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Hartnell Bows Out In Style With Group 1 Placing

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Courageous and competitive until the end, grand campaigner Hartnell has signed off from racing with a gallant third in the $2 million Group One Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. The Godolphin team announced in the lead-up to Saturday's Mackinnon that the 2000m weight-for-age race would be the final start of the nine-year-old import's racing career. And[...]

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dropping sharply in distance after contesting the Melbourne Cup, Irish mare Magic Wand has landed her first Group One win in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. The win by the Aidan O'Brien-trained mare denied Godolphin a fairytale ending with Hartnell finishing in third place after taking the lead early in the straight. Jockey Hugh Bowman[...]

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Irish mare Magic Wand has denied Godolphin favourite Hartnell a winning farewell to racing in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. Backing up and dropping sharply in distance after running in the Melbourne Cup, Magic Wand defeated New Zealand mare Melody Belle in the weight-for-age race over 2000m. It left Hartnell to take the minor placing[...]

Posted on November 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

MACKINNON STAKES $2 million Group One, 2000m, weight-for-age Run as race eight at Flemington on Saturday, November 9, 4.55pm AEDT HISTORY The 2000m-race was formerly held on Victoria Derby Day and used as a Melbourne Cup lead-in The Victoria Racing Club decided its importance as a Cup pathway had diminished and announced in 2016 it[...]

Posted on November 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The most popular horse Godolphin has imported to Australia will fittingly make his final racetrack appearance at Group One level. Hartnell bows out in the Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday after a career that has taken in the country's best races. Among all the high quality horses at Godolphin, Hartnell stands supreme. The[...]

Posted on November 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The curtain is drawing to a close on the career of grand Godolphin galloper Hartnell who will attempt to add to his Group One record one final time in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington. Saturday's weight-for-age race over 2000m is expected to be the last time Hartnell is seen at Flemington as the Godolphin team[...]

Posted on November 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Irish mare Magic Wand is an acceptor for the Group One Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington after her midfield finish in the Melbourne Cup. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Magic Wand finished 10th of the 24 runners in Tuesday's $8 million Melbourne Cup over 3200m and connections have paid up for the six-time Group One runner-up to contest[...]

Posted on October 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hartnell is set to run in his first Caulfield Cup, with the Godolphin team opting to give the veteran his chance to win the $5 million handicap under top weight of 58kg. The James Cummings-trained Hartnell was paid up for Saturday's Group One Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Wednesday and the nine-year-old gelding will be ridden[...]

Posted on October 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin's stable stalwart Hartnell will take his place as top weight in the $5 million Caulfield Cup with jockey Brad Rawiller to ride. The James Cummings-trained multiple Group One winner Hartnell has 58kg for Saturday's 2400m handicap which has a field of 18 plus four emergencies. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Wolfe won Wednesday's[...]

Posted on October 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A field of 12 will line up for the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington, a race that could shape the prospects of a number of spring contenders. Mystic Journey will be out to bounce back from her defeat in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on September 14 when she steps out over 2000m[...]

Posted on September 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings rates defending titleholder Homesman as the horse to beat in the Underwood Stakes but believes the race presents as a great opportunity for his stable's “gladiator” Hartnell. The Lloyd Williams-owned, Liam Howley-trained Homesman is $2.80 favourite for Sunday's Underwood (1800m) at Caulfield after making an impressive season return with victory in[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Defending titleholder Homesman has drawn the outside barrier in a field of 13 for the Group One Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. Sunday's 1800m weight-for-age feature has 10 Group One winners among the field including grand campaigner Hartnell, who has barrier one. Dual Group One winner Kenedna, the only mare in the field, she has drawn[...]

Posted on September 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Defending titleholder Homesman is the early favourite to make it back-to-back Underwood Stakes victories after the release of nominations for the weight-for-age Group One race at Caulfield. The Lloyd Williams-owned Homesman, who made a winning start to his spring campaign in the Group Two Feehan Stakes earlier this month, was the $2.80 favourite on Monday[...]

Posted on September 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer James Cummings says Hartnell provides the energy and is the spirit of the Godolphin stable ahead of the major carnivals. A stable favourite, Hartnell invariably leads the team into battle and runs on Saturday in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. Hartnell has finished behind Makybe Diva opponents Mystic Journey and[...]

Posted on August 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Seven Group One winners feature among a field of 13 for the $1 million Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Star Godolphin mare and favourite Alizee has barrier 11 while her stablemate Hartnell will carry the No.1 saddlecloth and jump from the inside barrier in Saturday's 1400m weight-for-age race. Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman has decided to run[...]

Posted on August 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Adam Trinder felt a sense of relief after Mystic Journey made a winning return in the PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield. After an autumn campaign that saw Mystic Journey win the Australian Guineas and the All-Star Mile on firm tracks at Caulfield, Trinder held reservations about the soft going the mare encountered on Saturday.[...]

Posted on August 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Five months after emerging as a new household name in Australian racing with wins in the Group One Australian Guineas and $5 million All-Star Mile, Mystic Journey is set for her racing return at Caulfield. Trained by Adam Trinder in Tasmania, the equal Cox Plate favourite arrived in Melbourne on Friday morning to run in[...]

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