Horse Racing News
Inside draw for I Wish I Win in Doomben 10,000
Much was made of I Wish I Win drawing barrier one in The Everest last year and the star sprinter will need to overcome the same potential issue in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m). The five-year-old gelding has only been seen once since then, beaten a neck in the Group 1...
Husk lands prize at Sandown
Wayne Hawkes has heaped praise on jockey Jordan Childs for his handling of Husk in her maiden victory at Sandown. Husk was having her first run of the campaign in the Sportsbet Fast Form Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday, but more importantly her first start in Melbourne. The Hawkes Racing-trained two-year-old had been prepared in...
Retiring Danny Beasley Bobs up to Doomben for 10,000
Country-trained gelding Body Bob is the rank outsider of the Doomben 10,000 field but that matters little to his jockey Danny Beasley. Beasley, who has held a dual trainer-jockey licence for the past eight months, has announced this week he will be retiring from the saddle at the end of June. Saturday’s feature...
Jason Collett back with a bang
Returning from a five-week injury-enforced break, Jason Collett has landed straight back in the winner’s circle with a hard-fought victory aboard the Annabel Neasham-trained Wild Gypsy. Collett had been sidelined since suffering multiple rib fractures in a race fall at Kembla Grange last month and Wednesday’s Randwick-Kensington meeting was his first since...
Adelaide Cup winner chases spot in the 2024 Melbourne Cup
Excelleration won’t be chasing a fourth-straight Cup success on Saturday, but the lure of a start in the biggest Cup of all is the reason the gelding will be at Flemington. Trainer Richard Cully is keen to get his hands on the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption that accompanies victory in the...
Freedmans’ next Queensland Champion?
Sam Freedman expects to get a better idea of what Royal Champion’s initial Australian campaign will look like on Tuesday morning. The imported gelding will trial at Deagon, which will be his second trial of the campaign following a second placing over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on April 30. Royal Champion is...
Melbourne Cup 2024 on cards for Cascadian’s brother
Godolphin last week confirmed the retirement of enduring gelding Cascadian, but Australian racing fans might not have to wait too long to see another member of the family in action. English trainer George Scott has declared the Melbourne Cup firmly on the agenda for the dual Australian Cup winner’s brother Isle...
Street Band hits the right notes for trainer Trevor Andrews
Trainer Trevor Andrews was singing the praises of Street Band and backed his colt to reach Ascot carnival status after an impressive return victory on Saturday. Leaving Areduet in his wake, Street Band closed strongly to win the Morley Market Growers Plate (1000m) by 1 ¼ lengths with Lucky I Am fading...
Tropicus shows a touch of class with his debut win at Caulfield
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable are likely to send debut winner Tropicus to the paddock before turning their attention to a potential Group 1 campaign in the spring. The Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington in November is the potential long-term aim for Tropicus after his victory in the...
Cheap buy a Sure a city winner
A speck purchase as a yearling has maintained a perfect record for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr with victory at Caulfield. After registering a debut win at Pakenham last month, three-year-old gelding Sure added the Rod Fenwick Handicap (1600m) to his record on Saturday. Sent out the $3.40 betting site favourite under Zac Spain,...
