Veteran Sabkhat can join an elite group of older horses to win in Queensland metropolitan company if he is successful at Eagle Farm. Only four horses aged 10 years or older have won metropolitan Open company races in Queensland in the past 30 years. The latest was Irish Constabulary in… Read More »
Mohaather demonstrated a devastating turn of foot to win the Sussex Stakes, the feature event on day two at Goodwood. Trained by Marcus Tregoning and ridden by Jim Crowley, the four-year-old endured a luckless run in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot – but righted the record as an… Read More »
Lightly raced Royal Banquet has stepped up to midweek city grade and continued his winning run this winter to give emerging Newcastle trainer Nathan Doyle his first metropolitan winner at Warwick Farm. The rising four-year-old gelding made it four wins from five career starts, and three victories from as many… Read More »
Tallyho Twinkletoe will create a modern day weight carrying record if he is to record a second win in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. The New Zealand jumper has been allocated 73.5kg in Sunday’s 4200m hurdle, a weight no horse has carried to victory since weights went metric in… Read More »
Veteran galloper Fiery Heights took advantage of a track bias to leaders and landed some big bets in winning the Canadian Club Open (1200m) at Doomben. Backed from $7 in Wednesday morning markets to $2.80, Fiery Heights crossed from the outside barrier to beat Star Reflection ($6) by 2-1/4 lengths…. Read More »
Country trainer Terry Kelly does not have the horses to be a key player during the spring, but the coronavirus pandemic may help him achieve a lifelong ambition. Kelly is yet to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup, but this may be his chance if international competitors are unable… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham believes he can start the 2020-21 Australian racing season on a winning note at Randwick as he looks to continue improving on his stable’s results in the next 12 months. Newnham has Black Magnum and Fulmina entered for separate races at Randwick on the opening day of… Read More »
New Zealand training partners Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are keeping a close watch on the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The pair is hoping to get travel exemptions for some staff members to head to Australia ahead of sending three of their horses across the Tasman for the upcoming spring… Read More »
Multiple stakes winner Observational takes the first step to boosting Queensland’s meagre staying ranks when he makes his Brisbane debut on Saturday. Although now a 10-year-old, Observational brings some strong form lines to the XXXX Dry Open (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Observational won in Listed company at England’s Goodwood as… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan has taken over the preparation of handy sprinter Smartedge as he aims to start the new season in the same vein as he finished the recent one. Gollan had his best season to date in 2019-20 winning his seventh straight Brisbane metropolitan trainers’ premiership to put… Read More »
Stradivarius pulled off a dramatic piece of racing history to win his fourth successive Goodwood Cup – and is now set to be trained for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. John Gosden’s brilliant stayer faced a major challenge on paper from the Royal Ascot and Irish Derby winner Santiago… Read More »
Sam Freedman will join his father Anthony in a training partnership commencing in the new season. The pair have their first runners together at The Valley on Saturday saddling up three runners. Sam has spent the past three seasons learning the ropes under his father as assistant trainer for Anthony… Read More »
Jockey Daniel Stackhouse has three meetings remaining for the season to peg back a five win lead held by rival Jye McNeil in the Victorian jockeys’ premiership. Stackhouse trailed McNeil by that margin at the start of Tuesday’s meeting at Moe in country Victoria and got the ball rolling early… Read More »
New Zealand jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe headlines entries for the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. Tallyho Twinkletoe won last year’s Grand National Hurdle on his Australian debut and is one of nine nominations for Sunday’s contest over 4200m. Trained in New Zealand by Kevin Myers, Tallyho Twinkletoe is transferred to Patrick… Read More »
The first Group One race of the 2020-21 Australian racing season is the immediate target for trainer John Sargent with Brandenburg. The three-year-old colt continued preparations towards the Group One weight-for-age Winx Stakes with a barrier trial at Randwick on Tuesday. Brandenburg went around in a 1080m heat on the… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Tony Pike is unsure whether he will be able to continue training The Bostonian when the galloper embarks on a spring campaign in Sydney. The multiple Group One winner is scheduled to fly to Sydney on August 17 and Pike is unsure whether he, or any of… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are hopeful Tavirun does not have any bad memories of his last trip to The Valley. Tavirun’s last outing at the track was almost 12 months ago and he came away from the race with a slab fracture to a knee. The mishap… Read More »
Trainer David Payne is convinced he has a potential Oaks contender in lightly-raced filly Montefilia. The Rosehill trainer has nominated Montefilia to race on the opening day of the new racing season at Randwick on Saturday, with the hope of boosting her rating before a short freshen-up to target the… Read More »
Coolmore Australia boss Tom Magnier says the Melbourne Cup is high on the agenda for the Irish outfit, but whether they will be players during the spring remains to be seen. Magnier says the Coolmore team in Ireland is planning to have a strong presence in Melbourne during the spring… Read More »
Jockey Chris Whiteley has received a two-month suspension for his ride on short-priced favourite Silent Explorer at Cairns last month. Silent Explorer ($1.30) was beaten into second place in the Open Hcp (1400m) on June 25. Stewards opened an inquiry into the hoop’s ride. At the inquiry, Whiteley was found… Read More »
