Horse Racing News
Eight wins notch Ciaron Maher, David Eustace milestone
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are hurtling towards a maiden win in the Australian trainers’ premiership and Saturday’s racing, right across Australia, highlighted why. The Victorian training partners dominated the Sandown meeting in Melbourne, training five winners, while also picking up wins at two different venues in Queensland. Group 1 J J Atkins victory...
King Colorado rules in the G1 JJ Atkins Stakes
From two-year-olds to stayers, Ciaron Maher openly admits to having had a phenomenal 2023 in races at the highest level and King Colorado provide another group one win for the stable in the JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) for juveniles at Eagle Farm. Backed from $51 into a starting price of $15,...
Think About It wins the G1 Stradbroke Handicap
Joe Pride has trained some well-above-average horses but Think About It elevated himself to potentially the best with his win in Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane. The four-year-old son of So You Think brought up his ninth win from 10 starts when he dominated his rivals in the $3 million Stradbroke...
Spacewalk lands stakes win in Bob Charley AO Stakes
Luck hasn’t always favoured Spacewalk, but the Godolphin sprinter has been rewarded for his consistency with his first black-type success. The gelding has had to settle for his fair share of stakes placings, including when he threw away almost certain victory in last year’s The Rosebud by ducking out, and again...
Bjorn Baker and Dylan Gibbons star at Randwick
It might have been an off-season winter meeting in Sydney, but it proved prolific for trainer Bjorn Baker and apprentice Dylan Gibbons with both celebrating significant milestones. Baker took seven horses to Randwick and five of them won, giving the Warwick Farm-based horseman his first quintet. Gibbons too had a day to remember, the...
Jockey Wiremu Pinn gets feel for Australian winners
New Zealand jockey Wiremu Pinn continues to tick off the milestones early in his stint in Australia and can now say he’s a Saturday city winner. But not content with his first win on Australian racing’s biggest day of the week, the boom apprentice racked up a winning double. After scoring in Race...
Local victory in Golden Topaz at Swan Hill
A horse that his trainer thought may have been finished racing a year ago has come out to win the feature sprint race at the three-day Swan Hill Carnival. Yulong Storm has provided trainer Nathan Hobson and his former apprentice Madison Lloyd with the feature sprint race of the Carnival, the Golden Topaz...
Ozzmosis the ‘Rolls Royce’ of juveniles
Dylan Gibbons was left searching for superlatives after emerging colt Ozzmosis maintained his unbeaten record with a classy victory over the highly-touted Royal Tribute at Randwick. The top apprentice compared the Bjorn Baker-trained winner to a luxury car and said the most exciting aspect of his performance was the fact he...
John Sadler filly makes long awaited return
Trainer John Sadler considered he had an Oaks filly on his hands until two bouts of surgery put an end to the majority of her three-year-old career. That filly, Foreign Raider, will have her first start in almost 15 months when she steps out in the Quayclean Handicap (1300m) at Sandown on Saturday. Foreign Raider had two...
Startrade ready to step-up in the Strickland Stakes
Startrade is making a step up in distance for Saturday’s G3 Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont and trainer Dan Morton thinks he will handle the extra trip. Startrade, a revelation since entering Dan Morton’s stable, is chasing two feature wins in a row after his upset victory in the G3 Hyperion...