The three-time Group One winner burst onto the Australian racing scene with a dominant win in the race last year but had to fight for a second victory, with the Chris Waller pair of Polly Grey and Kukeracha filling the placings just 0.75 and 1.25 lengths off the winner. Ridden by James Macdonald,… Read More »
A fast start was key to Snapdancer turning last start disappointment into success at the highest level as the five-year-old mare by Choisir took out the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. While it was the first win in this race for training juggernauts Ciaron Maher & David Eustace,… Read More »
Blondeau has long promised to win a black-type race and he has finally delivered, spearing through along the inside to claim the Listed Takeover Target Stakes and continue a heady week for jockey Chad Schofield. It was Schofield’s third feature win for the Chris Waller stable in seven days after he claimed… Read More »
In-form jockey Sam Clipperton earned his riding fee the hard way when partnering the Annabel Neasham-trained Numerian to a tough victory in the Gosford Gold Cup. With Rachel King on Main Stage setting a slow speed in front, Clipperton had to work hard to keep Numerian relaxed at the flanks of the leader before… Read More »
After 18 months being winless, Ranting has made a return to the winner’s enclosure at Caulfield after undergoing two operations. A wind operation coupled with a gelding operation saw Ranting take out the Ian Miller Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. The victory was Ranting’s second in 17 starts with his sole win… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge youngster Resonator has booked his spot on the stable’s Brisbane winter carnival team with a courageous performance at the stand-alone Gosford meeting. The two-year-old mustered good speed out of the gates for Tim Clark but was pestered in front midrace by Ona Bender, who went forward after being trapped… Read More »
Witchachar Star has continued his meteoric rise up the ranks taking out the Listed Warrnambool Cup. Backing up from a heavy track victory at Sandown last Saturday, Witchachar Star relished the heavy ground to record an impressive win over 2350m on Thursday. Witchachar Star was having only his seventh start for trainer Chris… Read More »
Apprentice Madison Lloyd has landed her most important career victory guiding Frankie Pinot to a first-up win at Warrnambool. Success in the Listed Wangoom Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday was her biggest success since the apprentice had her first ride in March 2019. “Last year was my first year here (at Warrnambool)… Read More »
This Saturday will see the strongest ever field assembled at Rockhampton, with the $440,000 slot race ‘The Archer’ set to be run over 1300m. Streets Of Avalon is one of two group one winners in the field along with Stradbroke Handicap winner Tyzone, and one of two Victorian trained horses… Read More »
Jonker, who put a Group 1 exclamation mark on his race record when he won the Manikato back in October 2021, has been retired. Jonker will stand at Aquis Farm, taking with him the distinction of being the first son of Queensland’s champion sire Spirit of Boom to retire to… Read More »
Flemington trainer Nick Ryan will consider a Group 1 contest in Adelaide for Regardsmaree after the So You Think gelding scored a dogged win at Sandown. Regardsmaree was on the quick back-up in Saturday’s Listed Anniversary Vase (1400m) after scoring in the VOBIS Gold Sprint at Caulfield last week. Sent out the $2.60 favourite under Billy… Read More »
Count De Rupee charged up Doomben 10,000 markets after winning a Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) in which star local Rothfire was unplaced as an odds-on favourite at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Robert and Luke Price-trained four-year-old registered his first win since the $1 million The Gong last November when he… Read More »
The completion of a course of chemotherapy has coincided with a Group 1 win in Adelaide for the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable with Glint Of Hope taking out the Australasian Oaks. Young has been battling breast cancer in recent months and was at Morphettville on Saturday to greet Glint Of Hope… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker has celebrated a feature race win at Hawkesbury with outsider Exotic Ruby on what has been a momentous day for his family. Baker’s father, renowned trainer Murray Baker, officially retired on Saturday following a decorated career and his son was thrilled to claim the Group 3 Hawkesbury… Read More »
Mr Mozart has continued his autumn form surge, fending off a late charge from outsider Dalchini to give Hawkes Racing a second win in the Hawkesbury Guineas. The stable last claimed the 1400m race in 2014 with Chautauqua, who went on to become a multiple Group 1 winner and champion sprinter…. Read More »
The Chris Waller stable had concerns about Tycoonist handling the very heavy conditions at Hawkesbury, but they need not have worried with the consistent gelding scoring a promising first-up win. In a race that didn’t quite go to plan, Tycoonist ($4) camped just behind the speedy Malkovich ($2.90 fav) and the pair fought… Read More »
Snitzel colt Burgunder has announced himself as a horse of the future with a determined victory in the Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury. While the 1400m race does not carry black-type status, it has historically proven to be a strong form reference for the later-maturing juveniles with the likes of 2013… Read More »
Slot holders Chris Waller Racing Partnership have locked in champion sprinter and reigning Everest titleholder Nature Strip as its runner in this year’s $15 million showpiece. While the feature is almost six months away, Waller has been keen to bed down spring plans for the three-time T J Smith Stakes winner, who… Read More »
How good is it to have Vega One, who was last seen action in last year’s Stradbroke Handicap, lining up to face the starter at Eagle Farm on Saturday! The Tony Gollan trained gelding provided arguably the most exhilarating moment of last year’s Queensland Winter Carnival when he won the… Read More »
Chris Waller has scrapped plans to run Verry Elleegant in France’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, but the Melbourne Cup winner could still make a flying trip to Europe. In a statement released on Wednesday, Waller said he had discussed all options with the mare’s ownership group and it had… Read More »
