The Run To The Rose was expected to provide a mouth-watering clash between some of the country's best three-year-olds but instead it was a race of high drama.
Star colts Farnan and King's Legacy offered a tantalising glimpse of what's in store for the spring with impressive barrier trials at Randwick. Golden Slipper victor Farnan showed his customary early speed before powering away to an emphatic 3-3/4 length win over Shout The Bar, with King's Legacy driving late for an eye-catching fourth. Farnan's[...]
Godolphin is yet to confirm a horse for its Everest slot but leading contender Bivouac remains in the box seat after a classy showing at the barrier trials. Suspended jockey Hugh Bowman made the trip to Hawkesbury on Monday to partner Bivouac in the 800 metre heat and the four-year-old breezed around the course to[...]
Hugh Bowman admits the social media reaction to his role in a race day fall has taken a toll on him and his family. The top jockey and regular rider of champion Winx was on Thursday suspended for six weeks for careless riding aboard Smart Image at the final meeting of the 2019-20 season at[...]
Hugh Bowman has been suspended for six weeks for his involvement in a race fall that put jockey Andrew Adkins in hospital. Adkins fell heavily from his mount Hot ‘N' Hazy near the 300m in the opening two-year-old race at Rosehill on Saturday. Racing NSW stewards opened a raceday inquiry, which was reconvened on Thursday[...]
Jockey Andrew Adkins has been taken to Westmead Hospital following a sickening fall that has marred the opening race at Rosehill. Adkins was aboard the Danny Williams-trained Hot ‘N' Hazy who appeared to run out of room in the straight and crashed to the turf. The colt, who Williams this week rated his best horse[...]
A pair of European imports have put the writing on the wall for the spring and given trainer Kris Lees plenty to think about as he plots their respective campaigns. Mugatoo and Korcho, both syndicated by Australian Bloodstock, have stamped their class at Rosehill with impressive victories. Resuming in Saturday's Listed Winter Challenge (1500m), Mugatoo[...]
Refreshed from a break, top jockey Hugh Bowman returns to Sydney racing at Rosehill with a strong book of rides, highlighted by Winter Challenge favourite Mugatoo. Saturday's meeting will be Bowman's first since mid-June as he begins his build up towards the upcoming season's carnival races. Bowman had been riding in fine form prior to[...]
Hugh Bowman has declared Viridine would not be out of place in a Group One race but the Randwick punters who took a different view have paid the price. Opening at $4.80, the Godolphin sprinter was a noted market drifter to start $6 but he had little trouble accounting for his rivals in the Winter[...]
Racing fans will have to wait a bit longer for the debut of champion Winx's younger half-sister. Covent Garden, a two-year-old filly, was scratched from a race at Warwick Farm on Monday with the public holiday meeting to be run on a heavy track. She was entered to make her debut over 1200m but the[...]
Almost six years to the day since Winx made a winning debut at Warwick Farm, her half-sister Covent Garden will kick off her racetrack career at the same western Sydney venue. Winx posted the first of 37 wins in a midweek race on June 4, 2014 and Covent Garden will be given the chance to[...]
The Epsom Handicap and Golden Eagle figure among the spring options for Opacity who has continued building on a promising start to his racing career with another Randwick win. The John O'Shea-trained gelding got to the right part of the track out wide in Saturday's TAB Handicap (1600m) and burst through between runners under Hugh[...]