Godolphin’s Ispolini will not come to Sydney for The Championships after racing his way into the Dubai Gold Cup with a Group Three victory at Meydan. The Charlie Appleby-trained stayer is among entries for the Sydney Cup (3200m) but will instead run in the Gold Cup over the same distance… Read More »
After winning her fourth-straight Cox Plate last October, Winx will aim to extend another impressive feature race winning streak in the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick on April 13 and has been priced as a $1.25 favourite by TAB to complete the hat-trick. Her biggest rival according to… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Levendi is back in work preparing for an assault on autumn racing in Sydney. The Peter Gelagotis-trained Levendi missed the spring after undergoing surgery to remove bone chips shortly after his victory in the Australian Derby at Randwick in April. Gelagotis said Levendi had been in work… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla has a spring in his step again after Sydney’s premiership-leading jockey found a win elusive during The Championships. Hawkesbury bore little resemblance to Randwick at the height of the autumn carnival, but Avdulla was still rapt with a riding double on Glenall and Kingsguard. Avdulla saluted on Glenall… Read More »
Godolphin stalwart Hartnell is among 17 entries for the Group One All Aged Stakes on the final day of Sydney’s autumn carnival. A triple Group One winner and multiple placegetter, Hartnell has not raced since finishing out of the placings in the Australian Cup at Flemington on March 10. Three-year-old… Read More »
The second and final day of The Championships rolled around on Saturday at Randwick, headlined by champion mare Winx, who made it 25 on the bounce and equalled Black Caviar with a win in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). Here are the blackbookers for the meeting. Race One: China Horse… Read More »
Jockey Dean Holland has been suspended and fined for breaching the whip rules on Zacada, who was beaten a nose in the $2 million Sydney Cup. Holland was outed for one week and hit with a $3000 fine for using the whip 12 times before the 100m in Saturday’s 3200m… Read More »
For a fleeting moment, jockey Mark Zahra considered he might have been a chance of a huge boilover in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Gailo Chop. But within the blink of an eye, champion Winx levelled up and then careered away over the final 200m to win by nearly four… Read More »
Damian Lane is looking forward to relaxing back home in Western Australia after wrapping up his Sydney autumn carnival in a rush at Randwick. The 24-year-old Melbourne-based jockey wasted no time setting the tempo in the Group Two Sapphire Stakes (1200m) on Quilista and after building a six-length advantage midway… Read More »
Godolphin filly Alizee has reinforced her claims as the best three-year-old filly in Australia with her victory in the Coolmore Legacy Stakes at Randwick. Formerly known as the Queen Of The Turf, the 1600m race for fillies and mares on Saturday closed off Group One racing for the two days… Read More »
A stakes race win during The Championships at Randwick has confirmed lightly raced California Turbo is on target for a Classic aim in Queensland. California Turbo was coming off a first-up win in a Class One at Newcastle and showed his potential on Saturday in taking out the Listed South… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money being placed at Randwick for Day 2 of The Championships. Have Your Say 🗣: Which BIG BETS will be winning? Leave a comment below.
The second and final day of The Championships rolls around this Saturday at Randwick, headlined by champion mare Winx looking to make it 25 on the bounce and equal Black Caviar with a win in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and… Read More »
Top jockey Brenton Avdulla has been stood down from the Warwick Farm meeting because of illness but expects to be able to ride at the upcoming Group One meeting at Randwick. The on-course doctor determined Avdulla he was not fit to continue after the second race on Wednesday. The NSW… Read More »
Uncharacteristically dry weather in Sydney has not dampened Irish trainer Ken Condon’s enthusiasm as he prepares Success Days to take on Winx. Condon, who arrived in Australia on Sunday, was upbeat after the six-year-old had his final fast hit-out for Saturday’s $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. Expectations… Read More »
Recent dry weather has prompted connections of Lord Fandango to press on with Sydney Cup plans and the stayer’s trainer Archie Alexander is adamant the horse is better than he showed in his most recent race. Lord Fandango finished seventh in the Manion Cup (2400m) at Rosehill on March 24… Read More »
Snitzel emphatically stamped his dominance on a superb Day 1 of The Championships at Royal Randwick with a Group 1 quinella, a Group 3 quinella and two Group 1 placegetters adding $2.6 million to his prizemoney in a season that already exceeds every expectation. His sons, Golden Rose winner Trapeze… Read More »
The Grand Final of Australian racing is The Championships and the mega two day Carnival kicked off on Saturday at Randwick with a world class ten race program, but unfortunately the meeting was marred by that ugly word ‘bias’. Here are the blackbookers for the meeting. Race One: Kindergarten Stakes… Read More »
Champion Winx has made a cameo appearance at Randwick on the first day of The Championships, galloping around the course proper before the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The mare is in great shape and so is her jockey, Hugh Bowman, who has missed the past two feature meetings of the carnival… Read More »
Gary Moore has credited former champion jockey Mick Dittman for Paquirri producing a boilover in the opening race of The Championships at Randwick. Jockey-turned-trainer Moore consulted Dittman, a part-owner of the I Am Invincible colt, before Paquirri attempted to break his maiden in the Group Three Kindergarten Stakes (1000m) and… Read More »
