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First Group Win For Comeback Trainer Moody

Posted on September 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter Moody celebrated his first Group race victory since his return to the training ranks after Glenfiddich outclassed his rivals at Moonee Valley.

Posted on September 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes has a big day at Caulfield with stable star Mr Quickie and exciting three-year-olds Instant Celebrity and Savannah Cloud in action.

Posted on September 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Irish master trainer Aidan O'Brien has placed six horses into quarantine for the Melbourne spring carnival headed by 2019 Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck.

Posted on September 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fierce Impact has recorded his third Group One win over 1600 metres when fending off the exciting Russian Camelot to claim the Makybe Diva Stakes.

Posted on August 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Giant galloper Behemoth gave South Australian trainer David Jolly his second Group One winner and his budget ownership group Grand Syndications their first when he took out the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Champion jockey Craig Williams positioned the gelding, who weighs 600 kilograms and stands 17 hands, behind the leaders Begood Toya Mother and Streets[...]

Posted on August 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

On the back of a terrific juvenile season, trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are emerging as major players in the better three-year-old races this spring. The training partners made a clean sweep of the two age-restricted features at Rosehill on Saturday, winning the San Domenico Stakes (1100m) with Anders and the Ming Dynasty Quality[...]

Posted on August 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The handicapper will determine whether Verry Elleegant gets a chance to deliver trainer Chris Waller his first Melbourne Cup but there is little doubt the mare is set for an outstanding spring. Verry Elleegant made a spectacular return at Randwick on Saturday to beat a high-class field in the Winx Stakes (1400m), overcoming a wide[...]

Posted on August 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robert Hickmott is relishing the return to Lloyd Williams’ Mount Macedon property but more importantly, so are the two gallopers he is aiming at the spring features, Schabau and Django Freeman. Schabau takes an important step on the road to the Melbourne Cup when he starts at Moonee Valley in a 2040m handicap on Saturday.[...]

Posted on August 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hawkes Racing colt North Pacific has rocketed into Golden Rose favouritism with a stunning victory in the Group Three Up And Coming Stakes at Randwick. Bookmakers reacted immediately to his thumping 5-1/4 length win on Saturday, the TAB winding him in from $11 to $3.50 to depose Golden Slipper winner Farnan at the top of[...]

Posted on July 19, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Benbatl, runner-up in the last of champion mare Winx’s four WS Cox Plate wins, is expected to return to action later in the UK summer. The six-year-old has demonstrated his versatility late in life by proving just as effective on dirt when winning a Group Two at Meydan before finishing third in the inaugural Saudi[...]

Posted on July 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Damian Lane will return to Australia for the start of the new racing season after ending his latest Japanese stint on a winning note. Lane rode a winner at Fukushima on Saturday before completing his three-month contract at the track on Sunday. He booted home 41 winners after arriving in mid-April, four more than during[...]

Posted on June 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne’s flagship spring races including the Melbourne Cup will retain their rich purses while minimum prize money in Victoria will return to pre-COVID levels from the start of the new season. But 12 stakes races during this year’s Victorian spring carnival, including three Group Ones, will have a prize money reduction. Prize money for all[...]

Posted on June 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Matthew Williams is hoping the results of a lung wash will shed some light on the disappointing performance of Harbour Views at Caulfield. Harbour Views was sent out the $2.05 favourite on Saturday, but finished fourth behind Mirimar over 2000m. Racing Victoria stewards reported Harbour Views lame in the left fore-leg following Saturday’s race,[...]

Posted on June 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A form reference belonging to the 2019 WS Cox Plate winner has propelled Japanese mare Chrono Genesis to the top of markets for this year’s race. Four-year-old mare Chrono Genesis earned an automatic Cox Plate start when she blitzed a Group One field in the Takarazuka Kinen. In the absence of Japan’s standout racehorse Almond[...]

Posted on June 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After more than 60 years in racing as a jockey and a successful trainer, Pat Hyland has retired. Ill-health has forced Hyland to step away from a training partnership with his son Chris to spend time on his farm in rural Victoria. Inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2016, Hyland is one[...]

Posted on June 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Harbour Views has passed two crucial tests ahead of a spring campaign with a dominant victory at The Valley. The win in the Inglis July Sales Series Handicap on Saturday came at Harbour Views first start at the track and his first at the 2040m journey. Trainer Matthew Williams said the plan had been to[...]

Posted on June 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Matthew Williams has a spring plan for Harbour Views that is all about success on racing’s biggest stage at The Valley. Harbour Views steps out beyond 1600m for the first time in the Inglis July Sales Series Handicap (2040m) on Saturday, a race Williams hopes will lead to a start in October’s Cox Plate.[...]

First Group Win For Comeback Trainer Moody

Fresh Is Best For Mr Quickie, Says Trainer

Aidan O’Brien Sending Stars To Melbourne

Fierce Impact Holds Off Russian Camelot

Giant Galloper Behemoth Wins Memsie Stakes

Holyfield Races Into Guineas Calculations

Verry Good Mare Outclasses Rich Group 1 Field

Hickmott’s Stars Thriving At Mount Macedon

Rising Star North Pacific On Golden Path

Cox Plate Placegetter Back For UK Campaign

Damian Lane Returns For Start Of 2020-21

Minimum Prize Money Restored For Vic Races

Further Tests Planned For Harbour Views

Japanese Star Shares Top Billing For Plate

Pat Hyland Retires After Successful Career

Harbour Views Passes Crucial Valley Test

Harbour Views Gets First Try At The Valley

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