Golden Slipper

Golden Slipper Winner To Trial At Randwick

Posted on August 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tulloch Lodge colt Farnan will make his first public appearance since winning the Golden Slipper at a star-studded barrier trial session at Randwick. The three Group and Listed heats were originally scheduled for Tuesday but heavy rain prompted stewards to delay them. Farnan will have nine rivals in Friday’s 850m trial, headed by Group One[...]

Posted on June 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Danzero, a Golden Slipper winner who went on to find further fame as a stallion, has died at the age of 28. The 1994 Slipper hero died peacefully in his paddock at Rosemont Stud in Victoria where he had been domiciled for almost a decade. A son of the all-conquering sire Danehill, Danzero was the[...]

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 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expat New Zealand jockey Daniel Stackhouse is having a season to remember in Victoria. The 29-year-old Cantabrian is 24 wins clear in the Victoria Country Jockey Premiership and is just one shy in the State’s overall premiership behind Jye McNeill. However, McNeil picked up a 10 meeting suspension for careless riding at Bendigo on Sunday,[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The juvenile triple crown is still alive for jockey Hugh Bowman who is confident King’s Legacy has what it takes to deliver him the final leg of the series. With different horses and trainers taking out the Golden Slipper (1200m) and Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Bowman is the only one still in the running for[...]

Posted on March 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

If the rest of the autumn carnival is scuppered by the coronavirus, trainer John Thompson has already celebrated his biggest day on a racecourse. Thompson arrived at Rosehill for Saturday’s closed door meeting with two Group One chances and left with a George Ryder Stakes winner and Golden Slipper placegetter. The Randwick trainer, who has[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The showpiece Golden Slipper meeting has gone ahead smoothly in Sydney under a public lock-out at Rosehill. Featuring five Group One races, the Slipper meeting is a vital part of the autumn racing landscape and Saturday was the first test of the bio security protocols surrounding the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world. Australia is one[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Durable filly Away Game has been all over the eastern seaboard during a busy juvenile season and she keeps fronting up. On Saturday she finished second to Farnan in the world’s richest race for two-year-olds, the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill. That was her sixth start in a season which began with a fourth[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman has won his first Golden Slipper in front of empty grandstands but it did not diminish his joy at finally claiming what he considers to be Sydney’s signature race. Bowman used Farnan’s natural gate speed to take up the running aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt and did not relinquish his[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Without the fanfare that has accompanied her previous six wins, Gai Waterhouse has claimed a record seventh Golden Slipper. Saturday’s showpiece meeting was held at Rosehill with no spectators, and no Waterhouse who preferred to let her training partner Adrian Bott soak up Farnan’s win as she watched from home after recovering from surgery. Under[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

THE GOLDEN SLIPPER 1200m, $3.5 million, two-year-old race at Rosehill HISTORY: Todman won the inaugural Slipper in 1957 by eight lengths and started at 1-6 The world’s richest race for juveniles Magic Night (1961) the first filly to win Won by 28 colts, seven geldings and 26 fillies Eighteen favourites have won, the latest Vancouver[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Growing up in a racing family, horses have always been part of John Thompson’s life but he clearly remembers the first race to make an impact on him. It was the 1983 Golden Slipper and Been There, trained by his father Vic Thompson, finished second to the great Sir Dapper. Almost 40 years later, the[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two scratchings from the Golden Slipper have paved the way for jockey Daniel Stackhouse to get a career-changing opportunity in the $3.5 million race on Minhaaj. The second emergency’s place in Saturday’s race was confirmed when Cellsabeel was withdrawn on Thursday morning, a day after the Chris Waller-trained Global Quest was scratched. It means 29-year-old[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman is looking to the most successful modern-day trainer in Golden Slipper history to deliver him a coveted win in the world’s richest two-year-old race. Bowman partners second favourite Farnan for Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott in Saturday’s $3.5 million Rosehill showpiece. The meeting will be closed to the public because[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

One-time favourite Cellsabeel has been scratched from the Golden Slipper with second emergency Minhaaj now gaining a start. The filly had been battling to get into the race after a below-par performance in the Silver Slipper and a third in the Black Opal and made the field as the final horse in the top 16.[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Farnan has lost Golden Slipper favouritism but his high-profile stable remains adamant the colt is the right horse to deliver Tulloch Lodge a history-making win. A winner of four races from five outings, Farnan is out to give trainer Gai Waterhouse a record seventh Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday. It would be Waterhouse’s first[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Global Quest has been scratched from the Golden Slipper at Rosehill paving the way for first emergency Rathlin to gain a start. Trainer Chris Waller told stewards he was unable to work Global Quest on Wednesday morning. The colt had a slight temperature on Monday and the trainer said his blood profile had not improved.[...]

Golden Slipper Winner To Trial At Randwick

Golden Slipper Winner Danzero Dies At 28

Pat Hyland Retires After Successful Career

Kiwi hoop vying for Victorian premiership

King Can Grant Bowman Juvenile Clean Sweep

John Thompson Celebrates Biggest Day

Slipper Meeting Goes Ahead Spectator-Free

Away Game ‘Outstanding’ In Slipper Placing

Slipper Win Leaves Bowman With Golden Glow

Farnan Gives Waterhouse A Seventh Slipper

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Oh Mama, Slipper Revives Special Memories

Stackhouse Gets Golden Slipper Chance

Slipper Might Finally Fit For Bowman

Cellsabeel Scratched From Golden Slipper

Farnan On Song For Group 1 Golden Slipper Tilt

Global Quest Out Of Golden Slipper

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