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Famous Silks To Be Auctioned For NJT

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two famous pieces of memorabilia are to be auctioned with proceeds going to the National Jockeys Trust. A set of silks in the colours worn by Michelle Payne to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance and a pair of Hugh Bowman's breeches will go under the hammer at the Melbourne Cup Call[...]

Posted on November 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

For a few hairy moments last week, Hugh Bowman thought he might be without a Melbourne Cup ride this year. The champion jockey had been booked to reunite with 2018 runner-up Marmelo until Racing Victoria officials on Wednesday controversially ordered the horse's withdrawal, saying CT scans showed he was unfit to run. Bowman was left[...]

Posted on October 23, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Mr Stunning and Exultant trialled at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 22 October) and both appeared to be in fine order as they go towards December's LONGINES Hong Kong International Races as defending champions. Neither horse has stepped into the race-day fray yet this term: Exultant is slated for a first-up run in the Group[...]

Posted on October 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman will ride favourite Dalasan in the Caulfield Guineas replacing Raquel Clark with connections opting for a strong left-hand whip rider. Co-trainer Leon Macdonald said connections decided on the change after Sunday's Guineas Prelude in which Dalasan was second to Alligator Blood after again laying in down the straight. Clark, Adelaide's premier rider, will[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin colt Bivouac has asserted himself as Sydney's best sprinting three-year-old with a hard-fought victory in the Group One Golden Rose, putting himself in the frame for the $14 million The Everest. His win gave Hugh Bowman a fifth Golden Rose success and capped the jockey's return from a broken finger that had sidelined him[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bivouac has won the $1 million Golden Rose Stakes at Rosehill, giving jockey Hugh Bowman his fifth victory in the Group One event. The James Cummings-trained favourite dug deep in the last 100m on Saturday to edge out Yes Yes Yes. Hawkes Racings' Exceedance completed the placings in the 1400m race.

Posted on September 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Glen Boss has snared the prized mount on Happy Clapper in the George Main Stakes with Hugh Bowman to sit out the Randwick meeting as he recovers from a broken finger. Bowman had hoped to be riding on Saturday when his other scheduled mounts included 2018 Everest placegetter Osborne Bulls who stakes his claim for[...]

Posted on September 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman will undergo surgery on a broken finger he suffered in trackwork fall at Randwick. Bowman came off during routine work on Tuesday and immediately went to hospital. He was treated at Prince of Wales Hospital for the break to the little finger on his right hand. Racing NSW's Dr David Duckworth said the[...]

Posted on August 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nine years after combining to win the Ming Dynasty Quality with Lion Tamer, jockey Hugh Bowman and master Kiwi trainer Murray Baker were at it again with Quick Thinker, who has surprised the stable to win his Australian debut. Andrew Forsman, who now trains in partnership with Baker, said he expected Saturday's heavy Rosehill track[...]

Posted on August 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Exciting colt Bivouac has made an early-season statement with a dominant win in the Group Three Vain Stakes at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained Bivouac only had five rivals in his season return in Saturday's 1100m sprint for three-year-old colts and geldings but left them in his wake in the final 200m to win by 4-1/4-lengths.[...]

Posted on August 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

As nine-year-old Hartnell prepares to launch his latest preparation in a familiar weight-for-age race, trainer James Cummings is convinced the grand campaigner retains his zest for racing. Hartnell resumes from a spell in Saturday's Group Two PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield, the same 1400m weight-for-age race Cummings has used to start the gelding's past two[...]

Posted on August 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Short-priced favourite Alizee has duly won the Group Two Missile Stakes but not quite as easily as might have been expected. Sent out at $1.30 in Saturday's five-horse field, Alizee strode to the lead rounding the turn and looked to be cruising to a comprehensive victory in the 1200m-race. Invincible Gem ($17), winner of the[...]

Posted on August 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian trainer Matthew Brown's first foray to Sydney didn't yield the desired result but he is quietly confident his second visit will prove more fruitful. Brown will saddle up Exasperate in Saturday's Industry Recognition Race Day Handicap (1800m) and he isn't bringing the five-year-old north to make up the numbers. The trainer's last trip to[...]

Posted on July 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

For the first time in three years, trainer Pat Webster has jockey Hugh Bowman in his corner rather than the opposite side of the fence. Bowman has been the regular rider of Winx, Webster's stable star Happy Clapper's nemesis along with every horse she raced against. On Tuesday morning Bowman jumped aboard Happy Clapper in[...]

Posted on July 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney's premier trainer Chris Waller has taken out the final Saturday two-year-old race of the season at Rosehill with a filly who appears certain to go on with her career at three after a couple of hiccups. Waller is noted for not pushing young horses early in the season and Saturday's winner of the ASX[...]

Posted on July 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Adam Duggan will not be tempted to rush promising sprinter Sir Elton into a late-spring campaign, even if the horse maintains his perfect record at Randwick. Duggan has confirmed Saturday's Book Spring Hospitality Handicap (1200m) will be the three-year-old's final start this preparation before he is spelled. And he plans to give the horse[...]

Posted on July 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Most of the horses sold at the recent National Broodmare sale are headed immediately for new careers but Agent Pippa has shown she still has plenty to give on the racetrack. Australian Bloodstock paid $200,000 for the rising four-year-old at the Gold Coast sale in March and she gave the syndicate an instant return with[...]

Famous Silks To Be Auctioned For NJT

Bowman Gets Second Chance At Elusive Cup

Mr Stunning and Exultant step it up, Purton sides with Regency

Hugh Bowman To Ride Dalasan In Guineas

Bowman Wins Fifth Golden Rose With Bivouac

Bivouac Wins Golden Rose At Rosehill

Hugh Bowman Sidelined By Broken Finger

Hugh Bowman Suffers Broken Finger In Fall

Quick Thinker Wins Ming Dynasty Quality

Bivouac Blitzes Rivals In Vain Stakes Win

Hartnell Thriving Ahead Of Latest Campaign

Alizee Makes Winning Return In Group 2 Missile Stakes

Bowman Booking A Key For Victorian Raider

Happy Clapper Pleases In Barrier Trial

Waller Patience Pays Off For 2yo Lucicello

Elton On Song For Final Campaign Run

Ex-Perth Mare Scores First Sydney Victory

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