Gary Portelli

Portelli To Have Two Winter Stakes Runners

Posted on July 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Civic Stakes did not work out as trainer Gary Portelli would have liked but Nicci's Gold and Testashadow get another chance in the Winter Stakes at Rosehill. After having no luck in running, Nicci's Gold finished fourth in the Listed Civic Stakes (1350m) last Saturday week while Testashadow was ninth. Nicci's Gold, who won[...]

Posted on July 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Roman Wolf's headstrong nature can get him into mischief off the track, but on the racecourse it's an attribute that could hold the two-year-old in good stead. Trainer Gary Portelli says the colt can be a handful around the stables and often needs some extra coaxing to be compliant. “If he doesn't want to go[...]

Posted on June 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fresh from landing an overdue Group One win, Jason Collett will look to keep his momentum rolling at Rosehill where he has a strong book of nine rides for eight different trainers. Collett was widely considered the best jockey in Australia not to have won at the elite level before he finally got his moment[...]

Posted on June 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jenny Duggan and Samantha Clenton have created history at Rosehill, the pair becoming the first mothers to win Saturday metropolitan races on the same program in Sydney. Both are mature-age apprentices whose careers have been interrupted firstly by injury, then by parenthood. Duggan won on the Jason Coyle-trained River Bird on Saturday while Clenton was[...]

Posted on May 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gary Portelli has experimented with a change of riding tactics on Spaceboy at the barrier trials and believes he might have found the key to unlocking the youngster's abundant potential. The colt has shown natural speed at his three race starts, which have included minor placings behind one-time Golden Slipper favourite Tassort and Unite And[...]

Posted on May 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A benchmark race for three-year-olds at Randwick is set to have a significant impact on the Classic races in Queensland with almost the entire Mizuno Handicap field nominated for either the Queensland Derby or Oaks. Of the 14 runners, the Bjorn Baker-trained Baaed is the only one who doesn't hold an entry for either of[...]

Posted on May 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gary Portelli has confirmed two-year-old Disruptor will be scratched from Randwick to take his place in the Group Two BRC Sires' Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm. The trainer has been frustrated by the colt's wide barriers at his past two starts, believing they have cost him a winning chance both times, so much so that[...]

Portelli To Have Two Winter Stakes Runners

Roman Wolf To Show Some Bite At Randwick

Collett Sets His Sights On Gold

Mother Of A Day For Clenton And Duggan

Talented Spaceboy To Return At Rosehill

Classic Contenders Out In Force In Sydney

Portelli 2yo Confirmed For Brisbane Trip

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