A determined stakes win by Catkins at Rosehill on Saturday has given trainer Chris Waller food for thought as he plans a bigger target for the autumn carnival. Catkins ($10) inflicted the first defeat on equal favourite Golden Sunshine ($3.80) in the Listed Fireball Quality (1100m) when she gained the… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees was grinning through the rain after his German import Hathras claimed his first Australian win at Rosehill on Saturday. The wet track and challenging conditions didn’t bother the four-year-old or jockey Christian Reith, who steered the promising stayer to an impressive win in the Endeavour Foundation… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien made amends for a series of recent disappointments with a double in the first two races at Flemington on Saturday with a pair of horses who had typified his bad luck. O’Brien opened his account with Excitable Boy who bounced back from a run the trainer described… Read More »
Dan O’Sullivan has plenty to look forward to again on Saturday if Tuscan Fire and British General’s recent trips to Flemington are anything to go by. Tuscan Fire, the staying find of the summer in Victoria, continues his march towards the Adelaide Cup when he runs as favourite in the… Read More »
Golden Slipper dreams will go on the line at Rosehill on Saturday with a host of juveniles striving to stake their claims for a start in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. The Gerald Ryan-trained Charlie Boy is the early $3.70 favourite for Saturday’s Silver Slipper and has already had… Read More »
A wide barrier for All Too Hard hasn’t done much to boost the confidence of those trying to beat him in the Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday. All Too Hard came up with barrier 14 for the $500,000 feature at Wednesday’s draw but retains a stranglehold on betting as… Read More »
A wide barrier for All Too Hard hasn’t done much to boost the confidence of those trying to beat him in the Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday. All Too Hard came up with barrier 14 for the $500,000 feature at Wednesday’s draw but retains a stranglehold on betting as… Read More »
A first-up clash between barn mates Pierro and Proisir in Saturday’s Hobartville Stakes has proven to be a boon for jockey Hugh Bowman. Nash Rawiller was aboard the Gai Waterhouse-trained Proisir in four of his five starts last campaign, missing only the Cox Plate in which the colt finished eighth…. Read More »
The Group One win of Mrs Onassis has set the tone for what trainer Gerald Ryan hopes will be a lucrative autumn. While Ryan doesn’t have a runner in this weekend’s only Group One, the Australian Guineas at Flemington, he is setting his sights on the biggest prize in Sydney,… Read More »
The return of Pierro at Rosehill on Saturday hasn’t scared too many off with 16 three-year-olds entered to take him on in the Hobartville Stakes. Trainer Gary Portelli will use the race as a yardstick to determine where unbeaten colt Rebel Dane sits in the pecking order ahead of the… Read More »
The Blue Diamond Stakes has ended in a flood of tears as a family wept and screamed for the victory of battling Adelaide jockey Lauren Stojakovic and Miracles Of Life. Stojakovic sang to the horse she calls “Barbie” before the start and then rode the race of her life to… Read More »
All Too Hard showed just why he’s considered one of the brightest prospects in Australian racing with another dominant Group One performance at Caulfield on Saturday. A week after his champion half-sister Black Caviar took her record to 23 from 23, All Too Hard left the older horses in his… Read More »
Driving rain made it almost impossible to see who had won the Apollo Stakes and even when the result was called, trainer Paul Murray didn’t believe it. Alma’s Fury was entered in Saturday’s Group Two Apollo (1400m) at Warwick Farm as a necessary lead-up to the National Sprint in Canberra… Read More »
She’s Clean’s victory in Saturday’s Triscay Stakes at Warwick Farm has chalked up significant milestones for her trainer and also her sire. Her win over Appearance in the Listed sprint gave premier trainer Chris Waller his 100th Sydney winner for the season to put the record of 156 in his… Read More »
A plan to bank on Super Cool being too brilliant for Derby winner Fiveandahalfstar got the desired result for trainer Mark Kavanagh and jockey Michael Rodd at Caulfield on Saturday. Kavanagh and Rodd were confident Super Cool ($2.60) had the turn of foot to round up the odds-on favourite Fiveandahalfstar… Read More »
A breakthrough win by Good Job Bro at Warwick Farm on Saturday has fuelled the Golden Slipper dream, especially if the track should be wet. The two-year-old Choisir colt was backed from $4.60 to $4 late and handled the heavy 9 track with ease, cruising to a 2-3/4 length victory… Read More »
A trainer’s perfect plan and its similarly precise execution by the jockey turned around the form of talented filly Meliora at Caulfield on Saturday. Trainer Peter Moody said he had come to a conclusion after Meliora was run down over 1200m at Caulfield two weeks ago that a step up… Read More »
Damian Lane has made the most of his first week as a senior jockey, highlighted by a city win at Caulfield on rejuvenated mare Secret Liaison. Lane ended his apprenticeship on Monday and Secret Liaison’s success in Saturday’s Polytrack Handicap (1400m) brought up the 19-year-old jockey’s fifth win for the… Read More »
Trainer Dean Howard had a good idea Grand Emperor could be a better than average horse when it won a race in Adelaide last year when he knew the odds were against him. And his judgment proved to be on the mark when, three starts later, Grand Emperor won Saturday’s… Read More »
An old-fashioned stayer’s return is the modest first-up goal for Gatewood, the imported galloper poised to lead OTI Racing’s expansion into Sydney. In a market assessment that disguises bold autumn weight-for-age plans for the former English stayer, Gatewood will be the least fancied of trainer Chris Waller’s six runners in… Read More »
