Last-start Group winners Unforgotten and Luvluva head the market for the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained Unforgotten, who beat her male counterparts in the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) on March 17 is the $4.60 favourite with the TAB. Luvaluva from the John Sargent… Read More »
Star sprinter Redzel has tuned up for his tilt at the TJ Smith Stakes with a stylish three-length win in a Randwick barrier trial. With race jockey Kerrin McEvoy aboard, Redzel took the lead early and was given a searching hit-out with Lanciato closest to him at the end of… Read More »
The will she or won’t question of whether Winx goes overseas is still on hold after her record-setting George Ryder Stakes win. One of her three owners, Peter Tighe, says the decision will mostly be left to trainer Chris Waller who has to work out the logistics of taking her… Read More »
She Will Reign will return to racing against her own age group after a disastrous trip to Melbourne for the William Reid Stakes. The 2017 Golden Slipper winner finished eighth in Friday night’s 1200m Group One race at Moonee Valley where she beat open age sprinters in September in the… Read More »
Estijaab has overcome a wide barrier to win the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill. Ridden by Brenton Avdulla, Estijaab led all the way to beat Oohood and Sunlight in an all-fillies finish to the world’s richest two-year-old race. The victory gave trainer John Hawkes and his sons their second… Read More »
Imported galloper Kings Will Dream has earned a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup by spacing his rivals in the Mornington Cup. Irish-bred Kings Will Dream remains unbeaten in Australia with his win on Saturday and extended his winning streak to five since being purchased by his Australian connections and… Read More »
After a few near misses and hard-luck stories, the Ben Smith-trained In Her Time has snared a deserved Group One win in The Galaxy at Rosehill. In Her Time had been knocking on the door with three Group One placings in the past year and the mare got her time… Read More »
The best horse in the world has given the fans what they came for with Winx claiming a world-record 17th Group One win in the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. Her winning streak stands at 24 after Saturday’s George Ryder win against five well-credentialed rivals who made her work a… Read More »
D’Argento has emphatically answered a distance doubt trainer Chris Waller had on the colt, winning the Rosehill Guineas brilliantly on his home track. Giving Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman their second Group One win for the day on Saturday after champion Winx’s George Ryder Stakes, D’Argento powered home out wide… Read More »
Victoria’s master trainer Darren Weir has secured his first Group One in Sydney, and now sets his sights on a quickfire double with Gailo Chop. After the seven-year-old gelding’s commanding win in the Ranvet Stakes (2000m), there was no hesitation in challenging Gailo Chop to return to Rosehill for next… Read More »
This years edition of the Golden Slipper had been touted as a two horse race between favourites Written By and Sunlight but since markets opened on Tuesday for the final field, punters think its anything but. The Tony McEvoy trained Sunlight opened at $4.00 on Tuesday closely followed by Blue… Read More »
One of the premier race days not just in Sydney but indeed Australia is Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill and the bumper card of racing comes around this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is out two metrs for the entire circuit. Golden… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir is always thinking outside the square with his horses and some solitary confinement has landed Hellbent a Group One win at Moonee Valley. Placed second in the William Reid Stakes 12 months ago, Hellbent stormed home to win Friday’s night race. Ridden by Craig Williams, Hellbent ($10)… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys thought he was being a bit cheeky nominating Spanish Reef for a Group One race in Sydney during the autumn carnival. But after a dominant win in Friday night’s Group Two Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley, Keys is ready to pack his bags and head north. Ridden… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir notched his 100th Melbourne metropolitan winner for the season when the heavily backed Think Bleue won a stakes race at Moonee Valley. Think Bleue’s win in the Group Three Alexandra Stakes was the second leg of a double for Weir at Moonee Valley’s final night meeting of… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Ben Smith has declared In Her Time is in the prime of her racing life as she zeros in on an elusive Group One win at Rosehill. The rejuvenated mare resumes in Saturday’s Galaxy (1100m) after recovering from hoof issues stemming from a narrow loss to Hey Doc… Read More »
Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up Enbihaar has been scratched from the Golden Slipper, with stewards approving the filly’s withdrawal on veterinary advice. The Lindsay Park-trained Enbihaar was taken out of Saturday’s $3.5 million race at Rosehill on Friday after the stable advised she had tied up and a subsequent blood test… Read More »
Damien Oliver is one of only seven jockeys to have captured the four big races of the Australian calendar. His bag includes two Cox Plates, three Melbourne Cups and four Caulfield Cups. Success aboard Seabrook in Saturday’s Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill would give him a second victory after Forensics… Read More »
The colt who recently sent Hugh Bowman crashing to the turf will carry the champion jockey’s hopes of a first win in one of Sydney’s signature races. Bowman has 77 Group One wins on his record in some of the world’s best races but success in the $3.5 million Golden… Read More »
Mick Bell believes Group One success is within touching distance for Jungle Edge, a horse he originally thought was city midweek grade at best. The seven-year-old has made a mockery of that assessment ahead of The Galaxy (1100m) on Saturday at Rosehill, where a second placing will propel his career… Read More »
