance claim is sure to be a real conversation starter. It was only discovered after the fact that Pinn, who is in Australia on a three-month… Read More »
Racing Victoria Stewards have today continued their inquiry into the reason for Headingley, ridden by Dean Holland, falling during Race 1 at Donald and District Racing Club on Monday, 24 April 2023. Headingley fell near the 300m mark in the 3YO Maiden Plate (1000m) and Time To Rumble (Alana Kelly),… Read More »
Coolangatta will have to do something that has been achieved just twice in the past decade if she is to win the King’s Stand Stakes following the allocation of starting positions for the 1006-metre Group 1. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly will start from barrier two in the field of… Read More »
A tough performance by Zoumon has delivered the promising Tulloch Lodge stayer his biggest win, putting him on a path to chase further feature race success. Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are renowned for producing horses who can grind out a finish and Zoumon ($2.70 fav) has proven no exception,… Read More »
Gerald Ryan missed out on buying Grebeni once, but he wasn’t about to let him go a second time. And after the three-year-old made it a hat-trick of wins in the Racing For Good On July 29 Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill on Saturday, he was glad he backed his judgement. Ryan revealed… Read More »
