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McDonald’s initiative helps Ambition to victory

Posted on April 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decisive ride by James Mcdonald has helped to deliver Shared Ambition his second black-type victory after he took up an uncustomary leadership role to win the Neville Sellwood Stakes at Rosehill. Tulloch Lodge galloper Entente was expected to make the running but from a wide draw, McDonald opted to sool Shared Ambition () to[...]

Posted on April 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Improving youngster Saif could join Hawkes Racing stablemate Hilal in the Sires' Produce Stakes after making a winning Sydney debut in the Schweppervescence at Rosehill. Saif, who had won his first start in Victoria and finished runner-up in the VRC Sires' Produce Stakes at Flemington, made a successful interstate switch with jockey Craig Williams making[...]

Posted on April 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top New Zealand mare Melody Belle has been cleared to take her place in the Group 1 Tancred Stakes after being given a clean bill of health by Racing NSW veterinarians. The prolific winner was in doubt after she tied-up following trackwork on Wednesday, an issue she has had in the past and recovered from[...]

Posted on April 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Frankel filly Hungry Heart will stretch out to a middle-distance for the first time in the Vinery Stud Stakes as she bids to build on her winning momentum. There was more than a year between the filly's maiden victory in the Sweet Embrace Stakes as a juvenile and her last-start triumph in the Phar Lap[...]

Posted on April 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Favreau put their Derby dreams on ice in the spring and trainer John Sargent has been strategically plotting a path to the autumn classic ever since. The three-year-old demonstrated staying promise with an eye-catching fourth in the Gloaming Stakes but after getting out of his ground when a soundly-beaten fifth to Montefilia in[...]

Posted on April 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Horsemanship, patience and hard work have propelled John O'Shea into sixth place on the Sydney trainers' premiership and he will be striving to keep his momentum rolling at Rosehill. Having already collected a Group 1 this autumn with Lion's Roar in the Randwick Guineas, O'Shea will head into the Tancred Stakes meeting having saddled up[...]

Posted on April 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Sargent has confirmed Four Moves Ahead will continue with her autumn campaign in the Group 1 Sires' Produce Stakes on the opening day of The Championships. The youngster was the first filly home in the Golden Slipper, finishing fourth, and Sargent reported she had come through the race in top order. With regular rider[...]

Posted on April 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

There are no aspirations for Miravalle to have a career as a hurdler but the decision to add some jumping to her training regime has put her back on a path towards the Australian Oaks. The Arrowfield Stud-owned filly showed promise as a spring three-year-old when her efforts included a closing fourth in the Wakeful[...]

Posted on March 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has revealed how close he came to giving Nature Strip a shot at history in The Galaxy before pulling the plug at the eleventh hour. The star sprinter was allotted top weight of 59.5kg, an impost no horse has carried to victory since the race was first run in 1972. Waller admitted he[...]

Posted on March 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stay Inside has added the latest chapter to the Freedman family's Golden Slipper dynasty with a breathtaking win in the world's richest two-year-old race. Under the leadership of Lee Freedman, the brothers claimed four Slippers in a row starting with Bint Marscay in 1993 and on Saturday at Rosehill, it was Michael and Richard's turn[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A long-range plan to target the Doncaster Mile is a step closer after Think It Over swept to victory in the George Ryder Stakes to secure his spot in next month's Group One showpiece. Trainer Kerry Parker had modest aspirations pre-race, hoping Think It Over could be competitive in the weight-for-age event given he would[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Verry Elleegant has exacted revenge on English gelding Addeybb with a tenacious Ranvet Stakes victory, prompting Chris Waller to rate her as “world-class”. In a case of déjà vu, the pair made their runs coming to the turn and where Verry Elleegant looked to be coasting, Tom Marquand felt for the stick aboard Addeybb. But[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kerrin McEvoy walked away from his first ride on Favorite Moon with sore legs but he had no such dramas after the English visitor's stunning win in the N E Manion Cup. The top jockey recently tested the William Haggas-trained stayer in a trackwork gallop and the horse was so relaxed, McEvoy found himself working[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony Gollan's stellar autumn carnival has continued with exciting filly Isotope upstaging a talented field to win the opening race on Golden Slipper day. The leading Queensland trainer is yet to saddle up a loser in Sydney this autumn with Krone snaring the Guy Walter Stakes-Coolmore Classic double and Isotope Saturday's Darby Munro Stakes (1200m)[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Patience and precision have been the vital ingredients to Sacramento's Sydney Cup campaign, which will finally ramp up a notch at Rosehill. Last year's VRC St Leger winner, Sacramento kicked off his current preparation on Boxing Day as trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott set about boosting his rating in the hope of targeting some[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The barrier draw hasn't been as kind the second time around, but Annabel Neasham is still expecting last-start Newmarket Handicap fourth placegetter Prague to be hard to beat in the opening race on Golden Slipper day. The colt was to have jumped from barrier seven in the Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) when the program was[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly-weighted horses have a wonderful record in the Group One Galaxy and Wild Ruler will be bidding to add to that statistic at Rosehill on Saturday. Eleven of the past 20 winners have carried 53.5kg or less and the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained three-year-old will have just 51kg, a significant drop on the 59kg he[...]

Author: Mandy Cottell

McDonald’s initiative helps Ambition to victory

Saif puts Rosehill rivals to the sword

Melody Belle passed fit to start at Rosehill

Hungry Heart can continue winning ways

Patience paying off for connections of Favreau

Inside draw All-important for O’Shea mare

Sargent still packing juvenile arsenal

Newnham fillies primed for Group 1 Vinery

Nature Strip to tune-up for TJ with trial

Stay Inside romps home in Golden Slipper

Think It Over cements place in Doncaster

Elleegant result in clash of the titans

Moon rises to the occasion in Manion Cup

Gollan’s golden autumn continues with Isotope

Patience paying off with Sacramento

Trainer banks on Prague’s class to negate wide draw

Wild Ruler poised to reign in Galaxy

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