Sacred Falls has led home a Chris Waller-trained domination of the Doncaster Mile placings, winning the race for the second year in a row. Coming through on the inside for Hong Kong-based jockey Zac Purton, Sacred Falls ($10) got the better of his stablemate Royal Descent ($8.50) in a driving… Read More »
He’s bred to be a sprinter, but Criterion has lived up to trainer David Payne’s belief he is a superior stayer with victory in the prestigious Australian Derby at Randwick. The former South African described Criterion’s win as up with the best of his distinguished career. The colt won the… Read More »
Tommy Berry sent a kiss skywards to his brother Nathan as he crossed the line on The Offer at Randwick, dedicating the win to his late twin and riding companion. The Offer reaffirmed his favouritism for the Sydney Cup after taking Saturday’s Group Two Chairman’s Handicap (2600m). It was an… Read More »
Weight of numbers has worked for trainer Gerald Ryan with Peggy Jean winning the $1 million Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick. Ryan saddled up four runners in the Group One race for two-year-olds on Saturday and it was left to Peggy Jean ($3.80) to provide the result the trainer had… Read More »
A change in training and riding tactics have proven the catalyst for Victorian filly Politeness to score a barnstorming Group Three win at Randwick. Trainer Robert Smerdon said the three-year-old had long shown talent but failed to live up to expectations, prompting him to tinker with his approach. “The less… Read More »
Gypsy Diamond missed a start in the Doncaster Mile as the second emergency, but a Group Three win at Randwick has ensured she will soon get her chance at a Group One race. Trainer John O’Shea said, all going well, the filly would take her place against the fillies and… Read More »
Legendary trainer Bart Cummings and his grandson James captured the inaugural race of The Championships with lightly raced colt Hallowed Crown in an event marred by a fatal injury to a rival runner. Canberra-trained I Am Snippety was travelling well in the lead before her off-foreleg gave way shortly after… Read More »
Nash Rawiller turned his focus to a session of boxing in a bid to land a knockout blow on Royal Descent in the $3 million Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday. Regarded as a heavyweight jockey, Rawiller will ride at his lightest since the Melbourne spring carnival when he partners… Read More »
Twice Anthony Cummings has had to wait for the judge to tell him Fontelina has been beaten in Group One races too close to call. If it happens again in the TJ Smith Stakes on Saturday the only other thing the trainer wants to see in the frame is the… Read More »
Like several other trainers, Anthony Cummings counts the Rosehill Guineas as the one that got away. He believes he can put that right with three runners in Saturday’s ATC Australian Derby at Randwick. Shamus Award and Puccini took each other on up front at Rosehill, ruining their own chances and… Read More »
Queensland horses Buffering and Teronado have been well backed in their respective Group 1 quests at Randwick. $250 TJ SMITH STAKES FREE BET – $250 AUSTRALIAN DERBY FREE BET Online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au reports strong support for Teronado ($9.00 into $8.00) in the Australian Derby. Buffering ($6.00) is also well in commission for… Read More »
Apprentices get few chances to prove themselves as big race riders. But Damien Thornton will get an opportunity to boost his career immeasurably in Saturday’s Group One ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. Chad Schofield won a Cox Plate as an apprentice on maiden Shamus Award last year and… Read More »
Craig Newitt has always known Lankan Rupee is a talented horse. But six months ago he could not have predicted the sprinter would be entering Saturday’s $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes as the winner of the Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap. Those wins make him the highest-rated sprinter in the… Read More »
The bigger the barrier, the bigger the price, is the philosophy trainer Gerald Ryan is adopting with Snitzerland when she jumps from the outside gate in the TJ Smith Stakes. There were 21 acceptors for Saturday’s $2.5 million sprint at Randwick with 18 to run. Ryan’s initial reaction was unprintable… Read More »
Tommy Berry will ride Chris Waller’s leading Doncaster Mile contender after Craig Newitt agreed to step down from Weary who earned his spot with victory in the Prelude. Waller said Weary’s owners, Geoff and Mary Grimish, had been long-time supporters of Berry’s brother Nathan who died last week from a… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente is likely to be retired to stud after suffering a tendon injury. The horse gave trainer Gai Waterhouse her first Melbourne Cup win last year and added the Australian Cup to his record last month. One of the star galloper’s part-owners, Henderson Racing, confirmed the injury… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths has opted against a Sydney autumn carnival appearance for Girl In Flight, convinced the filly has a better chance of a big race win in Adelaide. Girl In Flight heads to the Group Three Schweppervescence Stakes on Saturday over 1800m with her ultimate aim the Group One Australasian… Read More »
Unless there is a compelling reason not to run Boban in the Doncaster Mile, the gelding will take his place as topweight in the $3 million race. Chris Waller said the dual Group One winner was ready to race on Saturday with clear weather expected in Sydney late in the… Read More »
Mossfun has lived up to her reputation as one of the best wet-track two-year-olds in training to win the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill. Keeping an unbeaten record in rain-affected ground, Mossfun ($5.50) hugged the rails in beating the favourite Earthquake ($2.40) and Bring Me The Maid ($11) in… Read More »
Proving her Ranvet Stakes win was no fluke, New Zealand mare Silent Achiever has again stamped her authority on Australia’s best weight-for-age performers, this time in the BMW at Rosehill. Last time out in the Ranvet over 2000m, Silent Achiever was a narrow winner over Carlton House and It’s A… Read More »
