Home Affairs has been ruled out of the Sydney Autumn Carnival with tightness across his back and hindquarter. A campaign in the Northern Hemisphere has become the focus for the Chris Waller-trained Home Affairs who will miss the Sydney Autumn Carnival. Waller issued a statement on Tuesday explaining Home Affairs was… Read More »
Jamie Kah’s hopes of back-to-back wins in the Doncaster Mile have been enhanced with her booking for new favourite Forbidden Love, but she is eyeing an even bigger adventure later in the year. Melbourne’s premier rider on Monday morning spoke of her eagerness to ride at this year’s Royal Ascot… Read More »
A jockey on the comeback from serious injury, a trainer who gets limited opportunities and an unfashionably bred filly have combined to deliver an unlikely Golden Slipper fairytale. Fireburn has overcome a significant bump shortly after the start to capture Saturday’s $5 million Golden Slipper, giving Brenton Avdulla his second… Read More »
Shelby Sixtysix has given his trainer and jockey their first Group 1 wins. “Is he in The Everest?” That was the line from trainer Danny Williams after the most improved horse in training, Shelby Sixtysix, continued his incredible journey from Highway Handicap winner to Group 1 hero with victory in the… Read More »
Class prevailed in the fourth running of the $5 million All-Star Mile with Zaaki scoring a dominant win in the 1600-metre event at Flemington. The Annabel Neasham-trained gelding made light work of the outside barrier to land the $2.25m winner’s purse and justify his standing as the highest-rated runner in the… Read More »
James Cummings has been waiting to see a championship performance from Anamoe this autumn and the colt has delivered it in the Rosehill Guineas, bringing a mix of relief, excitement and vindication for the Godolphin head trainer. Cummings hatched a plan to kick off Anamoe’s campaign early and give the three-year-old a… Read More »
Glamour mare Verry Elleegant has had her colours lowered in the Ranvet Stakes as Montefilia upstaged the Horse of the Year in a brilliant performance. Trainer Chris Waller was offering no real excuses for the Melbourne Cup winner and while he believed the heavy conditions made it hard to make up ground, he… Read More »
In what was a demolition job of a training performance, Chris Waller has packed the podium with his stable of stayers to press a comprehensive stamp on the Group 3 Manion Cup (2400m). Destined for next month’s Sydney Cup, No Compromise booked her ticket to the Group 1 staying feature… Read More »
Kembla Grange trainer Theresa Bateup has celebrated the biggest win of her career with Monegal’s victory in the Epona Stakes at Rosehill her first Group race triumph. Starting a $7 chance, Monegal swept down the centre of the track to down Victorian Nerve Not Verve ($9) by 2-1/4 lengths with another 4-1/4 lengths… Read More »
Having resisted the temptation to have a throw at the stumps in the Group 1 Galaxy, small fish have proven sweet for Peter & Paul Snowden as Mazu comfortably maintained his unbeaten record this campaign. The three-year-old made a one-act affair of Saturday’s Listed Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill to… Read More »
Annabel Neasham has done her part in getting Zaaki to peak fitness for the All-Star Mile and it is now up to her jockey Jamie Kah to complete the assignment. The trainer reported that Zaaki was ‘bucking his brands off’ ahead of the $5 million All Star Mile over 1600m at Flemington… Read More »
Group 1 winner Profondo hogs the headlines, but trainer Richard Litt is happy with the trio of horses he is taking to Rosehill on Golden Slipper day, including his stable star. The valuable colt will be out to get his autumn back on track when he takes on top three-year-olds Anamoe and… Read More »
She won’t have raced for 63 days, has an awkward barrier to overcome and is unknown on significantly rain-affected ground. The statistics are against unbeaten filly Coolangatta in Saturday’s $5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) but if co-trainer Ciaron Maher is nervous, he isn’t showing it. Maher was largely relaxed after the youngster came… Read More »
The All Aged Stakes will be the autumn carnival target for In The Congo but trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are still weighing up the best way to get there. The three-year-old will launch his campaign in Saturday’s Group 1 Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill, his first start since a breakout spring… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman-stable are in discussions with the ownership group of Artorius over a possible trip to England for the Royal Ascot meeting. The Chris Waller-trained pair of Nature Strip and Home Affairs along with the Leon and Troy Corstens-trained Swats That have already been spoken of as potential Royal Ascot attendees this… Read More »
It has often been said that a racehorse doesn’t know what its starting price is and sometimes it is also just as well that they can walk out, do their trackwork and racing and enjoy stable life without knowing the back-story of their career. If that scenario did not apply,… Read More »
Those who feel like it was only yesterday that Black Caviar was racing can be excused for feeling a little older when they learn a grandson of the legendary sprinter is engaged to run on Tuesday. Keysborough will become the next generation of one of the most famous families in Australian… Read More »
Richard and Michael Freedman may be about to dissolve their training partnership, but the pair is still a force to be reckoned with in coming weeks. The Freedman brothers go their separate ways on April 1 with Richard to continue training at Rosehill and Michael from their Randwick yard. The pair sent… Read More »
The curtain will draw to a close shortly on the career of Tofane but there is still some unfinished business to do. It was announced on Friday that Tofane would be sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast in May, but first the Mike Moroney-trained galloper will run in… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has described Lighthouse as a dream to train after she delivered the leading horseman his first Group 1 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. The mare became the second American import to win the 1500m feature in the past three years, following the trail blazed by the Tulloch Lodge-trained Con Te Partiro,… Read More »
