The spring racing carnival continues to be as popular as ever according to figures released by Racing Victoria. The figures reveal an increase in attendance, wagering, viewership and engagement of the 2017 carnival that began at Caulfield on September 2 and ran until the Ballarat Cup meeting on November 25…. Read More »
Two Lindsay Park sprinters are bound for Dubai for the World Cup carnival following recent jump-out wins at Flemington. Faatinah and Shaf recorded 800m victories on Friday morning with Lindsay Park now awaiting flight details to send the pair to Dubai. Both horses are owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan was still at a loss to explain Most Important’s poor spring form in Melbourne after the gelding gave him back-to-back wins in the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes at Doomben. Gollan equalled his best training performance when Most Important ($5) gave him his fourth winner for the day…. Read More »
Zestful makes a second attempt to qualify for the Magic Millions carnival next month following her dogged victory in the Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick. The six-year-old mare followed up her fourth in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill a fortnight ago with a win at Randwick that locks her… Read More »
Smart three year old Whypeeo bounced back from a disastrous start to his campaign to show his true form with a strong in in the Listed Gold Edition Plate at Doomben. Whypeeo was set to resume at Doomben last month but he was scratched when heavy rain drenched the track…. Read More »
Ef Troop will go into the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a strong endorsement from trainer Tony Gollan after he demolished the field in the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes at Doomben Starting favourite Ef Troop ($2.10) made it two wins from two starts when he gave a display… Read More »
Queensland trainer Liam Birchley has exacted revenge for being beaten in a tight finish to the Villiers Stakes almost a decade ago with Crack Me Up giving him the Group Two feature at Randwick. But there were some anxious moments as Josh Parr set off to make every post a… Read More »
Tough gelding Pinch River responded to new tactics of no trackwork to score a first up win in the Listed Bribie Handicap at Doomben. on Saturday. Pinch River ($9) went straight to the lead and held on to beat All Over Bosanova ($3.40) by a long long neck with a… Read More »
Rachel King felt she was riding two different horses as Sedanzer continued her build-up to a black-type debut with a convincing victory at Randwick. Although the Right2Drive Handicap (1600m) did not unfold as planned for the in-form mare when she had to travel three wide to track front runner Dreamforce,… Read More »
It might have been a been a summer handicap but the victory of Shoreham at Caulfield means more to trainer Saab Hasan than a Group One victory. After an absence of four years from the winners circle, Shoreham registered his fourth career win in Saturday’s Clanbrooke Racing Handicap. Ridden by… Read More »
The return to a dry track gave Toowoomba galloper Emphasis a second win in the Cascade Quality and another crack at the Magic Millions Stayers Cup on Saturday. Emphasis won last year’s Cascade Quality and then went on to run third in the Shoot Out Quality just failing to make… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan felt like a proud father when filly Outback Barbie gave him and sire Spirit of Boom the feature two-year-old double at Doomben on Saturday. Outback Barbie ($8) held on to win by a long neck to Granny Red Shoes ($21) with a neck to Witherspoon ($3.20) in… Read More »
John O’Shea has produced a two-year-old who has stamped his claims to get the former Godolphin trainer back to the top with his debut victory in the Inglis Nursery at Randwick. O’Shea has ambitions to get the China Horse Club-owned Irish Bet to the 2018 Golden Slipper but first the… Read More »
Weight relief has eased the burden for durable stayer Vassal, who also showed the benefits of a Queensland campaign before winning the Listed Christmas Cup at Randwick. In the aftermath of the six-year-old gelding’s victory, Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller pinpointed two contributing factors to Vassal’s turnaround from a struggle… Read More »
Gold Coast galloper Aqua Vite has defied death to win his first metropolitan race on Saturday. Given the run of the race by visiting Adelaide jockey Jamie Kah, Aqua Vite ($4.60) beat Slydini ($7.50) by a nose in the Canadian Club Handicap (1615m) at Doomben. Trainer Scott Morrisey took pleasure… Read More »
Trainer Jenny Graham has never come to Sydney with two favourites before and for a nervous few moments it looked as if she would have a long trip home to Port Macquarie. After Awesome Pluck ran third in Saturday’s opening event at $2.10, Victorem lined up at the same price… Read More »
Co-trainer Mathew Ellerton predicts a bright future for Ollivander after the colt scored a strong debut win at Caulfield. Stepping out in Saturday’s Evergreen Turf Plate (1100m), Ollivander overcame a slow start before producing a strong finish in the straight. Under Chris Symons, Ollivander ($9) scored by a length from… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan was under more pressure than usual from his owners before I’m A Rippa won at Doomben on Saturday. Golan needed not to worried as I’m A Rippa ($4.80) bounced straight to the lead and scored by two lengths to Eminent ($4.80) in the Makers Mark Plate… Read More »
Caulfield will host its first meeting since Caulfield Cup Day this Saturday with a strong nine race program. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out twelve metres for the entire circuit.
Sydney racing returns to Randwick this Saturday for the first time since Melbourne Cup with a bumper program, headlined by the third best mile at the track, the Group ll Villiers Stakes (1600m), with the winner getting a free ticket into the Doncaster Mile. The weather is fine, the track… Read More »
