Horse Racing News
Winx’s half-sister City Of Lights set for debut after false start
half sist After a false start last week, Winx's half-sister City Of Lights is set to make her debut this Sunday. The daughter of Deep Impact and Vegas Showgirl is down to run in the 1418-metre three-year-old fillies maiden that is the fourth race on the Geelong card and is scheduled to...
Emerging Amokura too good in G1 Queensland Oaks
Emerging star Amokura has claimed the Group 1 Queensland Oaks in just her first racing preparation. The daughter of Kermadec was having her sixth race start, having won her previous two outings by 9 lengths and 2 lengths respectively. The three-year-old was Kris Lees’ sixteenth Group 1 winner and his first since...
Caulfield Cup 2023 plans for Shaiyhar after Flemington win
With Shaiyhar’s win over a shorter than ideal trip, co-trainer Natalie Young and jockey Blake Shinn both believe that there is a lot more to come from the French import over a further. The four-year-old notched his first win in Australia in the Henley And Villawood GFA House Plate (2000m) at Flemington...
McEvoy’s mid-race move lands the Winter Cup
Irish import Al Aabir ($2.80F) has been a model of consistency since landing on our shores and a mid-race decision by jockey Kerrin Mcevoy has seen the Chris Waller-trained gelding get his first stakes victory in the Listed Winter Cup at Rosehill. After settling in the back half of the field...
Robbie Downey notches first win at Flemington
It is long way between Dundalk and Melbourne and Robbie Downey has ridden winners at racecourses between Ireland, United Kingdom and in Victoria, and can now claim having ridden a winner at Flemington. The 26-year-old won the RCH Staff Appreciation Plate aboard the Nigel Blackiston-trained Verifier ($5.50). “He’s a beautiful rider,” Blackiston said. “He’s...
Hobby trainer salutes in Midway Handicap
He’s a full-time courier by day, but Newcastle-based conditioner Scott Aspery has out-trained his rivals with Uzziah ($6) toughing it out to win the Midway Handicap. The Outreach gelding had a ding-dong battle with early leader Kyeema ($7.50) all the way down the Rosehill straight, eventually getting the best of him...
Steparty impressive down Flemington straight
Jockey Dean Yendall said he had jokingly told trainer Paul Preusker a couple of months ago that Steparty could be something special for latter’s Horsham stable. With an impressive victory in the Royal Children’s Hospital Trophy (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday, those words could be vindicated as the two-year-old by American...
Expensive Chris Waller colt goes back-to-back
He is a colt that cost $2.25 million at Inglis Easter Yearling Sales last year but the Chris Waller-prepared two-year-old Congregation ($5.50) is starting to repay his connections with a narrow victory at Rosehill Gardens. A son of champion sire Snitzel out of the dual-Group One winning mare Response, the two-year-old...
Affaire A Suivre chases G1 Oaks double
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Affaire A Suivre has come a long way in a short space of time and will chase a second Group 1 win, this time in Brisbane. The Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday is Affaire A Suivre’s next assignment after her win in the Group...
English import on a mission to Space Rosehill rivals
There is nothing like race day pressure to sort out the wheat from the chaff, but English import Space Tracker is showing all the right signs at home to suggest he can feature in his Sydney debut. The four-year-old tackles the Petaluma Handicap (1400m) on Saturday and while most European-bred gallopers...