Just a couple of weeks ago, Hugh Bowman was the outsider in a field of three to win the Sydney jockeys’ premiership. After four winners at Warwick Farm on Wednesday and a double at Canterbury on Saturday, he is now in the box seat to claim a third title. Bowman… Read More »
Class has risen to the top in the final black-type race of the season with Smokin’ Joey scoring an emphatic fresh victory at Caulfield. As the winner of the Goodwood in Adelaide last year, Smokin’ Joey was the only Group One winner lining up in Saturday’s Group Three Bletchingly Stakes… Read More »
Ron Quinton has reached great heights in racing but he had never trained a metropolitan Saturday double – until now. An eight-time premier jockey in Sydney and a Group One winning trainer, Quinton brought three horses to Canterbury and came away with two winners, both ridden by his former apprentice… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon has set her sights on achieving one more milestone before she finishes her apprenticeship at the end of August. Mallyon has won the Melbourne junior riders’ title twice in 2011-12 and 2013-14 and a race-to-race double at Caulfield on Saturday has taken her to within three wins of… Read More »
Missing a planned run at Geelong has resulted in a bigger pay day at Caulfield for the connections of Starsi. The Darren Weir-trained colt led throughout in the David Hopwood Handicap (1400m) on Saturday to take out the $48,000 first prize. Starsi was due to run at Geelong on Friday… Read More »
Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has Headwater well in the mix for the big spring three-year-old races. TOP OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Headwater ($13) is on the fourth line of Golden Rose betting behind star juvenile Vancouver $3.00. The Team Hawkes trained colt… Read More »
Handy three-year-old Petrology has been well backed to win the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield tomorrow. LIVE RACING: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link to watch Live Racing + get a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reports a solid move for Petrology, with the colt firming from $7.50 into $6.50…. Read More »
There is some scary news for rivals with John O’Shea reporting Contributer has strengthened up and has acclimatised well. He will trial in few weeks and target the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes, Turnbull Stakes and Cox Plate. Contributer was dominant in the Autumn and if the reports are true… Read More »
The minimum topweight in benchmark races will be raised two kilograms from October following a Racing NSW review into Sydney field sizes. Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys said the compression of weights had become an issue and hoped increasing the minimum topweight to 61kg would provide more opportunities for… Read More »
Hugh Bowman has emerged as the new favourite to win the Sydney jockeys’ premiership on the back of a four-win haul at Warwick Farm. His dazzling effort in the saddle has taken him to a 1-1/2 win lead over James McDonald and Blake Shinn who are tied for second with… Read More »
Punters were quick to take the opening odds at Sportsbet.com.au for the second favourite in the market which has seen her odds shorten from $4.80 into $4.40. TOP OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS + watch LIVE RACING! Angels Beach opened at $4.80… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse has won just about every Cup on the Australian racing calendar and she has now set her sights on next month’s Darwin Cup. HOT OFFER: Register at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! The champion trainer will saddle second favourite Travolta ($4.40) in the… Read More »
Golden Slipper winner Vancouver is the favourite to add Sydney’s first Group One race of the season to his resume. The TAB has installed the unbeaten Gai Waterhouse-trained colt at $3.50 for the $1 million Golden Rose (1400m) on September 14. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Pride Of Dubai, winner… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Preferment had his first solid hit out this morning on his way to a spring campaign with the Caulfield Cup as his main mission. RACING OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has Preferment at $21 for the… Read More »
Quality sprinting mare Miss Promiscuity’s stud career is on hold for the time being and she will race on into the spring. The winner of the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield earlier in the month, Miss Promiscuity is enjoying a short break at Lindsay Park. Co-trainer Tom… Read More »
Up-and-coming sprinter Rich Jack faces his stiffest test when he takes on weight-for-age company for the first time at Caulfield. Having not finished further back than fourth in 13 starts that include five victories, Rich Jack is jumping from a Caulfield benchmark 78 success to the Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on… Read More »
Kermadec and Preferment have played a part in trainer Chris Waller’s best ever Group One season and are on the way to kicking off the next one. Waller has taken home 14 Group One trophies in 2014/15 with Kermadec winning the Doncaster Mile and Preferment the Victoria Derby. Both are… Read More »
Chris Waller is renowned for buying stayers from the northern hemisphere to run successfully in Australia but some, like Rugged Cross, can surprise him. The gelding reinforced his standing as a talented sprinter with victory in Saturday’s Listed Winter Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill as part of a winning quartet for… Read More »
Talented colt Supido has overcome a less than ideal preparation to snare a first-up win at Flemington. Trainer Mick Kent had wanted to get the colt back racing earlier this winter but a foot abscess kept Supido from resuming until Saturday’s Dalray Handicap (1100m). Supido, well supported to run the… Read More »
Trainer Brian Smith needed only one sentence to sum up veteran Jetset Lad’s fighting win in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. “Once a good horse, always a good horse,” Smith said about the former kiwi galloper who is rising eight years of age. Jetset Lad won… Read More »
