Sam Clipperton is about to begin a suspension for his winning ride on the Joe Pride-trained Ammirata in a midweek race at Canterbury. So it seemed only fitting the Pride-trained Gamblestown gave him a winning send-off at Rosehill on Saturday. Clipperton will ride Godolphin horse Sabkhat in Sunday’s Goulburn Cup,… Read More »
A trip to Melbourne could prove the catalyst for smart mare Traveston Girl to dominate 1600m stakes races during the Queensland summer carnival. Traveston Girl ($4.20) showed the benefit of her recent trip south with a tough win in the Listed Recognition Stakes (1600m), the first leg of the Brisbane… Read More »
Chris Symons sported a big smile as he returned to scale after a feature winner at Ballarat during his first meeting in five months. Symons was successful aboard Murt The Flirt in Saturday’s $100,000 Magic Millions 3&4YO Classic, riding at his first meeting since suffering injuries in a race fall… Read More »
Claro El Banco has earned his shot at the rich Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast after a front-running win at Ballarat. The Jason Petch-trained gelding was the only horse with race experience in Saturday’s $200,000 Clockwise Classic (1000m) and he turned around a debut disappointment. Ridden aggressively by… Read More »
While many trainers are using the Highway handicaps as a stepping stone to the Country Championships, Matthew Dale has higher ambitions for Bitburg. The Canberra trainer brought the three-year-old to Rosehill on Saturday for his fourth start and the gelding delivered to keep his unbeaten record intact. The $250,000 Inglis… Read More »
Tony McEvoy’s decision to give Metier his chance in the $100,000 Eureka Stockade at Ballarat has been rewarded. Three-year-old Metier finished strongly on the outside in Saturday’s 1400m race to land his first win at his fourth start. “It was a bit of an aggressive play, running him in this… Read More »
Smart filly The Last Kiss’ impressive win at Doomben has given Steve O’Dea a chance to fulfil his long-held dream of winning a major race for owner Joe Rapisarda. The Last Kiss loomed as a major Magic Millions Classic (1200m) player with her win in the AM Giles and Co… Read More »
Apprentice Patrick Moloney has ridden a winner at Ballarat, paying further tribute to his late grandfather Jim Moloney. Hall of Fame horseman Jim Moloney, who trained champion sprinter Vain, died aged 90 early on Friday morning. His grandson rode two winners at Moonee Valley on Friday night and he scored… Read More »
David Vandyke has the perfect answer to those who have questioned his ability to train two-year-olds – Yankee Rose. The filly’s second win from as many starts at Rosehill on Saturday qualifies her for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper in March and her trainer is excited. “I’ve only had a… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with the big money being placed at Ascot, Ballarat, Doomben, Morphettville and Rosehill.
A Rosehill race designed as a springboard into the summer carnival for one horse is shaping as a career crossroads for his stablemate. God’s In Him, early favourite for the Schweppes Farewells Jimmy Cassidy Handicap, returns from a freshen-up on Saturday ahead of a campaign that will encompass the Villiers… Read More »
He hasn’t done much since winning the 2014 Queensland Derby, but that hasn’t stopped Sportsbet.com.au punters from backing Sonntag in the Ballarat Cup (2200m) this Saturday. The Henry Dwyer trained Group l winner has been very disappointing this time in, but the punters have singled him out at a price…. Read More »
Connections of Zayam have decided to tackle the Ballarat Cup on Saturday. The Matthew Smith-trained stayer was also an acceptor in Sydney at Rosehill and Brisbane at Doomben on Saturday with the Ballarat Cup holding the most prize money. Smith will travel with the stayer to Ballarat and is hoping… Read More »
A trip to Hong Kong has been called off for Chautauqua after the gelding wrenched a joint during trackwork on Thursday. Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes has said all along that Chautauqua would need to be 100 per cent right to take his place on the plane to Hong Kong. Hawkes said… Read More »
Trainer Peter Gelagotis is hoping Illustrious Lad has taken the next step as the gelding embarks on his latest campaign. Illustrious Lad contests the Magic Millions Three and Four-Year-Old Classic at Ballarat on Saturday, his first run as a four-year-old. At his last campaign Illustrious Lad graduated from winning a… Read More »
A month of riding trackwork, trials and jump-outs has Chris Symons ready for a return to race riding. Symons has his first ride in five months at the Ballarat Cup meeting on Saturday after a fall at Bendigo. A fractured T6 vertebrae, a fractured scapula and head trauma resulting in… Read More »
Promising mare Golden Falls will have only a light summer campaign unless she can win a wildcard into the rich Magic Millions carnival. Golden Falls has accepted for the Listed Tattersall’s Arcade Classic at Doomben on Saturday where she is set to meet a field of speedy fillies and mares…. Read More »
Sprinters from the eastern seaboard head the market for the Winterbottom Stakes in Perth. Star Queensland sprinter Buffering is the $3.80 favourite for the Group One race at Ascot on Saturday. Barriers for the $1 million race will be determined on Tuesday. Buffering won the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runners have filled the placings in another 3200m Cup race, this time at Sandown. The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained Almoonqith took out the Sandown Cup on Saturday, defeating The Offer and Grand Marshal. Almoonqith finished 18th to Prince Of Penzance in the Melbourne Cup and Hayes said… Read More »
Jockey Brad Rawiller was so impressed with Mahuta’s Sandown Guineas victory that he predicted the horse might be good enough to contest the Cox Plate next year. Mahuta continued a spring rise with his fourth-straight victory in Saturday’s Group Two race, adding to a memorable carnival for Melbourne Cup-winning trainer… Read More »
