Country Championships Final winner Chidiac has made a successful transition to stakes grade with a narrow but determined victory in the Group Three Hawkesbury Crown. In doing so, she has provided rising apprentice Braith Nock his 300th career win and an early double on the stand-alone card after his triumph… Read More »
Skyhook proved there is no substitute for class and put himself firmly into the Stradbroke Handicap conversation with a brilliant all-the-way win in the Group 3 $250,000 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday. A riding plan devised by trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexious was carried out to the… Read More »
Lindsay Park’s domination of the richest race on Bendigo’s Golden Mile program continued on Saturday when the Hayes brothers produced the well-related Marffiano to win the VOBIS Gold Rush. Tycoon Star’s half-brother led home a Lindsay Park quinella when he defeated Resonant in the race for two-year-olds that carries $250,000… Read More »
Stormy Marco made an impressive debut and led home a Chris Waller stable trifecta as hot favourite Tenenbaum flopped in the Clarendon Stakes (1400m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday. The two-year-old feature is the traditional opener at the Hawkesbury stand-alone and is often used by Waller to prepare his emerging two-year-olds… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien will be looking to tick off another box when Cannae runs in the South Australian Derby at Morphettville. O’Brien has 23 Group 1 winners to his credit and has, on occasions, been a shareholder in the ownership of some of those wins. But to date he has not owned a… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has high hopes for imported galloper Zahrann who will make his Australian debut at Bendigo. The Listed Golden Mile (1600m) on Saturday will be the Irish-bred galloper’s seventh race start, and he comes to Australia with some good form behind him. Bendigo has been dubbed the ‘Nursery of Champions’ with horses the… Read More »
Well-travelled sprinter Way To The Stars will return to his home state for the first time in more than a year at Hawkesbury where trainer Matt Smith expects him to run a bold race. A dual Listed winner, Smith says the gelding has had genuine excuses at his past two… Read More »
Consistent filly Gold Coast Belle will look to add some Black Type to her name when she runs in a Stakes race at Bendigo. A winner of three races and placed second on two occasions from her five career starts, Gold Coast Belle runs in the Listed Bendigo Guineas (1400m)… Read More »
If Tommy Berry can win the $1 million The Archer for the first time, he will have fellow jockey James Mcdonald to thank. Berry has picked up the mount on the Tony and Maddysen Sears -trained Yellow Brick in Sunday’s Rockhampton feature after McDonald was initially offered the ride but declined due to a pre-booked family… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani would not mind a sedately run South Australian Derby. Single Choice runs in the Group 1 classic over 2518m at Morphettville on Saturday and comes into the race having won two of his past three starts. He scored over 1800m in Group 2 company in the Autumn Classic at Caulfield three runs back… Read More »
Mornington-based horseman Cliff Brown is known for his patience, and he has needed plenty of it with Von Hauke. Brown had considerable success around Australia before moving to Singapore where he spent the best part of 15 years plying his trade. Since his return, Brown has had a steady stream… Read More »
feaTrainer David Pfieffer is replicating the formula he used with Oh Diamond Lil in the spring as bids to deliver the bonny mare a second stakes success in the Hawkesbury Crown. The five-year-old led throughout to win the Group 3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle first-up in September and Pfieffer… Read More »
The potential of picking up some important Black Type has led the Ciaron Maher stable to head to Adelaide with Twilight Elegance. The Listed Port Adelaide Cup (2518m) at Morphettville on Saturday will be the mare’s chance to pick up some Black Type and, more importantly, improve her value as a potential broodmare. Twilight… Read More »
Moscatel might have missed the juvenile features at the Sydney Autumn Carnival, but Adrian Bott is hopeful Monday’s impressive debut winner may yet get a crack at securing some valuable Black Type before her two-year-old season is out. The high-priced daughter of Snitzel was a dominant winner of the $65,000… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes will use a training method that Lindsay Park used with great effect when Deakin heads to Adelaide for an upcoming Stakes race. The Group 3 The Cummings Stakes (1600m) on May 9 will be Deakin’s first of two winter runs which Stokes hopes will set the gelding up for the spring…. Read More »
Chris Waller is one win away from joining an exclusive club after Panova delivered him his 199th Group One victory in the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville. Only two Australian trainers, T J Smith and Bart Cummings, have produced the winners of more than 200 majors with the legendary pair finishing… Read More »
Tyler Schiller has labelled Rotagilla a “progressive horse” after the gelding adapted to a change of tactics to post a powerful win in the Anzac Day Cup at Randwick. Schiller had anticipated being positive on the four-year-old, but when he jumped awkwardly, the jockey pivoted to Plan B and rode… Read More »
A start in the South Australian Derby will be considered for Silvasista after her impressive win in the Listed VRC St Leger at Flemington. The Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) will be run at Morphettville next Saturday while there is the option of the Group 3 SA Fillies Classic… Read More »
Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will head north to Brisbane with Blind Raise after his impressive win at Flemington. Blind Raise took out the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, the same race stablemate Epimeles won in 2024. Busuttin and Young made the decision to spell Epimeles after… Read More »
Kris Lees remains committed to giving Randwick winner Cantiamo another shot at stakes company, but he may be forced to reassess when and where that happens. Lees did have his sights on the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes (1100m) at Scone next month but the nature of the filly’s victory in… Read More »
