James McDonald

Glowing praise for McDonald from fellow Melbourne Cup-winning jockey

Posted on November 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fifty years after adding his name to the honour roll of Melbourne Cup-winning jockeys, Bruce Marsh has paid the ultimate compliment to the latest New Zealander to join the elite list. As a 21-year-old in 1971 and one of the most respected jockeys of a star-studded era, Marsh rode the Eric Temperton-trained Silver Knight to[...]

Posted on November 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Twelve months on from having his first runner in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), Nick Bishara is just as excited as he was last year before the running of the race that stops a nation. Bishara, who prepared nine-time Group One winner Verry Elleegant for her first three starts in New Zealand and retained[...]

Posted on October 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Another international runner has been ruled out of next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, with Away He Goes suffering a tendon injury while quarantining at Werribee.

Posted on October 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decade and a half after Todd Pollard entered the racing industry as an enthusiastic schoolboy, he now finds himself front and centre of one the world's most famous races, the Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m). Pollard's first taste of racing was as a 12-year-old working weekends and holidays as a stablehand for Matamata[...]

Posted on September 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Auckland's extended lockdown is wearing thin with trainer Nick Bishara but the anticipation of another big weekend of racing is giving him some respite. Bishara will have to be content watching the action from home as his star mare Verry Elleegant looks to add to her tally of eight Group One wins in Saturday's AUD$1[...]

Posted on September 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nominations for the Australian Racehorse of the Year awards were announced by Racing NSW on Friday, with the champion horses set to be revealed on October 11.

Posted on September 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star colt Anamoe made a successful start to his spring campaign on Saturday, defeating In The Congo by half a length to take out the Run to the Rose at Kembla Grange in New South Wales, Australia.

Posted on September 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday's Group 2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Kembla Grange may not have been the starting point Entriviere's connections originally had in mind this spring, but the change of plans may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the exciting Kiwi mare. The daughter of Tavistock had previously been entered to kick off in[...]

Posted on September 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star Australian sprinter Nature Strip bucked his first-up trend in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes on Saturday, coasting away to win by 2.5 lengths over 1000m at Royal Randwick.

Posted on September 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate favourite Zaaki resumed in Saturday’s Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick in ultra-impressive fashion, winning by over a length to extend his winning streak to four.

Posted on August 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading Australian jockey James McDonald has a tricky decision to make heading into the Spring Racing Carnival, with champion mare Verry Elleegant likely to clash with up-and-coming superstar Zaaki in the George Main Stakes on September 18.

Posted on August 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian sprinter Rothfire looks to have made a full recovery from an injury that has kept him off the racetrack for nearly 12 months, as he set the turf alight in his first trial back on Tuesday morning at Doomben in Brisbane, Queensland.

Posted on July 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two of Australia's top jockeys, Hugh Bowman and James McDonald, have each been fined $1,000 over a breach of the Queensland Government’s health directions whilst in North Queensland on July 1.

Posted on July 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Triple Group 1 winner Avilius has been retired, with the seven-year-old gelding set to join Godolphin’s Lifetime Care program.

Posted on May 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Chris Waller-trained Kukeracha prevailed in a driving finish to the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) to down stablemate Senor Toba with triple Derby hero Explosive Jack finishing a game third. Bred in New Zealand by Dr Chris Phillips, who is the resident vet at Waikato Stud, Kukeracha came from midfield under a well-timed James[...]

Posted on May 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Zaaki has been crunched into $4.20 favouritism for the 2021 Cox Plate after a devastating win in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup in Brisbane.

Posted on April 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It may only have been a Benchmark 72 on a Wednesday, but leading Australian jockey James McDonald couldn’t have been more impressed with The Move after his win in the fourth race at Warwick Farm in Sydney.

Glowing praise for McDonald from fellow Melbourne Cup-winning jockey

Bishara verry excited as Melbourne Cup looms

Away He Goes out of Melbourne Cup as international stocks dwindle

Young Kiwi front and centre of Cox Plate preparations

Champion mare helps alleviate Bishara’s lockdown blues

Australian Racehorse of the Year nominations confirmed

Anamoe resumes a winner in Run to the Rose

Entriviere set for belated start to spring

Third time’s a charm for Nature Strip in Concorde Stakes

Zaaki kicks off spring campaign with Tramway Stakes win

Verry Elleegant or Zaaki? Tough decision for McDonald

Rothfire sends Everest warning with blistering trial

NSW stewards fine Bowman & McDonald for COVID breaches

Godolphin star Avilius retired after 39 races

New Zealand bred Kukeracha dances to Queensland Derby glory

Zaaki headed towards Cox Plate after devastating Doomben win

McDonald sings The Move’s praises after Warwick Farm win

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