Multiple Group One-winning jockey Steven Arnold says he still hasn’t made a decision whether he will make a return to race riding. Arnold hasn’t ridden in a race in Australia since March last year when he partnered the Grahame Begg-trained Land Of Plenty in the Rosehill Guineas. He took up… Read More »
Victorian trainer Mick Bell and Jungle Edge have been popular and frequent visitors to Sydney and will return for the Winter Dash at Randwick with an additional incentive. Jungle Edge won the Listed June Stakes last Saturday week and his reappearance will give Bell the chance to reinforce his case… Read More »
The appeals of four of the trainers disqualified over the Aquanita race day treatments case are expected to be heard together. Robert Smerdon, Stuart Webb, Tony Vasil and Queensland trainer Liam Birchley are all appealing their bans in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. VCAT on Monday heard the appeals… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan is confident he can set a new record for wins in a Queensland metropolitan season after adding to his tally with a double at Ipswich. Gollan won Saturday’s Listed Eye Liner Stakes with I’m A Rippa and the Class Six handicap with Of The Day to… Read More »
Class has told as Tradesman gave Australia’s premier trainer Darren Weir his first win at the Ipswich racetrack when he took the Listed Ipswich Cup. Weir had had four previous Ipswich runners without success but Tradesman ($1.80) had too much class and won a fight up the straight to beat… Read More »
Jockey Craig Williams has shed a tear after guiding Magic Consol to victory in a race named in his cousin’s honour at Moonee Valley. Williams won Saturday’s Travis Harrison Cup on the heavily backed $4 favourite, which scored a runaway seven-length win. Harrison was killed in a car accident while… Read More »
Manolo Blahniq will join the tail end of the Queensland winter carnival after producing a dogged victory at Rosehill. The Mornington-based gelding justified trainer Tony Noonan’s decision to go north early in this preparation by claiming the Sydney’s West App Handicap (1300m) second-up. Noonan says the Listed Glasshouse Quality (1400m)… Read More »
Chris Waller-trained import My Nordic Hero has broken through for his first Australian win after knocking on the door in his recent starts. My Nordic Hero was given the right run by Michael Walker in Saturday’s GJK Facility Services Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley, scooting through along the fence and… Read More »
A plan hatched six months ago has come to fruition, with Magic Alibi winning the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich. Jockey Michael Cahill was able to get across to near the rails from a wide barrier on Magic Alibi ($9.50) and she finished too well to beat Foxy Housewife… Read More »
Striking grey Albumin appears to have found his niche, scoring his second win from as many starts this campaign at Rosehill. Having been previously tried up to 1400m, the Gerald Ryan-trained Albumin backed up his 1100m victory two weeks ago with another on Saturday to boost his record to four… Read More »
Trainer Shaun Dwyer has lofty plans in mind for Miss Leonidas after her explosive win at Moonee Valley. The three-year-old was sent off a $3 favourite in Saturday’s Embassy Print Solutions Sprint on Saturday, racing away to a six-length win. Dwyer plans to spell Miss Leonidas before a spring campaign… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan could barely contain his glee when tough gelding I’m A Rippa sailed over the $1 million mark by winning the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich. Gollan has trained two previous horses to be millionaires – the Boom brothers, Spirit Of Boom ($2.4 million) and Temple… Read More »
Godolphin gelding Flow could be in line for a return to stakes grade after making a successful racing comeback at Rosehill. Almost 12 months after he secured his only black type through a third in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas, the four-year-old lobbied for a step up by claiming… Read More »
After missing out on a start in a Group One race in Queensland, bargain buy Widgee Turf has returned to Melbourne racing with a narrow but impressive win at Moonee Valley. Bought for $4500 as a weanling, Widgee Turf’s victory in Saturday’s Catanach’s Jewellers Plate (1200m) took the four-year-old gelding’s… Read More »
Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller has amassed 300 winners in a season for the first time as the milestones continue to mount for the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame inductee. Success through In Times Of War on the Gold Coast enabled Waller to post a triple century nationwide then Chatelard… Read More »
Comeback galloper I Feel Good is headed for better things after going one better than last year and winning the $100,000 Winter Stayers Final at Ipswich. I Feel Good ($31) got up in the last stride to beat Ready For Danger ($5.50) by a short half-head in the 2150m race,… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols has his eyes set on an early-spring target with Tahitian Dancer after her breakthrough win at Moonee Valley. Tahitian Dancer rode the pace before taking over while turning for home to win Saturday’s Ladbrokes Info Hub Handicap. Ridden by Clayton Douglas, Tahitian Dancer ($6) scored a three-quarter… Read More »
Toulouse will attempt to follow stablemate Ace High’s path to the Group One Australian Derby next autumn after breaking his maiden at Rosehill. The two-year-old has responded positively to his recent gelding, with trainer David Payne nailing the quinella in the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Toulouse ($4.40)… Read More »
Moonee Valley is where Melbourne racing takes place this Saturday. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit.
Nine races will be run and won at Rosehill this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
