Horse Racing News
Ipswich’s time to shine with full fields set for Ipswich Cup day
Brisbane has a week off through the Stradbroke season as Ipswich hosts its iconic race day and the numbers are aplenty. The Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) has G1 performers nominated for it and even if they don’t run, it will still be a highly competitive race. Numerian ($4) is there for Annabel...
Nonconformist poised for a third shot at Caulfield Cup
Nonconformist is poised for a third shot at the Caulfield Cup, following an impressive second-place finish in The Q22 at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Trainer Grahame Begg was highly pleased with Nonconformist’s performance, attributing the resurgence to the firm Brisbane track conditions that favoured the horse over the softer turf in...
Jockey Sheriden Tomlinson avoids serious harm in Morphettville fall
Apprentice jockey Sheriden Tomlinson has been fortunate to escape serious harm after a dramatic fall during a race at Morphettville on Saturday. The 24-year-old was riding the gelding Kalasec in the opening race when they took a tumble after crossing the finish line. Although immediately attended to by on-site medical staff and...
Mrs Chrissie to continue stable’s hot run
Fresh from owning Saturday’s Sandown card, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have readjusted their sights to Monday’s Mornington program, where they have one of the shortest-priced favourites of the day in Mrs Chrissie. The daughter of Per Incanto will chase a maiden city win in the $60,000 Ron Hutchinson BM70 Handicap...
Joe Pride was always going to be Walter’s Guy
Joe Pride and syndicators Proven Thoroughbreds celebrated their biggest win with Think About It in the Stradbroke Handicap and they have late-trainer Guy Walter to thank. Guy Walter’s brother Jamie is the founder and director of Proven Thoroughbreds, and it was a conversation Jamie had with Guy than eventually led him...
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...
