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Rocha Clock Returns To Best At Randwick

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A patient ride by Hugh Bowman has helped Rocha Clock land a brilliant come-from-behind win at Randwick and put herself back in the picture for a shot at the Inglis 3YO Guineas. The John O'Shea-trained filly disappointed first-up in stakes grade during the autumn carnival when she was ridden out of her comfort zone on[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John O'Shea can be a hard marker when it comes to horses, but juvenile Newsreader has won him over despite having never raced. The well-named daughter of Press Statement will make her debut in Saturday's Cellarbrations Handicap (1000m) against a mostly experienced field, headed by city winners Wild Ruler and Sancy. Despite her newness,[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Multiple Group 1 winner Contributer sired his first winner when Lion's Roar won the Good Luck Andrew Bensley 2YO Showcase Handicap (1200m) at Wagga on Thursday. Fittingly, the Champion Thoroughbreds-raced gelding was prepared by John O'Shea, who trained Contributer to win both the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m)[...]

Posted on April 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The next phase of John O'Shea's stable rebuild is being rolled out in the coming weeks as he targets some of the better off-season races with a progressive group of horses. O'Shea has adopted a slow and steady approach since he relaunched his career as an independent trainer after a three-year stint with Godolphin. And[...]

Posted on January 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau's David Ellis has outlasted Sydney trainer John O'Shea to buy the top lot on the second day of the Karaka Yearling Sale in Auckland. Ellis paid $875,000 for a Savabeel colt out of Bayrock who is a sister to Diamond Jubilee Stakes winner Merchant Navy. The colt was the highest-priced yearling Windsor Park[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Southern Lad will be looking to continue trainer John O'Shea's outstanding mid-season form at Randwick, and notch a victory that has the potential to set him on a Group One path. O'Shea has trained 14 metropolitan winners this season, nine of them since January 1 including a treble on the Kensington track on New Years'[...]

Posted on January 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O'Shea's resurgence has continued, with the trainer celebrating two winners at Warwick Farm. The double took O'Shea's tally to 10 for the year after he began with three winners at Randwick on January 1. O'Shea has steadily re-established himself as an independent trainer after leaving international operation Godolphin in 2017. Debutant Broadside Armour was[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The absence of Sydney's top jockeys has paved the way for emerging Englishman Tom Marquand to play a starring role at Randwick, booting home a double for the man who lured him back to Australia. Trainer John O'Shea is an unabashed fan of the young rider and convinced him to return for a summer stint[...]

Posted on January 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A missed opportunity for a provincial win has had a silver lining for Private Thoughts who has instead racked up a metropolitan victory at Randwick. Private Thoughts was supposed to run at Gosford on Tuesday but the meeting was called off after two races because of extreme heat. Trainer John O'Shea fortuitously kept her in[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Traditionally the biggest race day of the Sydney summer, the Villiers Stakes meeting at Randwick holds extra significance for trainer John O'Shea. O'Shea will saddle up Live And Free in Saturday's Group Two race, almost two decades after he won it for the first time with Grey And Gold. That 2000 Villiers victory was an[...]

Posted on December 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O'Shea began the week upbeat about the chances of Southern Lad at Rosehill as the sprinter continued to thrive in the stable. But the trainer's confidence took a dive when the horse came up with the outside barrier in Saturday's 10-horse field for the Elderton Homes Made You Look Sprint (1100m). O'Shea says the[...]

Posted on October 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O'Shea has been keeping blinkers up his sleeve for Pretty In Pink and believes the timing is right to use them in the Nivison Stakes at Randwick. A Group Two winner during the Brisbane winter carnival, the mare has taken time to come to hand but O'Shea says her physical appearance indicates she is[...]

Posted on July 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O'Shea is a competitive man but he will be happy if Pretty In Pink can come home with some Silver during the Sydney spring carnival. The Group Two winner is back in work at O'Shea's Randwick stable and while he has pencilled her in for some of the traditional mares races, he also has[...]

Posted on July 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O'Shea fears the barrier draw has cruelled the winning chances of Intrepidacious at Rosehill but he remains optimistic she can make a mark in the early spring. The Randwick trainer was disappointed when the youngster drew the outside in the Everest Carnival Handicap on Saturday, a gate he sees as a tough hurdle from[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John O'Shea has a chance to win a second Stradbroke Handicap with a three-year-old filly after Pretty In Pink earned a start in the Group One race. Pretty In Pink ($14) held on in a driving finish to beat Brave Song ($4) by a short half-head with a half neck to Winter Bride ($4.40)[...]

Rocha Clock Returns To Best At Randwick

O’Shea Bullish About Newsreader’s Debut

Lion roars for Contributer

John O’Shea Ramps Up Post-Carnival Team

Ellis Buys Top Lot On 2nd Day Of Karaka Yearling Sales

Lad Set To Go The Distance In Stakes Test

Double To John O’Shea Keeps Roll Going

Marquand Makes Most Of Sydney Opportunity

Winning O’Shea Treble To Start The Year

O’Shea A Live Chance For Third Group 2 Villiers

Wide Draw A Dampener On Lad’s Prospects

Blinkers Go On Pretty In Pink In Nivison

O’Shea Filly Looking Pretty For Spring

Wide Draw A Tough Task For Two-Year-Old

O’Shea Chases Another Stradbroke Handicap

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