Rough Habit Plate

Special Swey gives his rivals a galloping lesson in Rough Habit Plate

Posted on May 13, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tyler Schiller and Chris Waller have combined to cause a major boilover in the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate with Special Swey, presenting some queries over some of the Queensland Derby contenders with the big 2400m race set to be run and won in two weeks' time. Jumping as a massive outsider at $34 with[...]

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

A jumping future is beckoning The Bambino but New Zealand trainer and part-owner Ben Foote is hoping to score a win on the flat with the gelding before then. The Rock ‘N' Pop gelding will make his fifth raceday appearance in the iLine Carpenters 2100 at Tauranga on Saturday where he will try and improve[...]

Posted on May 14, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dark Destroyer built on his impressive runner-up performance in April's Queensland Guineas (1600m), winning Saturday's Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Eagle Farm. The New Zealand-based three-year-old moved up stylishly at the top of the straight in the Group 3 event, towing jockey Sam Weatherly into the race. Despite only winning by two tenths of a[...]

Posted on May 9, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Brisbane trainer Chris Munce has provided HorseBetting with an update on his fancied runners ahead of Saturday's Doomben 10,000 meeting, where he has seven horses nominated.

Posted on May 3, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson's Brisbane dance card is filling up well with the champion rider already locked in for half a-dozen feature race mounts during the Queensland winter carnival. All Bosson's confirmed bookings to date are for New Zealand-trained contenders and he has enlisted the help of prominent Australian jockeys' agent Mark Guest to[...]

Posted on May 3, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A gallant run for second in Saturday's Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) by Dark Destroyer brought some welcome relief for New Zealand trainer Lance O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan prepares the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) aspirant with training partner Andrew Scott and was delighted to see the son of Proisir bounce back to his best in the[...]

Posted on April 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class New Zealand sprinter Babylon Berlin is joining Tony Pike's team for the next couple of months in order to take on some of Australia's best sprinters in Queensland. The All Too Hard mare returned to the track at Cambridge on Tuesday, winning a 950m open catchweight trial on the synthetic track in what was[...]

Posted on April 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Top quality New Zealand performer Two Illicit will be chasing the perfect end to a stellar racing career when she steps out in Saturday's Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained daughter of Jimmy Choux has carried the colours of breeder Trelawney Stud with distinction and, as such,[...]

Posted on April 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising New Zealand three-year-old stayer Pinarello shook off the disappointment of being late scratched at the barrier earlier this month with a stunning win in the Group 2 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. The Brendan and Jo Lindsay-bred and owned son of Tavistock had been one of the favourites for the[...]

Posted on June 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Anderson's luck finally changed when Ballistic Boy helped him achieve a boyhood dream by winning a Group race with a horse wearing the colours of the Think Big Stud. Starting favourite, Ballistic Boy ($2.80) dispelled any notion he was not a genuine stayer when he beat Supergiant ($4.50) by 1-1/2 lengths in the[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Michael Costa is sure Supergiant can underline his staying potential with another important Queensland winter carnival win. Supergiant has been in great form with a second in the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes and a win in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic at his past two starts. And Costa is supremely confident Supergiant will be[...]

Posted on May 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classy three-year-old Profit has been sent for a break, leaving trainer Chris Anderson to have Ballistic Boy as his runner in the Group Three Rough Habit Plate at Eagle Farm. Profit and Ballistic Boy have been among the best three-year-olds in Queensland this season but Profit's last two runs have been below par. Ballistic Boy[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tavistock gelding Stockman continued to show his progressive talents at Randwick on Saturday when taking out his 2000m event, and trainer Joseph Pride is now eyeing some loftier targets for his charge. It was his third victory this preparation from just four starts, ranging from 1300m to 2000m, and Pride has been impressed with the[...]

Posted on May 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa's loyalty to jockey Allan Chau paid off when they combined for their first Group wins at Eagle Farm. Chau produced a daring ride on Supergiant ($10) who led all the way to beat Ballistic Boy ($8.50) by a nose in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic (1800m). The favourite Kinane ($1.90)[...]

Posted on May 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Chris Waller-trained Kinane will carry the weight of expectation when he contests the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but the talented three-year-old will have to overcome the outside barrier in the field of 16. The son of Reliable Man has been one of the talk horses of the autumn,[...]

Posted on May 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Michael Costa is genuinely excited about his promising three-year-old Supergiant stepping up to middle-distance racing. Supergiant will be having only his fifth race start in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic (1800m) at Eagle Farm. Supergiant's ability was the worst-kept secret at the Gold Coast before it became public knowledge when he beat stakes horse[...]

Posted on May 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Anderson can see some positives in taking on boom Sydney three-year-old Kinane at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Kinane, who has won his past two starts including the Group Three Frank Packer Plate, has been the subject of seven-figure offers from Hong Kong. The offers have been rejected and trainer Chris Waller elected to[...]

Special Swey gives his rivals a galloping lesson in Rough Habit Plate

Foote hoping to hit homerun with The Bambino

Dark Destroyer wins the Rough Habit Plate

Munce holding strong hand for Doomben 10,000 meeting

Bosson in demand for Brisbane

Dark Destroyer the bright spot in week of drama for O’Sullivan

Queensland campaign for Babylon Berlin

Te Rapa swansong for Two Illicit

Pinarello dominant in Championship Stakes

Ballistic Boy Gives Anderson Dream Result

Costa Taking Giant Strides To Rough Habit

Ballistic Boy To Tackle Rough Habit Plate

Pride eyeing Group 3 assignment for Stockman

Costa Loyalty Pays Off In Gunsynd Classic

Boom horse Kinane to step out in Queensland

Costa Takes Giant Steps To Gunsynd Classic

Anderson Pair To Take On Boom 3YO Kinane

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