Dodging Bullets has landed his first win for 18 months with his trainer Symon Wilde hoping he can hold his form through to the Warrnambool carnival. Jumping from barrier one in the field of six in the Swettenham Stud Summer Championship Final on Thursday, Dodging Bullets scored a narrow win… Read More »
Music Magnate is the dominant favourite to win the Expressway Stakes but Kuro’s jockey Josh Parr is counting on his mount’s fitness to spur an upset. In a week when trainer Bjorn Baker lost exciting sprinter Winning Rupert to a lucrative stud deal, Music Magnate is odds-on to allay some… Read More »
Connections of Blue Diamond Preview winners Limestone and Property will need to pay $55,000 late entry fees to run the juveniles in Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race at Caulfield. The pair joined Tulip, runner-up in the fillies Preview, as $9 equal favourites for next month’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes at… Read More »
Dual Group One winner Le Romain has impressed trainer Kris Lees with a barrier trial win as he prepares for three attempts at the highest level during Sydney’s autumn carnival. Le Romain was strong late, winning his 900m heat at Newcastle on Wednesday by a length under Mathew Scorse. “I… Read More »
Teaspoon will get her chance to prove she can rise to greater heights in the Group Three Widden Stakes as trainer Michael Freedman hunts his first stakes win since setting up shop in Sydney. Teaspoon is one of 13 acceptors in Saturday’s two-year-old race for fillies over 1100m at Rosehill… Read More »
Co-trainer Tom Dabernig is as surprised as anyone with the consistency Grande Rosso has shown since joining the stable. After beginning his career with now-disqualified trainer Mark Riley, Grande Rosso had one run for Wez Hunter before joining the Lindsay Park operation. In five runs for the stable, Grande Rosso… Read More »
A deal reported to be worth in the vicinity of $8-$9million dollars has been completed for boom colt Winning Rupert with Newgate Farm securing his services. Trainer Bjorn Baker took to twitter to announce that the deal had been completed and his star sprinters racing career was over after suffering an… Read More »
Australian supermare Winx has been named as the world’s finest turf horse after finishing third in the Longines World’s Best Racehorse awards behind American dirt superstars Arrogate and California Chrome. Chris Waller’s five-year-old charge is also the highest-rated filly/mare in the world, having won her last 13 races, dating back… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable has assembled one of its strongest band of two-year-olds in a number of seasons. And up to five of the juveniles could be contenders in next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race. At Caulfield on Thursday the stable has two of its… Read More »
Andrew Murray doesn’t make it a habit of racing his horses from week to week but is happy to make an exception with Sunday Escape at Flemington. Sunday Escape is down to run in the Listed Kensington Stakes on Saturday, a week after finishing second at Moonee Valley over 1000m…. Read More »
Champion jockey Darren Gauci has announced his retirement but will remain a part of the industry as a mentor to young riders. The 51-year-old will take up a position with Racing Victoria as an apprentice jockey coach early next month. Gauci replaces Matt Hyland who last month took over the… Read More »
Champion jockey Darren Gauci has announced his retirement but will still play a part in the industry as a mentor to young riders. The 51-year-old will take up a position with Racing Victoria as an apprentice jockey coach early next month. Gauci’s career spanned more than three decades and included… Read More »
Champion mare Winx headlines the entries for the Australian Cup at Flemington but is more likely to race exclusively in Sydney this autumn. Winx is one of 61 nominations for the $1.5 million 2000m race at Flemington on March 11. She has raced in Melbourne three times, for three Group… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald’s appeal against his 18-month ban for a betting offence will be heard in March. The former retained rider for Godolphin in Australia, McDonald has not ridden since November 15 when he stood down after being questioned by stewards over his involvement in a bet on Astern in… Read More »
While Corey Brown looks back on his stint in Singapore fondly, the champion jockey can’t wait to restart his career in the cut-throat world of Sydney racing. The Melbourne Cup-winning rider is preparing for his first Sydney meeting at Rosehill on Saturday since calling time on his Singapore stretch which… Read More »
Tony McEvoy will showcase two of his stable’s potential Blue Diamond contenders in Preview races at Caulfield. Azazel and Miss Wahoo will represent the stable in separate Blue Diamond Previews on Thursday. And McEvoy has plans for Aspect and Roomooz to join those two-year-olds in next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes… Read More »
As Big Money gears up for another crack at the Expressway Stakes, the honest gelding will do so without regular rider Robert Thompson. Thompson, who is the Australian record holder with more than 4000 winners, will be travelling to New Zealand on Saturday to ride at the Karaka Million meeting… Read More »
Tough mare Sold For Song has recovered well from a Melbourne trip and is set to tackle the last feature race of the Queensland summer at the Sunshine Coast. Before she runs in the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup on Saturday her stablemate Puff’s Girl will make a lightning trip to… Read More »
Group One-winning Godolphin colt Astern has finished sixth under a tight hold in barrier trial, as a number of autumn carnival contenders stepped out at Warwick Farm. The Golden Rose winner was not asked for an effort by jockey James Doyle as he cruised to a midfield finish in a… Read More »
The Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai remains on the table for Group One-winner The Quarterback but he still has plenty of options at home. The Quarterback is scheduled to resume Group One Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on February 18 before a defence of the Group One Newmarket Handicap… Read More »
