Trainer Tony Gollan set a state record for winners in the best possible way when Solar Star won the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich. Gollan already had gained the record for most metropolitan victories when he became the first to train 100 Brisbane winners last month. He went into… Read More »
Kathy O’Hara was all smiles after guiding Spaceboy to his third successive win saying the three-year-old toughed it out after finding himself in front a long way from home. Trainer Gary Portelli feared the late-charging Prairie Fire had nabbed his horse on the line and was relieved when Spaceboy clung… Read More »
Progressive three-year-old Right You Are has arrived in time under the urgings of Damien Oliver to score a narrow win under a big weight at Flemington. Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr, Right You Are had 62kg in Saturday’s TAB/ATA Trainers’ Trust Handicap (1600m) against his own age… Read More »
Luck finally went the way of Bandipur when he gave trainer Kelly Purdy and jockey Jag Guthmann-Chester their biggest wins in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich. Guthmann-Chester got a needle eye run on the rails in the straight to drive Bandipur ($11) to a half-length win over Boomsara… Read More »
A typically laconic Kris Lees is more interested in training his next batch of winners than reflecting on the significance of landing his 2000th career-victory at Randwick. The Newcastle horseman brought up the milestone at Saturday’s Kensington meeting when Killin became the third horse in as many races to lead… Read More »
Apprentice Teo Nugent has taken out the Rising Stars Final at Flemington aboard six-year-old mare El Questro, who has provided trainer Allison Sheehan with the thrill of her first Flemington winner. Despite winning Saturday’s race which was restricted to apprentice riders only, Nugent finished second in the Rising Stars Series… Read More »
Well-bred colt Alcyone has broken his maiden and secured a ballot exemption into this year’s Victoria Derby with victory in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. By stallion Teofilo out of 2009 Queensland Oaks winner Purple, Alcyone was sent out the $1.95 favourite in Saturday’s 1800m race which provided a staying… Read More »
Trainer Robert Hickmott holds spring ambitions for Bumper Blast after the lightly raced galloper returned with an impressive win at Flemington. Leading jockey Craig Williams produced a stunning ride on Bumper Blast, taking the gelding from barrier one, gradually crossing heels to the extreme outside to win The Belzoni over… Read More »
Chris Waller has no intention to spell Giovanna Run after the filly’s all-the-way maiden win, instead naming the Group One Flight Stakes as a potential target. A daughter of Waller’s 2015 Caulfield Guineas winner Press Statement, Giovanna Run has the trainer convinced her victory on Randwick’s Kensington track on Saturday… Read More »
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A nine race meeting has been assembled for Flemington on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit.
The Kensington track at Randwick will play host to a strong nine race card on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Ipswich on Saturday where it is Gai Waterhouse Classic Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Gai Waterhouse 🏆: View the Field for the Gai Waterhouse Classic… Read More »
One of Queensland’s most popular racehorses Chief De Beers has died aged 28. Chief De Beers had been in retirement at the Living Legends complex in Victoria after an outstanding career as a racehorse and police horse. Living Legends turned to social media on Friday to announce Chief De Beers’… Read More »
Trainer Lindsey Smith has paid tribute to stable star Scales Of Justice who has died while completing routine exercise. The Smith-trained dual Group One winner Scales Of Justice died on Thursday as he was worked on a beach at Warrnambool in southwest Victoria. Scales Of Justice raced 30 times for… Read More »
Group One-winning colts King’s Legacy and Tagaloa have been installed favourites in an early market for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas in Melbourne this spring. The TAB posted its fixed odds markets on Tuesday for a handful of Victorian spring features including the Group One Caulfield Guineas (1600m) for three-year-olds… Read More »
The Caulfield Guineas has been earmarked for Blue Diamond Stakes winner Tagaloa, with the Cox Plate on the radar later in the spring. Tagaloa won two of his six starts during his juvenile season, highlighted by his victory in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield in February and… Read More »
Star mare Mystic Journey headlines the entries for a set of barrier trials on the Devonport synthetic track in Tasmania. The Adam Trinder-trained Mystic Journey is entered for an 800m trial on Tuesday morning which would be her first public appearance since her eye-catching fifth placing in the Group One… Read More »
Damian Lane will return to Australia for the start of the new racing season after ending his latest Japanese stint on a winning note. Lane rode a winner at Fukushima on Saturday before completing his three-month contract at the track on Sunday. He booted home 41 winners after arriving in… Read More »
Having locked away a start, Oceanex has commenced a long, slow build-up towards the Melbourne Cup. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained mare won her way into the Melbourne Cup with victory in the Andrew Ramsden at Flemington in May. May’s race was the second staging of the Andrew… Read More »
