Phillip Stokes

Holland Wins Rapid Racing Opening Race

Posted on February 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Country jockeys' side has made a perfect start to the Rapid Racing meeting at Flemington with Dean Holland kicking it off with victory on the Phillip Stokes-trained Aquagirl. Jarrod Fry consolidated for the country riders with his win on the John Price-trained Chassis in the second race while Jason Maskiell took out the third[...]

Posted on January 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One winner Mr Quickie will soon return to Phillip Stokes' stables to ramp up preparations for a first-up tilt at the All-Star Mile. Stokes and the gelding's connections are targeting the $5 million race at Caulfield in March and want to run Mr Quickie fresh. Ten of the horses in the field for the[...]

Posted on December 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes admits Snitzkraft exceeded his expectations in his first start back from an injury lay-off and the trainer believes the sprinter has improved leading into the Standish Handicap. Five-year-old Snitzkraft won a 1200m open handicap on the Pakenham Cup program on December 7, his first start since a third in the Hareeba Stakes at[...]

Posted on December 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced That Girl will chase her first Melbourne win when she runs at Flemington for the first time and trainer Phillip Stokes believes she can be a force. That Girl was spelled after she made an impressive winning debut in Adelaide in June. She made her return at Pakenham on December 7 in a[...]

Posted on December 13, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Ben Thompson has not taken long to register his first winner since returning to Victorian racing from Singapore. Thompson rode 29 winners in Singapore during the 2019 season, which ended on Sunday, but decided not to extend his stay. The 22-year-old returned home earlier this week and had one ride at Sandown on Wednesday[...]

Posted on November 19, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After deciding against a Sandown Guineas start for Call Me Shamus, trainer Phillip Stokes will send him to a midweek race hoping he can end his campaign with back-to-back city wins. Call Me Shamus won a maiden at The Valley at his sixth start on November 1 and was entered for last Saturday's Group Two[...]

Posted on October 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Phillip Stokes-trained Mr Quickie has been passed fit to race on Cox Plate day at The Valley in either the feature race if he gains a start or the Moonee Valley Gold Cup. Mr Quickie had to be re-examined by a Racing Victoria veterinarian on Friday after presenting with lameness in his left front[...]

Posted on October 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mr Quickie is in doubt for a start at The Valley after he was found to be lame in his near foreleg. The Phillip Stokes-trained four-year-old is the second emergency for Saturday's Cox Plate (2040m) and is also an acceptor in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m). Racing Victoria stewards reported Mr Quickie was lame[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Phillip Stokes has seen the right signs in the lead-up to the Caulfield Cup to believe one-time favourite Mr Quickie can bounce back to his best in the $5 million handicap after a last-start failure. This year's Queensland Derby winner, Mr Quickie raced into Cup favouritism after he charged home for third in his[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield Guineas hopes for Miroku failed to materialise but the colt gets the chance to make a spring impression in the Group Three Caulfield Classic. The Phillip Stokes-trained Miroku impressed on debut to win a maiden on the Ballarat synthetic track in early September before finishing unplaced in his next two starts at Geelong and[...]

Posted on October 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

They have combined to win two of the past seven Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington and trainer Phillip Stokes and jockey Luke Nolen will again team up in the Group Two race at Flemington, this time with Really Discreet. Stokes' and Nolen's success in the Edward Manifold includes victory in 2012 with Maybe Discreet, the[...]

Posted on October 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington looms as a defining race for Queensland Derby winner Mr Quickie. The Phillip Stokes-trained gelding flashed home for third in his season return in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 14 and he steps to 2000m on Saturday. His performance will to determine[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Phillip Stokes will not rush towards upcoming spring contests with his Mornington winners Sizzlefly and Too Good Too Hard. While holding hopes of bigger and better victories for the pair, Stokes says their time is likely to come in the autumn. Sizzlefly was an odds-on favourite before winning Saturday's Racetrack Veterinary Services Handicap and[...]

Posted on September 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having proved his class against his own age group, it is now time for Mr Quickie to step up to the big league. That is the view of trainer Phillip Stokes ahead of Mr Quickie contesting Saturday's Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. Mr Quickie has his first start as a four-year-old on Saturday[...]

Posted on August 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes won an Oaks with Maybe Discreet and the trainer has similar hopes for one of the mare's daughters who begins her spring campaign over a sprint distance at The Valley. Really Discreet runs first-up in Saturday's Palentino – Outstanding 1st Crop Yearlings Plate (1200m) which shapes as an interesting clash between a number[...]

Posted on August 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Phillip Stokes would have preferred a softer barrier draw for Terbium's return to racing at The Valley but the trainer cannot fault the gelding's build-up to the race. The unfashionably bred Terbium, by Terango out of Serene Lass, made a name for himself winning his first four races last summer, including the Group Three Zeditave[...]

Posted on August 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Given the strength of the Quezette Stakes field, trainer Phillip Stokes knows he will get a guide on the spring prospects of talented filly Sizzlefly in the Group Three race at Caulfield. Sizzlefly has shown promise in her three starts, winning by just over eight lengths on debut in Adelaide in January over 1050m before[...]

Holland Wins Rapid Racing Opening Race

All-Star Mile Aim For Mr Quickie Return

Snitzkraft On Target For Standish Handicap

That Girl Favourite For Flemington Race

Thompson Gets First Win Since Vic Return

Call Me Shamus Chases Second-Straight Win

Mr Quickie Passed Fit To Run At The Valley

Mr Quickie In Doubt For Run At The Valley

Mr Quickie Out To Bounce Back In Cup

Classic Test For Lightly Raced Miroku

Stokes, Nolen After Third Edward Manifold

Mr Quickie On Target For Turnbull Stakes

Stokes Takes Time With Mornington Winners

Mr Quickie Ready For Step Up To Big League

Valley Return For Filly Really Discreet

Terbium In Good Shape For Valley Return

Sizzlefly Faces Test Of Spring Credentials

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