The Goodwood

Kemalpasa excels in R N Irwin Stakes

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Kemalpasa has shown he is on target for one of South Australia’s biggest prizes with an impressive all-the-way win in the Group 3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The victory has set Kemalpasa up for a shot at Adelaide’s major Group 1 sprint prize, The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on May[...]

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 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group 1 winner Hey Doc has overcome a back injury that threatened his career and the sprinter is now set to compete at the upcoming Adelaide carnival. Hey Doc finished last in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at The Valley on March 19 and it was feared he may have run his[...]

Posted on March 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three-year-old filly Night Raid will be kept to sprinting after defeating older horses in the Listed Matrice Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Monday. It was a masterstroke by part-owner Sheamus Mills who found Monday’s race and encouraged Melbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr to send Night Raid to Adelaide. Wearing blinkers for the[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony McEvoy has left the decision on the future of multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the hands of her owners as the mare has a spell. McEvoy, who trains the mare in partnership with son Calvin, said there was no problem with Sunlight after finishing 11th behind Trekking in The Goodwood at Morphettville last[...]

Posted on May 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Goodwood winner Trekking has been the big market mover after being heavily backed to land another Group One race in the Stradbroke Handicap. Trekking will be aiming to be the first horse since Black Piranha in 2009-10 and the eighth overall to win back-to-back Stradbrokes. He will also be aiming to give Godolphin its third[...]

Posted on May 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Allen’s decision to head to Adelaide for this year’s carnival has reaped another big reward with the jockey claiming his second Group One win in as many weeks, this time on Trekking in The Goodwood. Morphettville has been a happy hunting ground for the Victorian-based Irish jockey in recent seasons, with his victory in[...]

Posted on May 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jungle Edge has provided Georgina Cartwright with a number of firsts with the apprentice hopeful the biggest will come at Morphettville. Cartwright is chasing her first Group One victory and rides veteran sprinter Jungle Edge in The Goodwood (1200m) on Saturday. Jungle Edge gave Cartwright her first metropolitan victory when successful at Sandown in December[...]

Posted on May 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A race that has helped launch two Godolphin sprinters into Everest slots is again on James Cummings’s radar, this time with Ranier. Godolphin has won the past two editions of the Luskin Star Stakes (1100m) with five-time Group One placegetter Osborne Bulls in 2018 and Trekking last year. While the race will be run at[...]

Posted on May 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

David Jolly is convinced last year’s runner-up Behemoth has had a better lead-up into his second attempt to win The Goodwood in Adelaide. But the trainer also believes the four-year-old gelding will be facing a stronger field than he did a year ago in South Australia’s premier sprint race at Morphettville on Saturday. Behemoth was[...]

Posted on May 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Gordon Richard’s initial thought after the barrier draw for favourite Gytrash in The Goodwood at Morphettville was that it was not an ideal starting position. But on reflection gate 12 is not disastrous and will not deny Gytrash his chance of winning Adelaide’s time honoured Group One sprint on Saturday. Gytrash holds top position[...]

Posted on May 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A field of 15 has been declared for the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville with favourite Gytrash drawing wide in barrier 12 while another leading contender, The Inevitable, has the outside draw. Saturday’s 1200m sprint is the final Group One race of this season’s Adelaide carnival. Five-time Group One winner Santa Ana Lane, who won[...]

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 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Santa Ana Lane will be trying to secure a rare feat when he returns to Adelaide aiming to win The Goodwood for a second time at Morphettville. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding won the Group One Goodwood (1200m) two years ago and would become the first horse in more than 100 years to win it twice[...]

Posted on May 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star sprinter Santa Ana Lane has had an easy jump-out at Flemington in preparation for his bid to win the Group One Goodwood for the second time. Santa Ana Lane won the 2018 Goodwood and the Anthony Freedman-trained multiple Group One winner is scheduled to head back to Adelaide for Saturday week’s 1200m-sprint. He is[...]

Posted on May 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Bell will rely on a little-known Adelaide trainer to keep Jungle Edge in peak condition for a shot at the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. Jungle Edge won his first South Australian start on Saturday, leading throughout in the Group Three D C McKay Stakes (1100m) with apprentice Georgina Cartwright aboard in an[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After going close to winning a Group One in Sydney earlier this year, Xilong has again shown her quality to score a determined win in the Group Two Euclase Stakes at Morphettville. Only 40 minutes after her stablemate Shrouded In Mist led to win the Group Two Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m), the Tony[...]

Kemalpasa excels in R N Irwin Stakes

Exhilarates out to add to Godolphin tally in Adelaide

Hey Doc back on track after back injury

Blinkers do the trick with Night Raid in Adelaide

Sunlight’s Racing Future Remains In Limbo

Trekking A Big Shortener In Stradbroke Handicap

Trekking Beats Gytrash In Group 1 Goodwood

Jungle Edge, Cartwright Chase Group 1 Win

Ranier Steps Out On Proven Path To The Top

Behemoth Out To Go One Better In Goodwood

Richards Has Two Hopes In Hometown Sprint

Wide Draws For Leading Goodwood Contenders

Flemington Trip To Reinvigorate Sunlight

Santa Ana Lane Aims For Second Goodwood

Santa Ana Lane On Track For Goodwood Start

Group One Goodwood Next For Jungle Edge

Xilong Lifts To Win Group 2 Euclase Stakes

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