The Group 3 Winx Guineas is the winter carnival goal for Autumn King after the progressive colt banked his third career victory in the Highway Handicap at Scone. The three-year-old has been competitive in stakes company at his past two starts, finishing fifth in both the South Pacific Classic (1400m)… Read More »
A filly unwanted in the sale ring and betting ring caused a monumental upset as a $151 rank outsider in the Listed $200,000 Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday. Rags to riches filly Queen Regent caught everyone by surprise except trainer Blake Ryan and jockey Jay Ford when she… Read More »
Hellsing, trained by Annabel and Rob Archibald, has struck a rich vein for form and scored a career-best win in the Listed $200,000 Arrowfield Scone Cup (1600m) at Scone on Friday. Despite having his 10th start in a preparation stretching more than six months, Hellsing is going better than ever… Read More »
With each campaign has come some improvement and trainer John Moloney is hoping for a touch more from Hearcomesthestar when she lines up at Flemington. Hearcomesthestar has won six of her 28 starts with a further eight placings but has fallen short when competing at Stakes level. The rising six-year-old has one Listed placing to… Read More »
Joe Pride isn’t sure how Estadio Mestalla has been allocated two kilos more than a Group 1 winner in the Luskin Star Stakes, but he does know the consistent gelding will give his all. The seven-year-old posted his most significant win in last year’s Listed Winter Stakes (1100m) and has… Read More »
Filly Sequista has often been her own worst enemy, but trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are convinced she has the quality to win at black-type level. Already stakes placed in the 2024 Inglis Nursery (1000m) and finishing on the heels of the placegetters in Tempted’s Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m),… Read More »
Harlem Queen hasn’t quite followed the career trajectory she appeared to be on at three, but off the back of a smooth build-up to her latest preparation, trainer Nathan Doyle is optimistic she can regain some consistency to her form. The mare resumes in Saturday’s Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at… Read More »
With a bevy of stakes-class sprinters currently in the stable, Peter Snowden is in the enviable position of juggling his team between a rich variety of feature races. A fortnight ago, he took out the Hawkesbury Gold Rush (1100m) with Zealously, while last week King Of Roseau and Beadman delivered… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington was never in the planning for Zakouma until his last start effort at Flemington After three successive wins, Zakouma went to Flemington on Anzac Day and was expected to take out the benchmark 100 2000m contest in which he was a heavily backed favourite. But the race turned into… Read More »
Chris Waller will have a typically robust team for the two-day carnival at Scone but among the horses he is most looking forward to seeing step out is the resuming Sun God. The five-year-old will be among up to 18 runners for the champion trainer when he kicks off his… Read More »
Warwick Farm trainer Gregory Hickman has been entrusted with preparing Future History for a start in the Melbourne Cup. Future History will have his first start for the Hickman stable in the Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) as he builds for Australia’s most famous race later in the year. A… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Private Eye will be Joe Pride’s headline horse at Doomben, but he expects stablemate The Black Cloud to prove a more than handy understudy. Evergreen campaigner Private Eye tackles the $1.5 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m), while The Black Cloud will join him on the float trip north in… Read More »
He fetched a record price at the breeze-up sales, and now Tron Bolt appears set for a Group 1 bid following his comprehensive midweek win at Randwick’s Kensington track. A $900,000 buy for Hermitage Thoroughbreds – the highest price paid for a colt at an Inglis Ready2Race sale – Tron… Read More »
The adage of a jockey having a saddle will travel does not sit with South Australian trainer Garret Lynch who uses the motto ‘have horse float, will travel’. Lynch racks up thousands of kilometres a year travelling around South Australia from his base at Murray Bridge and currently sits on top of the state’s trainers’… Read More »
Wayne Hawkes is confident Blue Diamond winner Devil Night will take some beating in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) on Saturday. The colt by Extreme Choice burst onto the scene, becoming the second horse since Redoute’s Choice to win the Blue Diamond at their second start but has gone winless… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is acutely aware of the task confronting Jimmysstar every time he steps out. The New Zealand-bred galloper is regarded one of Australia’s best, but his racing pattern means he can be vulnerable. Jimmysstar has an enviable record, 11 wins from 26 starts and more than $8.5 million in prize money which… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is looking to repeat history when sprinter Title Fighter heads to Flemington. Title Fighter is down to run in the Listed Straight Six (1200m) on Saturday as he bids to win the race for the second successive year after he lowered the colours of Deekay. Last year Title Fighter came… Read More »
Churchill’s Choice already has one New South Wales regional feature in the bag this autumn and the mare with the big finish will get the chance to add another this Friday at Scone. The Nathan Doyle-trained galloper will be out to back up her win in the Group 3 Hawkesbury… Read More »
The decision to ride Beadman more patiently in the Gold Coast Guineas has paid dividends for connections, who are now eyeing a start in the feature sprint of the Brisbane winter carnival. The three-year-old had finished out of the placings at his past two starts in Sydney after taking out… Read More »
Asterix proved there is no substitute for class and set a weight-carrying record with a strong staying performance to win the Listed $300,000 Gosford Gold Cup (2100m) at Gosford on Saturday. Jason Collett was at his patient tactical best on Asterix who made light of his 61kg as the gelding… Read More »
