A fall has marred the ATC Australian Oaks, won in tenacious style by New Zealand filly Sofia Rosa. As Sofia Rosa was making her bid on the home turn, Kathy O’Hara was thrown from her mount Single Gaze as they raced towards the back of the field. O’Hara was reported… Read More »
Missrock was going to be scratched an hour before the Percy Sykes Stakes – her first run since recovering from a broken pelvis. But after being cleared to run, she showed her quality to win the Group Two race for two-year-old fillies. She only beat one runner home in her… Read More »
With more than half the field in the Provincial Championship Final, trainer Kris Lees admits he didn’t know where to look in the last few metres of the race. Lees thought he was watching Powerline and the Kim Waugh-trained His Majesty fighting out the finish of Saturday’s $400,000 race at… Read More »
A couple of surgical procedures have helped Handfast begin to realise his hidden potential. The three-year-old claimed his first stakes win at Randwick on Saturday when he powered home to beat Santa Ana Lane in the Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m). Handfast was placed twice at black-type level as a… 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 Randwick, Doomben and Morphettville.
Trainer James Cummings has used the wisdom of his legendary grandfather to prepare Prized Icon to win the Listed Fernhill Handicap. The late Bart Cummings saddled up the 2010 Fernhill winner and James repeated the training feat with Prized Icon at Randwick on Saturday. “My grandfather showed me how to… Read More »
We caught up with five of the top jockeys riding at Royal Randwick on Saturday to get their thoughts on the horses they will be riding in the four Group Ones. Tommy Berry Australian Oaks – Chabaud: She is a nice star on the rise. They have sort of taken… Read More »
The wetter the better for Azkadellia’s hopes of breaking through at Group One level. As the Randwick track stayed in the soft range on Friday, trainer Ciaron Maher wants a genuinely rain-affected surface when Azkadellia steps out in the Queen of the Turf Stakes on Saturday. Maher says the mare’s… Read More »
Suavito will chase her third career Group One win in the Queen of the Turf Stakes at Randwick ahead of a possible overseas campaign. The Nigel Blackiston-trained mare is one of 14 horses invited to run in the Group One Champions Mile in Hong Kong on May 1 and the… Read More »
He’s favourite for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but The United States can’t buy a vote in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The United States is $4.20 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au, however punters are scouting around the favourite, backing Preferment ($6.00) and Criterion ($8.00 into $6.00). It’s a different story in the… Read More »
Sportsbet.com.au punters have crunched the defending champion of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) this Saturday at Randwick, with the star galloper being clearly the best backed. Criterion, who resumed with a below par effort in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m), bounced back to form with a strong third in the Ranvet… Read More »
Politeness is one of the best wet track gallopers in Australia and the Robert Smerdon mare has had good support at odds with Sportsbet.com.au to take out the Queen Of The Turf (1600m) this Saturday at Randwick. The mare didn’t pull up 100% after failing in the Coolmore behind Peeping, but… Read More »
Punters have fallen in love with a runner at Randwick at massive odds on Saturday backing the mare from her opening price of $34. Rising Romance opened at $34 with Sportsbet.com.au before punters arose and backed the G1 winner into her current price of $21. Rising Romance hasn’t won a… Read More »
One of horse racing’s most revered jumpers will be banned from competition in Australia at the end of the 2015-2016 season. Steeplechaser Bashboy will have to be retired at the end of July – or be sent overseas to race – under a new Australian rule that says thoroughbreds cannot… Read More »
Star filly Yankee Rose who was a bargain buy $10,000 yearling has received multi million dollar offers to buy, however owners have refused these offers. Yankee Rose who won the G1 Sires Produce Stakes on the weekend will line-up in the Champagne Stakes Saturday week where she is likely to… Read More »
Three time Grand National Steeplechase winner Bashboy may be retired immediately after owner Ian Macdonald was told his horse would not be allowed to race as a 13yo. The rule is in place to reduce the safety risks of the horse, their rider and other participants despite the horse being… Read More »
Late entry The United States is the $4.20 favourite for the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick which will be run without star mare Winx. Owner Lloyd Williams paid $65,000 to put The United States in Saturday’s 2000m race after he won the Group One Ranvet Stakes last month…. Read More »
Star sprinter Buffering is fit and ready ahead of his trip to Hong Kong from Dubai but is not 100 per cent certain to complete his international campaign at Royal Ascot. Buffering won the Group One Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai two weeks ago and is now headed to Hong… Read More »
Winx has sealed her reputation as Australia’s best racehorse while earning the ultimate accolade from her trainer in winning the $3 million Doncaster Mile. “I’ll call her a champion while I can speak,” trainer Chris Waller. “I thought she was beaten at the half-mile. She must have an amazing will… Read More »
Darren Weir admitted that he couldn’t take too much credit for Thermal Current’s Mornington win. The gelding arrived at Weir’s stables after the suspension and subsequent closure of Peter Moody’s training business. Thermal Current is part-owned by Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie and is the first horse he has raced… Read More »
