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Ballistic Boy Aims For Shoot Out Hat-Trick

Posted on December 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ballistic Boy is on target to complete a hat-trick of wins in the Shoot Out Quality and continue his march towards the Magic Millions Subzero.

Posted on May 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Matt McGillivray will be in a neck brace for a fortnight after a fall at the Sunshine Coast. McGillivray was taken to hospital after falling from Bel Strider at the 150m in the sixth race on Wednesday night. He was knocked unconscious and suffered facial and neck injuries. Queensland Jockeys Association boss Glen Prentice[...]

Posted on May 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The jockey shortage for Queensland's winter carnival has been compounded by another suspension for leading rider Baylee Nothdurft and injury to Matt McGillivray. Group One-winning jockey McGillivray will miss Saturday's Doomben meeting after he was injured in a fall at the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday night. Nothdurft was again suspended on a careless riding charge[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top Queensland sprinter Tambo's Mate has been injured and will miss the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Tambo's Mate had beaten the ballot for the Stradbroke at Eagle Farm on June 6 after winning the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben three weeks ago. The gelding ran seventh in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Brad Stewart is the latest to need a stay on a suspension if he is to ride at the big Group One day of racing at Eagle Farm. There is an increasing shortage of top jockeys in Queensland which has been exacerbated by injury, suspensions and coronavirus restrictions imposed on interstate riders. Stewards opened[...]

Posted on May 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Matt McGillivray will need a stay of a suspension if he is to ride in the big Group One race day at Eagle Farm on Saturday week. Stewards opened an inquiry after Red Chase and Thy Kingdom Come suffered interference at the 1100m in the second race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. McGillivray, who[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra gelding Tambo's Mate can confirm his rating as one of the most improved horses in Australia when he tackles the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Victory Stakes is usually run at weight-for-age at the start of the Queensland winter carnival. However, with the winter schedule being vastly reduced[...]

Posted on May 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Chris Waller's two big guns for next month's Group One JJ Atkins, Saffiano and Spokesman, have adapted well since arriving for their first Queensland starts. Waller has won the Atkins three times with Pressday (2010), Press Statement (2015) and The Autumn Sun (2018) and has nominated nine horses for this year's race. Saffiano[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Stuart Kendrick's decision to take a gamble with Tambo's Mate completed a huge week for the trainer when the gelding earned a start in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Kendrick trained his 900th career winner on Wednesday and had a Gold Coast metropolitan winner on Friday. He also completed a deal to sell his ATC[...]

Posted on May 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classy filly Vanna Girl earned valuable black-type and earned herself a tilt at another big prize later in the winter with her win in the Listed Doomben Guineas. Vanna Girl ($2.70) had to work hard to run down gallant Supergiant ($21) by a neck in a thrilling battle over the final 200m. The filly continued[...]

Posted on April 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Matt McGillivray has said farewell to riding in Queensland's south metro region with a winning double at the Gold Coast. Racing Queensland has divided the state into six zones with metropolitan racing in the south centred on the Gold Coast and the north based mainly in Brisbane. Jockeys elected to ride in one region[...]

Posted on April 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Matt McGillivray appears to have chosen the right path by opting to ride at the Gold Coast a day before the meeting at Doomben. Racing Queensland has introduced regional racing in an effort to limit the danger of the coronavirus. It means Queensland has two metropolitan prize money meetings a week at the Gold[...]

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tough mare Manaya has earned her chance to win another stakes race after her narrow victory at Doomben. Manaya ($14) defied a betting drift and a slow early pace to score by short head to Grey Missile ($4.60) in the Members At Tattersall's Open (1200m) on Saturday. The mare won her first start in stakes[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Much-travelled Quality Seeker looks to have found his niche in Queensland after a runaway win at Eagle Farm. Trained by the Melbourne-based Ciaron Maher-David Eustace partnership, Quality Seeker ($1.90) scored a 3-1/4 length win over Breakdance ($3.20) in the Trump Flooring Plate (2200m). Quality Seeker's previous 16 starts had been in England, Victoria and NSW[...]

Posted on February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tough gelding Gresham ended his rating as a perpetual placegetter when he continued champion trainer Chris Waller's good run for the Star Thoroughbreds syndicate at Eagle Farm. Gresham had gone almost a year without victory. The gelding has run 18 minor placings but never looked like adding to that total with a 3-1/4 lengths win[...]

Posted on January 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick had 50,000 extra reasons to soothe the disappointment at his filly Cosmic Gossip's failure to make the Magic Millions 2YO Classic field when she won on Saturday. Cosmic Gossip ($13) came from last to beat the favourite Queen Kay ($1.80) in the $125,000 Sunshine Coast 2YO Classic Plate (1200m). Kendrick thought[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A bigger and stronger Queensland Oaks winner Winning Ways will take her first step towards a Magic Millions Trophy start at Eagle Farm. The mare resumes in Saturday's Hamilton Hotel Open Handicap at Eagle Farm where she has drawn barrier six at the notoriously tricky 1800m-start. Winning Ways was bought at the Magic Millions sales[...]

Ballistic Boy Aims For Shoot Out Hat-Trick

McGillivray In Neck Brace After Race Fall

Fall, Suspensions Thin Qld Riding Ranks

Tambo’s Mate Injured, Out Of Group 1 Stradbroke

Stewart Needs A Stay To Ride In Stradbroke

McGillivray Needs Stay To Ride Stradbroke

Tambo’s Mate Set For Step Up At Eagle Farm

Waller Youngsters Set For Queensland Debut

Kendrick Ends Big Week With Sprint Success

Vanna Girl Earns Black-Type In Guineas Win

Mcgillivray, Fradd, Maloney To Swap Zones

McGillivray On Right Track For Gold Coast

Manaya Aims For More Stakes Success

Seeker All Quality With Eagle Farm Victory

Gresham Ends A Sequence Of Minor Placings

Kendrick Has 50,000 Extra Reasons To Smile

Winning Ways On Magic Millions Trail

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