TJ Smith Stakes

Chain Of Lightning strikes in TJ Smith Stakes

Posted on April 6, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Group 1 T J Smith Stakes (1200m) had been touted by many as a match race between Imperatriz () and I Wish I Win (), however, it was Chain Of Lightning () getting the better of both to claim her first Group 1 victory. She had put the writing on the wall second-up into[...]

Posted on April 6, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

In an extraordinary turn of events, Royal Randwick Racecourse has been drenched with a whopping 230mm of rainfall within the last 24 hours. Despite this deluge, racing authorities have made the bold decision to press ahead with Day 1 of The Championships. Stewards, after careful consideration, announced early Saturday morning that the event would indeed[...]

Posted on April 4, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Opie Bosson attributes Imperatriz's ascent to the pinnacle of sprinting over the past year to her remarkable resilience, emphasizing her ability to remain “niggle-free.” Trained by Mark Walker, the five-year-old mare enters Saturday's Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick with an impressive tally of ten Group 1 victories, having suffered only one defeat[...]

Posted on March 27, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

James McDonald has secured the coveted mount aboard defending champion I Wish I Win in the upcoming $3 million Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday week. Waikato Stud, in partnership with co-trainer Peter Moody, confirmed McDonald as the replacement for Luke Nolen, who piloted I Wish I Win in his recent[...]

Posted on April 2, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

From last to first. I Wish I Win has produced a powerful turn-of-foot to claim his first-ever Group 1 win on Saturday afternoon in the TJ Smith Stakes. It's been an expertly planned out preparation by trainer Peter Moody, who elected to keep him back to the sprinting trips, rather than look for middle-distance targets[...]

Posted on March 11, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The lone filly in the Newmarket Handicap In Secret has taken out the Group 1 feature at Flemington on Super Saturday, with Dean Holland picking up the ride to win his second Group 1 of his career. With Jamie Kah being involved in the fall earlier in the program, James Cummings and the Godolphin team[...]

Posted on March 4, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

It's taken a superb ride from leading Hong Kong hoop Zac Purton, but Artorius is a winner again for the first time since the 2021 Blue Diamond Stakes, having claimed the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes. It was a weaving effort between horses from Artorius to nail the well fancied New Zealand raider, Imperatriz, who drifted[...]

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 December 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred sprinter Roch ‘N' Horse has made waves in Australia since transferring to trainer Michael Moroney's Flemington barn earlier this year, and he is now itching to test her talents further afield. The daughter of Per Incanto carried breeder-owner Little Avondale Stud's silks to victory in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington[...]

Posted on April 2, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip has joined Chautauqua in TJ Smith Stakes folklore with a stirring 3.5-length victory in the $2.5 million feature 1200m sprint at Randwick. It was the incredible seven-year-old's third consecutive victory in the event, just like champion Chautauqua who took it out from 2015 to 2017. Joe Pride's Eduardo (jockey Nash Rawiller) was left[...]

Posted on April 1, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings is confident that three-year-old colt Paulele can give the likes of Nature Strip and Eduardo a "scare" in Saturday's TJ Smith Stakes at Royal Randwick.

Posted on April 1, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Three weeks after rocking the Australian sprinters with a Group One boilover in Melbourne, Little Avondale Stud has two chances of a repeat result at Randwick on Saturday. The Wairarapa nursery's green and yellow colours will be carried in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) by Roch ‘N' Horse, who defied odds in an[...]

Posted on March 31, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Goulburn trainer Danny Williams says although Shelby Sixtysix was never aimed at the TJ Smith Stakes, the cult hero is in great shape for the 1200m feature at Randwick.

Posted on March 29, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

In sad news out of the Anthony Cummings stable, star mare Libertini has suffered from a heart attack and passed away during track work this morning.

Posted on March 23, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

It has been confirmed by trainer Danny Williams that his Autumn Carnival cult hero Shelby Sixtysix will be heading to The Championships, with connections set to pay the $55,000 late entry fee for the TJ Smith Stakes.

Posted on March 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Joseph Pride-trained Eduardo made it back-to-back wins in the Challenge Stakes, leading all of the way in the 1000m dash, beating a fast-finishing Shelby Sixtysix, while Nature Strip disappointed back in third. Just four horses went around in the Group 2 event, with Nature Strip ($1.70) and Eduardo ($2.20) dominating the betting, however there[...]

Posted on November 15, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The TAB has released pre-nominations markets for the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes and Group 1 Sydney Cup, both of which will be run during The Championships at Royal Randwick in April 2022.

Chain Of Lightning strikes in TJ Smith Stakes

Rain drenches Randwick: Meeting to proceed despite 230mm deluge

“Niggle-free” Imperatriz excites Opie Bosson

James McDonald scores I Wish I Win TJ Smith ride

I Wish I Win produces breathtaking display in TJ Smith Stakes

In Secret proves her doubters wrong in Group 1 Newmarket Handicap

Artorius returns a winner in Canterbury Stakes

Passive Aggressive gets the head down in Challenge Stakes

Moroney dreaming of Royal Ascot

Nature Strip claims a third straight TJ Smith Stakes

Randwick key to Paulele’s chances in TJ Smith Stakes

Little Avondale takes two shots at TJ Smith

Shelby Sixtysix in fine fettle for fairytale TJ Smith Stakes run

Star mare Libertini dies after heart attack

Shelby Sixtysix connections to pay late entry for TJ Smith Stakes

Eduardo claims entertaining Challenge Stakes

Nature Strip opens as $4.50 favourite in TJ Smith Stakes market

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