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Fabergino Impresses In Flemington Win

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Speedy West Australian mare Fabergino has delivered her trainer the thrill of a Flemington win at the first attempt with an all-the-way success in the Listed Bob Hoysted Stakes. Trained in WA by 29-year-old Tiarrna Robertson, Fabergino showed her rivals a clean set of heels in Saturday's 1000m straight race to win by 1-1/4 lengths[...]

Posted on February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grahame Begg's decision to wait for the Chairman's Stakes with Mildred has been vindicated, with the two-year-old filly racing to a satisfying victory in the Group Three race at Caulfield. Begg had initially planned to kick off the stakes-winning filly's preparation a week earlier in the Blue Diamond Preview but the trainer thought she was[...]

Posted on February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg believes Nonconformist can keep stepping up after the progressive three-year-old backed up a recent big-margin maiden win with a first city victory. Nonconformist broke his maiden at his third start with a six-length win at Pakenham last month over 1600m before accounting for a small field by 2-1/2-lengths at a rain-sodden Caulfield[...]

Posted on January 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After deciding to wait an extra week with stakes winning filly Mildred, trainer Grahame Begg is confident she is now up to the mark and ready to return in the Group Three Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield. In her three starts to date, Mildred has won Melbourne's first two-year-old race of the season over 900m in[...]

Posted on December 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

South Auckland trainer Nigel Tiley will take a team of three to Ellerslie's twilight meeting on Thursday to race in front of an anticipated bumper crowd at the Auckland track. Leading Tiley's charge will be four-year-old gelding Riding The Wave who will contest the Barfoot & Thompson Twilight Cup (1500m). The son of Malibu Moon[...]

Posted on November 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Something about Ballarat Cup day gels with Hawker Hurricane with the gelding winning at the meeting for second year running. Ridden by Jordan Childs, Hawker Hurricane ($13) defeated the $2.30 favourite Li'l Kontra by a long-neck with Akkadian ($18) a length away third. Hawker Hurricane had been placed in stakes races earlier in the spring[...]

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jordan Childs is counting on a commitment to ride Surprise Baby at a weight below his comfort zone will pay off in the Melbourne Cup. Childs won The Bart Cummings on Surprise Baby at Flemington a month ago which clinched the lightly raced stayer his spot in Tuesday's Cup. And when Surprise Baby was given[...]

Posted on October 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Melbourne Cup dream is alive for connections of Surprise Baby who has stormed into favouritism after booking his place in the race with victory in The Bart Cummings. Trained by Paul Preusker at Horsham in country Victoria, this year's Adelaide Cup winner was sent out the $2.50 favourite in Saturday's Bart Cummings (2500m) and[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg isn't one to rush his two-year-olds but the first time he galloped Mildred, the filly showed she was a ready-made racehorse. So Begg had no hesitation running Mildred in the opening two-year-old race of the season, the Darley Spring Preview (900m) at Flemington on Wednesday. Mildred joined Begg's stable at the start[...]

Posted on June 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Aaron Purcell-trained Guizot will return to a happy hunting ground when he continues his campaign in an 1800 metre handicap at Caulfield. Guizot's most recent victory came on May 11 at Caulfield over 1600m with the gelding unplaced at Flemington and runner-up in the Swan Hill Cup since. Warrnambool-based Purcell has pinpointed Saturday's Ladbrokes[...]

Posted on May 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Jordan Childs hopes to ride at the Andrew Ramsden Stakes meeting at Flemington after being discharged from hospital. Childs had an MRI scan at Melbourne's Epworth Hospital after suffering a post-race back injury at Bendigo on Sunday when he dismounted awkwardly. After being discharged from Bendigo Hospital, Childs was still in pain and headed[...]

Fabergino Impresses In Flemington Win

Mildred Returns With Chairman’s Stakes Win

Nonconformist Notches His First City Win

Chairman’s Stakes Return For Mildred

Riding The Wave to the Twilight Cup

Hawker Hurricane Scores Again At Ballarat

Childs Believes Cup Ride Worth The Effort

Surprise Baby Books Spot In Melbourne Cup

Mildred Takes 2yo Opener At Flemington

Guizot Out To Add Another Caulfield Win

Jordan Childs Spends The Night In Hospital

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