An imported stayer David Hayes hopes will be a Melbourne Cup contender is set to get his first taste of Australian racing when he steps out at Flemington. Hayes, who now trains in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, has last year’s English St Leger runner-up Ventura… Read More »
Perth trainer Neville Parnham has resisted any temptation to give Malibu Style a crack at the Group One Goodwood and is instead keeping the sprinter in Melbourne to chase another stakes win in the Listed Straight Six at Flemington. Malibu Style has been based at Flemington since early April for… Read More »
Mick Price already has the trainer’s trophy from Adelaide’s first $1 million race in his keeping and will be two handed in his pursuit of another. The Price-trained Secret Agenda won the UBET Classic last Saturday week and will try to add the Goodwood, also over 1200 metres, to her… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster is confident in-form jockey Jim Byrne can to help her break a 34-year drought for Brisbane horses in the Group One Doomben Cup. No Brisbane horse has won the Cup since 1983 when Lord Seaman, who was trained by Doomben-based Don Cleal, took the race. Forster has… Read More »
Not long after two Group One-winning three-year-olds left Mick Price’s stable, a multiple winner at the highest level made his return. Price has lost Extreme Choice and Flying Artie to stud but is looking to Lankan Rupee to help fill the void. The five-time Group One winner returned almost a… Read More »
The man who oversees Darren Weir’s Warrnambool stable believes Victoria’s premier trainer has timed Black Heart Bart’s preparation for back-to-back wins in the Goodwood to perfection. Black Heart Bart can become the first horse in more than a century to win the race in successive years when he lines up… Read More »
France, the second stringer from the Snowden stable, has claimed the scalp of Group One winner Prized Icon in the $400,000 Scone Guineas. The colt was sent out at $16 with Luxbet.com on Saturday with Victoria Derby winner Prized Icon the $2.80 favourite and Peter and Paul Snowden’s other runner… Read More »
Sydney sprinter Redzel has defied his rivals for an all-the-way win in the Doomben 10,000, the first Group One race of the Queensland winter carnival. Ridden by leading Brisbane jockey Jim Byrne for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, Redzel held off the fast-finishing Counterattack with Derryn taking third. “I knew… Read More »
Former champion jockey Ron Quinton has nurtured the careers of many of Sydney’s young riders. So it was with great pride he watched his latest protege Andrew Adkins win the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic at Scone on the Quinton-trained Daysee Doom. And there probably hasn’t been a more deserving… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Hursley has snapped a run of second placings with a victory at Caulfield. But only just. The four-year-old gelding took until his final stride of Saturday’s Chandler Macleod Handicap (2000m) to get his nose in front, chasing down Overberg to win by a short half-head. Hursley ($5)… Read More »
Trainer James Cumming has plenty of options with three year old Good Standing after his impressive win at Doomben on Saturday. Good Standing who was $4.80 at Sportsbet was given the run of the race by Damian Browne before coming away to beat Sylpheed ($6) by 2-3/4 lengths in the… Read More »
Races during next year’s Dubai carnival loom as a long-range target for sprinter Shaf. The five-year-old gelding registered his fifth 1100m win from eight attempts at the distance when he chased down Sunday Escape in Saturday’s Arvanitis Philanthropy Plate. Co-trainer David Hayes said plans were taking place to race Shaf… Read More »
A little more experienced than her name suggests, Miss Debutante has unleashed a powerful finish to give trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott a race-to-race stakes double at Scone. The three-year-old took out the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes (1100m) under Tommy Berry who earlier rode her younger stablemate Debonairly to… Read More »
Premier jockey Jeff Lloyd rode his 150th Queensland winner for the season with one of his best rides on Cantbuybetter at Doomben on Saturday. Betterbuybetter drew barrier nine but after the field had gone 400m Lloyd was over on the fence in behind the pace in the Listed Singapore Turf… Read More »
Champion trainer David Hayes will put two-year-old Tycoon Dancer away for a spell with a view to the spring carnival after the colt made a winning start to his career at Caulfield. Tycoon Dancer stepped out in Saturday’s Chef’s Hat Plate (1100m) and despite a betting drift from $2.90 to… 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 Caulfield, Scone, Morphettville and Doomben. Have Your Say: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below. [nodepositoffer]
A nine race program has been assembled for Caulfield this Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (11:50) : Chef’s Hat Plate 1100m: Back Me: 1 Easy Beast (Bet Now:… Read More »
Group l racing returns to Brisbane and Doomben this Saturday where we will see another cracking edition of the Doomben 10,000. The weather is overcast, the track is soft (6) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (12:15) : Swire… Read More »
The girls had their turn last week. This weeks it’s the boys to slog it out in the SA Derby (2500m) at Morphettville and that highlights a strong eight event meeting. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out three metres from the 1800m-1200m;… Read More »
Chris Waller has turned to an equestrian discipline in a bid to help Counterattack add a Group One success to his record. Sydney’s premier trainer has incorporated dressage into the four-year-old’s build-up to Saturday’s Doomben 10,000, his sixth crack at a Group One. “I’ve done a bit of dressage work… Read More »
