Grey Lion

Grey Lion Roaring Towards Cup Assignment

Posted on August 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

At nine, Grey Lion has entered the veteran bracket but trainer Matt Smith says the stayer is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, Smith feels the gelding is in the best shape of his career as he prepares to take on a talented field in the Group Three Premier’s Cup (1900m) at Rosehill[...]

Posted on July 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

If Invictus Prince was any other horse, trainer Matthew Smith might dare to be bullish about his chances in the Listed Winter Stakes at Rosehill. But like punters, Smith has been burned too many times. So while he can find only positives heading into Saturday’s 1500m feature, Smith is also wary. Invictus Prince showed enormous[...]

Posted on November 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Matt Smith continues to make a habit of winning races with imported horses, a trend he is keen to build on with latest arrival Artarmon. The Sydney trainer has had a superb spring with two Group One victories in Melbourne courtesy of the Japanese-bred Fierce Impact. It followed a prosperous winter with former French horse[...]

Posted on August 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Like many Australian trainers, Matthew Smith has developed an affinity for overseas stayers and is looking forward to the Premier’s Cup at Rosehill with Grey Lion and Sweet Thomas. Grey Lion is tried and tested under local conditions while German import Sweet Thomas will be having his first Australian start in Saturday’s Group Three race.[...]

Posted on June 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith is spreading his stable’s runners over three states this weekend headed by Grey Lion in the Group Two Brisbane Cup. Smith will also have runners at Randwick on Saturday but favours sending sprinter Tonsor to Melbourne rather than running him in the Listed June Stakes. The Melbourne race is over[...]

Posted on May 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Warwick Farm trainer Matt Smith has put the disappointment of Fierce Impact’s Doomben Cup behind him and is looking ahead with Grey Lion and Tonsor. Fierce Impact, who finished 11th in Saturday’s Group One feature will have a spell in Queensland while Grey Lion, winner of the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill on the[...]

Posted on May 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fierce Impact may have come up short in the Group One Doomben Cup but his Matt Smith-trained stablemate Grey Lion has again delivered the goods at Rosehill. While his win in Saturday’s Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m) was not as decisive as his previous victory in the Group Three JRA Plate over the same distance[...]

Posted on May 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

OTI Racing will be represented by a quarter of the field in the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill, a significant but not unique achievement for the syndication and racehorse management company. “We’ve had four in a Melbourne Cup, funnily enough,” said OTI’s director Terry Henderson. “That was probably about four years ago. I think[...]

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