Brett Cavanough isn’t sure if Star Boy is a Country Championships prospect this year despite winning the Highway Handicap at Warwick Farm. Star Boy ($6.50) was on speed throughout, kicked on the turn and held off the fast-finishing Under The Thumb ($14) to score by a short neck. Cavanough said… Read More »
Mister Smartee will finally get to race in Sydney, two years after Chris Waller’s plans to buy the gelding were undone by a failed veterinary examination. The now three-year-old arrives at Rosehill – Waller’s training base in the city – via Port Macquarie, where he is among Tas Morton’s small… Read More »
Punters can expect to see a lot more of She Knows after the filly returned from a five-week break to win the Highway Handicap at Randwick. The three-year-old tired to the line in the Saturday race over 1100 metres but held on by a half-length to beat I Am Capitan,… Read More »
Cameron Crockett has taken a measured approach with Mar Nero leading into the Highway Handicap at Randwick. The seven-year-old came to the Mudgee trainer as a 19-start maiden with a habit of missing the start and has won three races under Crockett. After the mare finished third at the start… Read More »
Mick Miladinovic admits Gentle Annie has been fast-tracked into Highway Handicap racing amid uncertainty over the future eligibility of Canberra-trained horses. As Racing NSW considered changing Canberra’s status from country to provincial in a move that would bar horses in the area from contesting the $60,000 races, Miladinovic thought time… Read More »
Zamex has unleashed another staggering finish to graduating from the Highway Handicap class with ease at Rosehill. Despite trailing the leaders by five lengths with 200m left on the first heavy track he had encountered, the $2.80 Sportsbet favourite stormed home on Saturday to beat O’Lordy ($12) by half a… Read More »
A week after Nictock ran third in a Highway Handicap, Mudgee trainer Cameron Crockett is throwing stablemate The Frick into the deep end on a wet track at Rosehill. Crockett has applied the same philosophy to the four-year-old’s Highway debut on Saturday as he did when younger stablemate Nictock stepped… Read More »
Fifteen Sunflowers’ bad barrier manners have not been enough to get in the way of her talent at Randwick. The filly reared in the gates three times but managed to jump cleanly and stride away to victory in Saturday’s Highway Handicap. Jockey Jason Collett got Fifteen Sunflowers to cross from… Read More »
Jockey Heather Poland has made a rare ride at Randwick count by winning the Highway Handicap on Eckstein. Eckstein finished fourth at Rosehill on September 28 when she jumped with her head on the side and sat three-wide during the race. The three-year-old filly jumped well at Randwick on Saturday,… Read More »
Part-time Mudgee trainer David Smith might be reassessing his other work commitments after Distinctive Look took out the Highway Handicap, winning $34,500 prize money. Smith, who combines training with his job at Gooree Stud, watched on as his four-year-old gelding streaked home to win the 1500m Highway Handicap at Rosehill… Read More »
Quatronic has pulled off the longest journey to win a Highway race, braving a nine-hour float trip to score at Rosehill. Sent out the $2.60 favourite, Quatronic repaid punters’ faith thanks to a front-running ride by Hugh Bowman in Saturday’s Highway Handicap over 1200m. It gave the champion jockey, who… Read More »
Moss My Name has made the trip from Mudgee to Sydney worthwhile with a decisive half-length win in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill. But it was a much closer call whether she actually ran in Saturday’s race at all. Trainer Cameron Crockett scratched her from a Highway Handicap two weeks… Read More »
Muswellbrook trainer Todd Willan believes Akasaki is the best horse to come to his stable since Country Championship winner Artlee. The three-year-old will be put to the test in the Highway Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday. “I’ve got a very high opinion of this horse,” Willan said. “He’s the… Read More »
Mudgee trainer Cameron Crockett has got one of the best horses in his fledgling stable headed for Rosehill. The 29-year-old has 21 horses in work and they are soon to be joined by about eight more including stable star Barbass, who gave Crockett his first runner in a Group One… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Cassandra Schmidt is heading to Sydney to jump back in the saddle of her favourite horse, which just happens to be trained by her father Dwayne. Five-year-old gelding Diversifier will have another shot at a Highway Handicap (1100m) at Saturday’s Rosehill meeting after running fifth in a previous… Read More »
Lightweight apprentice jockey Deanne Panya has thrived in difficult conditions for racing, riding a winning double at Randwick. Panya’s mounts won by a combined 14 lengths when Snappy One took out the Highway Handicap (1400m) and Lie Direct gave nothing else a chance in the 2400m benchmark 74 race on… Read More »
After spending his life wearing different racing hats, Lewis Seib is giving himself a chance to train a city winner. He is set to bring Tudor Sunrise to the Highway Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday, the first week the race will be worth $60,000. Seib was a foreman for… Read More »
Wellington-based Cheeky will take another shot at a Sydney race but hobby trainer Cecil Maxwell insists they’re just having a bit of fun. The three-year-old gelding hung in during a Highway Handicap (1200m) at Randwick in June and came fifth under jockey Daniel Pitomac. “It was a good run, I… Read More »
Queensland apprentice jockey Matthew McGillivray has secured his first Sydney city win aboard Star Shaft. The Tim Macintosh-trained gelding ($3.80 fav) won the Highway Handicap (1200m) by a length at Rosehill on Saturday. “It’s my first winner in Sydney – a big thrill,” said McGillivray, who is on loan to… Read More »
Winona Costin has had a tough final year of her apprenticeship. Her quest for back-to-back Sydney premierships in the junior ranks was derailed by injuries which kept her out of the saddle for three months of the season. Despite that, she returned from her latest injury to ride Rock On… Read More »
