Apprentice Jordan Childs has landed a break-through city win at Sandown on Wednesday. The 17-year-old is the son of retired jockey Greg Childs who partnered champions Sunline and Northerly to major race wins during his successful career. Jordan Childs had his first race ride in July last year and was… Read More »
Illness and injury have kept Group One winner Samaready off the track for more than a year and trainer Mick Price admits she will be vulnerable when she returns on Saturday. The winner of the 2012 Blue Diamond Stakes resumes in the Group Three Heath (1100m) at Caulfield, her home… Read More »
Nick Hall rode a winning double at Moonee Valley on Saturday but paid a penalty for one of his successes with a careless riding suspension. Hall was outed for 10 meetings after pleading guilty to shifting out on the point of the home corner aboard Clear For Action who went… Read More »
Glen Boss declared Rebel Dane a Group One sprinter in the making following his demolition of a smart field in Saturday’s Group Three Show County Quality at Warwick Farm. The 1200m victory was vindication for the Victorian-based Boss who made the trip to Sydney to partner Rebel Dane and top… Read More »
Well-bred entire Windswept completed his comeback from a broken pelvis with a narrow but decisive victory at Warwick Farm on Saturday. His win in the JDC Flooring Handicap (1300m), which came at just his fifth start, has earned him a trip to Melbourne in two weeks for a 1400m stakes… Read More »
It’s shaping up as a big spring carnival for Ballarat trainer Darren Weir. Weir, who trains Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance de Lune, notched his first Melbourne treble at Moonee Valley on Saturday with Gotta Take Care, Broken and Clang And Bang. Weir says his success lies in the training facilities… Read More »
An emotional and proud trainer Linda Laing has had her faith in Veyron vindicated with the New Zealand gelding causing an upset in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes. The 1400m Group Two race featured a Group One field and although he was sent out at $21 Veyron lived up to the form… Read More »
Boom New Zealand colt Cauthen put the record straight at Moonee Valley on Saturday as he announced himself as a serious Caulfield Guineas prospect. Cauthen was a luckless second in his Australian debut at Moonee Valley but was not going to be denied again in the McKenzie Stakes. Jockey James… Read More »
What was shaping as an ordinary day for trainer Gai Waterhouse turned around quickly with War’s victory in the Group Three Up and Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm. The win came shortly after another of the stable’s three-year-old spring contenders, Rockabill, won at Kembla Grange. Until then, Waterhouse had had… Read More »
Trainer Tony Vasil’s decision to opt for the experience of leading jockey Craig Williams over a claiming apprentice paid dividends with Elite Elle at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Justifying her $4.20 favouritism, Elite Elle streaked away to win the Dr Sheahan Plate (1200m) by two lengths from Sensational Report ($101)… Read More »
Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm has celebrated its third successive victory in the Silver Shadow Stakes with Thump breaking her maiden in the fillies feature with a fighting win. Thump raced on the speed throughout but had to fend off a late surge to win by a short half-head from the… Read More »
In-form Broken landed a second Carylon Stakes win on Saturday that was in stark contrast to his first victory in the Listed sprint. The Darren Weir-trained sprinter producing a storming finish at Moonee Valley, 12 months after a third-party protest worked in his favour. Broken was promoted to race winner… Read More »
Race fitness gave Hidden Kisses the edge over her Group One-winning stablemate Royal Descent at Warwick Farm but the Toy Show Quality runner-up proved she was on track for bigger things. A relatively new acquisition for the all-conquering Chris Waller stable, Hidden Kisses ($7) held off Australian Oaks winner Royal… Read More »
Consistent stayer Lucripetous may have earned himself a shot at the Newcastle Gold Cup with his determined Warwick Farm victory on Saturday. The five-year-old, who struggled to find the winner’s stall early in his career, posted his second win in succession when he outgunned his rivals in the Comfort Inn… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon will make his spring return in next Saturday’s Group One Memsie Stakes and is unlikely to clash with stablemate Sea Moon before the Cox Plate. Owner Lloyd Williams has outlined the planned starting points for his team of spring hopefuls, with Green Moon to step… Read More »
The David Hayes-trained Gregers confirmed her status as a leading Thousand Guineas contender with an easy win in the Mitchelton Wines Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The three-year-old filly, who will next run in the Danehill Stakes at Flemington before the Thousand Guineas Prelude is the $5 favourite for… Read More »
Chris Waller is keeping his spring options open for Australian Oaks heroine Royal Descent but admits she may only have a limited Sydney campaign. The mare is an odds-on favourite to make a winning return in the Group Three Toy Show Quality (1300m) at Warwick Farm, her first run since… Read More »
If weight of money is any guide Rain Affair has a mortgage on Saturday’s Warwick Stakes. $250 WARWICK STAKES FREE BET Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au reports Rain Affair, the clear favourite at $1.90, has been sensationally backed to win the Warwick Farm Group 2. A brilliant first-up winner, Rain Affair has… Read More »
As a juvenile Drago showed untapped potential and underlined his credentials as a possible Victoria Derby contender. On Saturday, the Anthony Cummings-trained colt will take the first step towards delivering on his promise when he resumes in the Group Three Up And Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm. The 1300m journey… Read More »
Champion jockey Glen Boss celebrated his birthday with a winning double at Sandown on Wednesday. Boss, who turned 44, scored on the Mike Moroney-trained Bishops Castle in the Guinot International Handicap (1500m) and backed it up on Don’t Get Excited in the New Zealand Bloodstock Handicap (1300m). When reminded it… Read More »
