Not a lot went right for Khalifa at Caulfield on Saturday – which made his win in a heat of the Summer Championship all the more impressive. Khalifa jumped awkwardly, raced outside the leader and was put under full pressure before jockey Michael Rodd would have liked. But he still… Read More »
The possibility of adding a jockeys’ premiership to one of the most impressive records in Australian racing is still a fair way from reality for Glen Boss. But an early double at Caulfield on Saturday at least had him pondering the possibility. “It’s nice to be getting the sort of… Read More »
Positive riding tactics on That’s A Good Idea paid dividends at Warwick Farm on Saturday as the three-year-old raced to a convincing on-speed win. Sydney’s premiership-leading jockey Glyn Schofield went into the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1400m) confident of the chances of That’s A Good Idea and was happy to… Read More »
It has certainly been a whirlwind past few months for kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker. When he first arrived in Australia a couple of years back, he couldn’t buy a winner. But thanks to gun three year old It’s A Dundeel and staying revelation Cantonese, people are standing up and taking… Read More »
Glen Boss grabbed the riding honours, landed the biggest plunge and made the boldest prediction of the day at Flemington on Tuesday. Boss rode three winners, saving his highest praise for the last of them, Crookhaven. “If he doesn’t win a Group race within 12 month, I’m not here,” Boss… Read More »
The beautifully-bred Rose Pattern, already one of the more valuable mares in Australia, became even more so after scoring her third successive win at Flemington on Tuesday. And if trainer David Hayes’ opinion is anywhere near the mark, she will have added even more to her value by the end… Read More »
A futile season of experimentation has given way to a career focused exclusively on sprinting for Standish Handicap winner Adamantium. Trainer Danny O’Brien had already abandoned any idea of stretching Adamantium out to 1600m, but his runaway win in Tuesday’s 1200m, Group Three feature sealed the decision. Adamantium showed great… Read More »
Another Lloyd Williams cast-off became another trainer’s “superstar” with the win of Module in the Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington. Module raced eight times in the Williams colours, winning three races for the prolific owner, before going through the sale ring in 2010 in one of in his regular dispersals…. Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards had the usual winners’ regret after the win of Belfast Boy at Flemington. “I wish I’d had had more on him,” Richards said. As it was, the trainer had a good result at odds of $31 about a horse he “really fancied”. Richards said his only… Read More »
Glyn Schofield will start the new year on top of the Sydney jockeys’ premiership after keeping his nose in front with a winning double at Canterbury on Saturday. Schofield ends 2012 with a 2-1/2-win lead over reigning champion Hugh Bowman after victories on two-year-old Dothraki and the Chris Waller-trained Caesar’s… Read More »
Former New Zealander Travolta has fuelled Sydney Cup ambitions with a return to winning form at Canterbury. The four-year-old won his first Australian start at Rosehill but disappointed at the same track three weeks ago when he beat just one runner home. Punters forgave him, backing him from $4.60 to… Read More »
The embarrassment of a Flemington failure of a month ago was erased for trainer Brian Cox by the impressive win of his filly Sumakaray at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Cox sent Sumakaray to Flemington with plenty of confidence but she finished a poor 12th of 14. But on a Valley… Read More »
Bennetta’s fourth start finally produced the result her trainer Grahame Begg had been waiting for with the filly delivering a win at Canterbury on Saturday. Her debut fifth in July was shrouded in controversy with her jockey Daniel Ganderton outed for two months for his handling of Bennetta. She was… Read More »
A month-long wait was worthwhile for connections of Cathay Lady as the mare continued her affinity with the Canterbury track to claim a third straight win. The John Sargent-trained Cathay Lady posted back-to-back victories at Friday night meetings last month before a decision was made to wait for a rare… Read More »
Business returned to normal for champion trainer Peter Moody at Moonee Valley on Saturday with a treble in the first four races and a promise of something better to come. The Moody-trained Quick Snitzel ($9) struck early with his victory in the City Jeep Handicap (1600m), but things didn’t go… Read More »
Clevadude sent out a warning to his rivals in next month’s Magic Millions Classic when he strolled home at Moonee Valley to keep an unbeaten record on Saturday. Making it two wins from as many starts, the two-year-old led from the start in the Sportingbet Plate (1000m) and was never… Read More »
It was mission accomplished for Tony McEvoy at Rosehill on Wednesday as import Le Roi confirmed his standing as a stayer on the rise in the Group Three Summer Cup. McEvoy said autumn targets were undecided for the promising galloper but it’s next year’s spring Cups that are in the… Read More »
Perseverance and faith had their dividend when a horse who had the equine equivalent of the last rites delivered to him scored his first win in two years at Caulfield on Wednesday. The Mark Kavanagh-trained Undeniably had shown considerable promise before suffering a bout of travel sickness after a float… Read More »
A brilliant debut by the Darley filly Montsegur has placed her among the stable’s top bracket of two-year-olds, at the same time revealing there is more to earning a start in the major juvenile races than merely winning. Montsegur cleared out for an impressive win in the Joe Brown Plate… Read More »
High-profile colt All Too Hard has returned to work at Roseill but will do his lead-up racing to the Australian Guineas in Melbourne. The Caulfield Guineas winner, who came back to the Sydney stable of the Hawkes Racing Team last week to begin his build-up, will race in the colours… Read More »
