Robert Sangster Stakes

Snapdancer lands the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes

Posted on May 7, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher was simple in his instructions to young jockey Ethan Brown – start well and your own slice of history awaits. Brown did just that aboard five-year-old Snapdancer, before guiding the mare to a comfortable 1.5-length win in the $502,250 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. In doing so, the 23-year-old went on to[...]

Posted on May 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Have the stars aligned to finally provide talented Victorian sprinter Brooklyn Hustle with her breakthrough Group 1 victory in Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville?

Posted on April 13, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented New Zealand mare Dragon Queen will be given her chance against the best in the country in Saturday’s Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The field for New Zealand’s final Group One race of the 2021-22 season is shaping up to be a strong one, with horses[...]

Posted on February 16, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Smart New Zealand sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse will take aim at Group One assignments in Australia and will transfer to Michael Moroney’s Flemington barn later this month. The daughter of Per Incanto has raced out of Moroney and training partner Pam Gerard’s Matamata stable with good effect, with three wins and four placings to her[...]

Posted on May 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

On Friday morning, Instant Celebrity was given next to no chance by trainer Phillip Stokes heading into the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes. Come Saturday afternoon, the filly was a Group 1 winner following an impressive win in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville, South Australia. It had been just over 24 hours from when[...]

Posted on May 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Instant Celebrity was an instant success during the spring of 2020, winning her first four career starts, including the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. However, her first up run in the listed Redelva Stakes at Morphettville on April 17 was far from impressive, and left punters scratching their heads. Phillip Stokes was on[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sisstar has shown sustained speed to lead home her rivals in the Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield which has now earned her a shot at a Group 1 race. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare will head across the border for the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 1 after her brilliant win[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin may not have a big presence in South Australia but their main trainer James Cummings is always keen to support their carnival races. Last week the stable sent a pair of their two-year-old to Morphettville for the Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1050m) and came home with a perfect one-two finish. Godolphin and Cummings have added[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sam Freedman and his father Anthony have Group 1 aspirations for Lyre and Prophet’s Thumb, but before that there is a race at Caulfield to sharpen them up. Lyre and Prophet’s Thumb run in Saturday’s Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) en route to the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 1.[...]

Posted on May 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony and Calvin McEvoy have resorted to travel in a bid to reinvigorate Sunlight ahead of The Goodwood at Morphettville. Sunlight has been working at Flemington before she returns to the McEvoy’s South Australian base ahead of Saturday’s Group One contest. Tony McEvoy reasoned the mare had become complacent in the country environment at Angaston[...]

Posted on May 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sangster Stakes winner Bella Vella is heading for a spell and will miss South Australia’s biggest sprint race, The Goodwood, at Morphettville. Trainer Will Clarken said Bella Vella had pulled up in great order following Saturday’s Group One victory against fillies and mares. “Although the temptation is high to push on to the Group One[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide trainer Will Clarken has achieved a milestone first Group One win with bargain-buy Bella Vella who has capped a stunning rise in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Bella Vella was bought online for $22,500 last year and she has won six of her 11 starts since joining Clarken’s stable last year, with Saturday’s[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield trainer Mick Price says Teleplay has the right track conditions to give her an edge in the Group One Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. The Morphettville track was rated in the slow range ahead of Saturday’s 1200m sprint for fillies and mares under weight-for-age conditions. Price, who trains the mare in partnership with Mick Kent[...]

Posted on April 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A change of tactics brought about by the disappointment of defeat has led to Street Icon lining up for a Group One assignment in Adelaide. Trainer Kevin Corstens was left scratching his head after the mare finished a weakening seventh in a Group Three race in Hobart in February. Corstens decided to change Street Icon’s[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Blue Diamond winner Lyre are hoping the addition of blinkers will help the three-year-old return to the winner’s list for the first time in more than a year in another Group One. Lyre is set for Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville and trainer Anthony Freedman has opted to apply blinkers to[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The frustration of self-isolation will be worth it for Zac Spain if he can break through for a maiden Group One win in Adelaide. Coronavirus protocols in South Australia require anyone entering the state to undergo two weeks’ isolation. While fellow Victorian jockeys John Allen, Ethan Brown and Dean Holland have joined forces to beat[...]

Posted on April 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australia’s best races have special significance on more than one level for jockey Dean Holland. After starting his riding career in Adelaide, Holland has forged a successful career in Victoria. But it is in his former home town where Holland has landed some of his biggest wins. His solitary Group One victory came aboard[...]

Snapdancer lands the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes

Brooklyn Hustle out to silence critics in Sangster Stakes

Dragon Queen after Group One crown

Australian mission for Roch ‘N’ Horse

Instant Celebrity Claims Robert Sangster Stakes in South Australia

Stokes Puts Instant Celebrity On Notice For South Australian Group 1

Sustained speed lands Sisstar Caulfield victory

Exhilarates out to add to Godolphin tally in Adelaide

Mares gear up for Sangster Stakes at Caulfield

Flemington Trip To Reinvigorate Sunlight

Bella Vella To Bypass Group One Goodwood

Bella Vella Wins Group One Sangster Stakes

Wet To Suit Teleplay In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Street Icon Chases Sangster Stakes Success

Blinkers On For Lyre In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Isolation Has Spain Keen For Group 1 Rides

Holland Does The Hard Yards For Away Game

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