Godolphin filly Honeycreeper couldn’t come away with a win in the Tasmanian Oaks, but she has put herself in a position to land an even bigger classic victory. Wearing blinkers for the first time, the three-year-old has demolished her rivals to claim Saturday’s Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick… Read More »
Semillion missed out on a Golden Slipper start but he has scored an important consolation win for his connections with a fighting victory in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick. A $300,000 buy from the Melbourne Premier Sale, Semillion came to Sydney well credentialled having claimed the Inglis two-year-old… Read More »
The continued wet weather in Sydney has forced trainers Peter and Paul Snowden to send I Am Superman to Melbourne. The Irish-bred son of Footstepsinthesand is bound for Bendigo on Saturday to contest the Listed Golden Mile (1600m). I Am Superman is no stranger to Melbourne having made four previous hit-and-run visits. He was… Read More »
Stories don’t come much better than that of The Harrovian. The star performer has been retired as a seventeen time winner from thirty-seven starts but, as is so often the case, the bare statistics don’t reveal the true measure of the horse who was at death’s door back in 2018,… Read More »
She’s been in career-best form this preparation and the Team Freedman-trained Forbidden Love will be looking to add to the win column in this Saturday’s running of the $3 million Doncaster Handicap at Royal Randwick. Looking to make it four wins in a row, Forbidden Love has been given a postage… Read More »
Kris Lees scratched Gem Song from the Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday due to the heavy track but reinstated him when the meeting was postponed and moved to a better surface – fortuitously at his home circuit of Newcastle. He was glad he did with the injury-plagued gelding notching his… Read More »
Chris Waller might have won 135 Group 1 races, but he admits capturing his latest major with the Ingham-owned Fangirl is extra special. Fangirl joined his list of elite race victors with a narrow decision over stablemate Hinged in the Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m) at Newcastle on Monday. Sporting the Ingham family’s famous… Read More »
Edward Cummings looks to have an emerging star on his hands in Duais, who has landed her second successive Group 1 win with a resounding performance in the Tancred Stakes at Newcastle. Settling last in the field of nine, Duais ($2.40 fav) began to build momentum before the home turn before… Read More »
Godolphin three-year-old Character is poised to back-up in the ATC Australian Derby after scoring a tough win in the rescheduled Tulloch Stakes at Newcastle. The Group 2 race was one of seven washed out at Rosehill on Saturday and rescheduled to Newcastle on Monday. Darren Beadman, assistant to Godolphin trainer James… Read More »
Mr Mozart doesn’t hold a nomination for the Doncaster Mile, but connections are keen to find him another autumn carnival target after he continued his form resurgence at Newcastle. The Hawkes Racing three-year-old added Monday’s Doncaster Prelude (1500m) to his resume, justifying his $3.50 favouritism to outmuscle Our Playboy ($4.20) by a… Read More »
The Tony and Maddy Sears trained Steady Ready sizzled his way to a scintillating debut victory at Doomben on Saturday under the enthusiastic guidance of a rejuvenated and refreshed Luke Tarrant. The two-year-old colt had won a barrier trial at Toowoomba by no less than 13.20 lengths on March 8… Read More »
Hawkes Racing is hoping the Sydney rain stops and the Randwick track can dry out as they look to capture a Group 1 race with Masked Crusader. The sprinter is heading back to Sydney to run in the T J Smith (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. Masked Crusader finished second… Read More »
Chris Waller and Craig Williams’ magical weekend continued on Saturday when Crystal Pegasus maintained his winning ways in the Mornington Cup (2400m). Less than 24 hours after teaming up to win the $1 million Group 1 William Reid Stakes with September Run, the jockey/trainer combination claimed the $300,000 Listed event that… Read More »
Racing officials have postponed the Tancred Stakes meeting at Rosehill after jockeys expressed safety concerns over the track. A group of riders, including leading hoops James Mcdonald and Kerrin Mcevoy, approached the stewards after the second event – the Schweppervescence for two-year-olds – advising that they felt the surface had… Read More »
Improving youngster Williamsburg has booked himself a spot in the Group 1 Sires’ Produce Stakes after outlasting Moko in a slogging finish to the Schweppervescence. The Group 3 race was held in atrocious conditions with a heavy shower sweeping over Rosehill just as the race was being run. However, Williamsburg ($10) had… Read More »
Liam Howley and Fred W Kersley combined for an early Mornington Cup Day blowout with Virtuous Circle upsetting some more fancied rivals in the Mornington Sires. The son of Almanzor, the outsider of the field at $61, edged out well-supported $2.20 favourite Do It La by a short-half-head in the $130,000 event over… Read More »
It was an early move before the turn by jockey William Pike that saw Mount Popa ($3.80) salute in the Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill Gardens. While race favourite Polly Grey ($3.20F) was still stuck in behind them on the fence, Pike took off at the 700m mark and let down… Read More »
Chris Waller trained mare September Run hadn’t won a race since her sparkling three-year-old campaign, which included the Coolmore Stud Stakes but was back to her best at Moonee Valley, winning the Group 1 William Reid Stakes in fine fashion. Settling midfield under jockey Craig Williams, the mare relished a… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained mare Shout The Bar led all the way at Moonee Valley on Friday night to take out the Group 2 Sunline Stakes. 5YO mare Shout The Bar, trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott has notched up her fifth career win and her third at… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke admits he is unsure how unbeaten Queenslander Gypsy Goddess will line up against the top Sydney fillies, despite having a couple of decent measuring sticks. Vandyke prepared Yankee Rose, who captured the 2016 Spring Champion Stakes as a three-year-old filly and was placed behind Winx in that year’s… Read More »
