Top Australian sprinters trained by Chris Waller, Nature Strip, and Home Affairs were put through their paces at the Berkshire venue on Friday. Nature Strip, the world’s top-rated sprinter, is on course for a mouth-watering clash with American raider Golden Pal in the King’s Stand Stakes on Tuesday, while Home Affairs runs over a furlong further in Saturday’s Platinum Jubilee Stakes. Galloping ...
Unbeaten Spendarella makes her Royal Ascot alongside fellow American Golden Pal. Graham Motion's charge for whom Classic aspirations are yet to materialise has a considerable task ahead. The Gr.1 Coronation Stakes demands a bigger performance from the 3YO, with hot favourite Homeless Songs in opposition. A runaway winner of the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the form of Dermot Weld's miler received the ...
Gypsy Goddess’ remarkable win in the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks was the highlight of David Vandyke’s training career. The trainer was reduced to tears when Gypsy Goddess gave her rivals a galloping lesson in the Oaks. Having won the Gr.1 previously, twice with Yankee Rose and once with headline horse Alligator Blood, said this was the finest moment of his training career. The Australian Oaks runner-up ...
Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, Star Of Chaos finished runner-up in the Listed Desirable Stakes at Flemington beaten by 6.5 lengths by Espiona. Seven months later, Star Of Chaos gave her own galloping lesson, leading throughout under apprentice Alana Kelly to register a thumping seven-length win in the A$50,000 Thoroughbred Club Handicap for fillies under Benchmark 70 conditions becoming the ...
Group One Australasian Oaks winner Glint Of Hope will be aimed at the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm hoping for quick wins at the highest level. Co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will also saddle up Commander Harry and Alverdun over 2000 meters at Flemington on Saturday. The valuable daughter of Deep Impact has drawn barrier 14 and will be ridden by jockey Daniel Moor. The filly ...
Co-trainer Sam Freedman hopes to take his 3YO places after Elliptical made a winning debut in the A$50,000 Tile Importer Handicap. The A$380,000 from last year's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase will be aimed at the qualifiers for Melbourne's premier spring 3YO races. The highly-strung son of Dundeel, will not be gelded in hopes of enhancing his value next season. Jockey Mark ...
Kylie Bax is going down a familiar path with her latest Group One performer Aspen Colorado with the lightly raced filly joining Chris Waller’s Sydney stable. A model turned successful breeder and syndicator, Bax has high hopes the daughter of Proisir can further add to a family roll of honour that already features the well-performed mare Danzdanzdance. The Mastercraftsman mare was bought back at ...
Daniel Moor will make his riding return at Ladbrokes Park on Wednesday after arriving home from Hong Kong on Sunday. The 37YO spent the past two months riding in Hong Kong, but the Gr.1-winning jockey said newly introduced lockdowns and being away from family made the decision easy to come back. The (Hong Kong Jockey) Club was amazing, I can't think of anywhere else in the world where I have had ...
Ashford Stud's American Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and freshman sire Justify are leading the sire standings by average following the first two 2YO in training sales of the year. American Pharoah led his sire class at the end of 2021 by cumulative progeny earnings with more than $20 million and by a number of black-type stakes winners with 22. The 10YO son of Pioneerof the Nile has ...
The legal team for trainer Bob Baffert filed a motion April 4 to withdraw its pursuit of a preliminary injunction related to his two-year ban from participation in racetracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc. Defense counsel for CDI and CDI CEO William Carstanjen and CDI board chairman R. Alex Rankin, the two executives also named in the two lawsuit, have indicated, according to the motion, no ...
Golden Slipper heroine Fireburn will try to emulate the likes of Pierro, Sebring, and Dance Hero on Saturday in adding the Inglis Sires' to her CV and her trainer Gary Portelli said she has come through her win in brilliant order. Earlier in the season, much of the talk surrounding Portelli's juveniles were about his colt Sejardan, but the Warwick Farm-based trainer noted he hadn't been ...
Trainer Francis Finnegan has been found guilty by the Victorian Racing Tribunal of the two charges he contested over the concealed identity of horse No Frontiers. The charges relate to a jumpout at Cranbourne on April 20 last year when No Frontiers, who was ridden by Ben Thompson, participated, as well as a Three-Year-Old Maiden race at Bairnsdale on May 3, which No Frontiers won. In their ...