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Zahra Rides Feature Double For Godolphin

Posted on August 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Accomplished jockey Mark Zahra was thankful he received a last-minute call up from Godolphin to ride for them at Caulfield as they combined for successive feature wins with Viridine in the Regal Roller Stakes and Savatiano in the P B Lawrence Stakes. Zahra said before the call came from Godolphin, he had a light book[...]

Posted on August 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A race-fit Varda has lowered the colours of Masked Crusader but the exciting sprinter lost no admirers with his closing second on a heavy Randwick track. Stepping out for the first time since May, the Hawkes Racing four-year-old was sent out an odds-on favourite and could not match Varda's turn of foot when she sprinted[...]

Posted on August 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller is set to have a more subdued presence during the early part of the Melbourne spring as he monitors the pandemic situation in Victoria. The champion Sydney-based trainer would ordinarily have a team kicking off their carnival preparations in the southern capital. But with Victoria under stage four lockdown restrictions and Racing NSW[...]

Posted on August 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion jockey Damien Oliver has continued his recent domination of the Group Three Aurie's Star Stakes, making it four wins in the past seven years and his fifth in total on Home Of The Brave. Godolphin's Melbourne stable foreman Sean Keogh said Oliver's quick thinking at the start of the 1200m race secured the win[...]

Posted on August 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joe Pride is kicking up for two of his horses to be seriously considered for Everest slots after Eduardo maintained his perfect record for the trainer in the Missile Stakes. Pride also has Group One placegetter Fasika as a potential candidate for the $15 million sprint and says Eduardo deserves to be in the mix.[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melody Belle's trainer Jamie Richards is fast becoming an expert on WhatsApp as he prepares Te Akau Racing's star gallopers remotely from New Zealand. The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented Richards from travelling to Sydney but he is grateful for the foresight of owner David Ellis, who left Melody Belle and Probabeel in Australia after the[...]

Posted on August 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin filly Tiny has earned herself a shot at better races after scoring a fighting win over superbly bred colt Cat D'Oro at Canterbury. The three-year-olds, both having just their second starts, settled down to battle out the finish of Wednesday's 1100m race with Tiny lifting for Kerrin McEvoy to get the decision by a[...]

Posted on July 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Melody Belle has continued preparations towards her expected return in the Missile Stakes with a win in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick. Three heats for Group horses were conducted on Randwick's Kensington track on Friday morning having been pushed back from Tuesday because of the recent wet weather in Sydney. The[...]

Posted on July 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A rails-hugging ride from champion jockey Damien Oliver has helped favourite Viridine to a determined victory in Melbourne's final stakes race of the 2019-20 season at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained Viridine was the $2.70 favourite in Saturday's weight-for-age Group Three Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) and Oliver was able to position the sprinter midfield early before improving[...]

Posted on July 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is banking on a rise in distance and some firmer footing being an advantage for Viridine in the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Viridine was hampered by the heavy conditions when beaten into second place by Jungle Edge in the Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on July 11. Saturday's track[...]

Posted on July 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Well-bred colt Alcyone has broken his maiden and secured a ballot exemption into this year's Victoria Derby with victory in the Byerley Handicap at Flemington. By stallion Teofilo out of 2009 Queensland Oaks winner Purple, Alcyone was sent out the $1.95 favourite in Saturday's 1800m race which provided a staying test for late-season two-year-olds. Alycone[...]

Posted on July 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Improving filly Varda has put herself in the mix for a spot on Godolphin's spring carnival team and continued jockey Jason Collett's sparkling vein of form. The three-year-old was rising to Saturday company after a facile victory against older horses first-up at Canterbury, showing great determination to land the Ranvet Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill. Godolphin's[...]

Posted on July 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Viridine could be caught in limbo as spring looms with the decision to send the Godolphin galloper to Melbourne for a stakes race at Caulfield. The James Cummings-trained sprinter was dispatched from Sydney on Wednesday night to run in the Sir John Monash Stakes. Viridine and his former Godolphin stablemate Intuition have crossed the border[...]

Posted on July 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A nondescript barrier trial at Hawkesbury has proven to be an outstanding winter form reference for Godolphin with unbeaten filly Tailleur putting the icing on the cake. Tailleur split stablemates Varda and Roheryn in the June 15 heat and all three have now resumed with impressive wins after Tailleur added to the tally at Randwick[...]

Posted on June 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on June 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

By its own lofty standards, Godolphin has had a low-key Brisbane winter carnival but the global stable has a realistic chance to improve its fortunes at Eagle Farm. Godolphin has dominated Brisbane winters in recent years but Aquitaine's win in the Mick Dittman Plate last week has been its only 2020 success. The blue army[...]

Posted on June 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Hawkes Racing team is likely to turn its attention to spring with rising three-year-old Scenic Warrior after the colt landed a city win at Warwick Farm in his second start. Carrying the colours worn by his Group One-winning sire Proisir and the former Hawkes-trained Caulfield Guineas winner Divine Prophet, Scenic Warrior took out Monday's[...]

Zahra Rides Feature Double For Godolphin

Masked Crusader Impressive Despite Defeat

Waller To Make Quiet Start To Vic Carnival

Oliver Delivers Brave Win For Godolphin

Eduardo Makes It Two From Two In Sydney

Melody Belle On Song For Missile Stakes

Godolphin Filly Tiny Posts Dogged Victory

Star Mare Melody Belle Wins Randwick Trial

Viridine Wins WFA Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes

Viridine Out To Turn Tables On Jungle Edge

Derby Prospect Alcyone Wins Byerley Handicap

Godolphin Eyes Spring With In-Form Varda

Godolphin Sends Viridine For Monash Stakes

Tailleur Puts Spring In Godolphin’s Step

Bowman, Viridine All Class In Winter Dash

Godolphin Doubles Up In Eagle Farm Mile

Scenic Warrior Lands Maiden Win At Farm

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