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Paulele, a Godolphin runner, won the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in dramatic fashion, ending a long losing streak in Gr.1 races. The son of Dawn Approach capped off an already excellent record with this victory, his ninth effort at the highest level. He was the odds-on favourite in the Manikato Stakes and finished second in the Gr.1 Doomben 10,000 and the Gr.1 Kingsford-Smith Cup in May. ...
Champion jockey Zac Purton is in excellent shape leading up to the Hong Kong International Races on December 11. On Sunday, Purton became the fastest jockey in Hong Kong history to reach 50 victories in a season. This came just a week after he broke the record for most wins by a jockey at the Happy Valley track. At Happy Valley, he broke the record held by Doug Whyte, and in the 2015/16 season, ...
The 5YO homebred mare was retired from racing after suffering a slight ailment that prevents her from competing in her final race, the Japan Cup. Alpinista, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, has won six events at the Group One level, with her best performance coming last month at Paris Longchamp under jockey Luke Morris. Prescott said: "Because of a minor setback, Alpinista will not be able to ...
Lindsay Park's Ben & Jd Hayes are considering entering their promising 3YO Angry Skies in the Gr.2 Sandown Guineas after he showed he was not ready for a rest. After placing 10th in a Listed 1400m race for 3YOs at Flemington on the penultimate day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Angry Skies has not competed since September, when he won his first race, a Swan Hill maiden. He had previously ...
As a result of a $1,000,000 lottery victory, Godolphin's travelling assistant Nacim Delmi was quite pleased with Vilana after seeing the 4YO perform in The Hunter last weekend; Vilana is expected to run in Saturday's $1.5 million Gr.1 Winterbottom Stakes. Given that Vilana raced just days before departing for Perth, Delmi's praise for his travel preparations is understandable. While Cascadian, ...
Mark Zahra, riding the 7YO gelding Hongkong Great, maintained his stellar month of November by winning the S$1 million Singapore Gold Cup on Saturday. Several Australian jockeys, including Jamie Kah, Craig Williams, and Michael Dee, flew in and out for the meeting, and Zahra was one of them. Williams, a two-time champion in 2016 and 2019, is only one of several well-known Australians to have ...
After winning Saturday's $1.5 million Railway Stakes at Ascot under the guidance of jockey Troy Turner, here's what the riders had to say. Troy Turner rode Trix Of The Trade, a $5F horse, to victory. Congratulations to Colin Webster! "It's emotional, but just winning these races for the team has been challenging; fortunately, we got the proper horse today, and he was trained beautifully. As the ...
The daughter of Complacent has won both of her races so far with relative ease, most recently Saturday's Wenham Grain & Seed at Awapuni when she was ridden by Mereana Hudson from last and won by more than three lengths. Trainer Robbie Patterson of New Plymouth quickly saw that his 3YO filly Terziere was exceptionally bright. Her lack of experience is noticeable. Since I already knew how great ...
Coolmore's Triple Crown champion Justify (USA) added another stakes winner to his resume in North America on Saturday, rounding up a busy week in the Southern Hemisphere that included successful sale results in New Zealand and an amazing trial winner in Sydney. The promising filly Justique of C R K Stable, trained by John Shirreffs, won the US$100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes (7f) at Del Mar by a ...
Champion sire Frankel's progeny made quite an impact Down Under on Saturday, when his winner at Ballarat easily bested the odds-on favourite Detonator Jack. Green Fly, trained by Anthony and Sam Freedman, was making his second start in Australia after finishing sixth in his debut at Flemington on November 5. He finished five lengths behind the winner, Detonator Jack. He reversed the odds and ...
The wait was well worth it for 82YO trainer Colin Webster, who won his first Gr.1 race after a lengthy period of frustration. The Furphy - Railway Stakes, worth US$1,500,000, was won by the 4YO Trade Fair horse Trix Of The Trade. Comfort Me, a gelding by Playing God, finished a length and a quarter back in second, while Startrade came within a short half head of handing Trade Fair (GB) the ...
Superior stallion by the name of "I Am Invincible" Although Minsk Moment showed promise of greatness while in the care of Chris Waller, he broke through for a Black Type victory in the Listed WATC Carbine Club of WA Stakes at Ascot on Saturday under the tutelage of new trainer Adam Durrant. After arriving in Perth just this week, Minsk Moment was set to run for the first time since winning a ...
