Trainer James Cummings displays a sunny disposition when he predicts a weather-related shut-out for Sydney horses in recent weeks can finally lift on opening day of The Championships. Cummings declared Prized Icon is in prime form for Saturday’s $2 million Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick where he, among other Sydney-based… Read More »
The managing owner of Chautauqua has confirmed the group has secured a slot to run in the Everest. But first Chautauqua will attempt a third straight victory in the Group One TJ Smith (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, the opening day of The Championships. Rupert Legh said one of Chautauqua’s… Read More »
Peter V’landys the Chief Executive ofRacing NSW has taken to twitter for the first time to announce that all 12 slots for the $10million dollar The Everest have been sold. The Everest a new initiative for Racing NSW is Australia’s richest race overtaking the Melbourne Cup. The race will be… Read More »
UK-based Australian trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam has booked Melbourne Cup- winning jockey Michelle Payne to ride her new Italian recruit Kaspersky at Royal Ascot in June. The six-year-old was previously trained by Endo Botti and counts Italian and German Group Two victories on his record along with third place in an… Read More »
A holiday meeting at tiny Te Teko in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty offered ample food for thought for Gingernuts’ trainers and connections. The gelding still had a question mark hovering over his racing prowess when he lined up in a benchmark 65 worth a mere $8000, but after taking… Read More »
The $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick is the next port of call for Tivaci to chase an elusive Group One win in his final preparation before retiring to stud. Tivaci was placed twice at the top level in the Toorak Handicap and Cantala Stakes last spring while the… Read More »
Rebel Dane will stand the next breeding season at Victoria’s Swettenham Stud but first he will attempt to add another Group One win to his record. The Gary Portelli-trained seven-year-old runs in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes aiming for a third win at the elite level. Swettenham’s Adam Sangster said he… Read More »
Kris Lees is in relatively unfamiliar territory as he rejoins the list of trainers striving to snap Chris Waller’s recent domination of the Doncaster Mile. Lees is no stranger to trailing Waller’s runners, most recently Winx, but with the super mare not defending the $3 million focal point of Saturday’s… Read More »
Fillies have been to the fore in the major two-year-old races so far this season and they hold the key to the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes. Both Group One races for juveniles this season have been won by fillies, with Catchy taking out the Blue Diamond in Melbourne while… Read More »
Retired Group One winner Hucklebuck has been put down after suffering a bout of colic. Prepared by premier Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes to win eight of his 20 starts including the Group 1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington, the six-year-old was retired after an unplaced finish in the Schillaci Stakes in… Read More »
Plans for BMW winner Jameka are in limbo with the star mare found to be suffering from travel sickness on her return from Sydney to Melbourne. Jameka was a runaway winner of Saturday’s Group One BMW (2400m) at Rosehill with a clash with Winx in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on… Read More »
Blinkers have given Happy Clapper a new look this campaign as he heads to go one better in the Doncaster Mile after beating all but Winx in the race a year ago. The gelding had his final fast gallop for the race on Monday, a strategy Pat Webster employs rather… Read More »
Melbourne jockey Stephen Baster will reunite with Sircconi for a Group One race at Randwick. Baster hasn’t ridden Sircconi in a race to date but was involved in the early education of the two-year-old who makes his Sydney debut in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes on Saturday. After winning a… Read More »
Seven years and a million dollars after he ran second in the Golden Slipper, Decision Time has run his last race. Trainer Clarry Conners said Decision Time had suffered a tendon injury and had left the stable to go to a spelling farm in the NSW Southern Highlands. “He will… Read More »
Spectroscope will chase an Australian Group One win in the Doncaster Mile at his third local start after earning his way with victory in the Prelude. The French import is scheduled to back up in Saturday’s $3 million Doncaster Mile seven days after his win in the Prelude at Rosehill…. Read More »
Arrogate has proved his class and courage to win the Dubai World Cup and become the world’s most financially successful racehorse. The Bob Baffert-trained four-year-old was sent off at Meydan at the long odds-on favourite after wins in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Pegasus World Cup Invitational, but appeared to… Read More »
Leading jockey Craig Williams has been taken to hospital after a sad finish to the Listed Mornington Cup. Williams had ridden the Godolphin visitor The Gold Trail into fourth place in Saturday’s 2400m Cup when the stayer broke down as he began to pull up after the race, throwing the… Read More »
Jameka has exacted Group One revenge on her last-start conqueror Humidor in emphatic style, spacing the Australian Cup winner by 6-1/2 lengths in the BMW at Rosehill. The winner of the Caulfield Cup last spring, the Ciaron Maher-trained Jameka was the equal favourite in the Australian Cup two weeks ago… Read More »
Another New Zealand raider has set his sights on the $2.1 million Australian Derby, with Jon Snow powering into contention for a focal point of The Championships by blitzing the Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill. A week after New Zealand Derby winner Gingernuts mastered the same heavy track in Sydney to… Read More »
Trainer Leon Corstens had his doubts about whether Montoya’s Secret was ready for her outing at Rosehill but the filly has hung on to narrowly win the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). Jockey Noel Callow racked up his fifth Group One win on Saturday with a defeat of Nurse Kitchen ($18),… Read More »
