There was no shortage of connections who winced after drawing double-digit gates in Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, but Dan Morton wasn’t one of them. The man who trains favourite Alaskan God was content to see him allocated barrier 14, which will become 12 if the two emergencies drawn… Read More »
Five years on from Great Shot’s win in the Furphy-Railway Stakes (1600m), trainer Rhys Radford is hoping to cause a similar upset in this year’s edition of the famous Ascot mile. Rhys Radford has pinned his hopes on Comfort Me delivering him a second win in the Group 1 event, after the… Read More »
Good old Peter Moody … a salt of the earth, tell it like it is character if ever there was one … but, then again, there still remains a line you cross at your peril as Moody found to his cost when his comments regarding the performance in the saddle… Read More »
When his top-line galloper Think It Over tore a tendon earlier in the year, you would’ve been forgiven to believe that trainer Kerry Parker would be having a quieter time at this stage of the racing calendar. But his Dundeel mare Hope In Your Heart has taken over the reins and continues to… Read More »
He drew the car park in the Golden Eagle at Rosehill two weeks ago and never saw the fence, but Godolphin galloper Vilana ($4.80F) has bounced back to win the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle. Given a peach of a steer by Nash Rawiller, the four-year-old entire proved too strong… Read More »
She’s been a work in progress for some time, but the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Pierossa ($19) has put it all together to win the $200,000 Group 3 Spring Stakes at Newcastle. After settling midfield with cover during the run, jockey Sam Clipperton managed to pull her out to the centre of… Read More »
The hype around Brayden Star leading into the Cranbourne Shooting Star, a rare class 3 race worth $175,000 was justified as the lightly raced northern hemisphere three-year-old broke the 1500m track record with a comfortable … length win. Sent around a … favourite off the back of a 7.5 length win… Read More »
As soon as Fun Fact missed the start you only wanted to be on King Frankel ($3.30F) in The Beauford over 2300m at Newcastle. Apprentice hoop Tyler Schiller was handed an easy lead over the staying journey, and took full advantage to defeat Kukeracha ($6) by two and a half lengths with Gin Martini ($6)… Read More »
He will forever be remembered for his association with champion mare Winx, but jockey Hugh Bowman will aim to add even more feathers to his cap when he heads to Hong Kong for a riding sting this Sunday. Coming off a successful couple of weeks where he won the Group 1… Read More »
Things didn’t go to plan in the richest race Uncle Bryn has contested this spring, but the import’s trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are hoping to console themselves with victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m). The son of Sea The Stars is backing up from last weekend’s $2… Read More »
Callsign Mav now has some stiff competition for Jamie Mott’s favourite horse of the spring, but he gets the chance to cement his position at Cranbourne this Saturday. The ex-Kiwi gelding will be reunited with Mott in the $500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m), seven days after the popular jockey logged his… Read More »
Fresh off having two runners in this year’s $15 million The Everest, Warwick Farm-based trainer Bjorn Baker is targeting even more riches at the The Hunter meeting in Newcastle this weekend. Baker saddles up no less than six runners, with stable favourite Overpass engaged in the $1 million feature. The… Read More »
He’s a galloper that’s earned almost $3 million in earnings, and the Greg Hickman-prepared Eleven Eleven will be looking to add to that bank when he contests the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle this Saturday. A winner of nine races including multiple at Listed level, the Fastnet Rock gelding has done… Read More »
Josh Julius isn’t complaining, but the abundant post-Melbourne Cup Week options now available have provided him with a dilemma as to what to do with his stable star Just Folk. The six-year-old was among the nominations for the Cranbourne Cup when entries for the $500,000 Listed event closed on Monday. But… Read More »
He just missed out on gaining a slot in the $15 million Everest, but the Desleigh Forster-prepared Apache Chase will be out to show his wares in next Saturday’s $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle. The Better Than Ready gelding proved he was more than up to the elite level… Read More »
Many doubted that the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained gelding Ellsberg ($3.30F) could see out the 1800m of the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill Gardens today, but the five-year-old proved too strong to hold off Sibaaq ($16) by a short head with Laws Of Indices ($3.80) a length and a quarter back in… Read More »
A drop back in trip has provided Alligator Blood a second Group 1 win of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Leading throughout over the 1600m of the Champions Mile at Flemington on Saturday, Alligator Blood confirmed his status as one of Australia’s best milers. A winner of the Group 1 Australian… Read More »
Roch ‘N’ Horse has scored another knock blow in a feature sprint race at Flemington taking out the Group 1 Champions Sprint. The Mike Moroney-trained mare won the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap over the same course and distance as Saturday’s 1200m sprint earlier in the year. This time there was no $101 on offer as Roch… Read More »
After missing the jump by two lengths in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, jockey Hugh Bowman had to reset his race plans for exciting Godolphin two-year-old colt Barber ($5). The Exceed And Excel progeny was able to run down the 14 runner field late, proving too strong… Read More »
Chris Waller and the large team of owners of import Soulcombe hope to be back at Flemington in 12 months’ time for a shot at the Melbourne Cup. Soulcombe, a former member of the William Haggas team in the UK, scored an impressive Australian debut taking out the Group 3 Queen’s Cup (2600m) on Saturday. TAB has… Read More »
