The fact that Michael Rodd is returning to Queensland means that the gun rider’s career come full circle … and what a circle it has been! With forty-six Group 1 wins behind his name … thirty-four in Australia, ten in Singapore and two in New Zealand … Rodd has long… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been confirmed as the new trainers for Alligator Blood after his owners split with former conditioner David Vandyke. The four-year-old has been prepared by Vandyke to win nine of his 15 starts, highlighted by the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington in February. However,… Read More »
If you look on social media, the dust has yet to settle on the breakup between trainer David Vandyke and the owners of Alligator Blood with many people still seemingly keen to weigh in on the matter. But that story is well and truly over. Apart from the fact that… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke will not be the trainer of star Queensland galloper Alligator Blood when the horse returns. David Vandyke will no longer train for owner Allan Endresz after he told him “he doesn’t want to train for him any more” last week. There has been rumoured tension between the… Read More »
The decision to return to Perth and quarantine for two weeks to ride in the Railway Stakes and miss Arcadia Queen’s win in the Mackinnon Stakes has been rewarded. William Pike returned home to Perth prior to Arcadia Queen’s run in the G1 Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington so that he… Read More »
Jockey Jay Ford has turned back the clock with a daring ride aboard Team Hawkes gelding Archedemus to win the $1 million The Gong. Ford was the regular partner of champion sprinter Takeover Target, who he rode to eight Group One wins during the 2000s, and has been mainly plying… Read More »
An idea hatched by Warwick Farm trainer John Sargent a couple of years ago paid off handsomely when his two-year-old Readily Availabull stormed home to win the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic. The youngster is now Magic Millions Classic-bound after winning at Ballarat on Saturday and securing enough prize money to… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller found himself in a rare situation at Kembla Grange when he won the third race twice with two different horses. The Waller-trained Relucent was first past the post in Saturday’s 2000 metre event, narrowly staving off the late charge of stablemate Accountability. But it was a… Read More »
A strong, progressive win by BIGBOYROY (Dissident-Follonica) in the first at Kembla’s marquee meeting set the scene for a big, big day. After a cracking pace was set by Knight, who made the race at times look like a 1000m sprint, rather than a 1500m affair allowing Air To Air… Read More »
This years edition of the Ballarat Cup has attracted it’s strongest field of horses to date with the increase in prize money boosting the races interest. Saturday’s Ballarat Cup has attracted a full field of sixteen horses and four emergencies with Eclipse Stakes winner So Si Bon given the top… Read More »
A quality field of sixteen horses have accepted to run in Saturdays $1million dollar The Gong at Kembla Grange. The Gong a relatively new race on the calendar has attracted a strong group of milers this weekend with the Chris Waller trained Mister Sea Wolf to carry the top weight… Read More »
For Rothfire, the Group 1 Golden Rose, back on September 26, was meant to be the final stepping-stone towards participation in $14 million The Everest three weeks later … but the Queensland star suffered a serious injury in the running of that race. Fracturing his sesamoid brought Rothfire’s burgeoning career… Read More »
Connections of exciting stayer Ain’tnodeeldun have turned down big money from Hong Kong interests. Co-trainer Sam Freedman has confirmed offers around the $2million dollar mark have been received for Ain’tnodeeldun from Hong Kong buyers but connections have opted to continue to race the colt. “We’ve had offers from Hong Kong,… Read More »
Nash Rawiller rarely shows emotion, let alone sentiment, but the jockey is the first to admit he has a soft spot for the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal. The mare gave Rawiller his first Saturday victory in Sydney following his return from a 15-month hiatus imposed by Hong Kong stewards, who… Read More »
Star jockey Jamie Kah thanked Damien Oliver for prompting her to make the mid-race move which led to Sound winning the Zipping Classic. For the first 1000 metres of the race, Kah on Sound raced alongside Oliver who was on the favourite Avilius and both horses were well back and… Read More »
It wasn’t the 3200 metres race Peter Snowden wanted to win at the start of the spring but he was more than happy to settle for the consolation prize of the Sandown Cup with Carif. Carif’s goal at the start of the carnival was the Melbourne Cup but the five-year-old… Read More »
Warrnambool trainer Symon Wilde took out his second Sandown Guineas when maiden Allibor held off Sydney filly Sweet Reply to win narrowly. Wilde decided to tackle the Sandown Guineas with Allibor only after he finished fourth at Flemington last Saturday over 1400 metres. Wilde won the race in 2011 with… Read More »
Tough Adelaide sprinter Kemalpasa will be aimed at Group One races next year after he led throughout to win the Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Sandown. “He’s really flying. I hope one day he can crack it for a Group One win,” co-trainer Richard Jolly said after Saturday’s 1300 metre Group… Read More »
Godolphin has made a perfect start to the day with an interstate two-year-old double courtesy of superbly bred debutante Sliders in Newcastle and Anamoe in Melbourne. The pair are both by Street Boss, who stands at Godolphin’s Darley base in Victoria, and the stallion looks to have produced two smart… Read More »
Wagering on the Flemington carnival increased this year on the back of record turnover on the Melbourne Cup. Australians bet $221.6 million on the famous race, up more than 17 per cent on 2019 figures. A total of $667.3 million was invested over the four days of the Melbourne Cup… Read More »
