In the space of two weekends during The Championships under-rated gelding Sense Of Occasion has more than doubled his career earnings without winning a race. After finishing third in the $3 million Doncaster Mile last Saturday week, connections of the Kris Lees-trained Sense Of Occasion decided to also give the… Read More »
Injured apprentice jockey Melanie Bolwell remains in the Gold Coast Hospital with bleeding on her brain after a three-horse fall at Warialda which claimed the life of fellow rider Darren Jones. Leanne Henry escaped with general soreness and bruising in Saturday’s fall while Bolwell was transferred to the Gold Coast… Read More »
Melbourne mare Secret Agenda will be on the road again after claiming a Group Two win at Randwick. The Mick Price-trained four-year-old was a dominant winner of Saturday’s Sapphire Stakes (1200m) to confirm a trip to Adelaide for a tilt at the Group One sprint double of the Goodwood Handicap… Read More »
The New South Wales racing industry is mourning the passing of Tamworth-based jockey Mr Darren Jones who was killed in a three-horse fall at today’s Warialda race meeting. Mr Jones, 48, fell when aboard favourite Montague Clan in the third event with the horse coming down along with True Commitment… Read More »
Chris Waller has trained a Group One double on the final day of The Championships with Foxplay beating her older rivals in the Coolmore Legacy Stakes. As expected, Waller’s wonder mare Winx streeted her rivals in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but it wasn’t as easy for Foxplay. One of only… Read More »
Winx has confirmed her place as a modern-day great of Australian racing, winning the Queen Elizabeth Stakes to make it 17 victories on end. In overtaking the famed New Zealand mare Sunline to secure second place on the all-time prize money list for Australasian racehorses, Winx signed off on a… Read More »
Bonneval has given her rivals a lesson in how to stay the distance with a runaway win in the $1 million ATC Australian Oaks. Favourite to add the Randwick Group One to her win in the New Zealand Oaks last month, Bonneval came from the second half of the field… Read More »
A last-to-first finish from Maryore has given Canberra’s Philip Courtney the biggest thrill of his short training career in the rich Provincial Championships Final at Randwick. The 65-year-old Courtney took up training about five years ago, firstly as a hobby until going full-time with eight horses currently in work. The… Read More »
Arrowfield Stud boss John Messara has bred and raced some of the best horses in Australia and won many of the country’s biggest races. But Shoals’ win in Saturday’s Group Two race at Randwick named for his long-time vet and close friend, the late Percy Sykes, meant more than most…. Read More »
The colours carried to success in a Group One race in Sydney during the autumn carnival have taken the honours in a two-year-old race at Caulfield. Saturday’s Wellington RC Handicap winner Kobayashi is raced by a number of the owners of last month’s Vinery Stakes winner Montoya’s Secret with both… Read More »
Garry White originally planned for Generalissimo to contest the Provincial Championships final at Randwick. But was happy to settle for winning the $150,000 South Pacific Classic on Saturday after Generalissimo finally found a favourable track. “That’s the best track we’ve had in the last couple of starts,” White said. “I… Read More »
Winx is the Queen of Australian racing, and indeed world racing, and her appearance in the $4 Million Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on Day Two of the Championships this Saturday highlights a fab card of racing. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (8) and the rail is… Read More »
Normality somewhat returns to Victorian racing this Saturday with a nine race card at Caulfield, highlighted by the Galilee Series Final (2400m). The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. [crownbetoffer] Race One (12:12) :… Read More »
Hartnell will be running in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick trying to cement a trip to Hong Kong for another race named for the monarch, and one he might find a little easier. The Group One winner finds himself again playing second fiddle to Winx on Saturday, an all… Read More »
Big Duke has significant support for the Sydney Cup but racing powerhouse Godolphin is undeterred as Penglai Pavilion and Polarisation zero in on their Australian debuts. James Ferguson, assistant to English trainer Charlie Appleby, said the two were primed to follow the example of stayers Qewy and Francis of Assisi,… Read More »
Baguette, Tie The Knot and Spinning Hill are just three of the famous horses raced by the Tait family over their many decades in racing. And although she doesn’t have quite the same record as those multiple Group One winners, Zanbagh is right up there in the pecking order with… Read More »
You can bank on Lasqueti Spirit hitting the front in the $1 million Australian Oaks, and take the odds she can stay there. The three-year-old filly used the element of surprise to break clear of the field to win the VRC Oaks as a $101 outsider in the spring, and… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon has recently achieved a dream to become a Group One-winning rider and now has her sights on more, starting with the $2 million Sydney Cup. Mallyon, 22, broke through for her first Group One win in the William Reid Stakes on Silent Sedition late last month, adding to… Read More »
La Bella Diosa’s challenging trans-Tasman expedition poses another question at the final hurdle, with her staying capabilities under scrutiny in the Group One Australian Oaks. After launching her Sydney sojourn with a with a classy win the Group Two Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on February 25, the three-year-old filly… Read More »
Rising staying star Big Duke dominates betting for tomorrow’s Sydney Cup. The Launceston Cup winner has firmed from $2.80 into $2.50 with online bookmaker sportsbet. Big Duke holds six-times more money than second favourite Assign ($7.00) and could give Darren Weir his first Sydney Group 1 winner. Champion mare Winx… Read More »
