Rachel King

Dismissal Aims For Upset In Group 1 Sires’

Posted on April 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dismissal is at big odds for the ATC Sires' Produce Stakes but trainer Gary Portelli believes the two-year-old is not out of Group One contest. Portelli has opted to give the maiden filly a crack at Saturday's 1400m feature for juveniles at Randwick after deciding to bypass her original target, the Group Three Baillieu (1400m),[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

With the luxury of Quackerjack's place in the Doncaster assured for months, trainer Mark Newnham has been able to tailor his preparation to ensure the timing is perfect heading into the famous Randwick mile. Quackerjack earned a ballot exemption to Saturday's Group One Doncaster Mile when he won the Group Two Villiers Stakes over the[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Get The Idea is the outsider in the Rosehill Guineas but his trainer John Sargent thinks highly enough of the lightly raced three-year-old to test him in the Group One race. Get The Idea heads into Saturday's 2000m feature for three-year-olds at Rosehill off three provincial races. He won a 1300m-maiden at Kembla Grange and[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Described by his trainer as a horse who just “eats and sleeps”, Brandenburg has also shown he is pretty good at galloping with a boilover win in the Hobartville Stakes. Up against a field boasting five Group One winners and some of the best three-year-olds in the country, Brandenburg defied a wide run on speed[...]

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 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Emerging stayer She's Ideel can help fill a void left in the Bjorn Baker stable which is missing two of its stars. Group One winner Samadoubt is on the injured list while the outstanding Champagne Cuddles has been retired after suffering an injury in a race on Magic Millions day at the Gold Coast. She's[...]

Posted on January 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mercurial Lad's upset win at Randwick has been greeted by tears and smiles, giving many of those associated with the horse a brief respite from the devastation of the NSW bushfires. Mercurial Lad is trained by Barbara Joseph and her sons Paul and Matt who operate stables at Canberra and also the Sapphire Coast which[...]

Posted on January 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A missed opportunity for a provincial win has had a silver lining for Private Thoughts who has instead racked up a metropolitan victory at Randwick. Private Thoughts was supposed to run at Gosford on Tuesday but the meeting was called off after two races because of extreme heat. Trainer John O'Shea fortuitously kept her in[...]

Posted on December 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rachel King will spend much of the next month on the sidelines serving two suspensions incurred at separate holiday race meetings at Randwick. King was outed on Saturday for careless riding on winning mount Aquitaine for Godolphin. Her ban begins after she serves a suspension from Thursday which begins on January 5. Her latest suspension[...]

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 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[...]

Posted on November 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The new Spring Stakes timeslot has proven no hurdle for Godolphin who has claimed its third successive win in the Group Three Newcastle feature with filly Asiago. Sheikh Mohammed's team had captured the past two editions with Astoria (2017) and Aramayo (2018) when the race was held in September. In Asiago, they found the right[...]

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter Snowden will consider raising the bar for California Longbow after the progressive stayer landed his fourth career win in the Ranvet Handicap at Rosehill. Rachel King ensured Saturday's 1800-metre race was a true test when she took Foreign Territory to the front from a wide gate and set a solid tempo. Tim Clark aboard[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

There is a sense of timing surrounding Fasika's $7.5 million Golden Eagle bid but if her awkward barrier proves costly, trainer Joe Pride knows who to blame. Fasika is part-owned by former NRL and rugby union star Ryan Cross who had the task of selecting her gate and picked up barrier 11 of 17. As[...]

Posted on October 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Greysful Glamour has returned to the winner's circle for the first time in more than a year, giving Sydney trainer Mark Newnham his first winner with his first runner at The Valley. Four-year-old Greysful Glamour dominated Friday night's Seppelt Wines Handicap (2040m) under Sydney jockey Rachel King and raced away to beat Oceanex by six[...]

Posted on October 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O'Shea has been keeping blinkers up his sleeve for Pretty In Pink and believes the timing is right to use them in the Nivison Stakes at Randwick. A Group Two winner during the Brisbane winter carnival, the mare has taken time to come to hand but O'Shea says her physical appearance indicates she is[...]

Dismissal Aims For Upset In Group 1 Sires’

Quackerjack Set For Group 1 Doncaster Mile Tilt

Get The Idea To Face Rosehill Guineas Test

Brandenburg Lobs In Hobartville Boilover

Every Rose To Bloom In Silver Slipper

Staying Trip Ideal For Bjorn Baker Mare

Tears After Mercurial Lad Wins At Randwick

Winning O’Shea Treble To Start The Year

Rachel King To Serve Two Suspensions

Quackerjack Wins Group Two Villiers Stakes

Quackerjack Will Not Duck Villiers Task

Flying Shoe No Barrier To Invictus Salute

Godolphin Snares Spring Stakes Hat-Trick

California Longbow Hits Rosehill Target

Fasika Spot-On For Golden Eagle Tilt

Greysful Glamour Wins Easily At The Valley

Blinkers Go On Pretty In Pink In Nivison

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