Horse Racing News
Naval College smashes 28-year-old track record
They haven’t gone that quick over the 2000m at Rosehill since 1996 but the Annabel Neasham-trained Naval College ($3F) has flown around the Sydney circuit. The European import has registered a time of 1.59:19 breaking the previous track record of 1.59:99 held by both Octagonal (1996) and Danewin (1995). Not bad company to be...
Blue Diamond Stakes target for Zestiman
Ben, Will and JD Hayes have options aplenty for Zestiman after the two-year-old colt won well down the Flemington straight over 1000m on debut. The son of Zoustar was kept safe as the $3.60 favourite with top betting sites and wore down $8.50 chance I’m Kenough who kicked clear at the 200m...
Highway birthday for Weir
She’s no stranger to winning a Highway and rider Mikayla Weir got the job done again at Rosehill Gardens aboard the Brett Thompson-prepared Smart And Dapper ($16). The Smart Missile progeny had a fairly tough run in transit but was still too strong for outsider Fear The Knight ($31) by a head on...
Australian Guineas ambitions for unbeaten Otago
The Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) is the pie in the sky for Otago who backed up a dominant debut win at Bendigo with a narrow in at Flemington on Saturday, taking out a 3yo benchmark 70 over 1400m. Backed into $1.75 with betting sites, Otago landed just behind the speed under...
Lizzie’s Too Darn good on debut
Lord Lloyd Webber’s decision to back the first crop of Australian yearlings by his former star racehorse Too Darn Hot reaped an immediate reward when Too Darn Lizzie won Saturday’s The Fillies Debut at the Gold Coast. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly was a $1 million purchase at last...
Amelia’s Jewel set to be trained in Sydney
Amelia’s Jewel’s autumn campaign will be her last with Simon Miller with the star Western Australian mare to be trained in Sydney this spring. The four-year-old’s owner Peter Walsh broke the news when detailing the Group 1 winner’s 2024 itinerary after selling a Zoustar colt for $1.3 million on Day 4 at the...
Heavy hitters back Justify ahead of Magic Millions Classic
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott were the heaviest-hitters on Day 4 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, landing the highest-priced lot of the sale and another seven-figure youngster who boasts bloodlines they know well. A few hours before they paid $1.7 million for the session-topping filly by I Am Invincible...
Gelded Green Belt back on track
Once considered one of the more promising three-year-olds in Melbourne, Green Belt will resume in a benchmark 70 over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday after nearly two years off the scene with a tendon injury. A winner of his first two starts in January 2022, the Mick Price & Michael Kent...
Big names chase Debut win with Too Darn Lizzie
Too Darn Hot was again in the Gold Coast Yearling Sale spotlight on Wednesday and this Saturday the filly who had his name up in light this time last year will look to claim some Magic Millions prizemoney. Too Darn Lizzie will make her anticipated first raceday appearance in the $500,000...
Luncies’ January Cup opportunity
Kris Lees is confident Luncies gets his best chance to break a seven-month winning drought when he contests the $200,000 Listed January Cup at Rosehill this Saturday. The 2000-metre event will mark the first time the imported seven-year-old has been out of Group company for the season. The son of Iffraaj got into the...