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 »
Trainer Paul Preusker and jockey Dean Yendall both expect Steparty to rise to a far greater level after keeping his winning record intact. After wins at Ballarat and Flemington, Steparty stepped out to 1420m at Flemington on Saturday to claim the Rod Johnson Handicap after showing an explosive turn of foot soon after turning for home. Sent out… Read More »
Everything about the European form of Cepheus suggests he is a dour stayer, but a couple of campaigns into his Australian journey and the horse’s career is being reimagined. The gelding arrived two years ago as a Listed winner over 2500m in France and connections were hopeful he could develop into… Read More »
Chris Waller is pinning his faith in Bold Mac to overcome a distance query when he steps up to 2000-metres in the Listed McKell Cup at Rosehill. The former New Zealander will be one of three Cup runners for Sydney’s premier trainer along with dour stayer Irish Sequel and Lord Ardmore , while Desert… Read More »
After a sturdy course proper gallop at Ascot on Wednesday, Peter Snowden expressed confidence in Cannonball’s readiness for next week’s Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes (1000m). The son of Capitalist impressed during his solo workout, the same day rival Aussie horse, Coolangatta, also conducted an Ascot reconnaissance. Snowden has been… Read More »
Benaud has been consistently competitive against some of Australia’s best horses, but remarkably his only win is in a maiden at Nowra. Group placed in the Gloaming Stakes at just his second start and runner-up to Hitotsu in the 2022 ATC Australian Derby, Benaud has run boldly against the likes of Anamoe,… Read More »
New Zealand apprentice Wiremu Pinn joked his mount Born Hustler would have won by 10 lengths had he still been able to claim 3kg in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Pinn had his claim reduced from 3kg to 2kg for Wednesday’s meeting at Sandown after an audit of his New Zealand wins showed he… Read More »
From two-year-olds to stayers, Ciaron Maher openly admits to having had a phenomenal 2023 in races at the highest level and King Colorado provide another group one win for the stable in the JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) for juveniles at Eagle Farm. Backed from $51 into a starting price of… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are hurtling towards a maiden win in the Australian trainers’ premiership and Saturday’s racing, right across Australia, highlighted why. The Victorian training partners dominated the Sandown meeting in Melbourne, training five winners, while also picking up wins at two different venues in Queensland. Group 1 J J… Read More »
It might have been an off-season winter meeting in Sydney, but it proved prolific for trainer Bjorn Baker and apprentice Dylan Gibbons with both celebrating significant milestones. Baker took seven horses to Randwick and five of them won, giving the Warwick Farm-based horseman his first quintet. Gibbons too had a day to… Read More »
Luck hasn’t always favoured Spacewalk, but the Godolphin sprinter has been rewarded for his consistency with his first black-type success. The gelding has had to settle for his fair share of stakes placings, including when he threw away almost certain victory in last year’s The Rosebud by ducking out, and… Read More »
New Zealand jockey Wiremu Pinn continues to tick off the milestones early in his stint in Australia and can now say he’s a Saturday city winner. But not content with his first win on Australian racing’s biggest day of the week, the boom apprentice racked up a winning double. After scoring… Read More »
Dylan Gibbons was left searching for superlatives after emerging colt Ozzmosis maintained his unbeaten record with a classy victory over the highly-touted Royal Tribute at Randwick. The top apprentice compared the Bjorn Baker-trained winner to a luxury car and said the most exciting aspect of his performance was the fact he was… Read More »
Fields of Omagh, the revered two-time Cox Plate winner and beloved member of Living Legends, has passed away, leaving a void in the hearts of racing enthusiasts. Fondly known as Foo, he held a special place as the founding horse of the organization. “Foo was a very special horse, a wonderful… Read More »
Racing Victoria has announced a tenth race on Saturday’s will be trialled for 12 months commencing from the new season in August. The extra race will carry $80,000 in prize money and will provide a broad mix of opportunities for connections, with some of the smaller stables to be beneficiaries. A total of $3.52 million… Read More »
With horses the ilk of Everest runner-up Private Eye and Stradbroke Handicap contenders Think About It and Scallopini, syndicators Proven Thoroughbreds are flying high. But the road hasn’t always been an easy one. Director Jamie Walter, the brother of late trainer Guy Walter, started the business more than 20 years ago and… Read More »
Fine weather, a favourable barrier draw and a fit racehorse are the ingredients Grahame Begg says can give him a first win in the Stradbroke Handicap. Begg has finished second twice in the Group 1 1400m handicap and third once and believes Cardinal Gem can break that drought at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Cardinal Gem drew… Read More »
