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Listed Race On Radar For 2YO Panna Cotta

Posted on April 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham has a late-season stakes race in his sights for filly Panna Cotta after the juvenile resumed from a spell with a maiden win at Randwick. Panna Cotta stepped out for her second career start in Wednesday's Hyland Race Colours Plate (1100m) for two-year-old fillies on Randwick's Kensington track and settled just behind[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The absence of a crowd will not dull Josh Parr's excitement if he can capture the ATC Australian Derby on his personal pin-up horse Shadow Hero. Parr feels a sense of unfinished business with the three-year-old, who was the beaten favourite in the Victoria Derby last spring. He has warned punters not to judge Shadow[...]

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

With his main rivals seemingly intent on beating each other, Quackerjack has stayed out of trouble and worn down Vegadaze to win the Group Three Liverpool City Cup at Randwick. Imaging ($3.80 fav) and Cascadian ($6) finished out of the placings after a heavy bump in the straight as Quackerjack ($5) chased down Vegadaze ($4.60)[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A belated change to the race program has resulted in promising sprinter Sir Elton facing an immediate test of his capabilities when he resumes at Randwick. Trainer Adam Duggan admitted he had to get his head around the alterations after the four-year-olds and upwards event was combined with a three-year-old race when acceptances were declared[...]

Posted on December 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Favourite backers have been given a scare in the Magic Millions Wyong Stakes when the race did not go to script for Josh Parr and odds-on elect Diamond Thunder. The three-year-old was slow to muster speed in Thursday's 1200m-feature and settled worse than midfield, usually a recipe for trouble on the small circuit. But Parr[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kristen Buchanan has a white board in her office, written on it are the names of her horses and races that might suit them. It is a programming schedule and while the horse's names stay fairly constant, the races ebb and flow according to form and need. One of the horses on the trainer's list[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney jockey Josh Parr has been suspended for 11 meetings for careless riding aboard beaten Victoria Derby favourite Shadow Hero. Shadow Hero finished fifth in Saturday's 2500m Group One for three-year-olds at Flemington and stewards later charged Parr with careless riding approaching the 2000m mark in the $2 million race. Parr pleaded guilty to shifting[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

One-time VRC Oaks favourite Celestial Falls will miss the race but her trainer Mark Newnham still has the chance for Classic glory in Melbourne. Shadow Hero assumed favouritism for Saturday's Victoria Derby with his Group One victory in the Spring Champion Stakes in which he beat Castelvecchio. The Spring Champion form looks even better now[...]

Posted on September 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Golden Rose picture has changed complexion again with Bivouac turning his form around to put himself well and truly back in the frame. Second to Exceedance on a heavy track two weeks ago in the San Domenico Stakes, the Godolphin colt lined up in Saturday's Run To The Rose (1200m) on firm ground. He[...]

Posted on September 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A fortuitous pick-up ride might just prove the turning point in Josh Parr's season as the jockey bids to regain momentum after injury. Parr will ride Bivouac for Godolphin in the Group Two Run To The Rose (1200m), gifted the plum mount when Hugh Bowman broke a finger at trackwork on Tuesday, ruling him out[...]

Posted on June 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One-winning jockeys Josh Parr and Rachel King have both been ruled out of the Winter Cup meeting at Rosehill because of injuries. Parr tumbled from On Her Word after winning the opening race at Warwick Farm on Wednesday and Racing NSW stewards confirmed on Friday he had been ruled out of Saturday's meeting because[...]

Posted on June 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian Racing officials might not like Racing NSW's recent spring carnival initiatives, but trainer Mark Newnham is convinced the competition will benefit the sport. As the in-form Newnham prepares to saddle up a trio of talented horses at Rosehill on Saturday, he has thrown his support behind the revitalisation and expansion of the Sydney spring,[...]

Posted on June 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tim Clark is confident he will be fit to ride at Rosehill after injuring his thumb in a post-race incident at the Queen's Birthday meeting on Randwick's Kensington track. While X-rays have cleared the jockey of any breaks, Clark will need the final tick of approval from his doctor and physiotherapist on Friday but does[...]

Posted on June 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-form jockey Josh Parr will spend the next couple of days nursing an injured knee suffered in a fall as he was about to celebrate a victory at Warwick Farm. Parr came off the Rebecca Dunn-trained On Her Word past the winning post after Wednesday's first race, an 1100m-maiden. The winner of four races at[...]

Listed Race On Radar For 2YO Panna Cotta

Josh Parr Confident He Is On Derby Hero

Quackerjack Wins Liverpool City Cup

Sir Elton On Song For Tough Randwick Test

Diamond Sparkles Despite Slow Start

Jazzland To Face The Music In Kembla Test

Josh Parr Suspended Out Of Victoria Derby

Shadow Hero Primed For 2500m Of Derby

Bivouac Turns Tables In Run To The Rose

Parr Out To Make Most Of Godolphin Call-Up

Parr, King To Both Miss Winter Cup Meeting

Newnham Has Spring In His Step

Clark and Parr Racing To Be Fit For Rosehill

Josh Parr Injures Knee In Tumble

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