Mike Moroney has seen a few good horses in this time as a trainer so his description of Tasman Park having a “really good racing brain” must say something as the gelding recorded his third win from as many starts. Stepping up to the 1600 metres of the Thoroughbred Club… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths and Mat de Kock training partnership have a filly with Blue Diamond aspirations after Serasana’s win in the $150,000 Ladbroke It! Handicap (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. Purchased by the stable with the involvement of Mat’s father and champion South African trainer Mike, the $400,000 spent at… Read More »
The Inglis Nursery has been a race of frustration for Gai Waterhouse, but that won’t stop the stable having a crack at the $500,000 event again this year. Waterhouse will unveil Shalaa debutant The Little Pumper in the 1000-metre scamper for Inglis graduates on Saturday’s Randwick program. The Hall of… Read More »
Two separate media releases from Racing NSW have catalogued a total of twenty-six serious charges which have been levelled at six different people … jockeys Tommy Berry, Jordan Mallyon, Jack Martin and Kayla Nisbet as well as Jacob Hoffman, who is identified by Racing NSW as a registered owner /… Read More »
The Roy Higgins joins five other Victorian races that carry a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup. Along with a prize money boost to $500,000 and a step up in trip to 2800m at set-weights, The Roy Higgins at Flemington will provide the winner a golden ticket into the Cup. The Roy Higgins joins The Andrew Ramsden (2800m), The Bart Cummings (2500m),… Read More »
The holiday is over for Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip, who will this week start his build up towards his autumn campaign. Tuesday will mark five weeks since the six-year-old won Australia’s most famous race and with his major autumn assignment – the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes – just… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are eyeing rich autumn races with Uncle Bryn who is about to return to work following a successful spring. The $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on March 18 is the first race on the agenda with the potential to then head to the Group 1 Australian Cup… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Eduardo will race on in the autumn after a series of tests found no physical issue with the gelding following his disappointing spring. One of the premier sprinters over the past couple of seasons, Eduardo’s form tapered off after his first-up win in the Concorde Stakes in… Read More »
Simon Miller has celebrated his first Group 1 victory as a trainer courtesy of stable star Amelia’s Jewel taking out the Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Amelia’s Jewel was supported into favouritism late and the surge in support was justified as she surged to a one length victory over a… Read More »
Tony Gollan described Garibaldi’s win in the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben as not the most spectacular of his five wins in the race but one that was as special as any of them. Garibaldi ($2.90 fav) was a $475,000 purchase at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in… Read More »
Scoring a third win in his last four starts, seven-year-old gelding Kissinger won the Listed Pakenham Cup on Saturday with Damien Oliver aboard. Evergreen Oliver won his first Pakenham Cup back in 1996 and with Kissinger ($3.70 fav) winning the 2022 edition, his tally of victories in the $300,000 feature moves to… Read More »
James Cummings would have loved for Cascadian to have raced at Ascot ahead of Saturday’s Northerly Stakes, but he is hoping his inexperience is offset by his tendency to spark up for a first interstate assignment. The imported galloper is favourite for Saturday’s 1800-metre weight-for-age Group 1, which will be his first… Read More »
Warrnambool galloper Kissinger is set to have his first shot at a stakes race when he makes the trip to Pakenham. The Lindsey Smith-trained galloper is set to line up in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) on Saturday coming off victories in two of his past three starts. Kissinger scored at benchmark 70 level at… Read More »
There was hardly a dry eye at Ascot two weeks ago when Trix Of The Trade scored an emotional victory in the Railway Stakes (1600m) at Perth racing headquarters. There are wins in sport and then there are wins, some have that unique and sentimental edge to them. This Railway… Read More »
James Mcdonald has become just the second Australian-based rider to win the Longines World’s Best Jockey competition, claiming the crown for 2022. Hugh Bowman captured the title in 2017 during the peak of Winx’s racing career, while McDonald achieved the accolade this year by winning nine of the world’s top 100 Group… Read More »
It’s a rare WA visit from the powerful co-training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, but they’re confident they have the right horse to make an impact at Ascot on Saturday. Fresh from winning the Melbourne Cup with Gold Trip in November, Maher and Eustace will look to add… Read More »
In-form sprinter Axe will be having just his fourth start for Jack Bruce when he lines up in the Group 3 George Moore Stakes at Doomben, but horse and trainer share a much longer history. Axe started his career with Bjorn Baker when Bruce was learning his craft under the top Sydney trainer… Read More »
Peter Snowden has confirmed Group 1 winner Huetor will run first-up in the $2 million The Ingham with regular jockey Kerrin Mcevoy booked for the ride. The six-year-old pleased the stable with his closing second to the well-performed Eleven Eleven in a Canterbury barrier trial on Tuesday to shore up… Read More »
Yulong Investments bought the highest-rated mare retired off the track and sold at public auction in Australia this year – Tofane ($3.1m) – and has replaced her with the mare who will soon become the highest-rated female racehorse in the country. BBA’s Michael Donohue paid 5.4 million guineas – which… Read More »
Alcohol Free is heading to Australia … and, no, there doesn’t have to be a rush on the bottle store shelves. Alcohol Free, a daughter of No Nay Never, became the second-most expensive thoroughbred ever sold at auction in Europe yesterday when she was knocked down to Michael Donohoe of… Read More »
