Gollan On Weather Watch With Just Orm
Tony Gollan is keeping an eye on the weather before deciding if seasoned campaigner Just Orm takes on Alligator Blood at Doomben.
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Waller Sticks With Senior Hoop For Gresham
Champion trainer Chris Waller has resisted the temptation to use an apprentice by calling on senior rider Ryan Maloney to coax Gresham back to winning form at Doomben. Gresham has paid the price at the weights for his consistency and has been allocated 60kg for Saturday’s TAB Long May We Play Open Handicap (1600m). Apprentice[...]
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Maloney Answers SOS For Sapphire Stakes
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke has called on the Alligator Blood connection in an attempt to get honest Baccarat Baby back to winning ways. Jockey Ryan Maloney will take over from Michael Hellyer who has ridden Baccarat Baby in 19 of her 22 starts. Maloney will have his first ride on Baccarat Baby in the Group[...]
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Brimham Rocks Proves No.1 In Tattersall’s Cup
Barrier one isn’t always a benefit in 2400m races but it proved that way for Brimham Rocks in the Group Three Tattersall’s Cup at Eagle Farm. Jockey Ryan Maloney scored his seventh win for the week when he took advantage of the inside barrier to give Brimham Rocks the run of the race. Trainer Chris[...]
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Irithea Set For Group 2 Dane Ripper In Brisbane
Having pinpointed the Dane Ripper Stakes as the most suitable option for Irithea during this year’s revised Queensland winter carnival, Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker believes the mare is on track to give the Group Two race a shake. Irithea is coming off a last-start win in the Group Three Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) for fillies[...]
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Kementari Ready For Comeback Win: Cummings
Godolphin’s head Australian trainer James Cummings has made a strong case for comeback galloper Kementari to score his first win in two years at Eagle Farm. Kementari heads the weights in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) which will be his lead-up to the Group One Stradbroke Handicap a fortnight later. Kementari was one of[...]
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Hightail Breaks Gold Coast Duck In Guineas
Sydney gelding Hightail finally had things go his way in a Gold Coast feature race and was rewarded with a Group Three win. Hightail ($3.60) was given the run of the race by jockey Ryan Maloney before he wore down the unlucky The Odyssey ($7.50) on the line in the Gold Coast Guineas over 1200m.[...]
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Waller Youngsters Set For Queensland Debut
Champion trainer Chris Waller’s two big guns for next month’s Group One JJ Atkins, Saffiano and Spokesman, have adapted well since arriving for their first Queensland starts. Waller has won the Atkins three times with Pressday (2010), Press Statement (2015) and The Autumn Sun (2018) and has nominated nine horses for this year’s race. Saffiano[...]
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Maloney To Help Tarzan Defend Sprint Crown
Group One-winning jockey Ryan Maloney will reunite with Tarzan as the gelding fights off challenges to his crown as the king of the Sunshine Coast. Tarzan will be attempting to win his second Listed race when he resumes in the Chief De Beers Handicap (1000m) on Friday night. The 1000m races at the seaside track[...]
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Mcgillivray, Fradd, Maloney To Swap Zones
Jockey Matt McGillivray has said farewell to riding in Queensland’s south metro region with a winning double at the Gold Coast. Racing Queensland has divided the state into six zones with metropolitan racing in the south centred on the Gold Coast and the north based mainly in Brisbane. Jockeys elected to ride in one region[...]
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Grey Missile Heads Edmonds Gold Coast Team
Unlucky Grey Missile has finally drawn a good barrier as he heads a big team from the Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership at the Gold Coast. The Edmonds partnership has lived up its vow to support regional racing and will play a major hand at the Gold Coast as it closes in on 100[...]
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David Vandyke Produces Another Smart 3YO
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke produced another possible top three-year-old when Roman Republic scored at Doomben. Vandyke was still on a high after his star Alligator Blood won the Australian Guineas last Saturday but he couldn’t hide his excitement about Roman Republic. Jockey Ryan Maloney maintained his 40 per cent winning strike rate for Vandyke when[...]
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Alligator Blood Dominant In Australian Guineas
The two keys players in the success of Alligator Blood say the world is his oyster after the gelding scored a courageous victory the Australian Guineas at Flemington. Trainer David Vandyke and jockey Ryan Maloney echoed each others comments after Alligator Blood withstood being taken on early in Saturday’s Group One race before putting the[...]
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Alligator Blood Wins Group 1 Australian Guineas
Alligator Blood and Ryan Maloney have stormed to their first Group One win in the $1 million Australian Guineas at Flemington. The David Vandyke-trained gelding gave no quarter to his opposition in the straight to beat Superstorm by a length, with Soul Patch third in the 1600m race. Maloney and the Sunshine Coast horse can[...]
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Maloney Not Treating Guineas As Match Race
Alligator Blood’s jockey Ryan Maloney is not approaching the Australian Guineas as a two-horse race between his horse and Catalyst. While the recent C S Hayes Stakes developed into a match race between Queensland star Alligator Blood and New Zealander Catalyst, Maloney has a healthy respect for their rivals. Alligator Blood and Maloney are striving[...]
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Alligator Blood On Song For Melbourne
Alligator Blood’s growing popularity is evidenced by his lead in the voting for the All-Star Mile and his trainer David Vandyke says it is a privilege to have the budding star in his care. The winner of eight of his nine starts, Alligator Blood is back in Melbourne for a three-run campaign beginning in Saturday’s[...]
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Alligator Blood Ready To Head To Melbourne
Top Queensland three-year-old Alligator Blood will head to Melbourne after a solid hit-out in an unofficial trial at the Sunshine Coast. Alligator Blood went around with four other runners over 1000m on Sunday and raced three-deep before winning by a long neck from another talented three-year-old, Eric The Eel. Ryan Maloney gave Alligator Blood an[...]
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