The Galaxy

Zapateo victorious in The Galaxy

Posted on March 23, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Zapateo () has launched late to secure victory in the Group 1 Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday, giving the James Cummings-trained mare her first Group 1 success. She was friendless in the market despite a solid runner-up effort in the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) a fortnight ago and was able to continue her[...]

Posted on March 16, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

The ‘Blue Army' of Godolphin have struck in the Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday, with the James Cummings-trained Red Card () making every post a winner. The daughter of Ribchester has made it back-to-back wins at this course and distance to start the campaign, extending the unbeaten run at Rosehill[...]

Posted on March 18, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Joseph Pride and Tyler Schiller have taken out the final Group 1 of the day at Rosehill on Saturday, as Mariamia continued her fine form to score in The Galaxy. It's been a masterstroke by trainer Joseph Pride bringing her back in trip to the 1100m and has ultimately meant Group 1 glory after finding[...]

Posted on March 4, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was a ding-dong battle down the straight at Royal Randwick as Passive Aggressive got the verdict in a grandstand finish of the Group 2 Challenge Stakes. Trained by Graeme Begg and steered by jockey Jordan Childs for his only ride of the day on Saturday, the first-up mare produced an electric turn-of-foot to storm[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Shelby Sixtysix affirmed his cult hero status, taking out The Galaxy at Group 1 level at Rosehill Gardens. In what is a story for the ages, the Goulburn-based sprinter has had 16 starts this preparation, winning a Class 2 Highway four starts back, before beating home Nature Strip and then winning the Group 2 Challenge[...]

Posted on March 12, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rule Of Law's win streak came to an end on Saturday, as Shelby Sixtysix proved too good for the race favourite in the Group 3 Maurice McCarten Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens. The five-year-old gelding was given a terrific ride by jockey Tommy Berry, who put his mount in a great spot from barrier one.[...]

Posted on March 9, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Krone will be looking to record consecutive Coolmore Classic victories when she lines up in the Group 1 feature at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday.

Posted on January 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

TAB have opened futures markets for 10 Group 1 races over the Sydney and Melbourne Autumn Carnivals. See all the top betting markets for the group one races here.

Posted on January 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The four-year-old mare survived a life-threatening colic attack in 2021, and returned as a winner in last Saturday’s $1 million Magic Millions Snippets and now set for a quick spell before heading to New South Wales for a big Autumn Carnival. See the full article here.

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

With the mantle of Sydney's supreme sprinter up for grabs in the T J Smith Stakes, Eduardo's trainer Joe Pride has cheekily declared arch rival Nature Strip “one-dimensional”. Eduardo already has a points decision over Nature Strip this campaign, getting the better of him in a stirring Challenge Stakes duel in course record time. Pride[...]

Posted on March 31, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

With travel from NSW to South Australia and then Queensland considered too much for Group 1 winning mare Bella Vella, her trainer Will Clarken has called an end to her racing career. Clarken issued a statement on Wednesday calling the career over for the daughter of Commands after finishing 11th to Eduardo in the Group[...]

Posted on March 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has revealed how close he came to giving Nature Strip a shot at history in The Galaxy before pulling the plug at the eleventh hour. The star sprinter was allotted top weight of 59.5kg, an impost no horse has carried to victory since the race was first run in 1972. Waller admitted he[...]

Posted on March 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Joe Pride was wondering what could go wrong in the lead up to the Group 1 Galaxy at Rosehill on Saturday. But he need not have worried as Eduardo gave his rivals a galloping lesson to take out the 1100m sprint under handicap conditions. Judging the pace perfectly, Nash Rawiller guided Eduardo () to[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The extra week has done little to diminish the confidence trainer Tony Gollan has in Isotope ahead of her delayed Sydney debut in Saturday's Listed Darby Munro Stakes. Isotope faces what looks a tougher field compared to the original Darby Munro acceptors, with impressive first up winner Marboosha and Group 1 Thousand Guineas winner Odeum[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

When Eduardo made a winning debut for the stable in a winter benchmark race eight months ago, Joe Pride's thoughts immediately drifted towards The Galaxy as an ideal long-range target. That goal will come to fruition at Rosehill on Saturday, only not in the way Pride imagined. “I picked it out after he won the[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

In-Form trainer Tony Gollan concedes heavy ground is always an unknown until a horse encounters it, but considers highly talented filly Isotope a good chance to cope. Queensland's top ranked filly is scheduled to have her first run in the Listed Darby Munro Stakes this weekend, where early markets have her marked second elect behind[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The rain in Sydney has already claimed one high-profile casualty from the Golden Slipper meeting with Arcadia Queen scratched due to the wet track. Owner Bob Peters made an early call to withdraw the star mare from the Group One George Ryder Stakes and is expected to save her for Tancred Stakes day a week[...]

Zapateo victorious in The Galaxy

Red Card proves too slick in Maurice McCarten Stakes

Tyler Schiller takes out his first Group 1 aboard Mariamia

Passive Aggressive gets the head down in Challenge Stakes

Shelby Sixtysix arrives in time to take out The Galaxy

Shelby Sixtysix claims Maurice McCarten Stakes

Krone, Isotope tracking well for Sydney Group 1 tests

TAB opens up betting markets for the Autumn Carnival In NSW & VIC

Isotope takes a well rested spell before preparing for The Galaxy

Eduardo in the zone ahead of Group 1 clash

Time called on career of Bella Vella

Nature Strip to tune-up for TJ with trial

Eduardo A Star In The Galaxy

Isotope still ready to rumble

Weighty test for Eduardo in Galaxy

Isotope primed to continue Gollan’s winning Sydney run

Gollan on weather watch with Jonker

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