Horse Racing News
Wet track no worries for Thompson’s trio
The rain in Sydney this week has been a welcome arrival for trainer John Thompson as he prepares to saddle up a trio of runners at Randwick. With Your Blessing, Deniliquin and Auspicious Cloud have won 13 races between them and 11 of those victories have been on wet tracks. With Randwick rated in the...
Tazaral chasing black-type breakthrough at Eagle Farm
Superbly related import Tazaral will bid to become the latest member of his family to win a stakes race when he heads to Eagle Farm for the Listed Bernborough Plate. The son of Fastnet Rock is a half-brother to two overseas Group 1 winners in Tahiyra and Tarnawa, and while he...
Astapor faced with a challenge at Eagle Farm
Clinton Taylor has enjoyed the easy wins that Astapor has had to start his career, but the Rockhampton trainer is happy to see his in-demand colt faced with a challenge at Eagle Farm this Saturday. The son of Tassort will put his Magic Millions credentials on the line in the Group...
Promising 3YO could prove a carnival ‘Wulf’
He is yet to finish out of the placings and boasts a decision over a subsequent Group One winner, but the lightly raced Ceowulf still needs to convince his trainer he should remain a colt. It is one of the main reasons Joe Pride is running the three-year-old in an off-season benchmark race...
Rhetorical takes on older horses at Moonee Valley
The Mark Walker stable will be looking for some luck to fall their way when Rhetorical heads to Moonee Valley for the second time. A three-year-old filly, Rhetorical takes on older horses in the Moonee Ponds 3039 Traders Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The contest is a benchmark 64 grade race, and Walker’s assistant-trainer Ben Gleeson...
Powerful training partnership comes to an end
The most powerful training partnership in Australian racing will end in January, with David Eustace confirming he is leaving Ciaron Maher Racing to take up a position in Hong Kong. Maher and Eustace made the announcement via a joint statement on Thursday, with both describing the news as “bittersweet”. Eustace will join the...
Tatura Cup winner ready to strike at The Valley
Mornington trainer David Brideoake joked that a statue should be built at Tatura racecourse of his young co-trainer Matt Jenkins. Since Jenkins, who was raised in Tatura, joined Brideoake, firstly as an assistant trainer and then earlier this year as a co-trainer, the Tatura Cup has become a go-to race for the...
John Sargent banks on Craig Williams being Perfect fit
Williams was aboard for the four-year-old’s most significant win in the 2022 Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington and Sargent was keen to get his feedback before locking in any plans. “I just phoned (Williams) the other day and asked if he would come up for Perfect Thought and he said he...
Inglis Millennium has attracted the attention of Shane Nichols
A trip to Sydney as a lead-up to a potential start in a rich restricted two-year-old race early in the New Year has attracted the attention of Shane Nichols . The Mornington-based horseman is sending Climate Change to Randwick on Saturday to contest the Drinkwise Plate (1100m). Saturday’s race will give Nichols a...
Sinawann warming into form for new trainer
It has been more than two years since Sinawann last won a race, but his new trainer is confident the former Victorian has his hoof on the till. The seven-year-old hasn’t saluted since capturing the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in November 2021, although he did subsequently spend six...
