Singapore-based Glen Boss is making another hit-and-run visit on The Championships in Sydney looking to add to his Group One haul. Boss won last Saturday’s Doncaster Mile on the Hawkes Racing-trained Brutal and just missed making it a feature race double for the weekend when second on Countofmontechristo in the… Read More »
Connections of Aristia are hoping rain steers clear of Sydney this week to give the three-year-old her best chance to become the first filly in more than a decade to claim the VRC Oaks/ATC Australian Oaks double. Aristia capped her spring preparation with wins in the Group Two Wakeful Stakes… Read More »
He’s only had his trainer’s licence for 18 months but as of Saturday Todd Blowes has a win at Royal Randwick under his belt. Blowes’ four-year-old gelding Noble Boy snatched victory in the final stretch of the $500,000, 1400m Country Championships in a thrilling ride by star jockey Hugh Bowman…. Read More »
Bivouac has led home a Cummings-family trifecta in the Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick with James getting the verdict over father Anthony in the opening race on day one of The Championships. The Godolphin colt was given a beautiful run by Blake Shinn and surged to the front halfway up the… Read More »
A punter with the TAB has had $450,000 on Champion mare Winx to win her final race in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on April 13th. The punter has had three $150,000 win bets on Winx at $1.10, $1.10 and $1.08 in the past week making it a total… Read More »
A week after they were in rivals in Dubai, Hugh Bowman will join forces with Godolphin in three Group One races on the opening day of The Championships at Randwick. Bowman missed last Saturday’s Tancred Stakes meeting at Rosehill to ride Brave Smash in the Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai… Read More »
A year after winning a thrilling Australian Derby on Levendi, Melbourne jockey Mark Zahra believes he has a genuine chance to go back-to-back in the Classic at Randwick aboard Declarationofheart. Levendi gave Zahra his first Australian Derby success 12 months ago when he got home by a nose after a… Read More »
Surround Stakes winner Nakeeta Jane will miss the Australian Oaks and will instead drop back in distance for another Group One race on the second day of The Championships at Randwick. Trainer Mark Newnham on Thursday advised Racing NSW stewards to remove the filly from nominations and betting markets for… Read More »
One of Winx’s final pieces of work before her planned farewell will be staged in front of a raceday audience. The champion racemare has been confirmed for an appearance on the first day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday. She will strut her stuff over 1000m on the course… Read More »
Punters have already begun to invest in the four big Group Ones this Saturday at Randwick which highlight Day 1 of The Championships. With the barrier draws conducted for the Doncaster Mile, T.J Smith Stakes, Inglis Sires and Australian Derby, TAB didn’t hesitate in adjusting final field markets and releasing… Read More »
Godolphin mare Alizee is the $6 outright favourite for the Doncaster Mile at Randwick after drawing barrier 12 in the $3 million race. Fifty Stars has eased from $6 to $7 after coming up with the outside gate in the field of 20, plus four emergencies. Saturday’s race is one… Read More »
A full field of 20 plus four emergencies has been declared for the $3 million Doncaster Mile on the first day of The Championships at Randwick. Saturday’s meeting also features the $2 million Australian Derby for three-year-olds has also attracted a full field of 18 plus one emergency. The other… Read More »
Trainer James Cummings could have up to five runners in the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick as global operation Godolphin bids to continue its dominance in the juvenile ranks this season. The Anthony Freedman-trained, Godolphin-owned Lyre won Australia’s first Group One race for two-year-olds for the season, the Blue Diamond… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller will field a small Group One team for the first day of The Championships at Randwick, with the Doncaster Mile his chance for another elite victory. Waller and Godolphin trainer James Cummings dominated the Golden Slipper carnival which ended at Rosehill on Saturday. And it is Cummings… Read More »
He missed a start in the Golden Slipper but Bellevue Hill will get another shot at a juvenile Group One race after outclassing his rivals in The Schweppervescence at Rosehill. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained youngster was a Slipper emergency and didn’t make the final field but collected a… Read More »
The Championships are just around the corner and as this Carnival gathers further momentum, so does the international contingent and in 2019 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 »
The monkey is off his back and with that being the case, Nature Strip is the key firmer for the TJ Smith (1200m) at Randwick during The Championships. The enigmatic yet talented sprinter finally got his Group l when holding on narrowly to win the Galaxy over Pierata. He is… Read More »
A Doncaster Mile start awaits Japanese visitor Kluger who is settling into the quarantine facility at Canterbury racecourse having arrived in Sydney in preparation for The Championships. Kluger arrived on Tuesday ahead of a planned start in the $3 million Doncaster Mile (1600m) on April 6 at Randwick and the… Read More »
The Clinton McDonald-trained filly Causeway Girl is bound for The Championships in Sydney after making a winning return in her first autumn assignment at Flemington. Stakes-placed at the end of her spring preparation last year, Causeway Girl resumed in Saturday’s Furphy Ale Trophy (1100m) and settled back in the field… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Kah was left speechless after claiming her first Group One win guiding Harlem to a second successive victory in the Australian Cup at Flemington. Kah dominated South Australian racing in recent seasons before making the move across the border in January to fulfil her dream of winning a… Read More »
