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Lumping 60kgs and settling last, Masked Crusader did what was expected and charged home at a rate of knots under Jye McNeil to win the Listed The Heath 1100 last season on this weekend 12 months ago. Although this Saturday we see the running of the 2022 The Heath 1100, there doesn’t appear to be any ‘Everest’ class runners, but only time will tell. Already a winner of the Gr1 William Reid Stakes ...
Two leading contenders for this year’s TAB Everest took to the barrier trials on Tuesday at Rosehill, with connections of both runners sure to have walked away from the 900m trial extremely satisfied with the efforts. Peter and Paul Snowden’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 winner Mazu, a son of exciting Japanese sire Maurice, was having the first trial this time in off the back of his exciting unbeaten ...
Set to race in The Everest slot of the TAB, the John O’Shea trained Lost And Running (Per Incanto) took his first public step to this season’s $15m sprint contest by finishing second in a 850m barrier trial last Friday behind Bjorn Baker’s super-fast Malkovich. Ridden by regular jockey High Bowman, Lost And Runing impressed Bowman who enthused to the media post-trial. “It’s nice to have him ...
Having finished third last year when beaten less than half a length behind Nature Strip (Nicconi) and Masked Crusader (Toronado), Joe Pride’s gallant war-horse Eduardo (Host) will contest The Everest for the third consecutive year, racing in the Yulong slot in 2022. With two barrier trials under his belt this time in, winning over 816m at Warwick Farm on August 5, before a narrow second to ...
Saturday will see the running of the $175,000 Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield with past winners including Vega Magic (Lope De Vega) and Osborne Bulls (Street Cry), who just two starts after their wins, went on to finish in the money of their running’s of The Everest. Trained at the time by David Hayes and Tom Dabernig, Lucky Vega (pictured) came into the 2017 Listed Regal Roller ...
Goliath owner-breeder Bob Peters was yesterday named as Western Australia’s Breeder of the Year at the WA Thoroughbred of the Year award ceremony. Peters crowned a dominant season in his home state with victories in his cerise and white-crossed silks for Regal Power (Pierro) in the Kingston Town Stakes (Gr 1, 1800m), Western Empire (Iffraaj) in the Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and Graceful Girl ...
The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Artorius (Flying Artie) ended his time in Europe with a sixth-placed finish in yesterday's Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.1, 1300m) at Deauville for owners Newgate Farm and China Horse Club, in a stop-start race that saw the 4YO overrace in the early stages. Having left the Freedmans’ Mornington base back in June, the son of Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) ran a ...
Trent Edmonds never lost faith in he and his father Toby’s ability to train horses but Saturday’s shock Gr.2 Missile Stakes victory by Hard Empire helped remind the wider racing public that the Gold Coast-based pair know what they’re doing when they have the right stock. Soon after the 9YO gelding upset the likes of Group One-winning mare Forbidden Love. Trent posted on social media: “We haven’t ...
Emirati trainer Ahmed Al Shemaili is all set to move his training base to Dubai and will now operate out of Grandstand Stables in the shadows of the city’s marquee Meydan Racecourse. Al Shemaili enjoyed a brilliant run and will view the 2021/2022 campaign as his breakthrough season after securing a career-best eight wins, which in turn brought him his best career earnings in a season of ...
Ali Al Bedwawi has been added to the expanding roster of trainers at Meydan Racecourse. According to Dubai Racing Club,Al Bedwawi will run horses in his own name for the first time during the forthcoming UAE season, which gets underway on October 28th. The Emirati brings with him a wealth of experience to the role, having spent the last six years as assistant to former UAE Champion Trainer Erwan ...
Dubai Racing Club is pleased to announce the launch of the first UAE National Farriers Training Programme, in cooperation with the Lootah Technical Center. Farriery is a highly skilled profession and one which is integral to the wellbeing of the horse. Dubai Racing Club has become the first of its kind in the region to launch a bespoke programme aimed at training and qualifying UAE National ...
Dubai Racing Club has announced that Bhupat Seemar has been appointed as a trainer at Zabeel Stables after his highly successful 2021/22 UAE racing season which saw him saddle 47 winners. Seemar, 45, brings with him a wealth of experience to the role. Originally from India, he trained in the US as an intern at Taylor Made Farms and also enjoyed a spell as assistant to multiple Dubai World ...
