Brisbane trainer Desleigh Forster isn’t usually one to say more that she needs to, nor makes outlandish statements, but she had no hesitation in declaring her admiration for Apache Chase after the four-year-old gelding won $250,000 The Gateway (1400m) at Eagle Farm and secured the ‘win-and-you’re-in’ ticket into the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap… Read More »
He was the second-longest priced runner in the $140,000 Listed Razor Sharp field, but the Kris Lees-trained Special Reward ($26) has paid no attention to the market and saluted handsomely beating favourite Snap Dancer ($3.50F) by half a length with the unlucky Southern Lad ($7) a further two lengths away in third…. Read More »
Co-trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace set a strategy for American import Lighthouse which appears to be coming together with the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) on New Year’s Day the main aim. Lighthouse notched a third victory in as many starts in Australia in winning The Des Gleeson (1400m) at Flemington,… Read More »
A gritty performance form the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained El Padrino has seen him salute in the $400,000 Inglis Nursery at Royal Randwick. It wasn’t the easiest of watches for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace camp, but their two-year-old El Padrino ($10) has taken out the Restricted Listed Inglis Nursery… Read More »
You’d love to own a stable full of horses like Savabeel gelding Mightybeel ($3.90) who has never missed the top five in 13 career starts, and he franked that consistency by saluting in the Listed Christmas Cup over 2400m at Royal Randwick. The four-year-old was too strong on the line for… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on Saturday’s horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Flemington, Randwick, Eagle Farm and Morphettville. Villiers Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Villiers Stakes
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. ROSEHILL RACE ONE Favourite backers got the day off to a great start when Shihonka led throughout to win… Read More »
Former French galloper Huetor will head to the Group 3 Summer Cup on Boxing Day after overcoming a number of hurdles to post an outstanding win. Sluggish to begin, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained gelding settled well back in a moderately run race and had a mountain of work to do to… Read More »
After a three-month stint on the sidelines following her part in the infamous Mornington Airbnb Five, Jamie Kah has got on the board on her second day of riding. And she picked the right race to get back into winning form, guiding the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Smokin’ Romans to victory in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) on Saturday. Kah returned… Read More »
Defiant Dancer has kept his record intact on his home track at Pakenham with a decisive win in the David Bourke Memorial Handicap. The Phillip Stokes-trained galloper won at the corresponding meeting 12 months ago over 1000m before graduating to city company. Camped on the speed to provide Madison Lloyd a race-to-race… Read More »
Progressive Tulloch Lodge filly Shihonka has passed an important distance test at Rosehill to earn a shot at the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas. Extending beyond 1200 metres for the first time, Shihonka ($2.25 fav) made the running in Saturday’s 1350 metre assignment and despite looking to be under siege halfway… Read More »
The Kevin Corstens stable has plans of chasing a bigger prize on the Gold Coast early in the New Year after the win of Pilote at Geelong. The heavily backed Pilote took out the Bet365 Odds Drift Protect Handicap (2200m) on Wednesday in emphatic fashion. Sent out the $1.65 favourite under the guidance of Billy… Read More »
After missing a potentially lucrative Spring Racing Carnival through suspension, Jamie Kah is set to make her return to race riding. Kah was one of five jockeys suspended for attending an Airbnb party in August which resulted in her being outed for three months. She was then given a further two-month suspension for allegedly… Read More »
There have been a rash of retirements from the jockey ranks in the past week. Robert Thompson and Glen Boss have called time on their respective riding careers on their own terms, deciding their own future at a time and in a manner convenient to themselves … but Raquel Clark’s… Read More »
It is indeed a tribute to Robert Thompson that, although he has won more races than any other jockey in Australia, his elevated standing in the sport has as much to do about the type of person he is than it has to do with his achievements on the track…. Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has landed their second Jericho Cup with Wil John prevailing in Australia’s longest flat race. Run through the paddocks of Warrnambool racecourse, the scene of Australia’s longest race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase, the Jericho Cup (4600m) was being held for the fourth time on Sunday. Maher and Eustace… 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. ROSEHILL RACE 1 The Rosehill meeting started with a strong win by Annabelle Neasham trained Lady Laguna. There was… Read More »
With three Melbourne Cup victories to his credit, Glen Boss was denied a fairytale end to his illustrious career at Caulfield on Saturday. The 52-year-old ended his 37-year career in the saddle by finishing fourth on the $1.40 favourite Spanish Mission in the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m). Boss is best remembered as the jockey who rode Makybe Diva to her three… Read More »
The racing career for German-bred import Sound may be drawing to a close, but his trainer Mike Moroney believes the stayer is racing as well as ever. Sound ruined the farewell of jockey Glen Boss by claiming a second win in the Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m), this year at Caulfield on… Read More »
Steinem has appreciated a drop in grade to finally breakthrough for her maiden stakes win taking out the Group 3 Summoned Stakes at Caulfield. The victory on Saturday brought up a race-to-race double for trainers Ciaron Maher and jockey Jye Mcneil, having scored with Enthaar in the Listed Doveton Stakes (1000m). After being headed by the runner-up in the straight, Steinum,… Read More »
