Neville Parnham is as qualified as anyone to make an assessment on apprentice jockeys, and he likes what he has seen from Rocky Cheung. Parnham is the father to star jockeys Steven, Brad and Chris and has successfully mentored a host of young riders throughout his time in racing. Under… Read More »
William Haggas has continued his love affair with Australian racing, plundering yet another feature with globetrotting stayer Dubai Honour who has upstaged a classy field to claim the Group 1 Tancred Stakes at Rosehill. The gelding, who started $3.20 with online betting sites, remains unbeaten in Sydney after capturing the Ranvet-Queen Elizabeth… Read More »
Neville Parnham is looking forward to the return of classy three-year-old September Born, optimistic he can claim another big scalp in the next couple of months. The Playing God colt has made a big impression in just four starts and Parnham’ thinks the full brother to Group 1 champion Kay… Read More »
Ceolwulf has been forced to work overtime to claim his first win of this year’s autumn carnival by the barest of margins in the Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill. The winner of last spring’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap and King Charles III Stakes, Ceolwulf is on a path towards the Group 1… Read More »
The three placegetters from the Tulloch Stakes are in line to back up in the ATC Australian Derby, although connections of winner Pocketing will have to pay a late entry fee to run. Pocketing wasn’t entered for the Group 1 classic after he pulled up with cardiac arrhythmia following a Midway… Read More »
Nepotism didn’t gain a start in the Golden Slipper but the two-year-old colt could still get his chance at a Group 1 in Sydney this autumn after an impressive win in the Group 3 Baillieu at Rosehill. Trained by Michael, John and Wayne Hawkes, Nepotism finished third on debut in the… Read More »
Having been retired and then failing to get in foal, Steinem is set to make her reappearance on the racetrack at Caulfield. The Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) on Saturday will be the daughter of Frankel’s first outing since November 2023 when eighth behind Deny Knowledge in the Group 2 Matriarch Stakes… Read More »
University studies? No. A job in retail? Pass. Nursing, accounting? Never likely. For as long as she can remember, there was only one job Giaan O’Donnell was ever going to pursue once she left school. She didn’t seek help or sought advice from career counsellors; with a racing pedigree, her… Read More »
The State’s Country Cups schedule has again proven its significant social and economic impact, with Racing and Wagering WA chair Karen Farley declaring the recent TABtouch Pinjarra Cup a resounding success. With some 4000 punters flocking into the picturesque Pinjarra Park course, it capped a magnificent big-race double for the… Read More »
Fresh off Australian Cup success last weekend, Ciaron Maher will chase another 2000-metre feature this weekend at Caulfield. Like the Australian Cup, which Maher won with Light Infantry Man, Victoria’s leading trainer will have multiple runners in the Group 3 Easter Cup. Future History and Night Endeavour are certain starters, while Normandy… Read More »
Blake Shinn shapes as a key beneficiary of the postponement of Saturday’s Rosehill meeting with the top Melbourne rider snapped up to fill vacancies created by James Mcdonald’s inability to ride at the meeting. McDonald, who was engaged for a number of key chances at Saturday’s fixture, has commitments in Dubai… Read More »
One of this Saturday’s four Group 1s at Randwick has lost a drawcard runner with unbeaten sprinter Private Harry set to bypass the $3 million T J Smith Stakes. The Harry Angel colt’s co-owner Kurrinda Bloodstock announced on Monday morning that the last-start The Galaxy winner had been sent to the… Read More »
A late autumn campaign last year in Adelaide saw Benedetta claim her first win at the highest level in The Goodwood and this time trainer Jason Warren is eyeing Brisbane Winter Carnival features after a crack at the All Aged Stakes in Sydney. “It is daunting to see some of the names… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable will have two runners in a Stakes race at Caulfield. Resuming Globe and comeback galloper Ayrton are set to clash in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Ayrton won the race in 2023 and has had one run back from a near 12-month… Read More »
WIN OF THE DAY Wow! That was some win by Bernie Miller’s Jokers Grin in the Rock Magic Stakes (1000m). It showed all the hall marks of an above average horse. Jockey Pat Carbery turned nothing into something. Victory looked all but improbable until the final 50m when the son of Maschino burst… Read More »
Phillip Stokes and OTI Racing and start mapping a campaign aimed at culminating on November 4 after Deakin won Saturday’s Listed Roy Higgins (2600m) at Flemington. The imported gelding not only earned connections $180,000 and a second-straight Stakes success after his runaway win in the Listed Torney Cup, but also a prized… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher collected his first Australian Cup, but it was not with the horse he was expecting. Saddling up three runners in the Group 1 weight-for-age contest over 2000m on Saturday, Light Infantry Man provided Maher with his maiden win, breaking a run of two successive wins in the race by… Read More »
Star New Zealand filly Alabama Lass has made a successful hit and run mission to Melbourne with victory up the straight at Flemington. A winner of five of her eight starts on home soil, with a further three seconds, Alabama Lass led throughout to claim the Listed HKJC World Pool… Read More »
The Group 1 Tancred Stakes meeting will go ahead on Tuesday after persistent rain prompted officials to postpone the 10-race card. The track was rated a slow 7 on Saturday morning but with 50mm of rain forecast to fall throughout the day, an early call was made to move it…. Read More »
The conditions were not in Steady Ready’s favour, but the father and daughter training team of Tony and Maddysen Sears had the confidence in their enduring trier to win their second King Of The Mountain feature at Toowoomba and for the gelding victory at his third attempt. Steady Ready finished second… Read More »
