Three-year-old Boomsara has come through a forgettable last start in good order but now faces a bad barrier in the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben. Boomsara is rated a genuine hope in the Group One races this winter and was sent out favourite in the Gold Coast Guineas two… Read More »
You will be hard pressed to find a better debut win from a horse at Wyong today. Exceedance a two-year-old colt out of the Team Hawkes yard caused a stir on twitter after his breathtaking win at Wyong today finishing over the top of the more fancied pair Blazing Miss… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has failed in an application to the Supreme Court for a temporary order preventing Racing Queensland from refusing his nominations. RQ invoked a recently revamped Australian Racing rule AR55 which it says allows it to refuse Currie’s nominations. It meant a large number of horses have… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss has confirmed he is returning to Australia permanently after three years riding in Singapore. Boss has made sporadic trips back to Australia to ride at the major carnivals, including the Sydney autumn when he won his seventh Group One Doncaster Mile, this time aboard… Read More »
Co-trainer Ben Hayes is expecting Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time to relish a step up in journey as he continues his most recent comeback from injury. Boom Time runs for the third time following the enforced break in Saturday’s Vo Rogue Hall Of Fame Trophy (2000m) at Flemington. It was… Read More »
Retired champion Winx is to have a new public stand at Randwick Racecourse named in her honour. In a joint venture, Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club will build the stand which will accommodate about 5000 people at the Leger end of the course adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth… Read More »
Mathew Ellerton is hopeful rather than confident Booker is back to the form that carried her to a first-up win in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. Ellerton, who trains in partnership with his cousin Simon Zahra, has Booker aimed at a first-up tilt at Adelaide’s premier sprint, the Group One… Read More »
In-form gelding Chapter and Verse takes a vital step towards the Group One Stradbroke Handicap when he tackles the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben. Chapter and Verse made a brilliant return to racing when he easily won a Class Six Plate at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. It was… Read More »
The career of international traveller Viddora is in limbo with the mare currently in England having a spell. Viddora has raced in Dubai and Hong Kong at her past two starts but has been prevented from returning directly to Australia, a cause of frustration for her trainer Lloyd Kennewell. The… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien is looking at an interstate Group One double with stable newcomer Iconoclasm beginning with The Goodwood at Morphettville. The Melbourne trainer is sending Iconoclasm to Adelaide for Saturday’s The Goodwood before taking him north to Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 8. A… Read More »
Bought in Kentucky to join the Newgate Farm broodmare band, Con Te Partiro has reignited her racing career with victory in the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic at Scone. A Listed winner as a two-year-old at Royal Ascot for trainer Wesley Ward, Con Te Partiro also boasts victories at Saratoga… Read More »
The Brisbane Cup is suddenly on the radar for Le Juge after he continued his meteoric rise to Group Three success in the Chairman’s Handicap at Doomben. Le Juge ($6) made it four wins in a row and his sixth from his past seven outings when he stormed to victory… Read More »
New Zealander The Bostonian has delivered a knockout blow to the best Australian sprinters in training to claim the Doomben 10,000. In a race of sensations, the favourite Nature Strip ($2.35) was slow to jump and went around three deep before finishing fourth. The second favourite Osborne Bulls was also… Read More »
Missile Mantra has made the leap from country maiden success to stakes race winner, storming home to claim the Vale Redoute’s Choice Stakes at Caulfield. A debut winner at Ballarat last month, Missile Mantra jumped straight to Listed race level at Caulfield on Saturday. Ridden by Beau Mertens, Missile Mantra… Read More »
A Doomben Cup to go with an Australian Derby. That’s the scenario jockey Corey Brown is hoping will unfold after Archedemus scored an all-the-way win in the Listed Members Handicap (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. Brown, along with trainer Gwenda Markwell and owners, the Superhorse Syndicate, combined to win this… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald produced one of his best rides to win on Dubious before declaring the colt was ready to tackle the remaining big-name two-year-old races during the Brisbane winter carnival. After being in a pocket in the straight, McDonald got Dubious ($2.80) into the clear and he was far… Read More »
The hype surrounding Libertini has proved spot-on with the filly claiming a soft win as odds-on favourite in the Listed Woodlands Stakes at Scone. Among those spruiking the two-year-old is her trainer Anthony Cummings who has no doubt she is a future Group One winner. Having her third start in… Read More »
Trainer John Thompson will pull up stumps with Rough Habit Plate winner Purple Sector rather than pursue a Queensland Derby start. Purple Sector ($3) gave jockey Blake Shinn an armchair ride when he cruised to a 2-1/4 lengths win from A Man To Match ($9.50) with the $1.85 favourite, Dealmaker… Read More »
A trip to Brisbane for the winter carnival is the likely next stop for Zoutori after the three-year-old completed a winning hat-trick at Caulfield. Carrying the steadier of 60kg in Saturday’s Rod Fenwick Handicap, Zoutori, the $2.40 favourite, gave Craig Williams the second leg of an early double with his… Read More »
Lightly raced three-year-old Vega One will have to overcome a bad habit in the barrier stalls if he is to be a chance in the big Group races next month. Trainer Tony Gollan believes Vega One is up to top company – even a Group One Stradbroke Handicap – after… Read More »
