Masked Crusader

Masked Crusader stars as Everest contenders step out at trials

Posted on August 23, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

After finishing second in last year's edition of The Everest (1200m), Masked Crusader looks to be on track to go one better in 2022. Mazu was also prominent in Tuesday's trials at Rosehill.

Posted on April 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

When you claim your maiden Group 1 win as a stallion, your stud fee the following season inevitably rises. That is the case for the rising Australian stallion Toronado, who sired Masked Crusader, the winner of the Group 1 William Reid Stakes in March.

Posted on April 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Fresh from his Group 1 win aboard Hungry Heart in the Vinery Stud Stakes, Kerrin McEvoy is turning his attention to The Championships. Having tested New Zealander Aegon in a recent barrier trial, jockey Kerrin Mcevoy is buoyant about his Doncaster Mile prospects, particularly given the forecast for rain. While Hugh Bowman has ridden the[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

An electrifying turn of foot soon after straightening has catapulted Masked Crusader to an impressive first Group 1 win claiming the William Reid Stakes at The Valley. The victory prompted the gelding's co-trainer Wayne Hawkes to declare champion Western Australian jockey William Pike should remain in Victoria after claiming his fourth Group 1 win of[...]

Posted on January 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three of their headline gallopers stayed home in their boxes but Hawkes Racing still tasted success at Rosehill with improving filly Shaik.

Posted on January 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Michael Hawkes has confirmed dual Group One-winning colt Ole Kirk is on target to kick off his autumn in the Expressway Stakes.

Posted on September 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tommy Berry finds himself in the rare position of riding against exciting galloper Masked Crusader when the horse continues his spring campaign at Randwick. The top jockey has been aboard for his three Sydney runs but will ride rival Quantico in Saturday's Bisley Workwear Handicap (1200m) after Hawkes Racing opted to claim on Masked Crusader.[...]

Posted on August 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A race-fit Varda has lowered the colours of Masked Crusader but the exciting sprinter lost no admirers with his closing second on a heavy Randwick track. Stepping out for the first time since May, the Hawkes Racing four-year-old was sent out an odds-on favourite and could not match Varda's turn of foot when she sprinted[...]

Posted on August 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip has ticked the first box in his march towards The Everest with a comfortable barrier trial win at Rosehill. Partnered by regular rider James McDonald, the star sprinter raced on the speed and was not let off the bridle to win Tuesday's 900m heat by three lengths. He is scheduled to resume in[...]

Posted on May 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

One of Sydney's most improved sprinters has salvaged a consolation win for Hawkes Racing after the Rosehill scratching of a high-profile stablemate. Dirty Work arrived as a bona fide black-type horse in winning the Listed Ortensia Stakes, an 1100m scamper that was the last of 17 races run as part of the Scone Cup carnival.[...]

Posted on May 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney three-year-old Dawn Passage has moved to equal favourite for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after accounting for a small field in the $200,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas at Rosehill. Saturday's 1400m race lost some of its appeal when boom three-year-old gelding Masked Crusader, who had been the short-priced favourite, was scratched on race morning because[...]

Posted on May 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Taking a punt on a new-season stallion can be a risk for any prospective horse buyer. Graeme Ireland and his son Todd support the Victorian market and spend countless hours going over the pedigrees searching for a potential good horse. At the 2018 Melbourne yearling sale saw the first of the Toronado stock offered and[...]

Posted on May 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dawn Passage has long been held in high regard at Tulloch Lodge and his Hawkesbury Guineas victory could be just the start of a rise through the ranks. The colt has shown glimpses of brilliance, beating subsequent Group One winner Bivouac on debut and taking out the Listed Rosebud in the spring. He was less[...]

Posted on May 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

All eyes will be on Hawkes Racing's burgeoning talent Masked Crusader when he makes his stakes debut against a small but select Inglis 3YO Guineas field. The three-year-old will back-up in the $200,000 feature at Rosehill on Saturday after a stunning Sydney debut last weekend when he barely got out of second gear to trounce[...]

Posted on May 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jason Coyle knows Air To Air faces a mammoth task in the Inglis 3YO Guineas but the trainer thinks enough of the filly to warrant giving her a crack at the $200,000 race at Rosehill. Air To Air is Coyle's only runner on Saturday's program after dual stakes-placed three-year-old filly St Covet's Spirit was balloted[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Masked Crusader has only been beaten once and it does not look like happening again any time soon. Trained by Hawkes Racing, Masked Crusader ran fifth on debut in November at Wyong. He was sent to the Hawkes' Melbourne stable and registered wins at Caulfield and Bendigo before begin brought back to Sydney where he[...]

Posted on May 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Hawkes family has become accomplished at switching horses between states and they will have two runners who fit that bill at Randwick. Scarlet Dream returns to Sydney for Saturday's Gosford Gold Cup (2000m) after kicking off her campaign with two runs in Melbourne while promising three-year-old Masked Crusader has also made the trek north.[...]

Masked Crusader stars as Everest contenders step out at trials

Toronado’s stud fee goes up after producing maiden Group 1 winner

McEvoy warming to Aegon in Doncaster

Masked Crusader explosive in William Reid Stakes

No Kirk But Hawkes Gives Rosehill A Shaik

Colt Adds Star Power To Expressway Stakes

Crusader Heads To Randwick Without Berry

Masked Crusader Impressive Despite Defeat

Nature Strip Stars With Impressive Trial

Dirty Work Completes Hat-Trick In Ortensia

Dawn Passage Stamps His Stradbroke Claims

Gamble On Toronado Youngsters Pays Off

Dawn Passage Sets Sail For Another Guineas

Rising Star Crusader In 3YO Guineas Test

Air To Air Faces Big Step Up At Rosehill

Masked Crusader Dominates In Randwick Win

Hawkes State Switch A Tick For Crusader

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