It was announced in WA today that Willie Pike, that state’s best jockey, will move to Sydney. He, like Novak Djokovic, remains an ardent non-vaccinated advocate, and as such, believes he will be allowed to ride in NSW as an unvaccinated athlete. Bringing that claim into question was a message… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden have gone back-to-back in the Magic Millions three-year-old Guineas as King Of Sparta mowed down his rivals to win the rich $2million Magic Millions Guineas. After winning the 2021 renewal with Aim, they returned to the scene of the crime with the son of I Am… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. RACING FUTURES BLUE DIAMOND Russian Conquest $51-$11 Coolangatta (doubtful) unchanged @ $6 fav Lofty Strike installed @ $15 (after… Read More »
Straight track specialist Halvorsen has won his second Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) in three years after a gutsy effort to claim the $250,000 feature by a long head. It’s the six-year-old’s third stakes win, adding to his Century Stakes (Listed, 1000m) win first-up this campaign and the 2020 renewal of… Read More »
Kembla Grange trainer Theresa Bateup knows a bargain when she sees one. Her Lope De Vega mare Monegal ($18) only set the stable back $3,000 at the Scone sales, but has now taken her earnings over the $460,000 mark with another victory at Rosehill Gardens. The six-year-old did it easy on… Read More »
That’s how long it had been since the Ben & Jd Hayes – trained Dark Dream last won, 1041 days to be exact, but the drought came to an end in the California Memory Living Legends Plate (1700m). The 2018 Group 1 Queensland Derby winner was formerly trained by Kerry Parker before being sold… Read More »
While the Magic Millions shines brightest on the Gold Coast, it was a sales graduate that hit the board first in Melbourne as Lofty Strike taking out the first event at Flemington. A $280,000 purchase in 2021, the son of Snitzel is the second foal out of 2013 Golden Slipper… Read More »
Danny Bougoure will saddle the unbeaten Indiscreetly in the $2 million Three-Year-Old Guineas at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The good-looking filly booked her place in the big race by landing three wins from three starts, but there was a time when any thought of her taking up a place… Read More »
Giles Thompson has announced that he has resigned as CEO of Racing Victoria, a position he has held for some five years. Thompson’s media release reads, “It has been my privilege to lead this industry for more than five years during what has been an incredible period of growth. I… Read More »
All Godolphin’s enigmatic Gr 1 winning star KEMENTARI (Lonhro – Yavanna) has to do on Saturday, is run and he will become part of Australian racing folk lore – and history. He’s the toppie for the $1million Magic Millions Cup over 1400m. He is a heavily backed $5 chance and… Read More »
Tiffani Brooker will have the distinction of being the only female rider in this year’s $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic where she will ride the Mick Mair trained Sneaky Starter. Brooker hasn’t had the easiest time in recent years … on a couple of fronts! Firstly, after spending a… Read More »
The fourth edition of the All-Star Mile returns to Flemington on 19 March and 77 horses have been nominated for the $5 million event after initial nominations closed on Monday. 22 entries have earned more than $1 million in prizemoney already and among them 20 Group 1 winners. They can… Read More »
A handful of runs is the strategy for popular three-time Group 1 winner Behemoth as keeping him racing for at least two more seasons is the aim. “We’ve started thinking long term with the horse now,” Grand Syndications manager Sam Lyons said on SENTrack. “We’re come up with a plan that… Read More »
John Moloney watched Scorched Earth’s impressive win in the Andrea McKerley Handicap (1100m) at Caulfield but was no less impressed by what he saw as the three-year-old filly negotiated a wide draw and steamed home to win, and survived a protest to keep the race. The win also vindicated Moloney’s… Read More »
Five-year-old gelding Open Minded is back to consecutive winning form after taking out the Cameron Rose Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. A large and vocal ownership group and co-trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman will now be hoping that it can emulate the winning run of four races achieved through the early part of… Read More »
She was only a $30,000 Inglis Classic yearling purchase, but the Gary Portelli-trained Arctic Thunder ($5.50) has continued to put cheques in the bank for connections with a fast-finishing victory at Rosehill Gardens. The Headwater mare was too strong on the line defeating race favourite And We Danced ($2.80F) by a long… Read More »
He’s a galloper that took eight starts to break his maiden, but the Anthony Cummings-trained Caesars Palace ($6.50) has now turned the corner winning four and placing in three of his past 11 outings. The Casino Prince gelding led all the way to take out the Fujitsu General Handicap over… Read More »
One of the most anticipated horses to step out at Caulfield delivered for punters and connections when Philosopher won the Ann Kilkenny Handicap over 1000 metres. Having impressed in trials, co-trainer Sam Freedman anticipated that Philosopher ($2.40 favourite) would jump well from the barrier stalls and is what eventuated with… Read More »
Young apprentice jockey Hannah Fitzgerald is making encouraging progress in her road to recovery following a horror race fall at Kalgoorlie on October 30. The 18-year-old was aboard the Jeff Eeles-trained Neurologic in the second-last race of the day when, shortly after crossing the line in fourth place, the gelding clipping… Read More »
Star jockey Willie Pike’s future as a rider appears to be very much in his own hands or, if you want to put it another way, he can’t blame others for the predicament he finds himself in at this time. It should be noted at the outset that none of… Read More »
