Improved filly Enquare took a nasty spill in the race-day stalls before being passed fit to win the Listed $100,000 Breakfast Creek Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Trainer Jason McLachlan admitted he might need a strong drink after the Enquare, favourite at $2.80, scored by 1-1/2 lengths to Cannyzing… Read More »
Another dominant staying performance on the flat hasn’t changed Robert Smerdon’s desire to try Cooldini over the jumps this season. Cooldini stamped himself as the horse to beat in the $100,000 Banjo Paterson Series Final in two weeks with a 2-1/4-length win as odds-on favourite in a heat of the… Read More »
Planet Purple has tested trainer Kerry Parker but after a two-year drought the gelding has put two wins together at Randwick. The six-year-old won over 2400 metres on June 10 and came out on top in a slog-fest to outstay his rivals over 2600 metres on a heavy track on… Read More »
A determined win from Lady Lakshmi at Flemington has continued the filly’s winter rise while raising hopes of a stakes success. The two-year-old filly was forced to work from a wide barrier to sit outside the leader in Saturday’s Ken Cox Handicap (1410m) and was then left in front from… Read More »
Australian Oaks winner Streama looks set to add another Group 1 to her record in the Tatt’s Tiara on Saturday. $250 Tatt’s Tiara FREE BET Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.auturned the Guy Walter trained mare from $5.00 into $4.20 favourite after she drew barrier one for her Eagle Farm assignment. “From that alley… Read More »
Bookmakers think Chris Waller can train at least two of the four winners he needs to break a Sydney metropolitan racing record at Canterbury on Wednesday. Waller has 10 acceptors across seven races at the midweek meeting with Madam Nash and Murder Of Crows expected to start favourite to win… Read More »
Conservatorium’s win in the Eye Liner Stakes might earn him a winter carnival extension. Trainer Gary Kennewell said the Eye Liner at Ipswich on Saturday was the gelding’s target race but the ease of his victory had prompted a rethink. “I’ll nominate him for the Healy Stakes next Saturday and… Read More »
Tony Pattillo’s only regret in winning the Ipswich Cup aboard Anagold was not being able to share the moment with trainer Bryan Guy. Pattillo stuck to the fence aboard Anagold ($41) to win the Cup by a long head from High Kin ($9.50) with Za Magic ($9) a neck away… Read More »
Relaxed And Happy has earned bragging rights in the Chris Waller stable with his victory at Rosehill on Saturday bringing up a milestone 150 wins for the trainer and his 200th overall this season. Earlier in the day, Clever Boy won at Newcastle to set things up for Relaxed And… Read More »
It was a mixture of pride and relief for trainer Kelly Schweida when Cape Kidnappers made a return from injury to win at Ipswich on Saturday. Named after an elite golf course in New Zealand, Cape Kidnappers, the $1.90 favourite, made it five wins from only six starts when he… Read More »
Tony Vasil had already declared Prince Harada potentially one of the best horses he has trained. But a stunning last-to-first win in the colt’s city debut at Moonee Valley on Saturday only helped to justify that opinion. Prince Harada, a son of Vasil’s former star galloper Haradasun, was sent out… Read More »
Injured NSW hooker Robbie Farah has confirmed his fitness for the next State of Origin match against Queensland while celebrating a win as a racehorse owner on Saturday. Farah was on hand at Rosehill on Saturday with Wests Tigers’ teammate Chris Lawrence to see their horse Koroibete win the 1500m… Read More »
Newmarket Handicap winner Shamexpress is $14 into $10 at Sportingbet to continue Australia’s great recent record in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot next Tuesday. $200 ROYAL ASCOT FREE BET Shamexpress is a third favourite behind Shea Shea at $3.20 and Reckless Abandon at $8.00. “Punters haven’t missed the… Read More »
A long-range plan to set Linton for the Stradbroke Handicap gave trainer John Sadler the last laugh when the gelding stormed home to win Brisbane’s premier race at Eagle Farm on Saturday`. Jockey Nick Hall produced an outstanding ride to stick to the fence aboard Linton ($26) who overhauled Buffering… Read More »
Victorian galloper Linton has capitalised on a dream run along the rails to win the $1.36 million Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm. Coming from last as the Group One field headed for the finish, Linton scraped the fence for jockey Nick Hall to deny Queensland star Buffering his first Group… Read More »
Nash Rawiller is confident Romantic Touch’s first Group One win in the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm on Saturday won’t be his last. Starting favourite, Romantic Touch ($2.35) led all the way to win the Atkins by a half length from Zoustar ($4) with Paximadia ($8) a short head away… Read More »
Chris Waller insists no horse deserves to win a Group One more than Red Tracer. And the classy five-year-old will get her chance to do so in the Tattersall’s Tiara in two weeks after becoming the first dual winner of the Group Two Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Hawkspur has completed a clean sweep of the Brisbane winter carnival triple crown for three-year-old stayers. A winner of the Rough Habit Plate and the Grand Prix, Hawkspur added the $500,000 Group One Queensland Derby to his haul at Eagle Farm on Saturday. And it was thanks… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla’s confidence in Howmuchdoyouloveme has never wavered despite a controversial year. And the talented sprinter rewarded Avdulla’s faith yet again when he won Saturday’s Lightning Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm. “He’ll always have a special place in my heart and even though he had plenty of weight I thought… Read More »
For the second year in a row, Peter Snowden has prepared a horse to win a Stradbroke Handicap day support race which he insists would have been competitive in the main event. Snowden decided not to accept for the Stradbroke with three-year-old gelding Academus because it already had Group One-winning… Read More »
