Horse Racing News
Zoustar on cusp of winners’ record
I Am Invincible is cantering towards a third-straight Australian Champion Sire award, with the Yarraman Park stallion’s progeny having amassed an Australian record $31,943,085, more than $8 million more than his nearest rival. But that nearest rival is on the cusp of a record of his own with one week of...
Lady atones with determined Canterbury victory
Blake Ryan feared luck was going to desert Lady Extreme for the second start in succession when she was briefly held up for a run at Canterbury, but the mare was able to overcome it to score her first city win. The four-year-old was strung up behind horses for much of the straight...
Marble Nine out to cause upset in Bletchingly Stakes
After a last start win at Caulfield by Marble Nine, a run in a late season weight-for-age race was briefly discussed. But trainers Leon and Troy Corstens and racing manager Will Larkin, who at the start of the new season joins that pair in a training partnership, dismissed the thought and...
Tyler Schiller proving a jockey for all seasons
In Tyler Schiller’s first official season as a senior rider, he has cemented his place among Sydney’s top-five jockeys, won a brace of majors including a Doncaster Mile, and tasted success on the international stage. It continues to be a stunning rise for the country-born hoop, who is still pinching himself over...
Trainer Ed Cummings’ mare a work of Arts
A setback interrupted carnival plans for stakes-winner Arts last season, but it might have also provided the slow-maturing mare with the extra time she needed. The rising five-year-old will kick off her latest campaign in the ATC Thank You Stable Staff Handicap (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday, her first appearance at...
Trainer Phillip Stokes takes easier route with Prinzerro
Trainer Phillip Stokes has elected to take the easier route at Caulfield with Prinzerro in a bid to secure a city win before season’s end. Prinzerro was among nominations for the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday but will instead contest the Senet Gambling Law Experts Handicap (1200m). That race carries only $50,000...
Maher pair face off again in the Bletchingly Stakes
Recommendation will again be subjected to a small field when he heads to Caulfield in search of another Stakes success. The Ciaron Maher -trained sprinter will be joined by Mrs Chrissie in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Recommendation and Mrs Chrissie finished first and third respectively in the Group 3...
Brad Widdup hoping for Paige turning performance
The final Saturday metropolitan meeting of the season is set to double as a racetrack swansong for enigmatic mare Sneaky Paige as trainer Brad Widdup looks to send her out on a positive note. A Group 3 placegetter earlier in her career, Sneaky Paige joined Widdup’s team last year following Mark Newnham’s departure...
Photograph a classy picture at Sandown races
Godolphin and James Cummings landed a one-two punch in a late season two-year-old race at Sandown that could provide a look to the upcoming spring. Photograph ($4.80) scored an impressive 3-¼ length win under Blake Shinn from her more fancied stablemate Diamond Firetail ($4.40) in the Sportsbet Fast Form Handicap (1300m) on Wednesday. The $2 favourite...
Powell chases city breakthrough
Trainer Hanna Powell heads to Sandown in search of her first city victory with a horse chasing a third straight victory. Ultimate Kiss runs for Powell in the ive > Handicap (1300m) on Wednesday after scoring wins at his only two starts back from an 18-month break. Powell has been training since the late...
