Brenton Avdulla

Achiever Ends Lean Run For Brenton Avdulla

Posted on June 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A new-look Brenton Avdulla has ended a frustrating run of outs with victory aboard the Chris Waller-trained Achiever at Randwick. And to confirm the jockey's drought was well and truly broken, Avdulla booted home two more winners to finish as the meeting's leading jockey. Avdulla had not ridden a metropolitan winner since Welsh Legend on[...]

Posted on June 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Responsible for producing Frankel's first Australian juvenile stakes winner, Chris Waller will try to add to the stallion's two-year-old tally at Randwick with Yangtze Rapids. The Waller-trained Hungry Heart got Frankel on the board with her Sweet Embrace Stakes victory during the autumn, going on to finish fifth in the Golden Slipper. While better known[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John O'Shea can be a hard marker when it comes to horses, but juvenile Newsreader has won him over despite having never raced. The well-named daughter of Press Statement will make her debut in Saturday's Cellarbrations Handicap (1000m) against a mostly experienced field, headed by city winners Wild Ruler and Sancy. Despite her newness,[...]

Posted on April 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stakes-placed Welsh Legend has held on to beat the fast-finishing Laure Me In to claim an overdue victory at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained mare's only previous win was in a Canterbury maiden in November 2018 but she had recorded five seconds and two thirds in 13 subsequent starts before breaking through in Saturday's the Kokoda[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A tactic that backfired in the Tancred Stakes might prove to be a masterstroke for import Danceteria as he bids to turn around his indifferent autumn carnival form. A Group One winner over 2000 metres in Europe, Danceteria has struggled to produce anything like that effort in four Australian runs. Three of those have been[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Doubtland has stamped himself as a colt with a bright future after destroying his rivals to win the Group Three Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick. Trained by the Hawkes Racing partnership, Doubtland was sent into Saturday's 1100m race for two-year-olds off a debut win on the Kensington track at Randwick a month ago and he remained[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter Snowden believes three-year-old California Zimbol is up to winning at Group One level, but when and where the filly gets that opportunity remains to be seen. California Zimbol notched her fourth win from eight starts in Saturday's Listed Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. Snowden, who trains in partnership with his son Paul, had[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney's first top tier weight-for-age race of the year will define the rest of dual Group One winner Fierce Impact's campaign. The winner of the Toorak Handicap and Cantala Stakes in Melbourne in the spring, Fierce Impact made an impressive return when second in the C F Orr Stakes to three-year-old Alabama Express. Trainer Matthew[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced Hunter gelding Two Big Fari has confirmed plans to head to the Country Championships qualifying heat at Tamworth with a fighting Highway Handicap victory at Rosehill. Despite racing keenly in the early stages, the $5 chance responded under hard riding from Brenton Avdulla to kick back and outgun Schappose ($21) by a long[...]

Posted on February 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fresh from claiming one of the autumn's richest juvenile races, co-trainers Richard and Michael Freedman will turn their attention to qualifying Ticket To Ride for the Golden Slipper. Prime Star came up trumps in Wednesday's reprogrammed $2 million Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm, a timely boost for the training partnership on the eve of the[...]

Posted on February 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brenton Avdulla has enjoyed a welcome change of luck with Godolphin's Gaulois fighting back to score a tenacious win at Warwick Farm. Avdulla had a testing start to the day when he was narrowly beaten aboard Bella Nipotina in the $2 million Inglis Millennium before his ride in the $1 million Inglis Sprint-3YOs, Heart Of[...]

Posted on January 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gimcrack Stakes placegetter Ticket To Ride is showing all the right signs on the training track but co-trainer Michael Freedman knows her ultimate test will come on race day. The filly resumes in Saturday's $2 million Inglis Millennium in 14 Days Handicap (1000m) at Randwick, her first start since closing for third behind Every Rose[...]

Posted on December 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Saas Fee comes from a family close to trainer Gerald Ryan's heart and the filly is on a mission to live up to her breeding in the Group Three Belle of the Turf Stakes at Gosford. By Black Caviar's brother All Too Hard, Saas Fee is out of Snitzerland who Ryan trained to win the[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The patience and persistence of Canberra trainer Gratz Vella is finally being rewarded with Stephan, who has notched back-to-back wins at Rosehill. The seven-year-old was lining up for just his 17th start in Saturday's Elderton Homes Made. You Look Sprint (1100m) and for Vella and his owners, it has been quite a ride. Vella knew[...]

Posted on December 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Jockey Brenton Avdulla enjoyed a momentous 2018 – winning the AU$3.5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes and both principal jockeys' premierships in his adopted home New South Wales; securing a riding contract in Japan and marrying Taylor Paine, daughter of former jockey Neil Paine. However, 2019 is ending on a similar high with the[...]

Posted on December 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australia's lone representative at the annual International meeting in Hong Kong, In Her Time, has arrived safely ahead of her bid to win the Sprint. Sunday's meeting has attracted a strong line-up of international runners but will be without Japanese star Almond Eye who spiked a temperature and did not leave home. In Her Time[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Brenton Avdulla has been booked to ride dual Group One winner In Her Time in the Hong Kong International Sprint at Sha Tin. Trainer Kris Lees confirmed Avdulla would partner the mare in the 1200m feature after riding her at her past two starts in The Everest and Darley Classic. In Her Time finished third[...]

Achiever Ends Lean Run For Brenton Avdulla

Frankel Colt Ready To Shine At Randwick

O’Shea Bullish About Newsreader’s Debut

Welsh Legend Scores Overdue Rosehill Win

Lees Is Not Giving Up On Import Danceteria

Doubtland Dominant In Kindergarten Stakes

California Zimbol Wins Darby Munro Stakes

Fierce To Make Chipping Norton Impact

Two Big Fari Headed On Country Championships Path

Freedmans Chasing More Juvenile Glory

Avdulla’s Luck Turns For Better On Gaulois

Freedman Hopes Filly Is The Winning Ticket

Saas Fee Aiming To Upset Older Rivals

Patience Pays With Problem Horse Stephan

New dad Avdulla hopes In Her Time can deliver in the Hong Kong Sprint

In Her Time Arrives Safely In Hong Kong

In Her Time Confirmed For Hong Kong Sprint

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