A quick back-up and perfectly timed, rails-hugging ride by apprentice Zac Lloyd has proven the right formula for Superium to get back in the winner’s stall. After doing his best work late when fifth to Sky Command in the Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) last weekend, the six-year-old relished a distance… Read More »
Ridden patiently at the rear of the field and ‘turning it on’ at the top of the straight is a trait now common with Kovalica as the three-year-old gelding notched his fourth win in five starts in the Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (2100m). Traditionally a lead-up to the Group 1… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer Persan has registered his first win in more than 18 months with an all-the-way win at Flemington. An emerging stayer through 2020, Persan eventually ran fifth in that year’s Melbourne Cup and returned the following March to win first-up at Moonee Valley. But the stayer had been in… Read More »
There have been moments during the past 12 months when Jenny Duggan feared she would never ride again. But after months of soul searching and various medical treatments, the courageous jockey has celebrated a special victory at Randwick, sooling home Our Bellagio Miss to land her first metropolitan win of… Read More »
Renowned for his patient approach with two-year-olds, Chris Waller has been happy to let Lazzago find her way to the races pre-Christmas, labelling her as one of the best youngsters on his books this season. Sydney’s dominant trainer has won most of the major races on the calendar but having… Read More »
Queensland-based jockey Andrew Mallyon will fly-in to partner regular mount Halvorsen at Flemington. Mallyon knocked back the opportunity of at least four rides at Eagle Farm on Saturday to continue his association with Halvorsen in the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington. Halvorsen will lump 60kg on Saturday and give 6kg to his seven rivals on Saturday, but Mallyon said on… Read More »
The undefeated Golden Boom has been marked up as a short-priced $1.95 favourite for Saturday’s Gold Edition Plate, a Listed race for three-year-olds at Eagle Farm, on the back of his two facile wins to date in which he strolled to easy and impressive victories … the first coming by… Read More »
Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman are confident Yulong Command will appreciate being back at Flemington as he bids to make a return to winning form. Yulong Command contests the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) on Saturday having finished third over the course and distance during Melbourne Cup week. Sam Freedman said the stable was left guessing… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden are building an enviable team for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic and they are looking to Snapback to bolster it further when he makes his debut at Randwick. The training partners already have Breeders’ Plate winner and race favourite Empire Of Japan, last week’s Brisbane winner Godfather and Magic… Read More »
Almost certainly the best related horse Matthew Dunn has trained, Rainbow Connection can earn temporary bragging rights over big brother Golden Sixty with a victory at Eagle Farm this weekend. As the winner of 22 of his 26 starts, Golden Sixty is the undisputed star of the family but he had to settle… Read More »
Champion jockey James Mcdonald has declared Sovereign Fund a “readymade two-year-old” after the youngster booked his passage to the Gold Coast with victory in the Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic. Despite conceding race experience to several of his rivals, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt proved superior, camping behind the leaders and… Read More »
John O’Shea’s stocks for the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas have soared after the in-form trainer produced the quinella in a key lead-up race at Wyong. Hell I Am ($2.70 fav) overcame the outside draw to post a resounding first-up win in the Magic Millions Wyong 3YO & 4YO Stakes (1200m),… Read More »
Grahame Begg concedes both the barrier draw and distance are not ideal for Rose Quartz as she chases a first stakes race win. Rose Quartz lines up in the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday having finished second to Jigsaw in the Listed Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on… Read More »
For the second weekend in a row, Never Again is likely to be presented with a chance to provide emerging trainer Reece Goodwin with a career highlight. The eight-year-old who last Saturday became Goodwin’s first city winner is in line to be the Pakenham horseman’s first Stakes runner in the $175,000 Listed… Read More »
James McDonald’s victory salute aboard the Danny Shum trained Romantic Warrior in the Group 1, HK$34 million LONGINES Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday placed an exclamation mark on McDonald’s stellar year in the saddle. The 2022 LONGINES World’s Best Jockey and Romantic Warrior faced a quality field… Read More »
Connections of TABtouch-Gold Rush (1400m) winner The Astrologist want to get the star galloper back to Perth for April’s Quokka (1200m) at Ascot. The Astrologist ensured he wouldn’t leave Perth empty handed by winning Saturday’s $1.5 million feature, following his unplaced effort in last month’s Winterbottom Stakes (1200m). With the… Read More »
Formerly the AJ Scahill Stakes, a boost in prizemoney to $1.5million made the Gold Rush a much sort after prize with five interstate-trained runners lining up, and it went the way of the least fancied of that quintet, The Astrologist clinging on as a $19.00 chance as race favourite Kissonallforecheeks… Read More »
Regan Bayliss has described Sky Command as one of the toughest mares he has ridden after she outmuscled a smart field to win her second black-type race this campaign. The four-year-old has been in a purple patch of form for trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, taking out the Group 3 The Nivison… Read More »
A two-year-old maiden at Newcastle has proven the right formline for the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick, albeit it with runner-up Saltaire turning the tables on her last-start conqueror Blanc De Blanc. The pair fought out the finish at Newcastle last month but on Saturday it was Saltaire’s moment, the… Read More »
A fifth win at his seventh outing sees Detonator Jack likely to head back to Sandown on Boxing Day as a horse that is still a work-in-progress can notch his first stakes win. Detonator Jack was sent out a $1.65 favourite and arrived at Sandown as the headline act on… Read More »
