Unbeaten wonder mare Black Caviar has done it again, winning her 20th straight race to set an Australasian record in the Group One Sportingbet Classic at Morphettville. The Peter Moody-trained, Luke Nolen-ridden Black Caviar treated her rivals with disdain in the 1200m $400,000 feature, delighting the unprecedented sell-out crowd of… Read More »
Atlantic Jewel was made to work harder than she ever has but showed her superstar qualities to become the first filly in 86 years to win the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The unbeaten filly was sent out at Black Caviar-like odds of $1.12 and was… Read More »
More Joyous erased doubts about her middle-distance credentials with an emphatic Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes win at Randwick. Taken to the front by jockey Nash Rawiller, More Joyous left a star-studded field in her wake to claim the 2000m weight-for-age contest. “She never felt she was going to get… Read More »
Niwot has produced a well-timed run to deny Efficient in a thrilling Sydney Cup at Randwick. Once given up as a racing prospect after a serious knee injury, Niwot sealed his comeback when he held off the 2007 Melbourne Cup winner in a desperate finish. Niwot settled on the rail… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse-trained Pierro has completed the Sydney autumn carnival’s triple crown for two-year-olds with a runaway Group One Champagne Stakes win at Randwick. Racing in the leading division throughout the 1600m race, Pierro burst clear to relegate Dear Demi and Tatra into the minor placings. The Lonhro colt became… Read More »
Outstanding mare More Joyous took her prizemoney to nearly $4 million when she collected her seventh Group One win in the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse-trained five-year-old, perfectly ridden by Nash Rawiller, enjoyed the run of the race in the 1600m feature and held out the… Read More »
Popular Warwick Farm trainer Guy Walter landed his third Australian Oaks when Streama gave favourite backers a scare before claiming the Classic at Randwick on Saturday. Ridden a patient race by Hugh Bowman, Streama looked to have given away too big a start when the field turned for home but… Read More »
The Doncaster Mile (1600m) is Australia’s premier race at the distance, despite its status as a handicap. It is a stage where legends are made, where bubbles are burst, where dreams come true. For many Sydney racing enthusiasts, it is the thunder of the Doncaster field that excites them most…. Read More »
The Sandown meeting provided an excellent prelude to the Warrnambool May racing carnival for champion hurdler Black And Bent and promising steeplechaser Phaze Action who won their respective disciplines impressively. Phaze Action overcame difficulties to win Wednesday’s Like Sportingbet Park On Facebook Steeplechase (3300m) while Black And Bent cruised to… Read More »
The Pat Carey-trained Ethiopia has broken his maiden status in outstanding fashion by winning the Group One $1.5 million Australian Derby at just his fourth start. The son of 2002 Victoria Derby winner Helenus didn’t have his first start until February when third in a Sale maiden over 1700m. But… Read More »
Race 6 – 2:55PM YELLOWGLEN SAPPHIRE STAKES (1200 METRES) Of $175,000.1st $105,000, 2nd $35,000, 3rd $17,500, 4th $8,750, 5th $3,500, 6th $1,750, 7th $1,750, 8th $1,750, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 2 Set Weights plus Penalties, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Fillies and Mares, Apprentices cannot claim.Track Condition: Good Time: 1:08.96 Last 600m: 0:34.14 INTERIM RESULTSOffical Comments: Class Record. Finish… Read More »
One of the best race carnivals anywhere in the world will kick off on Saturday- The Randwick Autumn Carnival. And what a meeting it is! Three Group One’s, Two Group Two’s and Four Group Three’s will ensure first class thoroughbred action. But the highlight of the day is the $1.5… Read More »
Pierro has lived up to a prediction trainer Gai Waterhouse made last year with a stirring $3.5 million Golden Slipper win at Rosehill on Saturday. “Gai Waterhouse said six months ago this horse was going to win the Golden Slipper,” winning jockey Nash Rawiller said. “(At the time) I shook… Read More »
Victorian filly Mosheen has posted the fourth Group One win of her career with a frontrunning victory in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. Assuming control of the $400,000 race soon after the start, Mosheen opened up a commanding lead into the straight before holding on to beat… Read More »
Aami Golden Slipper Day 2012 is Sydney’s best race day of the year and the richest race day in Australia. The feature race is the $3.5 Million Aami Golden Slipper (1200m) with the lone Victorian Samaready the $2.50 favourite to maintain her unbeaten streak. Her task was made easier by… Read More »
Samaready trained by Mick Price is the clear $2.60 favourite for the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes worth $3.5million dollars. She won the Blue Diamond Stakes in Melbourne and hopes to do what Sepoy did last year by winning the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper double. Punters feel she is… Read More »
Lightly-raced gelding Laser Hawk, aided by a rails-hugging ride from Nash Rawiller, won a thrilling Group One Rosehill Guineas on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse-trained half-brother to multiple Group One winner Desert War gave Rawiller his 39th win at the elite level when he held on tenaciously to beat New Zealanders… Read More »
The Challenge Stakes proved just that for Rain Affair but the sprinter was up to the task as he fought off Satin Shoes and Neeson to win the Group Two race at Rosehill. Trainer Joe Pride was a relieved man, saying the four-year-old was a much better horse on softer… Read More »
Black Caviar’s little brother All Too Hard has rocketed into equal favouritism for next week’s $3.5 million Golden Slipper after making his Rosehill debut look all too easy. TAB Sportsbet firmed the colt from $5 to $3 with Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready easing from $2.50. A Casino Prince half-brother… Read More »
Kathy O’Hara has won her first Group 1 race in today’s Coolmore Classic at Rosehill racecourse on Ron Quinton trained daughter of Mossman ‘Ofcourseican’. Ofcourseican settled in the back of the field during the race, Kathy O’Hara pulled her ride to the outside heading around the turn which is where… Read More »
