Dean Yendall consistently rides winners all over Victoria and gets the chance to post just his second stakes win for the season on favourite Anlon at Flemington. Yendall partners the Darren Weir-trained Anlon in Saturday’s Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) and is keen to make the most of the opportunity… Read More »
At least four runners in Saturday’s $2 million Magic Millions Two-Year-old Classic are assured of a big cheque even if they don’t run a place. Pinch River, Oakleigh Girl, Ruby Soho, and Sagatona are the only runners currently eligible for the $500,000 in bonus payments to horses owned by women…. Read More »
Among the rich and famous at Saturday’s Magic Millions day will be three Brisbane rugby mates living their dream. James Connolly, Brendan Foster and Joe Lloyd were friends during their days at Brisbane’s Marist Ashgrove College and played rugby together at the GPS club. The trio often spoke about getting… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse-trained Sweet Idea has drifted after drawing wide in Saturday’s Gold Coast Magic Millions Three-Year-Old Guineas. Sweet Idea has been wound out from $4.20 out to $4.60 after drawing poorly in gate 15, while a favourable barrier draw for second in betting Enquare has seen her shorten from $5.50 into $4.80. [include file=”inpost_adrotator.php”] “Sweet Idea… Read More »
A winning treble at Caulfield has moved Damien Oliver five wins clear in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership. Oliver’s haul of winners on Saturday was highlighted by the victory of three-year-old Trust In A Gust in the $150,000 Gold Carat (1200m) which came in between wins aboard The Wingman and Initiator…. Read More »
A jockey who feared injury would end his career and a horse which was given away combined for an upset win in the Listed $100,000 Goldmarket at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Jockey Jason Taylor, who only picked up the ride 90 minutes before start time, led all the way… Read More »
The decision by Melbourne’s premiership-leading trainer Darren Weir to freshen Trust In A Gust for the Gold Carat has reaped another reward for connections at Caulfield. Weir thought about spelling Trust In A Gust after his win in the $100,000 Eureka Stockade at Ballarat in November but after seeing how… Read More »
Fighting Sun will not back up in the Magic Millions despite his qualifying debut win at Rosehill with the Golden Slipper foremost in trainer Gai Waterhouse’s mind. Waterhouse plans to have Echo Gal and Cyclone in next Saturday’s $2 million Gold Coast feature and there had been speculation Fighting Sun… Read More »
Trainer Darren Bell’s decision to spell Navelina meant racing on Saturday had little impact on the composition of fields for next week’s Magic Millions features. Navelina earned enough prizemoney by winning the Gold Coast Ladies Day Handicap to sneak into the Magic Millions Guineas next Saturday. However, Bell declared Navelina… Read More »
A well-judged front-running ride by Peter Robl on Reply Churlish has given the mare her first metropolitan win at Rosehill and sparked ambitions of stakes success. The Australian Turf Club Handicap marked the fourth consecutive win for Reply Churlish and continued trainer Steve Englebrecht’s best season for some time. Englebrecht… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon has wasted no time in cementing a new partnership with the Flemington training team of Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra. The champion apprentice is on a three-month loan to the stable and she made a flying start when guiding Spellrocker to an all-the-way win in the Lisa Clarence… Read More »
There was a genuine irony when two-year-old No Problem dashed the Magic Millions Classic hopes of eight rivals at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Caloundra-trained No Problem ($6) scored by three-quarters of a length from Star Drop ($8) with a long neck to First Rain ($61) in the Coastal Tipper… Read More »
Apprentice Josh Cartwright has landed his first Melbourne winner on a filly who has also posted a breakthrough city success. The Robbie Griffiths-trained Romancingthestone powered to victory in the opening race at Caulfield on Saturday, giving 19-year-old Cartwright his first Melbourne winner having previously claimed a city win in Adelaide…. Read More »
Peter Moody started the new year with a feature winner at Flemington and is well represented to make an impact again on his home track at Caulfield. Quick Snitzel, one of nine Moody-trained runners to accept for Saturday’s meeting, is the shortest-priced favourite on the card in the Equiano Speed… Read More »
Leading jockey Blake Shinn has until Friday to appeal a suspension that will keep him out of the rich Magic Millions meeting. Shinn is tipped to fight the seven-meeting ban that stewards dished out during Wednesday’s Randwick meeting. Racing NSW stewards said a deadline for Shinn to lodge the paperwork… Read More »
Perseverance and patience have paid off with Permit regaining his form to add the Listed Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick to his recent Christmas Cup success. The Chris Waller-trained former French gelding progressed through his grades as a five-year-old to earn a Sydney Cup start via his win in the… Read More »
Another Listed race is on the radar for Dances On Stars following his breakthrough stakes win at Randwick on Wednesday. Trainer Gerald Ryan diverted from his usual practice and sent the four-year-old fresh into the Listed Carrington Stakes (1100m) without a barrier trial. The method worked with Dances On Stars… Read More »
Nigel Blackiston declared visiting apprentice Oisin Murphy a future star after he partnered Outback Joe to victory in the Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington. Irish apprentice Murphy, 18, is on loan to the Danny O’Brien stable and backed up his metropolitan win at Moonee Valley last weekend on Settler’s Way… Read More »
Kaiser Sun was on his best behaviour at Flemington and it showed as the short-priced favourite romped home an easy winner in the Flemington 1840-2014 Handicap. At his last start two weeks ago the Danerich gelding was fractious when loading into the barriers but still won easily. On Wednesday, his… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody is in Queensland inspecting yearlings but that didn’t stop him giving jockey Chad Schofield a confidence-boosting telephone call about the Flemington chances of Spirits Dance. The champion apprentice backed up Moody’s faith in the filly by winning Melbourne’s first race for 2014, belying her $21 starting price… Read More »
