A star-studded field of 13 has been declared for the Group One TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick with Nature Strip drawing barrier one. One of four Group One races on Saturday’s opening day of The Championships at Randwick, the weight-for-age TJ Smith (1200m) features a number of star sprinters including… Read More »
Favourite Melody Belle has drawn barrier 14 in the Doncaster Mile with 24 runners declared for the $1.5 million race. Saturday’s Group One race at Randwick has a field limit of 20 with four emergencies among the acceptances. Three-year-old Brandenburg has barrier seven and will be ridden by Glen Boss… Read More »
There is something special about both the Doncaster Mile and Australian Derby for Mark Newnham. And on Saturday the trainer hopes he can get his name etched onto the honour roll of one, or both, of the time-honoured races at Randwick. Newnham has forged a career in racing, starting as… Read More »
Prominent trainer Adrian Bott is grateful racing is still proceeding during the coronavirus crisis and supports prize money cuts for The Championships at Randwick. The Championships are scheduled to go ahead over the next two Saturdays under strict biosecurity measures with prize money for the eight Group One races halved…. Read More »
In major breeding countries across the globe, numbers mean dollars. Big, big dollars. You have a stallion who gets stakes winners and has a great winners-to-runners stat, or simply produces the odd superstar, you are in the clear. And so it is in Australia. Especially in Australia and right now,… Read More »
When a $15 chance at only her fourth start leads a quality field into the home straight in the $500,000 ATC Vinery Stud S. 2000m G1, her best hope seems to be to hang on for third or fourth as the favourites loom up behind her. A couple of things… Read More »
Chris Waller is convinced a return to Sydney racing will help Kolding when the gelding heads a strong team trying to give the champion trainer a record-equalling seventh Doncaster Mile at Randwick. Waller expects to have at least six runners in Saturday’s Group One Doncaster Mile on the first day… Read More »
Racing NSW has announced a major reduction in prizemoney for The Championships less than a week out from the opening day at Randwick. More than $9 million in prizemoney will be stripped from the feature races of the two day Championships. Racing NSW indicated that a reduction in wagering, due… Read More »
With Melbourne jockeys unable to travel to Sydney to compete until further notice, the Anthony Freedman stable has locked in its riders for the opening day of The Championships. On Tuesday, Racing NSW announced the jockey pool in the state would be segregated into three regions – metropolitan, north, and… Read More »
More than 170 horses have been entered for races at Rosehill with the meeting scheduled to go ahead under strict biosecurity protocols. Saturday’s meeting features nine races, two at Group One level, the Tancred Stakes and Vinery Stud Stakes, before the rich autumn carnival is scheduled to move to Randwick… Read More »
The cost of spectator-free racing will not be known for some time but the Australian Turf Club is insured against losses for its three biggest autumn carnival meetings. Saturday’s showpiece Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill, featuring five Group One races, will be held behind closed doors while the same is… Read More »
The Championships are just around the corner and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and in 2020 the overseas are well represented numbers wise when it comes to nominations. Here at Justhorseracing, we’ve put together a preview of the key international runners that will be… Read More »
Trainer Jamie Richards and Te Akau Racing have finalised the programs for class performers Melody Belle and Te Akau Shark who will been seen in Australia in the late summer/autumn. New Zealand champion Melody Belle won the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on November 2 and ran second… Read More »
Kenedna has finally nabbed an overdue Group One in winning the Coolmore Legacy Stakes at Randwick. The five-year-old mare came from behind to snatch victory in the $1 million race. “She has been knocking on the door for a while, G1 placed. We thought we’d bring her in here, fresh… Read More »
Bernie Kelly delivered gelding Bobbing into the world with his own two hands and for the past few months his wife has felt like a widow as he remained glued to the horse’s side hundreds of kilometres away. Kelly poured blood, sweat and tears into Bobbing and on Saturday he… Read More »
A dramatic two-horse fall in the opening race on day two of The Championships has dampened the mood at Randwick with jockey Andrew Adkins taken to hospital for precautionary tests. In a roughly run event, the Hayes and Dabernig team came out on top with Power Scheme ($7.50) fighting strongly… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will have two chances on the second day of The Championships at Randwick as the co-trainers continue their bid for their first Group One win since relocating to Australia. Busuttin and Young have already achieved Group One success both in their native New Zealand and… Read More »
After a flashing third in her most recent start, Kenedna is set for her first Sydney appearance in the Group One Coolmore Legacy Stakes at Randwick. Kenedna is one of three runners for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace on the second day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday,… Read More »
Sydney’s Autumn Racing Carnival continues at Randwick this Saturday with day two of The Championships. We chatted with Palmerbet CEO Grant Palmer to get his thoughts on Saturday’s racing. Aside from the four Group 1 races on Saturday, which race are you most looking forward to at Randwick on Saturday?… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant is an overwhelming Australian Oaks favourite but rival trainer Mark Newnham has identified one significant statistic he hopes can bring her undone. “She hasn’t won on a dry track so I’m hoping that’s the chink in her armour,” Newnham said. “If she’s as good on… Read More »
