Dual Group One winning sprinter English has officially been retired to stud following an injury set back which saw her ruled out of Saturday’s $13m Everest. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mare has been battling a leg issue over the past couple of weeks which forced her withdrawal from… Read More »
Connections of Champion mare Winx have dismissed claims that the Worlds Best Racehorse would retire following her run in this years Cox Plate. Rumours have surrounded whether Winx would race on after racing in the 2018 Cox Plate but part owner Debbie Kepitis has dismissed the claims saying the mare… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse will join her father TJ Smith in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth racehorse trainer to be inducted. Now a household name, Waterhouse fought a protracted battle to gain a licence after being denied by the then governing body, the Australian Jockey Club, because her… Read More »
Having already been ruled out of the $13 million Everest, Invincible Star and English are battling to make the consolation, the Sydney Stakes. The two Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mares are both still showing signs of lameness after their slot holders and owners agreed they were not up to… Read More »
After seeing Oohood break through for a satisfying Group One win in the Flight Stakes, trainer Tony McEvoy has enough confidence in the filly to take on the colts and geldings in the $2 million Caulfield Guineas. The $500,000 Group One Thousand Guineas for fillies is on the same program… Read More »
Lindsay Park will keep Long Leaf to sprinting during the spring, deciding to bypass the Group One Caulfield Guineas. Senior trainer David Hayes says the colt will instead be freshened for the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on November 3 before being aimed at Guineas races in the… Read More »
Talented filly Amphitrite has taken the step to stakes racing in her stride, leading in a Darren Weir stable trifecta in the Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington. With Craig Williams aboard, Amphitrite was able to get into the three-wide running line with cover in Saturday’s 1600m Group Two race for… Read More »
After a couple of near misses in Group company, I Am Serious has appreciated the absence of Avilius to claim the Angst Stakes at Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained five-year-old’s second and third behind Godolphin’s Avilious in the Group Three Premier’s Cup and Kingston Town Stakes stood her in good stead… Read More »
Avilius has won a start in the Melbourne Cup after surviving a protest to claim The Bart Cummings at Flemington. Success in Saturday’s 2500m handicap gave the winner a ballot exemption into the $7 million Melbourne Cup 2018 on November 6. A protest was lodged by Michael Walker, rider of… Read More »
A late charge from Sydney mare I Am Excited has clinched a last-to-first win in the Group Two Gilgai Stakes at Flemington. Trainer David Pfieffer was keen to get I Am Excited onto the straight course at Flemington in the Gilgai after the four-year-old had finished second and fourth respectively… Read More »
Chris Waller admitted to a rare moment of anxiety before Winx completed her 28th consecutive victory in taking out the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Winx was locked away on inside in second last place as Saturday’s field run into the straight with jockey Hugh Bowman searching for clear… Read More »
On the same day the career of Chautauqua has been celebrated with a farewell at Flemington, Coolmore Stud has announced the death of the sprinter’s sire Encosta De Lago. A multiple champion sire and the reigning champion broodmare sire, Encosta De Lago is one of the greatest Australian-bred sires. He… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Steve O’Dea has had a day out at Randwick, celebrating a winning double including Sesar’s Group Two victory in the Roman Consul Stakes. O’Dea had not trained a Sydney winner until Saturday when Doubt Defying set the tone in a 1400m-benchmark handicap before his half-brother Sesar took out… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham and jockey Rachel King have each celebrated a milestone Group One win with Maid Of Heaven in the Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. One of three fillies in the 2000m feature on Saturday, Maid Of Heaven ($14) came with a late run to to nail Godolphin colt… Read More »
Lightly raced three-year-old Extra Brut has continued his rise through the ranks with a strong win in the Listed UCI Stakes at Flemington. Extra Brut was having his fourth start on Saturday having won a Sandown maiden and a Caulfield open handicap for three-year-olds at his past two starts. Stepping… Read More »
Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes is over the drama that is Chautauqua. Not that he’s ungrateful to have had “the grey flash” in the Hawkes Racing stable. He’s just well and truly over talking about the antics of a champion racehorse who simply decided he did not want to race any more…. Read More »
Eckstein has scored a confidence-boosting win at Flemington that her trainer hopes will land her a Group One victory later in the spring. Trainer Kurt Goldman has set the mare for the Myer Classic at Flemington on November 3, a race Eckstein was beaten narrowly in by Shoals last year…. Read More »
Connections of Wild Planet will consider their options after the three-year-old who holds a Caulfield Guineas nomination claimed a Listed race win at Flemington. Wild Planet was posted three-wide in Saturday’s Antler Luggage Stakes (1400m) before narrowly beating the luckless Ranier who got clear inside the final 100m before charging… Read More »
Flying filly Courseshewill put herself in the box seat to attack the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with her win at Doomben. Courseshewill ($4) won her first start at Toowoomba two weeks ago and boosted her prize money to $73,000 in beating Buckets Of Pride by three-quarters-of-a-length. Trainer Liam Birchley said… Read More »
Two-year-old Unite And Conquer will be put on a Magic Millions path after a dominant debut win in the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington. But first the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt, an $80,000 yearling purchase, has some unfinished business before a trip north for January’s Magic Millions 2YO… Read More »
