Craig Williams, striving to win his fifth Melbourne jockeys’ premiership, has played a starring role on the first half of Final Days at Flemington. Williams started Saturday’s meeting one win behind Dwayne Dunn in the Melbourne title race but has landed three victories in the first four races. Williams started… Read More »
Automatic Choice, a horse bought for $750, has taken out the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final for trainer Colin Rees. The youngster is the only horse the 75-year-old has in work at Ballarat and Rees revealed he only went shopping for a weanling after his broodmare didn’t fall pregnant. “I… Read More »
The decision to bypass Melbourne’s winter finals day at Flemington has reaped an immediate reward for apprentice Regan Bayliss. The chance to stick with one of his favourite horses, Kenjorwood, swayed the 18-year-old to come to Randwick on Saturday to ride for his boss Peter Moody. Kenjorwood did however, give… Read More »
Aussie sprinter Brazen Beau will again have a wide barrier to contend with in Sunday’sJuly Cup. RACING OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Brazen Beau has been in a see-sawing battle with Muhaarar for favouritism. Despite the colt drawing barrier 15, online bookmaker… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody faces three charges relating to a high cobalt level returned by Lidari after he ran second in the Group One Turnbull Stakes last spring. Victorian stewards issued the charges on Friday after a lengthy investigation into Lidari’s cobalt level which was above the 200 micrograms per litre… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher played a starring role on Finals Day at Flemington last year and he is upbeat about the chances of preparing another winner of a winter feature this time around. Maher prepared Akavoroun to win the $150,000 Listed Winter Championship Final at the corresponding meeting last year while… Read More »
David Brideoake has no concerns with in-form Our Harmony handling straight racing at Flemington despite the filly failing in her only start there. Our Harmony has earned her chance in Saturday’s 1200m Listed A R Creswick Series Final having won three of her past four starts in metropolitan races including… Read More »
The absence of two of Sydney’s biggest trainers appears unlikely to stop them from making an impact at Randwick on Saturday. Premiership leader Chris Waller is in England to put the finishing touches on Brazen Beau’s July Cup tilt, while Gai Waterhouse is overseas on her annual winter break. While… Read More »
Adelaide sprinter Nearest To Pin returns to the scene of his biggest win for an attempt at back-to-back All Victorian Sprint Series Final victories at Flemington. Nearest To Pin hasn’t won since taking out the Listed 1200m race 12 months ago but trainer Leon Macdonald believes the gelding is going… Read More »
Blake Shinn and Hugh Bowman have given up rides at the feature Ramornie Handicap meeting to resume the quest for the Sydney premiership at Canterbury. Both will head to Grafton for the second day of the carnival but Wednesday’s Canterbury meeting could be pivotal. Shinn, who is on 85-1/2 wins… Read More »
Punters are confident jockey Robert Thompson can collect his fifth win in Wednesday’s Ramornie Handicap at Grafton. RACING OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! The Hall Of Fame rider will pilot I’ve Got The Looks in the time honoured race. The Peter Snowden… Read More »
A three-time premiership winner as an apprentice in the 1980s, jockey Darren Gauci says he is as keen and determined as ever. The opportunities, especially on the big stage, have dried up in recent years for the 49-year-old. Gauci went to Caulfield on Saturday with four rides and made a… Read More »
Colours of the National Jockeys Trust were prominent throughout the race meeting at Caulfield on Saturday. The topweight in each of the nine races carried the special silks with the logo of the National Jockeys Trust and they were worn to victory on Green Card, Radical and Our Harmony. The… Read More »
It took until the last of eight races at Rosehill for Blake Shinn to get a score on the board in the intense battle for the Sydney jockeys’ premiership. Shinn went to Saturday’s meeting four behind James McDonald and a dead-heat in front of Hugh Bowman. With a good book… Read More »
He may not be in the top echelon at Godolphin, but Haussmann has earned star billing for at least a day with victory in the Civic Stakes at Rosehill. Before Saturday, the gelding had only won one race since John O’Shea took over Sheikh Mohammed’s Australian operation more than a… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler rated Henwood the value runner, but it was stablemate and favourite Charmed Harmony which came out on top at Caulfield on Saturday. Charmed Harmony pushed forward to find the front in the Wilson Medic One Handicap and rolled along under apprentice Katelyn Mallyon. Mallyon got away from… Read More »
Surfin’ Safari has had a longer two-year-old season than many his age, but his wet-track form could tempt trainer Paul Perry to give him one more run as a juvenile. The colt extended his record to four wins from six starts on a heavy track at Rosehill on Saturday when… Read More »
Dwayne Dunn has joined Craig Williams in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership lead with a milestone win at Caulfield. Dunn’s victory aboard favourite Pilly’s Wish on Saturday brought up his 50th Victorian metropolitan winner of the season. He is fighting out the premiership with Williams and Damien Oliver. Williams is serving… Read More »
Anatina’s racing future is yet to be determined and trainer Robert Smerdon is looking for the Group One placegetter to improve on a below-par first-up showing when she tackles the Sir John Monash Stakes. Anatina was beaten more than four lengths in an open handicap on the Flemington straight course… Read More »
Handy sprinter Lord Of The Sky is favourite to make it back-to-back Sir John Monash Stakes on Saturday. RACING OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 FREE BET BONUS! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has posted the Robbie Laing trained four-year-old as $1.95 favourite for the Caulfield Group 3…. Read More »
