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Shadow Hero On Target For Another Guineas

Posted on March 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham is planning to run dual Group One-winning three-year-old Shadow Hero in the Rosehill Guineas despite also nominating him for the weight-for-age Ranvet Stakes. Shadow Hero has already taken out the first leg of the Sydney autumn triple crown for three-year-olds, the Group One Randwick Guineas (1600m). Shadow Hero was the $3.50 favourite[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Shadow Hero is the new favourite to add the Randwick Guineas to his Group One Spring Champion Stakes with the scratching of Super Seth. The Anthony Freedman stable told stewards Super Seth had an elevated temperature and abnormal blood picture on Wednesday. The colt had been the dominant $2.70 favourite but the market has now[...]

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 February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney mare Greysful Glamour has started her latest campaign on a stylish note with an all-the-way win in the Group Three Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield. Trained by Mark Newnham and ridden by Sydney jockey Tim Clark, Greysful Glamour ($9.50) delivered on a plan in Saturday's 1400m race for mares, claiming her first stakes win with[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A midweek track gallop convinced trainer Mark Newnham to start Splintex at Rosehill and the horse has justified the decision with a blistering win. A late entry for Saturday's Spark Of Life Handicap (1100m) after flopping on a soft surface at Caulfield last start, Splintex ($7) made light of the heavy conditions, powering to a[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victoria Derby remains the race that got away from Shadow Hero and posed more questions than answers. The Group One Spring Champion Stakes winner started favourite in the 2500m-Classic on November 2 but finished fifth in a strung-out field, 10 lengths from the winner Warning. Shadow Hero's trainer Mark Newnham said there were factors[...]

Posted on February 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After making her mark as the first Sydney two-year-old winner of the season, Every Rose has not had things her own way since. The filly dominated the Gimcrack Stakes in October but has run two seconds and been unplaced in the Magic Millions Classic at her other three starts. After her ninth in the $2[...]

Posted on February 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham has ambitious plans for Shadow Hero and is confident the talented three-year-old can live up to his expectations in the Sydney autumn carnival. Shadow Hero won the Group Three Gloaming Stakes and Group One Spring Champion Stakes during the spring and was spelled after finishing fifth as favourite at a rain-soaked Flemington in[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Apprentice Robbie Dolan did his homework and nutted out a plan aboard Splintex, implementing it to perfection to get the sprinter back in the winner's circle at Randwick. And such is his opinion of the colt, he hopes the horse can take him all the way to a Group One win during the Sydney autumn[...]

Posted on January 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney three-year-old Diamond Thunder will wear blinkers for the first time in his attempt to cause an upset over Alligator Blood at the Gold Coast. Diamond Thunder is one of the few runners given any chance against short-priced favourite Alligator Blood in Saturday's $2 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m). Trained by Mark Newnham, Diamond Thunder[...]

Posted on January 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham is hoping to get a deeper insight into the carnival credentials of progressive pair Splintex and Academy when they contest separate races at Randwick. The speedy Splintex, who boasts a victory over subsequent Group One winner Exceedance, tackles the Bushfire Appeal Race Day 25th January Handicap (1000m) on Saturday after finishing third to[...]

Posted on December 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham believes Arousal is a stakes filly in the making and she will be given the chance to capitalise on a last-start win when she lines up at Randwick. She will be the trainer's only representative at the meeting on Saturday when she runs in the Benchmark 72 for three-year-olds over 1300 metres for[...]

Posted on December 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney's Mark Newnham has already trained 16 stakes winners in his short career by sticking to a formula of choosing the correct path to big races. Newnham experienced a lot of major race success when stable foreman for Gai Waterhouse and has continued since branching out on his own in 2016 and his wins include[...]

Posted on December 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-form jockey Rachel King has ticked another box on her bucket list with a polished front-running ride aboard Quackerjack to land a thrilling win in the Villiers Stakes at Randwick. In a head-bobbing finish, the Mark Newnham-trained Quackerjack ($3.80 fav) fought back right on the line to get the verdict by a nose over Invincible[...]

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 December 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A long-range plan with Quackerjack comes to fruition in the Villiers Stakes although trainer Mark Newnham admits the four-year-old will carry more weight then he envisaged. The favourite for Saturday's Group Two summer showpiece over the famous Randwick mile, Quackerjack has 56kg. Newnham thought he would get about 2kg less and booked Rachel King with[...]

Posted on November 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

It is not quite a Cinderella story but Invictus Salute has managed to overcome a lost shoe and a late surge from runner-up Something Fast to land her fourth win at Rosehill. Winning jockey Rachel King saw one of the mare's shoes come off just after the start of Saturday's Ranvet Handicap (1100m) and momentarily[...]

Shadow Hero On Target For Another Guineas

Guineas Reshuffle As Super Seth Scratched

Quackerjack Wins Liverpool City Cup

Greysful Glamour Wins In Caulfield Return

Splintex Puts Autumn Plans Back On Track

No Hiding For Shadow Hero In Hobartville

Every Rose To Bloom In Silver Slipper

Shadow Hero On Track For Autumn Targets

Splintex To Follow Group One Autumn Path

Diamond Thunder To Shake Up Guineas

Carnival Test For Newnham Pair At Randwick

Mark Newnham To Rely On Filly At Randwick

Mark Newnham Set For Eagle Farm Double

Quackerjack Wins Group Two Villiers Stakes

Diamond Sparkles Despite Slow Start

Quackerjack Will Not Duck Villiers Task

Flying Shoe No Barrier To Invictus Salute

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