Horse Racing News
2022/23 Queensland Horse of the Year announced
Uncommon James is the Queensland Horse Of The Year for the 2022/23 racing season. The Steven O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted trained son of Cable Bay, beat the Magic Millions winner Skirt The Law and the Queensland Guineas and Derby winner Kovalica to the line to claim the prestigious award. Uncommon James ended...
Alcohol Free secures a slot in The Everest 2023 field
Yulong Investments has announced that its multiple Group 1-winning mare, Alcohol Free, will running in its slot in the 2023 TAB Everest. Defending champion Craig Williams, who rode Giga Kick to success in last year’s event, will take the ride. Alcohol Free, renowned for her victories in the July Cup, the...
Nominations in for The Everest day at Randwick
It is seventh running of The Everest (1200m) and the race day is only bigger and better. Early in the week I Wish I Win ($4) is the favourite leading into the final acceptances but there are many of the syndicates that will cause plenty of noise. Think About It ($4.50), [[Private...
Gold Trip romps home in G1 Turnbull Stakes
Gold Trip has shown he is on track for another tilt at the Melbourne Cup after staging a last to first win in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner was in last place when the field swung for home in the Group 1 race over 2000m on Saturday before...
Fancy Man takes out the Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm
The extravagant salute said it all. Apprentice Bailey Wheeler has been having a ball recently riding winner after winner and his salute on the Annabel Neasham trained Fancy Man in the featured Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm where he was $7 with the leading online betting agencies was just part of...
Kahlisee wins impressively on debut at Eagle Farm
For the first time this season, the Les Ross / Mishani Enterprises stranglehold on the early two-year-old races of the season in Queensland was broken by the Chris Munce trained Kahlisee at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but halfway up the home straight Ross would have been forgiven if he had...
Cepheus gets it Dunn again in Alan Brown Stakes
Matt Dunn has the Big Dance as the spring goal for Cepheus, but the comeback galloper continues to collect feature race wins along the way, adding the $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes at Rosehill to his last start Shannon Stakes win. Courtesy of another great ride from Nash Rawiller, Cepheus who...
The Everest day options for Benedetta
The lure of Sydney’s big prizemoney races has proven a temptation too strong to resist for trainer Jason Warren and his classy mare Benedetta. The Group 3 winner travelled up from Victoria last week and blew out the cobwebs with a stylish barrier trial at Randwick on Friday, finishing third behind...
Montefilia wins the Hill Stakes
Nash Rawiller’s belated emergence from the jockeys’ room was just the sign the Chris Waller stable needed to know he was ready to produce a riding masterclass on Montefilia in the Hill Stakes. Rawiller didn’t disappoint, settling the six-year-old worse than midfield before picking a passage through in the straight and...
Future History claims Melbourne Cup 2023 start
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Future History has won the ‘Golden Ticket’ into the Melbourne Cup with his all-the-way win in The Bart Cummings at Flemington. Success in Saturday’s Group 3 contest over 2520m provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 7. Future History joins Goldman and Lunar Flare as...