The Anthony & Sam Freedman trained Artorius joined Chris Waller’s Nature Strip and Home Affairs on a 32-hour flight via Dubai and all three handled the trip well according to their respective trainers. Speaking from Eagle Farm, Chris Waller was pleased with the initial report on his two sprinting stars…. Read More »
Ghaanati, by Deep Impact out of a Danehill mare, is a half-sister to star two-year-old Pride Of Dubai, who won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) in 2015. Just like her brother, Ghaanati is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, and going off… Read More »
It is all systems go for the Queensland Oaks favourite Gypsy Goddess on Saturday. The David Vandyke trained daughter of Tarzino will be looking to make it third time lucky in a Group 1 contest and her previous results at the elite level … when third in the Vinery Stakes… Read More »
Leith Innes rubber stamped his exit from race riding in the best possible way … on top, winning a Group 1 with a ride that was lauded by all who saw it. That ride came aboard the Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Pinarello in the Queensland Derby on Saturday and,… Read More »
Jerome Hunter has been monitoring Barb Raider more closely than normal following Saturday’s win in The Roses, but so far hasn’t found anything to suggest she took any harm from the run. Therefore, the well-travelled Victorian filly is almost certain to take her place in this Saturday’s $700,000 Group 1 Queensland Oaks… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster has registered her first win at Group 1 level with Apache Chase leading throughout to claim the Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm. Taken straight to the front by jockey Jim Byrne, Apache Chase ($12) held firm up the Eagle Farm straight to claim the 1300m race on Saturday… Read More »
Pinarello, trained by Roger James and Robert Wellwood, was having his first start in Australia after missing a key lead up run in the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate (2143m) at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. A mild temperature spike and heavy ground saw Pinarello go five weeks since winning… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood was not surprised to see the turnaround in form from his mare No Effort at Caulfield on Saturday. Bedggood said there had been genuine excuses for No Effort’s failures at her two starts prior to landing the prize in the Neds Punters Toolbox Handicap (2000m). No Effort was a winter find… Read More »
Progressive two-year-old Owen County has booked his passage to Queensland for a shot at the Group 1 J J Atkins Stakes with a classy victory at Randwick. Trainer John Sargent pulled the right rein by keeping the youngster in Sydney for Saturday’s Precise Air Handicap (1400m) after he was made… Read More »
Racing Victoria has secured a large parcel of land on the urban fringe of Melbourne that it hopes will future proof the thoroughbred racing industry. The price and location are currently the subject of confidentiality provisions, however the land is more than three times the size of Flemington racecourse and only 10 minutes from… Read More »
Three Royal Ascot bound Australian sprinters will have their last serious piece of work in a jump-out at Flemington before their departure for the UK. The Chris Waller-trained pair of Nature Strip and Home Affairs will be joined by the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Artorius in the specially arrange 900m hit-out down the… Read More »
“Thank God!” That was James McDonald’s response when it was put to him that Zaaki will have firmer footing to race on at Eagle Farm on Saturday in the Doomben Cup than he would have had if the (now postponed) meeting had gone ahead on the heavy surface at Doomben… Read More »
Alligator Blood is due to make his much-awaited debut for the Waterhouse and Bott stable in the Group 3 BRC Sprint over 1300m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. It has been anything but an easy road for the son of All Too Hard since he won the Group 1 Australian… Read More »
Champion jockey Craig Williams is thankful for the support from the entire racing industry in his and wife Larysa’s attempts to help the people of Ukraine. Craig Williamson and his wife Larysa have been overwhelmed by the generosity and support of the entire racing industry with the donations in support of… Read More »
The racing career of dual Derby winner Hitotsu hangs in the balance following an injury that will see him miss this year’s Spring Carnival. Ciaron Maher Racing on Monday released a statement announcing that the colt has suffered an injury to his near foreleg. The statement suggested that the extent of the injury… Read More »
Declan Maher shed a tear after Saunter Boy recorded back-to-back victories in the Australian Hurdle with a dashing display of jumping at Sandown. One of the keys players in the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable, Declan is the driving force behind the large team of jumpers the stable has… Read More »
A few small tweaks were all it took for jockey Rachel King to get the best out of former French galloper Hopeful, the pair combining for a hard-fought win in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill. King partnered the Annabel Neasham-trained five-year-old when he made his Australian debut in the… Read More »
Starting $26 chance Ocean Beyond in a black-type race at Flemington was meant to be a stepping stone to an out-of-town prize but for former St George Dragons NRL player and television cameraman Andrew Bobbin, the long trip from Stawell in western Victoria to Melbourne has delivered his first win… Read More »
An 1100-metres sprint for three-year-olds in May doesn’t often deliver a near-record time at Flemington but after seeing off her rivals by seven lengths over 1200 metres on Anzac Day, Star Patrol has delivered again in the Ecycle Solutions Trophy. Trainer Clinton Mcdonald revealed this week that the ownership had rejected a… Read More »
Sam Clipperton has given the Queensland Oaks-bound Aravene his seal of approval after guiding her to a dominant victory at Rosehill. Stepping up to 2000m for the first time in Saturday’s Canadian Club Handicap, Aravene ($4.60 fav) finished powerfully to defeat Ting Tong ($6.50) by three lengths with Sea Treasures… Read More »
