Horse Racing News
Arts Object causes boilover in The Wave
It took a long range plan by trainer Kurt Goldman and a perfect steer from hoop Angela Jones to see Arts Object ($51) take out the $250,000 The Wave on the Gold Coast. The daughter of Zoustar didn’t spend a penny in the run after jumping on terms from gate three and absolutely powered...
Bennett’s colt a Force in Geelong Diamond
Bennett Racing had to pay a record amount for Stay Focused, but the Victorian syndication company’s investment is looking a shrewd one after Saturday’s debut performance. The Phillip Stokes-trained colt raced his way into next month’s $2 million Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes with a strong win in the inaugural edition...
Tintookie returns in fine fashion
She has been a mare that has always shown plenty of promise and the Brad Widdup-trained Tintookie ($5.50) has returned in good order with a slashing win in the Toyota Forklifts Handicap over 1000m at Royal Randwick. The daughter of Winning Rupert settled in the back half of the field over the...
Bargain buy continues winning run
She was only a $1,750 weanling purchase but the Jarrod Austin-conditioned Terra Mater ($2.70F) has kept the ball rolling with her third victory from as many starts this preparation. The Wandjina progeny was too strong for second favourite African Daisy ($4) by a length and a quarter with Rocketeer Girl ($6) a further length...
Spywire’s 2024 Magic Millions Classic quest back on track
Spywire emphatically declared his Magic Millions campaign back on track with a brilliant win in Saturday’s $150,000 Gold Nugget on the Gold Coast. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt made a one-act affair of the 1100-metre event that was a last-gasp qualifier for next Saturday’s $3 million Magic Millions Classic (1200m). The...
Arabian Summer on track for Magic Millions Classic
Tony McEvoy has already won a Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a filly on the back-up and he is a live chance of history repeating after Arabian Summer impressed at her Queensland debut on Saturday. The daughter of Too Darn Hot proved too classy for her rivals in the $150,000 Gold Pearl...
Terra Mater an odds-on favourite at Randwick
Jarrod Austin is confident he has found the right race for Terra Mater to continue her winning ways, but there is one element of the contest that has him worried. The Wandina four-year-old is the only odds-on favourite on Saturday’s Randwick program, which has the Warwick Farm trainer on edge. “I didn’t...
Rey Magnerio won't be thrown in the deep end
Given how dynamic Rey Magnerio was in the final race of last year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, it would not have surprised if Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock put him aside and devised an ambitious autumn path. The Magnus four-year-old demolished his rivals in the 1100-metre Grand Handicap, taking his record...
Our Kobison heads to Randwick
Angela Davies knows she has set Our Kobison a task at his first run for the campaign, but a clash with Group 2 winner Exploring at Randwick this Saturday is the better option for the campaign ahead. The four-year-old was an acceptor for both the 1000m benchmark 78 and the 1100m...
$1.3 million purchase to debut at Geelong
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been the star two-year-old stable of the season to date and will on Saturday unveil another seven-figure yearling at Geelong. Snitzel colt Trunk, a $1.3 million Inglis Easter purchase, will debut in the $150,000 Geelong Diamond. The 1100-metre event carries a ballot exemption from next month’s...