Daniel Stackhouse has earned praise from champion trainer Lee Freedman for his winning VRC St Leger ride on Cool Chap but his day has been tempered by a careless riding ban from an earlier race. Stackhouse guided the Lee and Anthony Freedman-trained Cool Chap to a convincing win in Monday’s… Read More »
A horse named after a Victoria Cross recipient has taken out the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington. Two-year-old gelding Throssell, named after Gallipoli veteran Hugo Throssell, raced to victory in Monday’s 1400m race at the Anzac Day meeting in Melbourne. Now in the care of trainer Ciaron Maher, the… Read More »
Three-year-old filly Miss Vista has striking looks and the ability to go with it. Trained by George Osborne, Miss Vista was a much-hyped filly going into her second start at Flemington on Monday and the baldy-faced sprinter got the job done again to remain unbeaten from two starts. Miss Vista… Read More »
Big Memory hasn’t won for a long time, but Sportsbet.com.au punters believe that Monday at Flemington will be his time to shine when he contests the Anzac Cup (2530m). The Tony McEvoy trained stayer ran a close second to Berisha in the Mornington Cup (2400m) and with the drop in… Read More »
Mike Moroney will put Tivaci’s Group One ambitions on hold and get him ready for the Queensland Guineas. Moroney said the Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 11, the same day as the Group Two Queensland Guineas, had been his aim but he believed Tivaci would struggle… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Hardline has had to undergo a second throat operation but trainer Liam Birchley hopes he can be back racing before the end of the Brisbane winter carnival. Hardline has won four of his six starts including last year’s Karaka Million in New Zealand. Since then he has been… Read More »
A trip to Ireland last year has paved the way for Australia’s leading jumps rider Steven Pateman to return at the end of the season. Pateman rode work for champion trainer Willie Mullins, twice a Melbourne Cup visitor who prepared Max Dynamite to run second in last year’s race, while… Read More »
Former Perth mare Sheidel had to survive a protest at Caulfield to land her first win in Melbourne for new owners. After two luckless runs at Moonee Valley and Sandown where the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor bungled the start, Sheidel jumped away much better in Saturday’s Listed Bel Esprit… Read More »
In the past week, trainer Bjorn Baker has spent much of his time talking to international media about an unraced two-year-old called Horsey McHorseface. In the coming weeks he hopes to be giving interviews as a Group One-winning trainer of the Queensland Oaks with Imposing Lass. The filly took a… Read More »
Her sister Absolutely won a Group One Oaks and Abbey Marie might be given her chance as well after maintaining an unbeaten start to her career at Caulfield. The Mick Kent-trained Abbey Marie ($9) stepped out for her second start in Saturday’s JRA Handicap and came from last to win… Read More »
Mick Price will chase a stakes win in Adelaide with Mefnooda after the mare scored a determined win at Caulfield. The daughter of Medaglia D’Oro’s win in the Hyderabad RC Handicap on Saturday was her fourth from her past five outings. Ridden by Craig Newitt and sent out the $3.10… Read More »
Fledgling country trainer Michael Hewitt has pulled off a major upset at Rosehill with outsider Sassaby giving him his first metropolitan win. Sassaby, the only horse the Muswellbrook-based Hewitt has in work at the moment, is a family project being bred and raced by the trainer’s parents. The four-year-old was… Read More »
Brad Rawiller is the latest jockey to give Raw Impulse an endorsement for the spring after riding the import to a convincing win at Caulfield. First it was Hugh Bowman who predicted a bright future for Raw Impulse after a Moonee Valley win at the horse’s Australian debut. And with… Read More »
A horse float carrying four racehorses has crashed on its way to the Sunshine Coast race meeting. Deputy stewards’ chairman Daniel Aurisch said the float slid down an embankment on the Bruce Highway, 20km south of Caloundra track. He said the float’s driver and the horse’s strappers had escaped serious… Read More »
His breeding suggests Impending should be a horse to be reckoned with and his trainer agrees. John O’Shea has had to take a measured approach with the colt who made a belated debut at Rosehill on Saturday. The two-year-old by champion Lonhro out of dual Group One winner Mnemosyne has… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien may be down on numbers, but he has produced a promising two-year-old to win at Caulfield. O’Brien has found it difficult to attract new business to his stable as he fights a four-year cobalt disqualification before the Victorian Cival Administrative Tribunal. West Australian owners Barry and Jan… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with the big money being placed at Rosehill, Caulfield, Sunshine Coast and Morphettville.
Having impressed at his first Australian start, import Raw Impulse has his next outing at a track where it’s hoped he can make an appearance in one of the spring features. Raw Impulse is favourite for Saturday’s Selangor Turf Club Handicap (1800m) at Caulfield after his track record-breaking 1500m-win at… Read More »
Classy galloper Sir Moments, along with a couple of others, have been met with good support from Sportsbet.com.au punters to take out the Tails Stakes (1600m) this Saturday at the Sunshine Coast. Sir Moments was very impressive last time out over 1350 at Doomben and has had backing. He opened… Read More »
Helen Page has taken over the training of Adorabeel for some long-time clients as the former Sydney mare tries to add to her stakes record over the upcoming Queensland carnival. Adorabeel was originally trained by the late Guy Walter and then by Joe Pride who prepared her to win last… Read More »
