A nine race card has been assembled for Randwick this Saturday where it is June Stakes Day. The weather is overcast, the track is heavy (9) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
The biggest race day on the Queensland racing calendar is Stradbroke Day and it comes around this Saturday, with an eight race program, three majors, including the Stradbroke Handicap (1350m). The weather is overcast, the track is soft (7) and the rail is in the true position for the entire… Read More »
Star jockey Tommy Berry is to return to Sydney racing in the upcoming season. Berry has been based in Hong Kong for 2017/18, firstly as stable rider for John Moore and more recently as a Jockey Club rider, but announced on Friday he had decided to head home at the… Read More »
Champion jockey Joao Moreira is calling an end to his stint in Hong Kong in a bid to join the riding ranks in Japan. Moreira has been riding in Hong Kong since October 2013 after launching his name on the world stage in Singapore. Beginning his career in his native… Read More »
Racing Victoria is appealing the leniency of Queensland trainer Liam Birchley’s one-year ban over the Aquanita race day treatments case. Birchley and Victorian trainer Tony Vasil, who was outed for three years, continue training while they appeal their disqualifications in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. RV lodged its own… Read More »
Santa Ana Lane has already claimed a Group One win in Adelaide this campaign but the trip to Queensland for the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap is by no means an afterthought. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding will be out to continue his successful season on Saturday when he aims to add… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn would rather concentrate on the positives after Care To Think again drew poorly in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben. Care To Think has been racing well but has been hampered by poor barriers. For the seventh time in his past eight starts Care To Think… Read More »
Punters are showing their hand early in the biggest race on the Queensland racing calendar this Saturday at Doomben, the Stradbroke Handicap (1350m). Three year old filly Champagne Cuddles is looking to continue the trend of younger horses performing well in this race. Her run in the Kingsford Smith was… Read More »
Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker believes things have fallen into place for three-year-old Champagne Cuddles to give him another Queensland feature win in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Queensland has been a happy hunting ground for Baker who won the 2014 Magic Millions Two Year Old Classic with Unencumbered and… Read More »
Stud-bound Spieth can break two hoodoos despite drawing the outside barrier in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben. The New Zealand-bred sprinter has been bought by the Aquis Farm Group to stand as a stallion next season and switched from trainer Bryce Heyes to the David Hayes, Tom Dabernig… Read More »
Three-year-old Champagne Cuddles is the outright favourite for the Stradbroke Handicap at Doomben after drawing barrier one for Brisbane’s premier sprint. The Bjorn Baker-trained filly is at $4.60 for Saturday’s 1350m-race with last year’s winner and former equal favourite Impending at $5 after coming up with gate nine. The Darren… Read More »
The Dane Ripper Stakes has always been the mission for Siren’s Fury, but trainer Jason Coyle will happily test the consistent mare in the Stradbroke Handicap if the opportunity arises. Coyle admits the four-year-old is unlikely to make the field for the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap over 1350m at Doomben… Read More »
Jungle Edge is ready to embark on his latest excursion to Sydney, with Victorian trainer Mick Bell hoping the durable gelding can capitalise on a soft track. With Randwick already in the soft range and more rain forecast for Wednesday and race day, the climate and a drop in class… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn is almost getting to the stage where he doesn’t want to talk about barriers for Care To Think who reaches his winter grand final in the Stradbroke Handicap. Care To Think is overdue for some good luck at the barrier draw on Wednesday ahead of Brisbane’s premier… Read More »
Group One winner Brave Smash will run for the Chris Waller stable in the $13 million Everest in an agreement which means the country’s two leading trainers will join forces at Randwick. Waller said he and owners Australian Bloodstock had reached an agreement to give the stable’s slot to the… Read More »
Queensland Oaks winner Youngstar will take her place against her male counterparts in the Queensland Derby at Doomben. Her trainer Chris Waller said he was happy with the filly’s work at the Gold Coast on Tuesday morning and the intention was to run on Saturday. Her stablemate, Another Dollar, a… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie is facing a $5000 fine on a positive swab charge after losing an appeal in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The charge is not related to 31 other charges recently brought against Currie which have also been the subject of a QCAT hearing in the… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse’s Group One Queensland Derby hopes rest with a gelding she originally earmarked as a sprinter. Originally based at Waterhouse’s Flemington stable, Han Xin was sent to Brisbane after his third in the Listed Galilee Series Final (2400m) at Caulfield in mid-April. “The option was to go to South… Read More »
The Monstar will get his chance at Group One level in the Stradbroke Handicap with Aquis Farm stepping in to pay the late entry fee. Trained by Brett Cavanough at Scone, The Monstar claimed his biggest win in Saturday’s Moreton Cup at the Sunshine Coast. The gelding was not in… Read More »
A step up in distance should be a plus for Fundamentalist in the Group One J J Atkins Plate with co-trainer Ben Hayes believing the filly is poised to run a huge race. Fundamentalist, who has finished strongly for second in stakes races in Adelaide in her past two starts,… Read More »
