Winning jockey Chris Symons saw the lighter side of a lengthy delay to the start of the Emsley Lodge Handicap at Moonee Valley. The race for three-year-olds was run 12 minutes past the advertised starting time on Saturday and it was Symons’ mount Jessy Belle ($14) which came out on… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley will have his fingers crossed hoping his rising star Black Jet gets at start in the $200,000 Magic Millions Stayers’ Cup. Ridden a clever race by jockey Glen Colless, Black Jet ($4.80) came from second last at the 700m to win the Carlton Draught Handicap (1600m) at… Read More »
A trip to the Gold Coast for the rich Magic Millions awaits Invisible who has dented a few reputations with his debut win at Canterbury. The first winner for his sire All American, Invisible ($10) showed maturity beyond his experience when he claimed fellow debutant and equal race favourite Jetwings… Read More »
Strapping two-year-old Chivalry is headed for a possible Group One Blue Diamond Stakes start after a bustling win at Moonee Valley on Saturday. In only his second race start, the Mark Kavanagh-trained colt was beaten for speed out of the gates and was checked in the early stages before settling… Read More »
Peter Snowden couldn’t have been more matter-of-fact about Pleiades’ sub-par return to racing. “I thought she went terrible and I was bitterly disappointed,” he said. Pleiades never figured when she resumed with a down-the-track performance and the mystery only deepened for the departing Darley trainer when she returned to winning… Read More »
Chris Waller trained Royal Descent to win the ATC Oaks in her first campaign of racing and he might have to ask Made to Order to replicate the feat. Royal Descent started her run towards last season’s Oaks triumph with a Canterbury midweek win in December and while Made to… Read More »
Far from being disappointed by Belle Couture’s debut second at Bendigo, trainer Danny O’Brien has come away encouraged by what he saw from the half sister to Black Caviar. Sent out the $1.50 favourite in an 1100m maiden, Belle Couture was run down by another newcomer, the Greg Eurell-trained Paddy’s… Read More »
Sistine Demon has come a long way since starting his winning streak in a race at Donald last month. That humble victory laid the foundation for three consecutive city wins, including Saturday’s Skipton Handicap at Flemington, where he held off a flying Quick Snitzel to score by a half head…. Read More »
Veteran jockey Larry Cassidy’s nerves were tested to the limit after a hair-raising win at Doomben on Saturday. Cassidy, who is a multiple Group One-winning jockey, has rarely ridden better in a career which goes back 25 years. But he had to call on all of that experience when he… Read More »
Salute To Jude won his way into Magic Millions Guineas calculations after winning the feature race at Flemington on Saturday. Before his storming win in the $100,000 Fiesta Star Handicap (1200m), the son of Stratum was languishing at 39th in the order of entry for the $1 million race for… Read More »
Pint-sized filly Bring A Ring’s win at Rosehill has earned her a crack at some big hitters in the Magic Million Guineas. The Tony McEvoy-trained three-year-old got the verdict in a three-way photo finish to Saturday’s TAB Rewards Handicap (1400m). The topweight with 58.5kg, Bring A Ring ($6) had a… Read More »
Gracious Prospect is on his way to the Magic Millions after an all-the-way win at Flemington on Saturday. Gracious Prospect ($6), with Katelyn Mallyon aboard, held off the favourite Star Beauty ($3.90) by a half neck in the Primacy Handicap (1420m). Adirondack ($6) finished a long neck away third. Trainer… Read More »
Jockey Tim Bell has warned rivals who might doubt two-year-old speed machine Celestial Dragon as a genuine chance in the Magic Millions Classic. Celestial Dragon ($6) showed sizzling pace to lead all the way to beat Burleigh Bullet ($12) by 1-1/4 lengths with a short half-head to Devine Service ($3)… Read More »
Top jockey Hugh Bowman was credited for the consolation win of Aeronautical who defied his usual racing pattern to claim the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick. A backmarker with a big finish, Aeronautical settled closer than expected on Saturday. Trainer Lionel Cohen told Bowman not to be afraid to… Read More »
Decircles has earned the chance to emulate stablemate Adamantium in the Group Three Standish Handicap with his straight-track victory at Flemington. The Danny O’Brien-trained Decircles led all the way in Saturday’s Isis Handicap (1200m) to win by three-quarters of a length in the same race Adamantium took out last year… Read More »
The rise of Ninth Legion has reached a new level with the four-year-old now a Group Two winner of the Villiers Stakes, vindicating the difficult decision to geld him. The son of Fastnet Rock showed talent as a younger horse but his attention was elsewhere while the star colts he… Read More »
Trainer Kelso Wood is keen to chase more feature mile wins with Someday after he won the Brisbane Handicap (1600m) at Doomben on Saturday. Ridden by Chris Munce, Someday, the $3.40 favourite, surged clear to win by three quarters of a length from Essington ($13) with Black Cash ($4.60) a… Read More »
Any rift between James Cummings and his famous grandfather Bart is well and truly buried. James, on hand to see The Peak win at Flemington on Saturday, said the dispute which reportedlly threatened his training partnership with Bart, was in the past. “It was a mountain out of a molehill,”… Read More »
Jockey Chris Munce has given his seal of approval for in-form mare Divine City to be part of the Magic Millions carnival after her runaway win in the Just Now Handicap at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Garnett Taylor wants to target the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares Handicap (1300m) at… Read More »
Apprentice Yusuke Ichikawa has bounced back a winner at Randwick, showing no signs of a freak injury which forced him out of racing for more two weeks. Ichikawa dislocated his shoulder when he attempted to change whip hands in a race at Randwick on November 29. On-course paramedics were unable… Read More »
