For the second time in a decorated career, Chautauqua has come from an almost impossible position to win the Group One TJ Smith Stakes. Chautauqua gave away 12 lengths to the leaders as he settled last in the $2.5 million weight-for-age sprint at Randwick. In a replica of his 2015… Read More »
New Zealand three-year-old Tavago has produced a Group One shock in winning the ATC Australian Derby at Randwick. Leaving the odds-on favourite Tarzino in his wake, Tavago ($31) romped away to score one of the most emphatic modern-day wins in the time-honoured Classic. In a moderately run Derby, Tommy Berry… Read More »
They said he couldn’t do it. They were wrong. Clearly Innocent defied an injury scare and a betting drift to win the Country Championships Final at Randwick on Saturday. Scone trainer Greg Bennett admitted he was “pretty down” when Clearly Innocent pulled up lame from track work on Friday morning…. Read More »
Tempt Me Not has given the extended Cummings family a Group Three win on a big day at Randwick in the PJ Bell Stakes. Trained by James Cummings for Goree, the operation managed by his wife Monica for her grandfather Eduardo Cojuangco, Tempt Me Not was ridden by Glyn Schofield… Read More »
Yankee Rose has made up for her second placing in the Golden Slipper with a dominant win in the $1 million Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick. Coming from midfield for jockey Zac Purton, Yankee Rose joined in at the 200m and put the race beyond doubt to give trainer David… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing may be forced to raise the bar after the strong win of Jaws Of Steel at Mornington. Laing was hoping to win a country race with the son of Sharkbite but may now look interstate for a black-type race with the colt. Ridden by Brad Rawiller, Jaws… Read More »
He’s Our Rokkii’s win over a mile on Doncaster day has co-trainer David Hayes excited about his prospects in the main race next year. The gelding tasted Group Three success in the Carbine Club Stakes winning by a half length from Odyssey Moon at Randwick on Saturday. He’s Our Rokkii,… Read More »
Except for Winx turning up as an odds-on favourite, Doncaster Mile planning for Happy Clapper and his rider couldn’t have been smoother. “I’m disappointed to have Winx in the race,” jockey Brenton Avdulla said. “I was hoping she wouldn’t be there and if that was the case Happy Clapper would… Read More »
It has been a case of near misses in recent years for horses carrying the colours of Sheikh Mohammed in Derbys around Australia. But that could change at Randwick on Saturday when Tally and Etymology attempt to give Godolphin its first ATC Australian Derby victory. Since taking over as head… Read More »
We caught up with seven of the top jockeys riding at Royal Randwick to get their thoughts on the horses they will be riding in the four Group Ones. More: View our 2016 Doncaster Mile day TIPS James McDonald Telperion (Sires Produce): 1400 metres is perfect. Obviously we would like… Read More »
Frustrated jockey Tommy Berry claims racing’s controversial whip rules are making him look like a “bloke who bashes horses”. Berry fronted stewards at Hawkesbury on Thursday for breaking a rule that says jockeys cannot hit their mounts more than five times before the 100-metre mark in a race. He was… Read More »
Cambridge Stud boss Sir Patrick Hogan is keeping Tavistock’s 2016 service fee under wraps but it’s likely after Day One of The Championships at Randwick, he will revise it upwards. Triple Group One winner Volkstok’n’barrel runs in Saturday’s Doncaster Mile but more attention will be on Tavistock’s three-year-old son Tarzino… Read More »
Give Famous Seamus an inside barrier and a firm racing surface and his bona fides as a Group One sprinter are rarely in doubt. In the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, Famous Seamus has one but not the other and trainer Noel Mayfield-Smith can’t believe his… Read More »
Flamberge is a new addition to the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable but they are no strangers to success with members of the Group One-winning sprinter’s family. Flamberge steps out for his new stable in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick having been transferred to Ellerton and Zahra after… Read More »
The filly who challenged the template for winning a Golden Slipper will have the records books on her side in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes. Yankee Rose almost helped David Vandyke re-write the Golden Slipper training manual, running second in the world’s richest two-year-old race without an autumn lead-up run…. Read More »
The TJ Smith Stakes (1200m), on paper, looks a two horse race, and Sportsbet.com.au punters have showed their early hand in regards to the feature sprint race this Saturday at Randwick. Chautauqua, the defending champion from last year, opened the $3.40 second favourite for the race despite getting beat as the… Read More »
Three female jockeys have received call ups to ride in Saturday’s Doncaster Mile at Randwick. Tegan Harrison will ride Rude who is $51 in betting Winona Costin will ride Aomen who is $251 in betting Kathy O’Hara will ride Vergara who is $201 in betting View the Doncaster Mile odds… Read More »
Godolphin colt Exosphere faces the biggest test of his career as he attempts to graduate to the big time in the TJ Smith Stakes. The $2.5 million sprint shapes as Exosphere’s chance to go from star three-year-old to genuine weight-for-age horse. Bookmakers believe he is ready and have made him… Read More »
Ciaron Maher wants more rain in a bid to help Azkadellia’s chances of upsetting Winx in the $3 million Doncaster Mile. Azkadellia is one of five horses on the minimum 50kg in a race regarded as Australia’s premier event for sprinter-milers. In a market dominated by crowd favourite Winx, Azkadellia… Read More »
Two of the eye-catching performers from the Golden Slipper are the market leaders for the Group One Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick. Saturday’s 1400m-race has attracted a field of 12 with three two-year-olds coming out of the Slipper. Godolphin colt Telperion made up ground in the straight to finish fourth… Read More »
