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Probabeel Flies NZ Flag In Australian Oaks

Posted on April 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having captured the ATC Australian Derby with Quick Thinker, the Kiwis have set their sights on a Classic clean sweep with class filly Probabeel in the Australian Oaks. New Zealand horses have enjoyed a heady run of success in Sydney's autumn blue ribands with three of the past six winners of the Oaks (2400m) all[...]

Posted on April 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kiwi jockey Opie Bosson is making the most of his opportunities and fresh from landing the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) aboard Quick Thinker at Randwick on Saturday, he is eyeing further riches as the Sydney autumn carnival. Bosson has ridden 10 Group 1 winners this season alone and is keen to make his time[...]

Posted on April 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A stirring performance from promising three-year-old Zebrowski in Saturday's Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m), at just his sixth career start, has lifted the spirits of the team currently in lockdown at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge. Bred and co-owned by the Stud, the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained Savabeel gelding fought for all he was[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have done it again. Their names are synonymous with Derby success and the Kiwi conditioners applied their deft touch to Quick Thinker, who became Baker's fifth Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) winner when proving too strong for his rivals in an energy-sapping contest at Randwick on Saturday. A[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was pleased with the efforts of classy juvenile Not An Option after he ran on late to finish third in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday. “I was rapt with the run and 1100m is well short of his best,” Pike said. “It was always going to[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Just as it was in the Tulloch Stakes a week earlier, Quick Thinker has beaten Zebrowski to give champion New Zealand trainer Murray Baker his fifth Group One Australian Derby at Randwick. Despite being in lockdown at home in New Zealand, Baker and also his co-trainer Andrew Forsman are still making an impact during this[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

THE ATC AUSTRALIAN DERBY 2400m, $1 million, set weights Prize money halved this year because of coronavirus pandemic and reduced wagering income HISTORY First run in 1861 and won by Kyogle, the Derby is firmly established as the No.1 three-year-old Classic in the country. Past winners include Grand Flaneur (1880), Poseidon (1906), Gloaming (1918), Heroic[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A Sydney Cup berth is in the pipeline for Victoria Derby winner Warning if he can reproduce a similar performance in the ATC Australian Derby at Randwick. The last three-year-old to win the Sydney Cup was outstanding stayer Tie The Knot 22 years ago. He was runner-up to Gold Guru in the Derby then backed[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gerald Ryan will have up to three runners in the Group One Sires' Produce Stakes and regards his best chance as the only member of the trio yet to be tested at black-type level. Return With Honour, Mission River and Cultural Amnesia will be Ryan's squad for Saturday's 1400m-contest, the middle leg of the two-year-old[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The absence of a crowd will not dull Josh Parr's excitement if he can capture the ATC Australian Derby on his personal pin-up horse Shadow Hero. Parr feels a sense of unfinished business with the three-year-old, who was the beaten favourite in the Victoria Derby last spring. He has warned punters not to judge Shadow[...]

Posted on April 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A renowned trainer of stayers with an unrivalled recent record in the ATC Australian Derby, Murray Baker might soon find himself with expertise in another major sport. Baker and training partner Andrew Forsman have no horses in work in New Zealand where racing has been shut down, along with other industries, to stop the spread[...]

Posted on April 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Technology has been a godsend for Tony Pike in preparing his trio of Sydney runners for their Autumn assignments. Not An Option, The Bostonian, and Sherwood Forest are all in the care of Sydney-based trainers after Pike elected to bring stable employees Mark Hills and Chris McNab back to New Zealand before the country went[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Stuart Kendrick again confirmed his prowess with cheap horses when Uncomplicated won at the Sunshine Coast and he hopes to continue it on a bigger stage this week. Kendrick has Eric The Eel, a $6000 buy, in the Group One ATC Australian Derby on Saturday. While Uncomplicated's win is a long way from Randwick[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After coming to the fore in the Rosehill Guineas, star colt Castelvecchio will get his chance to go the distance in Australian Derby at Randwick. Trainer Richard Litt was thrilled to see his stable star return to the winner's circle in the Rosehill Guineas to add an important Group One win at three to go[...]

Posted on March 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A star-studded field of 13 has been declared for the Group One TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick with Nature Strip drawing barrier one. One of four Group One races on Saturday's opening day of The Championships at Randwick, the weight-for-age TJ Smith (1200m) features a number of star sprinters including Newmarket Handicap winning colt Bivouac[...]

Posted on March 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

As he prepares his contenders in two of Sydney's signature races on the opening day of The Championships, trainer Mark Newnham believes racing is doing everything right to be able to continue. A former jockey and now Group One-winning trainer, Newnham has Shadow Hero set for Saturday's Australian Derby while stablemate Quackerjack is on target[...]

Posted on March 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Syndicator Terry Henderson is looking to have two Group One chances at Randwick in the two most prestigious races on the program. Henderson runs OTI Racing which has Quick Thinker in Saturday's Australian Derby (2400m) and possibly Night's Watch in the Doncaster Mile. Quick Thinker, trained in New Zealand by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman,[...]

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Quick Thinker Wins Group 1 Australian Derby

Fast Facts About The ATC Australian Derby

Freedman Fires Sydney Cup Warning

Cultural Edge To Ryan’s Group One Trio

Josh Parr Confident He Is On Derby Hero

Baker After Fifth Australian Derby Success

Technology vital in Sydney preparation

Uncomplicated Adds To Kendrick Reputation

Castelvecchio Can Join Sire As Derby Hero

Star-Studded Fields For Randwick Features

Newnham Believes Racing Can Continue

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