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Rothfire Dominates In Group One JJ Atkins

Posted on June 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Robert Heathcote allowed himself to think about a slot in The Everest after his gelding Rothfire ran a course record in winning the Group One JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm. Sent out favourite, Rothfire ($3.50) gave Heathcote his 11th Group One win but his first in Queensland when he beat Gotta Kiss ($20) by[...]

Posted on June 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Steve O'Dea has taken a cautious route to the JJ Atkins with Gotta Kiss but he is confident she won't be disgraced in the Group One race. Gotta Kiss is the forgotten horse of the Atkins as O'Dea has carefully managed her career. The filly had her first start with a win in early[...]

Posted on June 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter Snowden once achieved the feat of training the winners of all five Australian Group One races for two-year-olds in a season. While he cannot match that in 2019-20, Snowden believes Saturday's JJ Atkins contender Wild Ruler is a chance to give the stable its third juvenile Group One for the Australian racing calendar. The[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

THE JJ ATKINS Group One 2YOs set weights Eagle Farm HISTORY First run in 1976 when won by Romantic Dream Group One since 1985 Set weights since 2007, handicap 1976-2006 Known as the JJ Atkins since 2013 Traditionally run over 1600m, this year the race is being run over 1400m and for reduced prize money[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

One of the motivations driving jockey Jim Byrne during an injury-enforced absence was to get back in the saddle in time to ride Rothfire during the winter carnival. Hard work will see Byrne partner Rothfire in the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm on Saturday and the gelding looks a strong chance to give him his[...]

Posted on May 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brilliant gelding Rothfire continued trainer Rob Heathcote's success in his favourite race when he won the Group Two Champagne Classic at Eagle Farm. The gelding is now a clear cut $4 favourite for the Group One JJ Atkins in a fortnight. Starting favourite, Rothfire ($2.45) jumped straight to the lead and went on to score[...]

Posted on May 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

International jockey Robbie Fradd has given his stamp of approval on new Group One JJ Atkins favourite Wisdom Of Water. Bookmakers shortened Wisdom Of Water from $8 to $4 after he won the Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Wisdom of Water was the major mover in JJ Atkins markets[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Smart filly Gotta Kiss overcame a bout of pre-race nerves to return to the winners' list and stamp her winter credentials at Doomben. The Steve O'Dea-trained Gotta Kiss and Tony Gollan's Isotope are the considered the best two-year-old fillies in Queensland and are set to meet in some of the feature races later in the[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra two-year-old Thunder Mania confirmed he is a genuine Group One JJ Atkins horse with a last-to-first Sunshine Coast win. Carrying top weight of 59kg, Thunder Mania ($1.90) dawdled out of the barriers but finished too well to win the QTIS 2YO (1200m). John Symons, who trains in partnership with Sheila Laxon, said it was[...]

Posted on April 26, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A tilt at the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1400m) at Eagle Farm in June could be on the agenda for New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Kinloch. The Kris Lees-trained juvenile impressed when winning on debut over 900m at Newcastle on Thursday, weaving a path from the back of the field to win by a length over[...]

Posted on June 8, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has won some of the world's biggest races but rarely has he received such an ovation as did after he won his third Group One JJ Atkins Plate on Prince Fawaz. There was mayhem in the winners enclosure as the syndicate that races Prince Fawaz celebrated wildly after the win. Trainer Anthony[...]

Posted on June 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is not one to worry about bookmakers' prices but he is stunned by the odds of two-year-old Eric The Eel in the Group One J J Atkins Plate at Eagle Farm. Kendrick admits he thought Eric The Eel would be a quarter of his $51 quote in Saturday's 1600m-race. “After his[...]

Posted on June 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brisbane's premier trainer Tony Gollan started the week with a setback but hopes it ends better with chances in three Group One races at Eagle Farm. His stable star, three-year-old Zoustyle, has gone to the spelling paddock after being found with a low-grade virus on Tuesday. Zoystyle was expected to be Gollan's best hope at[...]

Posted on June 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

If knowledge and preparation equate to success it is no wonder Gold Coast jockey Michael Cahill is having another top season . Cahill has been by far the most successful jockey of the winter carnival which has not gone unnoticed by visiting trainers. The 54-year-old has ridden more than 2500 winners in eight countries in[...]

Posted on June 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The new Anderson-Heathcote training partnership is looking forward to its first Group One runner with growing confidence. Chris Anderson and Robert Heathcote will have Ballistic Boy in Saturday's Group One J J Atkins (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Ballistic Boy turned in a good Atkins trial when he came from a long way back to run[...]

Posted on June 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham had a super Saturday but he is growing in confidence he can do even better this week in a Group One race. Newnham is well known in Queensland from his days as Gai Waterhouse's foreman but he is rapidly making his own name in his two-year training career. He trained three[...]

Posted on May 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony Gollan is debating whether to run BRC Sires' Produce Stakes placegetter Garibaldi in the Group One J J Atkins Stakes. Garibaldi led for most of the race before finishing third to Strasbourg in the Sires at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Gollan believes while the run may have indicated Garibaldi would struggle at 1600m[...]

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Eric The Eel Slips Past Bookies

Gollan Hopes To End A Low Week On A High

Cahill Set To Continue Wonderful Winter

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