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 »
Victoria Derby winner Hitotsu is in the early stages of a preparation that is expected to see the colt run first-up in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old is in the leading trainers’ Ballarat stable going through a slow build-up. Eustace said Hitotsu had had three weeks in the paddock following… Read More »
Owner Bob Peters has recorded his tenth win in the Group Two Perth Cup following the win of Midnight Blue. The Grant and Alana trained son of So You Think sat three wide throughout but was able to put a big enough gap on his rivals at the 200m mark… Read More »
He’d been running around in races like the Villiers and the Goulburn Cup, but the John O’Shea-trained Kirwan’s Lane ($2.90) has relished dropping back in grade by posting back-to-back victories at Randwick in the space of six days. He broke through on the course proper in a Benchmark 88 on Boxing… Read More »
Tigertiger has continued his rise through the grades by taking out the first feature race of the New Year, the Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington. A maiden when he arrived in Australia after 12 starts in New Zealand, Tigertiger now has five wins to his credit in nine starts for Mornington trainer… Read More »
