Horse Racing News
Te Akau Racing announce 2024 plans for Imperatriz
Imperatriz’s avoidance of Sydney was one of the main talking points of this year’s Spring Carnival but her 2024 campaign will be geared around a trip to New South Wales with a journey to Royal Ascot ruled out for the five-year-old. The $3 million T J Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick...
Tony McEvoy dreaming big with Veight
With his tail up after a Ballarat Cup Day hat-trick, Tony McEvoy is now dreaming of the futures he could win with classy colt Veight in 2024. The Caulfield Guineas runner-up is back in light work and not far off a return to the Ballarat stable McEvoy operates with son Calvin. “He’s been...
Warning gearing up for a Magic Millions Subzero contest
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable has taken a different approach in their chase of a rich prize at the Gold Coast with Warning. The former Victoria Derby winner is on a path to the Magic Millions Subzero (2200m) on January 13 and is expected to head to race third-up from a...
Dom To Shoot causes blow out in the G1 Northerly Stakes
The market had four-time Group One winner Zaaki as the popular pick for the last of The Pinnacles top shelf features, but it was outsider Dom To Shoot who delivered a maiden win at the highest level for jockey Jarrod Noske and father and son training combination Sean and Jake Casey. Zaaki’s...
Odinson too classy in the rich Inglis Nursery
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have captured their third Inglis Nursery in the space of four years with Odinson showing his class to overcome a wide run and claim the $500,000 juvenile feature at Randwick. Making his Sydney debut, Odinson ($5) flew the gates but drifted back to worse than midfield...
A winner with All That Pizzazz
A sharpen-up victory for four-year-old All That Pizzazz in Brisbane is just what Tony Gollan wanted to see with the $730,000 New Year’s Day feature at Toowoomba now the firm aim. All That Pizzazz’s win in the Listed Bribie Handicap (1000m) was the seventh career victory in 14 starts for the gelding by...
Eagle soars for master and apprentice in $2m The Ingham
A minute before the official scratching time on Saturday, third emergency Loch Eagle still hadn’t gained a run in the $3 million The Ingham. A little over eight hours later, and the Kris Lees -trained gelding was striding clear to deliver apprentice Dylan Gibbons a memorable victory in the pinnacle race of the Sydney...
Captain Envious too good in the Ballarat Cup
A wet end to the Spring Carnival in Victoria played into the hands of Horsham-based trainer Paul Preusker as five-year-old Captain Envious took out the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m). Starting the $3.70 betting sites favourite, the gelding ploughed through the heavy conditions to score by 2½-lengths ahead of Young Werther ($6.50) – who...
Regan Bayliss shows Razor Sharp timing
The start wasn’t perfect, but the finish was pinpoint as Regan Bayliss and Recommendation ended Zac Lloyd’s unbeaten record on Insurrection in a driving finish to the Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick. Lloyd hadn’t been headed on Insurrection in four rides and he almost made it five, lifting his charge as Recommendation challenged, but...
Ballarat Cup decision pending for Ain’tnodeeldun
Ain’tnodeeldun will likely make his way to Ballarat but that does not mean he is assured of starting. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained galloper is down to run in the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday, but a start is all dependant on track conditions. Saturday’s track is rated a Good 4, but...