Queensland Derby

Gollan Hopes To End A Low Week On A High

Posted on June 7, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brisbane's premier trainer Tony Gollan started the week with a setback but hopes it ends better with chances in three Group One races at Eagle Farm. His stable star, three-year-old Zoustyle, has gone to the spelling paddock after being found with a low-grade virus on Tuesday. Zoystyle was expected to be Gollan's best hope at[...]

Posted on June 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will be hoping third time's a charm for their talented three-year-old Savvy Oak when he lines up in the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The son of Savabeel has contested two previous Derbys this season, finishing seventh in the Group 1[...]

Posted on June 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

As John Sargent sweats on a Queensland Derby start for first reserve Home Made, stablemate Think It Over is being readied to end his campaign on a winning note at Randwick after failing to make the cut for the Group One feature. Think It Over did not have enough prize money to force his way[...]

Posted on June 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

If knowledge and preparation equate to success it is no wonder Gold Coast jockey Michael Cahill is having another top season . Cahill has been by far the most successful jockey of the winter carnival which has not gone unnoticed by visiting trainers. The 54-year-old has ridden more than 2500 winners in eight countries in[...]

Posted on June 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-form jockey Tommy Berry is poised to keep his winning momentum rolling when he heads to Eagle Farm for a strong book of rides on Stradbroke Handicap day. Berry booted home a double at the track two weeks ago then returned to Sydney last Saturday and made it an afternoon to remember with a four-winner[...]

Posted on June 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A win for Mahis Angel in the Group One Queensland Derby would be a fitting tribute to where he was bred, Wattle Brae Stud, which will be auctioned on Friday. Mahis Angel, who is by Wattle Brae's sire Mahisara, is a late entry for Saturday's Derby after winning at Ipswich last week. The stud's owners[...]

Posted on June 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Matt Cumani believes Victorian visitor Declares War has thrived since arriving in Brisbane, boosting the trainer's hopes of a good showing from the gelding in the Queensland Derby. A last-start winner over 2000m at Flemington, Declares War pleased his trainer in a course proper gallop at Eagle Farm on Tuesday ahead of Saturday's 2400m Group[...]

Posted on June 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-form jockey John Allen has put Mr Quickie through his paces in a last piece of serious work ahead of the Queensland Derby. Allen went to Pakenham on Monday to work Mr Quickie over 1600m before the gelding flies to Brisbane on Tuesday. Mr Quickie will be attempting to give Allen a fifth Group One[...]

Posted on June 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller's Stradbroke Handicap hopes could rest with fan favourite Tom Melbourne. The champion trainer still has Ringerdingding and Star Of The Seas in the mix for Saturday's Group One race at Eagle Farm but the two are on the borderline to get starts. Although Tom Melbourne has developed a reputation for not winning, the[...]

Posted on June 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham had a super Saturday but he is growing in confidence he can do even better this week in a Group One race. Newnham is well known in Queensland from his days as Gai Waterhouse's foreman but he is rapidly making his own name in his two-year training career. He trained three[...]

Posted on May 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Improving three-year-old Mahis Angel could be a late nomination for the Group One Queensland Derby after his strong win at Ipswich. Mahis Angel ($7) was too strong at the finish beating Tiponi ($41) by 2-1/2 lengths with a nose to Guise ($1.90) over 2210m. The gelding is not entered for the Queensland Derby on Saturday[...]

Posted on May 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Phillip Stokes feels Victorian three-year-old Mr Quickie has enough petrol left in the tank for another interstate trip, this time to tackle the Queensland Derby. The consistent gelding has rebounded well from his third behind Qafila and Savvy Oak in the South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on May 11 and Stokes has no[...]

Posted on May 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Robbie Laing has been forced to alter plans with Queensland Derby aspirant Stars Of Carrum following the abandonment of a set of barrier trials. Stars Of Carrum, runner-up to Extra Brut in the Victoria Derby in the spring, was scheduled to run in a 1550m-heat at Cranbourne on Monday, but heavy rain on Sunday[...]

Posted on May 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

As the racing season nears an end, Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani will make a last bid at a Group One double with a couple of three-year-olds. Dunlani and Declares War leave for Brisbane on Tuesday to contest the Queensland Oaks and Queensland Derby respectively. The trainer is hopeful there is still improvement in last-start Sandown[...]

Posted on May 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A failed mission to win the New Zealand Derby appears to have been the making of Nobu who will be given the chance to win the season's last Classic in Queensland. The Chris Waller-trained gelding beat one horse home in the NZ Derby at Ellerslie at the beginning of March. Waller brought him back to[...]

Posted on May 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A benchmark race for three-year-olds at Randwick is set to have a significant impact on the Classic races in Queensland with almost the entire Mizuno Handicap field nominated for either the Queensland Derby or Oaks. Of the 14 runners, the Bjorn Baker-trained Baaed is the only one who doesn't hold an entry for either of[...]

Posted on May 20, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An exhibition gallop at the Gold Coast on Saturday by Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) candidate Lord Arthur has Cambridge trainer Murray Baker pleased with his progress as he gets set for the Brisbane Group 1 feature next month. Baker and co-trainer Andrew Forsman have taken Lord Arthur and stablemate Bobby Dee to Queensland in[...]

Gollan Hopes To End A Low Week On A High

Third time’s a charm for Savvy Oak

It’S Not Over For 3yo Despite Derby Miss

Cahill Set To Continue Wonderful Winter

Berry Focused On Another Queensland Derby

Famous Stud’s Last Hurrah In Group 1 Qld Derby

Declares War Set For Qld Derby Challenge

Mr Quickie On Song For Queensland Derby

Tom Melbourne Waller’s Stradbroke Hope

Mark Newnham Confident Of Derby Success

Queensland Derby Option For Mahis Angel

Mr Quickie Right For Queensland Derby Tilt

Change To Derby Prep For Stars Of Carrum

Cumani Pair To Chase Oaks-Derby Double

Nobu Continues Path To Queensland Derby

Classic Contenders Out In Force In Sydney

Baker pleased with Queensland Derby candidates

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