Shadow Hero

Star-Studded Fields For Rosehill Features

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star New Zealand gelding Te Akau Shark headlines a field of nine for the George Ryder Stakes, one of five Group One races on the Golden Slipper program at Rosehill. While the Golden Slipper field was announced on Tuesday, acceptances for the remaining races on Saturday's program were taken on Wednesday with the Jamie Richards-trained[...]

Posted on March 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham is planning to run dual Group One-winning three-year-old Shadow Hero in the Rosehill Guineas despite also nominating him for the weight-for-age Ranvet Stakes. Shadow Hero has already taken out the first leg of the Sydney autumn triple crown for three-year-olds, the Group One Randwick Guineas (1600m). Shadow Hero was the $3.50 favourite[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Shadow Hero is the new favourite to add the Randwick Guineas to his Group One Spring Champion Stakes with the scratching of Super Seth. The Anthony Freedman stable told stewards Super Seth had an elevated temperature and abnormal blood picture on Wednesday. The colt had been the dominant $2.70 favourite but the market has now[...]

Posted on February 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Anthony Cummings has already orchestrated one Hobartville Stakes upset and will not be surprised if Prince Fawaz can deliver him another when the colt resumes at Rosehill. The Randwick trainer won the 2005 edition with $21 chance Outback Prince, who lowered the colours of Eremein and Dance Hero. Cummings won the Group Two 1400m-race again[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victoria Derby remains the race that got away from Shadow Hero and posed more questions than answers. The Group One Spring Champion Stakes winner started favourite in the 2500m-Classic on November 2 but finished fifth in a strung-out field, 10 lengths from the winner Warning. Shadow Hero's trainer Mark Newnham said there were factors[...]

Posted on February 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham has ambitious plans for Shadow Hero and is confident the talented three-year-old can live up to his expectations in the Sydney autumn carnival. Shadow Hero won the Group Three Gloaming Stakes and Group One Spring Champion Stakes during the spring and was spelled after finishing fifth as favourite at a rain-soaked Flemington in[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham admits he has been left deflated after the Victoria Derby but will now give the beaten favourite Shadow Hero a spell before setting him for autumn features. Shadow Hero went into the Victoria Derby off convincing wins in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes and Group One Spring Champion Stakes in Sydney[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer Mark Newnham reckons his father, John, will be cheering louder than anyone for favourite Shadow Hero in the $2 million Victoria Derby. Not only because his son has a gilt-edged chance to train the winner of the time-honoured Classic for the first time on Saturday at Flemington, but also because of a Father's[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

VICTORIA DERBY The $2 million Victoria Derby is a Group One Classic for three-year-olds run over 2500m at Melbourne's Flemington racecourse It will run as race seven at 3.45pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 HISTORY First run in 1855 when won by Rose Of May, the Victoria Derby pre-dates the Melbourne Cup by six years[...]

Posted on October 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A field of 16 has been declared for the $2 million Group One Victoria Derby at Flemington with Spring Champion Stakes winner and race favourite Shadow Hero drawing barrier 10. Caulfield Classic winner Thought Of That has drawn the inside barrier for Saturday's 2500m-Classic for three-year-olds while last Saturday's Group Two Vase winner Soul Patch[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

One-time VRC Oaks favourite Celestial Falls will miss the race but her trainer Mark Newnham still has the chance for Classic glory in Melbourne. Shadow Hero assumed favouritism for Saturday's Victoria Derby with his Group One victory in the Spring Champion Stakes in which he beat Castelvecchio. The Spring Champion form looks even better now[...]

Posted on October 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Thought Of That has emerged as one of the main Victoria Derby contenders after his dominant win in the Caulfield Classic but Sydney trainer Mark Newnham remains confident he has the right horse to win the $2 million Classic at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Thought Of That backed up an eight-length win[...]

Posted on September 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Newnham is eyeing back-to- back wins in Spring Champion Stakes following Shadow Hero's dominant success in the Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill. Newnham claimed his first Group One win in the 2018 Spring Champion (2000m) with Maid Of Heaven and has every reason to be confident after Shadow Hero lived up to his $2.90[...]

Posted on September 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

When it comes to emerging equine talent in Mark Newnham's Sydney stables, staying prospect Shadow Hero is high in the pecking order. Shadow Hero steps up to 1800m in Saturday's Group Three Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill on the way to spring targets over even greater distances. Newnham is aiming Shadow Hero at the Group One[...]

Posted on June 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham's stellar run of late-season success with his two-year-olds has prompted the emerging trainer to make serious spring carnival plans for his young team. A long-time deputy to Gai Waterhouse, Newnham only took up training in his own right three years ago and has already celebrated Group One wins with Maid Of Heaven in[...]

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 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[...]

Star-Studded Fields For Rosehill Features

Shadow Hero On Target For Another Guineas

Guineas Reshuffle As Super Seth Scratched

Cummings Prince Of Hobartville Upsets

No Hiding For Shadow Hero In Hobartville

Shadow Hero On Track For Autumn Targets

Newnham Deflated After Victoria Derby Loss

Newnham Confident Ahead Of Victoria Derby

A Guide To The $2m Group 1 Victoria Derby

Field Of 16 For Group One Victoria Derby

Shadow Hero Primed For 2500m Of Derby

Shadow Hero On Target For Victoria Derby

Hero Steps Out Of The Shadows In Gloaming

Gloaming Stakes Next Step For Shadow Hero

Mark Newnham To Rely On Youth In Spring

Cahill Set To Continue Wonderful Winter

Mark Newnham Confident Of Derby Success

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