Melbourne Cup runner-up Heartbreak City has had to be euthanised after breaking a leg during a racecourse gallop at The Curragh. Owned by a group of Irishmen, Heartbreak City earned his place in last year’s Melbourne Cup with victory in the rich Ebor Handicap. Darren Dance’s Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock bought… Read More »
Godolphin’s It’s Somewhat will start at short odds to become the 11th horse to win the Hollindale Stakes-Doomben Cup double but will have not shortage of rivals. It’s Somewhat gave John O’Shea his last stakes winner as Godolphin’s head trainer when he beat Single Gaze by a half neck in… Read More »
South Australian Derby favourite Odeon heads to his Group One assignment in Adelaide off a near-faultless campaign since being gelded. Trained by Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, Odeon has won three of his four starts this preparation and finished a close second in the other. On that occasion in the… Read More »
As champion trainer Darren Weir continues to set records one of his next challenges is to take on the world. It’s not a high priority for the Ballarat-based horseman right now but he is looking to the future. While not a top hat and tails type, the Royal Ascot meeting… Read More »
The decision to remain in Melbourne has been rewarded for Beau Mertens, who has moved to within two wins of the lead in the metropolitan jockeys’ premiership after a winning treble at Flemington. Mertens could have ridden in a feature race in Adelaide on Saturday but the apprentice elected to… Read More »
After failing to come up during a spring campaign, Zamzam has bounced back to winning form at Flemington. A promising two-year-old who ran third to Extreme Choice and Flying Artie in the 2016 Blue Diamond Stakes, Zamzam won Saturday’s Primacy Handicap with authority. Ridden by Luke Nolen, Zamzam ($18) showed… Read More »
A stakes race at Scone was beyond her but Untamed Diamond has proved a cut above at Rosehill to continue her progression to black type since arriving from New Zealand. The four-year-old mare raced in Listed or Group company three times before Richard Collett brought her to Warwick Farm, and… Read More »
Top Of My List is just that with trainer Anthony Cummings after adding the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill to her recent Group Three win at Randwick. The mare’s win in April’s JRA Plate was the first stakes success for the new partnership of Cummings and his son Edward…. Read More »
The favourites have fought out the Group One Australasian Oaks, with the Chris Waller-trained Egg Tart finishing strongly to beat Kenedna in a thrilling contest at Morphettville. John Allen took a rails run on the Darren Weir-trained $2.80 Luxbet favourite Kenedna in the straight and hit the front inside the… Read More »
Justin Webb has always known Roguish has ability but is thrilled to see him show it on the racetrack. The 1500m handicap at Rosehill was the Tim Martin-trained gelding’s first Saturday metropolitan win. It also represented a rare city victory for jockey Adam Hyeronimus. Roguish skipped clear late in the… Read More »
Doncaster winner It’s Somewhat has produced a fighting finish to give retiring Godolphin trainer John O’Shea his final stakes win for the international organisation. O’Shea finishes on Saturday night as Godolphin’s Australian victor after 500 winners, including 10 at Group One level. However, few wins would have given O’Shea as… Read More »
Three-year-old Divine Quality has taken the step to city racing in her stride and confirmed herself as a filly on the rise with a convincing win at Flemington. The Robbie Griffiths-trained Divine Quality scored an easy win on debut at Bendigo in April before attention turned to Saturday’s Indian Summer… Read More »
Cannyescent has racked up the third win of this preparation for his new trainers by finishing strongly to claim another benchmark race at Rosehill. The four-year-old gelding won at the Sydney track for the first time on Saturday as Tim Clark drove the $3.50 Luxbet favourite to the line after… Read More »
Booker has lived up to the lofty expectations of her trainers with a strong debut win at Flemington. Simon Zahra and training partner Mathew Ellerton said the Written Tycoon filly was the best two-year-old in their stable after Saturday’s win in the Phar Lap Club Plate. The pair considered Booker… Read More »
Recent recruit New Universe has made a sparkling Australian debut at Rosehill for trainer Chris Waller. The three-year-old crossed the Tasman early this year as a colt but has since been gelded, which has helped improve his manners. New Universe won his first two starts in New Zealand for Chris… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has posted a century of wins in NSW for the third successive season as Sydney’s premiership-leading jockey found redemption with Black On Gold. Disappointed after the gelding was unable to find decent running in his previous start at Randwick on April 22, Avdulla reunited with the developing stayer… Read More »
De Little Engine has proven too classy for his rivals over a staying distance at Flemington to break through for his first win in 18 months. The Danny O’Brien-trained gelding was sent out the $2.40 Ladbrokes favourite in Saturday’s Vintage Crop Handicap (2800m) and didn’t disappoint, looping around his rivals… Read More »
Lance Horan has earned enough to pay someone else to drive him home from Rosehill, with the part-time taxi driver celebrating O’Lordy’s big payday in the Highway Handicap. Horan bred the mare and leases him in partnership with Goulburn trainer Danny Williams who made the astute decision to back her… Read More »
An aborted trip to Brisbane for imported galloper Articus has paid dividends for Brad Rawiller at Flemington. Articus had to settle for a consolation win in the Chairman’s Club Handicap (1800m) on Saturday after being withdrawn from the AD Hollindale Stakes on the Gold Coast. The French-bred stallion was already… Read More »
Viridine has made a successful beginning to his racing career at Rosehill, with New Zealand jockey Rory Hutchings also enjoying a fresh start. Hutchings was thrown off as the two-year-old colt returned to scale – and the stewards are studying his ride over the latter stages of the Fresh For… Read More »
