Perth trainer Lindsey Smith is prepared to take on the world’s highest rated turf horse in the Cox Plate if Scales Of Justice convinces him he can run 2000m. Have Your Say: Does Scales Of Justice have any chance of beating Winx? – Leave a comment below. Yet to finish out… Read More »
Hugh Bowman can set a modern-day record for Group One winners in a season when he rides French Emotion in the Tattersall’s Tiara. And the mare’s trainer Chris Waller is confident French Emotion can bounce back from her unplaced performance last start in the Dane Ripper Stakes. French Emotion finished… Read More »
The Melbourne campaign of Tasmanian-trained Tshahitsi is set to continue, and so is that of his trainer Imogen Miller. Tshahitsi runs over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday, a trip he was successful over in the Echuca Cup last month and at Flemington on June 10. Miller, who trains in partnership… Read More »
Victorian galloper Self Sense has revelled in a return to a soft track to win the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m), the first part of a three-leg Queensland project. The gelding, which was backed from $5 to start $3.40 with Luxbet, burst away in the straight on Saturday to beat Benzini… Read More »
A fast-finishing Petrology has denied champion jockey Craig Williams a win in the annual Moonee Valley race named in honour of his late cousin. Williams rode the Paul Preusker-trained Magic Consol ($11) in Saturday’s Travis Harrison Cup and hit the front late in the 1600m race, only for five-year-old gelding… Read More »
Trainer John Thompson gave Hugh Bowman a gee-up about the Sydney jockeys’ premiership race before the last at Rosehill and Invincible Knight put in the hard work to get to the line. Bowman finished Saturday’s meeting with a double to leave Brenton Avdulla, who won the card opener on Gaulois,… Read More »
After having her judgment questioned in one race, rising apprentice Rachel King has shown her ability to adapt in another to get the best out of Supply And Demand at Rosehill. Earlier on Saturday, King was given a grilling by stewards over her tactics on Arbeitsam, the $2.30 CrownBet favourite… Read More »
Tasmania’s premier jockey David Pires has made the most of a rare Melbourne visit to land his second Moonee Valley winner, 14 years after notching his first. Pires continued his successful association with Tasmania’s premier trainer Scott Brunton and six-year-old gelding Lord Da Vinci on Saturday, guiding the sprinter to… Read More »
Revolving Door has completed a double for trainer Clinton McDonald, with a strong on-pace first-up win at Moonee Valley. Having his first start since being gelded, Revolving Door took out the Epworth Medical Imaging Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. Ridden by Mark Zahra, Revolving Door ($6.50) scored a half-length win from… Read More »
Apprentice Tiffani Brooker has made the most of a last-minute booking on Monsieur Gustave to guide the gelding to a close win in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich. Brooker gave Monsieur Gustave ($18) the run of the race up on the pace on Saturday and he fought… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has concocted a masterful ride to reward Liapari’s perseverance with a narrow benchmark triumph at Rosehill. Just when pre-race favourite Moss ‘N’ Dale and Reiby The Red appeared to be duelling for victory in the TAB Rewards Handicap on Saturday, Bowman switched Liapari to the rails as the… Read More »
Test The World might not win by big margins but it seems no matter what is thrown at her, she just wins. The Bjorn Baker-trained filly stretched her winning run this preparation to four at Rosehill on Saturday. Those four wins have come with a combined margin of less than… Read More »
The victory of Essence Of Terror at Moonee Valley has meant a lot to jockey Chris Symons. Saturday’s win in the Zouki Handicap (1000m) by the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained mare broke a run of outs for the jockey. “I’ve had so many seconds lately,” Symons said. “It’s nice… Read More »
Apprentice Brendon Stockdale has linked with a horse trained by his father and owned by his mother to notch a special win at Moonee Valley. The Frankie Stockdale-trained three-year-old Unique Lovely ($5.50) finished strongly down the outside in Saturday’s Bidfood Handicap (1000m) to score by a length over Miss Vesper,… Read More »
Zamex has unleashed another staggering finish to graduating from the Highway Handicap class with ease at Rosehill. Despite trailing the leaders by five lengths with 200m left on the first heavy track he had encountered, the $2.80 Sportsbet favourite stormed home on Saturday to beat O’Lordy ($12) by half a… Read More »
A return to turf racing has enabled well-bred filly Pure Emotion to break her maiden status at Moonee Valley. Pure Emotion was well supported before the Friends Of Epworth Handicap on Saturday but had to work hard to defeat rank outsider Magic Mila. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse, Pure Emotion ($4.60)… Read More »
Godolphin colt Gaulois has finally opened his account at the fifth attempt with an all-the-way win in the TAB Handicap at Rosehill. The two-year-old jumped cleanly from barrier one and dictated terms under Brenton Avdulla throughout the 1350m trip on Saturday. Hualalai made a brief surge on the home straight… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Ipswich, Rosehill and Moonee Valley. Have Your Say: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
Ipswich will host their biggest raceday on Saturday where it is Ipswich Cup Day, with a couple of strong support blacktype events to ensure a great afternoon of racing. The weather is fine, the track is soft (7) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit…. Read More »
Melbourne racing this Saturday heads to Moonee Valley for a nine race card. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (12:15) : Friends Of Epworth Handicap 1200m: Back Me: 11 Truly Discreet… Read More »
