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 »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturdayâs horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Hawkesbury, Mornington, Doomben, Ascot and Morphettville. swiftbet đ°Â đ Download the hottest new betting app Hawkesbury Cup đ: View the Field and Odds… Read More »
Fresh from snaring the inaugural running of the $4 million The Quokka, Bjorn Baker is looking to continue his momentum at Hawkesbury where he has runners in three of the four feature races. Baker made the dash to Perth for last weekend’s slot race and came away with the spoils courtesy… Read More »
“It’s a very simple recipe â find a bum”. That will be Anthony Cummings’ instruction to jockey Josh Parr when he is legged aboard Kote in the Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) on Saturday. Cummings has never doubted Kote’s ability, but he is the first to admit that harnessing it has been a challenge…. Read More »
Jake Bayliss is back in Brisbane and ready to put in the hard yards to re-establish himself locally and give his career some traction heading into the Queensland Winter carnival. Apart from a couple of weeks back visiting family in December 2022, Bayliss has been busy gaining international experience over… Read More »
After a few setbacks to start his latest campaign, the Annabel Neasham-prepared Zaaki proved he was back in good order with a determined second behind Giga Kick in last weekend’s $1.5 million Group One All Aged Stakes at Royal Randwick. Aside from a sixth in the 2021 Doncaster at his Australian debut… Read More »
Port Philip has come a long way in a short time and will chase a Caulfield Cup start when he heads to the Mornington Cup on Saturday. The seaside town of Mornington sits on Port Philip Bay and Port Phillip, the racehorse, is showing himself to be a handy stayer. A former member… Read More »
Trainer Simon Miller knows exactly how good Amelia’s Jewel is and was just as pleased with her effort when narrowly beaten in the inaugural running of The Quokka, however the question still remains whether Western Australia’s star filly is a sprinter or a miler as he plots her path to… Read More »
The inaugural running of the $4 million ‘The Quokka’ certainly didn’t disappoint, with Overpass ($12) just able to lead throughout in the 1200m feature at Ascot, scoring by 0.04 lengths. All the hype pre-race was about star three-year-old filly Amelia’s Jewel who was sent around as the $2.80 Favourite despite jumping from… Read More »
Phillip Stokes has not always been as complimentary towards Russian Dancer as what he was after his win at Sandown on Saturday. It’s no surprise the Pakenham trainer had some nice things to say, given the gelding secured Stokes and connections a $275,000 payday when he ran down Toronto Terrier in the VOBIS… Read More »
