Horse Racing News
Shane Jackson chasing major Bool flat win
Former Irish jockey Shane Jackson won two of the feature jumps races at the Warrnambool May Carnival and now is after a major flat win as a trainer. Jackson won the Brierly Steeplechase on Gold Medals in 2018 and the Grand Annual Steeplechase in 2020 aboard Ablaze, however the Galleywood Hurdle eluded...
Scone on the radar for speedy Toque
Their headline two-year-olds are in the spelling paddock, but Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott still have some arsenal to fire judging by the performance of nicely bred filly Toque at Canterbury. The youngster showed good speed out of the gates before relaxing beautifully in the lead for Tim Clark and kicking strongly in...
Exciting Bustling poised to give Morton juvenile double
Superb Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) champion, Bustling, recently the subject of intense interest from international buyers, is expected to give trainer Dan Morton a second consecutive Perth juvenile feature at Ascot on Saturday. After his astonishing 4 ½ length romp in last fortnight’s Karrakatta Plate, Perth’s richest two-year-old event, Bustling is...
McCarthy to oversee Fox’s Annual assault in the Grand Annual Steeplechase
Henry Dwyer never expected Willie McCarthy to seek a release from Budd Fox in the Grand Annual Steeplechase, but any prospect of it was ruled out when Stern Idol was scratched from Thursday’s feature. That means the star jockey will fulfil his commitment to the Dwyer-trained Budd Fox in the 5500-metre...
Bobbin pair ready for Stern test in the Brierly Steeplechase
Andrew Bobbin is aware of the shadow Stern Idol casts over Tuesday’s Brierly Steeplechase field, but that has not deterred him from tackling the first feature of the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival with two runners. The Pomonal horseman will start Bell Ex One and Mighty Oasis in the $175,000 event The 3450-metre event is the toughest...
Butler’s pair as locals snare The Archer
A significant drop in weight, a long-held plan and a jockey who rode his charge with confidence all combined to see Namazu provide local Rockhampton combination a win in the third running of the $775,000 The Archer (1300m). Jockey Ashley Butler won the inaugural running of The Archer aboard Emerald Kingdom in 2021,...
Brad Widdup looking to local Hawkesbury Cup meeting
Trainer Brad Widdup will be keeping watch on the weather as he prepares handy mare Ausbred Flirt for the Hawkesbury Gold Cup on her home track. Widdup has Ausbred Flirt nominated in the $250,000 Group 3 event over 1600 metres and also has a number of other horses entered for the program. The Hawkesbury...
Neindorf rides first G1 on Climbing Star in the Robert Sangster Stakes
Trainer Phillip Stokes thought his hopes of landing a second win in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville were over shortly after the start of the Group 1 race. Instead of being near the leading division and out wide on a track favouring horses getting well away from the fence in straight,...
Debutant Stanley Express lands The Showdown
Cranbourne-based trainer Clinton Mcdonald pulled off a betting plunge as Stanley Express descended late on the line to win the $1 million VOBIS Showdown (1200m) at Caulfield. A right move was made to stay closer to home than making a trip to Adelaide for the Group 3 Breeders’ Stakes at Morphettville. “We wanted...
Vibrant Sun shines in the G1 Australasian Oaks
Vibrant Sun has produced a gutsy on-pace performance in the Australasian Oaks to come out on top in the Group 1 race for three-year-old fillies dominated by daughters of stallion The Autumn Sun. Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, Vibrant Sun went into Saturday’s 2000m feature at Morphettville with five...