Horse Racing News
Pfieffer hoping sprinter can go Rocketing By in Eye Liner Stakes
Group Three winner Rocketing By has become a little like Goldilocks when it comes to track conditions – he needs them to be just right. With the surface rated a soft 5 ahead of the six-year-old’s assignment in Saturday’s Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich, Rocketing By is set to strike...
Teo Nugent reunites with Ashford Street
Jockey Teo Nugent is looking forward to renewing his association with Ashford Street when the sprinter heads to Flemington. Nugent has been aboard the Warrnambool-trained gelding in five of his 10 victories and guided Ashford Street in his biggest success, the Listed Kensington Stakes over the straight 1000m course at Flemington in December 2022. The...
Aberfeldie Boy due a change of luck
Trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock had hoped to be in Brisbane a week ago with their stayer Aberfeldie Boy who will instead be running in a handicap race at Flemington on Saturday. Timing has been the enemy for Aberfeldie Boy throughout his brief career, but the Griffiths and de Kock team...
Diesel revs up for Civic Stakes assault at Randwick
Diamond Diesel has entered what would usually be regarded as the twilight of his career, but the best might be yet to come for the rising eight-year-old. The gelding arrives at Saturday’s Civic Stakes (1400m) at Randwick in search of his maiden black-type success having lumped big weights to victory in benchmark...
Old team join up at Ipswich
Victorian trainer Cindy Alderson and jockey Vlad Duric will turn back the clock when they team with Jigsaw in one of the feature races at Ipswich. Duric and Jigsaw will have to overcome the widest gate in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) on Saturday if they are to give Alderson her maiden win...
Who Dares shoots for three straight at Flemington
Racing and more of it has finally worked in the favour of Who Dares. The Pat Carey and Harris Walker-trained sprinter will be searching for a third straight win when he lines up in the Country Achiever Shane Fliedner (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday. Who Dares was successful in the VOBIS Gold...
‘Princely’ owner returns to Randwick with attitude
Almost two decades after winning a racehorse in a raffle, Steve Smith continues to carve out a niche in the thoroughbred industry with Shehasattitude his latest promising galloper. Smith’s was one of racing’s fairytale stories in the mid-2000s when his ticket was drawn out in a Star City Casino promotion, the prize a...
New G1 jockey Zac Lloyd to continue kicking career goals
Darren Beadman believes Zac Lloyd is ready to take his career to the next level after the apprentice’s Group One breakthrough aboard Stefi Magnetica in the Stradbroke Handicap. The former champion jockey has been one of Lloyd’s mentors during the junior hoop’s internship at Godolphin, there to congratulate him for the highs and...
Shaun McGruddy declares Belmont Guineas confidence
Jockey Shaun McGruddy is quietly confident his successful partnership with Brave Spirit can continue and extend to a feature event double at Belmont this weekend. Shaun Mcgruddy is unbeaten on Brave Spirit and reached an impressive third win on the Steve Wolfe-trained three-year-old in last fortnight’s Listed Raconteur Stakes (1400m). Chasing breakaway leader Cool...
Craig set to bounce back at Flemington races
Jockey Luke Currie doubts he has ridden a horse to a better second placing than the effort Craig produced recently at Flemington. Currie and Craig will get the chance to overturn that narrow lose when they return to Flemington on Saturday for the Rod Johnson Handicap (1620m). The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Craig missed...
