Perfect Pitch has joined impressive stablemate Secret Lady by getting off the mark at the second attempt with a last-gasp win at Rosehill. A week after Secret Lady claimed the Golden Gift at the same track, trainer Gary Portelli watched as another of his talented fillies hinted at a bright… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Sandown Lakeside this Saturday. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is soft (7) and the rail is out eight metres for the entire circuit.
Blacktype racing returns to Rosehill this Saturday where it is Festival Stakes Day. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit.
The Masters at Ascot continues this Saturday with another strong card, headlined by the $1 Million Group l Winterbottom Stakes (1200m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. Field 🏇: View the Winterbottom Stakes Field
A few gear changes and stable confidence has seen a $26 shot heavily backed to take out the G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) this Saturday at Ascot. The Simon Miller trained Whispering Brook has been a bit disappointing this time in, but with the blinkers and tongue tie on for the… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler faces a charge of improper conduct over the scratching of Observational from a race at Sandown. Racing Victoria stewards issued the charge against Sadler for his alleged conduct before and after stewards ordered Observational’s scratching from the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on November 18. Observational… Read More »
Matthew Smith is savouring every moment with Palazzo Pubblico, realising this is probably her final season before she heads to the breeding barn. The Warwick Farm feared the mare could have been retired by owner Gerry Harvey before she turned six, but fortunately the retail baron opted to keep Palazzo… Read More »
Dean Yendall will be out to add a third Group One win of the season in combination with the Anthony Freedman stable when he rides Santa Ana Lane in the Winterbottom Stakes in Perth. Yendall won the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Santa Ana Lane on October… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Performer is the $8 favourite in first markets to give Sydney’s premier trainer his first win in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. Waller has only had a handful of Slipper runners and Performer is one of the few he has had up and running early, winning the… Read More »
A $1 million race at the Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast is the main summer target for the Danny O’Brien-trained Toffee Nose who will continue her path when she steps up in distance at Sandown. Toffee Nose was unplaced in her first-up run this preparation but O’Brien is… Read More »
Fred and Irene Cowell are hoping to roll back the years over summer with the best horse they’ve ever had. Mighty Lucky provided the highlight of the Gosford husband and wife’s long-standing association with racing two years ago when he won the Festival Stakes and Summer Cup. He won the… Read More »
The Longines Golden Slipper is one of the few Sydney Group One races that has alluded Chris Waller but that could all be set to change with TAB posting Performer favourite for the 2018 edition to be run Rosehill Gardens on Saturday March 24. The Exceed And Excel colt ran out… Read More »
Newly crowned top jockey of the year Hugh Bowman says he has to pinch himself when he thinks of his achievements with champion Winx. Have Your Say 🗣: Do you think Hugh Bowman is the Worlds Best Jockey? – Leave a comment below Australia’s Bowman secured the title of the… Read More »
State Solicitor looks set to break into the big time on the back of heavy support for Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes. The lightly raced five-year-old is the best backed runner with online bookmaker sportsbet. State Solicitor is $3.20 favourite and holds three-times the money than the second favourite, Viddora ($4.20). Another Perth local Rock Magic… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan is likely to have just one runner in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill from a possible three. Group Three winner Diddums has developed a foot problem while the strength of the 20 nominations will rule Tango Rain out, leaving Samantha to fly the flag for the… Read More »
Gary Portelli admits to being disappointed with Testashadow’s first-up run and will alter the gelding’s routine in an attempt to spark him up ahead of the Festival Stakes. Testashadow will run in a 1050m-barrier trial at Randwick on Tuesday morning ahead of Saturday’s Group Three race at Rosehill. “It’s unconventional… Read More »
Lindsay Park has decided to keep talented mare Fuhryk to sprinting after her two failures over further than 1200 metres. After she flopped over 1400m at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week, the stable sent the mare to Perth in search of a Group One win in Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes at… Read More »
Lightly raced gelding Niccanova will have a heavy workload this summer after he resumes in the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben. Niccanova has had only six starts but has won four of them and was an unlucky third in the Group Two Queensland Guineas in another. He beat… Read More »
Australia’s Hugh Bowman has won the Japan Cup on Cheval Grand and secured the title of the world’s leading jockey for 2017 in the process. Trained by Yasuo Tomomichi, last year’s third-placed Cheval Grand came out of the pack to run down defending champion Kitasan Black and hold off a… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has implemented a more relaxed training regime for Red Excitement and believes it is doing the trick. At his most wound-up, Red Excitement put Winx to the sword in the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes in September, only to have the great mare show him who was boss late… Read More »
