Tom Marquand

Mahrajaan primed for Group 1 Sydney Cup

Posted on April 11, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

He's captured two of New Zealand's biggest staying scalps and now Cambridge gelding Mahrajaan has crossed the Tasman to try and assert his dominance in Australia. The American-bred gelding was purchased by co-trainer Shaune Ritchie from the 2022 Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale at Newmarket, England, for 75,000 guineas, and rewarded the Cambridge horseman's judgement a[...]

Posted on March 23, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Post Impressionist () has shown an explosive turn of foot to round up her rivals in the matter of 100m to claim the Group 3 N E Manion Cup at Rosehill Gardens, giving his trainer William Haggas his third win in the race in five years. The son of Teofilo was first-up off a six-month[...]

Posted on March 16, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Zardozi has shown dramatic improvement second-up to secure victory in the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) winner has bounced back from a luckless first-up performance in the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) a fortnight ago, recapturing her elite best to return to the winners'[...]

Posted on March 1, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin has enlisted the expertise of visiting British jockey Tom Marquand for their key contenders in Saturday's premier races. Marquand, renowned in Australia for his successful partnerships with William Haggas, particularly in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) triumphs aboard Addeybb and Dubai Honour, is set to pilot Cascadian in the Group 1 Verry[...]

Posted on April 13, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Randwick trainer John O'Shea will bring a strong Kiwi contingent to his home meeting on Saturday. New Zealand-breds enjoyed a successful run over The Championships in Sydney, winning seven of the eight Group Ones on offer, and O'Shea is hoping that success continues into this weekend. O'Shea will be represented by Per Incanto gelding Lost[...]

Posted on April 8, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

William Haggas has struck again in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes as Dubai Honour ran away with the Group 1 event under Tom Marquand. Ever since claiming the Ranvet Stakes, the race had been set up as a match-race between Dubai Honour and reigning Cox Plate champion Anamoe, but on race day, it was[...]

Posted on April 2, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two races down on the first day of The Championships and two winners have fought back to get off the canvas to record wins in the wet conditions, with The Fortune Teller fighting back to beat Macha Latte in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes. After the track was downgraded from a Soft 6 to[...]

Posted on February 11, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

In an unfortunate set of circumstances Tom Marquand has suffered a fall in the sixth race at Randwick on Saturday afternoon. He's suffered a broken collarbone and a possible concussion when coming off his mount – Dorothy Gail – in the $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium. The incident occurred around the 300m marker when trying to shift[...]

Posted on February 11, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

From last around the turn, to first crossing the winning post. Cafe Millenium has produced an electrifying effort on debut to storm clear in the two-year-old Pierro Plate at Randwick on Saturday afternoon. The colt out of Not A Single Doubt trained by John O'Shea made a statement for his Golden Slipper aspirations in a[...]

Posted on December 8, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Silvestre de Sousa and Tom Marquand shared the spoils at the end of one of the tightest International Jockeys' Championships in the event's rich history. In front of a loud and passionate Happy Valley crowd of around 11,000, each of the four legs went to a different jockey, with none among De Sousa, Marquand, Vincent[...]

Posted on November 28, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Japan Racing Association is currently hosting five international jockeys for short-term licences: Christian Demuro, Ryan Moore, Damian Lane, Tom Marquand and Hollie Doyle. Having both finished the British Flat Racing season with 91 wins each, Marquand and Doyle kicked off their riding stints on the JRA circuit in the week of the Group 1[...]

Posted on November 18, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Preparing to reunite with champion galloper Golden Sixty at Sha Tin on Sunday (November 20), Vincent Ho has almost certainly secured a coveted berth in the International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) next month with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (November 16). With three places still to be assigned in the star-studded 12-rider roster[...]

Posted on December 12, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A firm Sha Tin track is the biggest concern British trainer William Haggas has for his exciting youngster Dubai Honour in the Group 1 HKD$30 million LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) on Sunday (12 December). A question mark over the visitor's ability to cope with fast ground is also shared by Dubai Honour's jockey Tom[...]

Posted on December 9, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has joined Douglas Whyte and Frankie Dettori as a triple winner of the International Jockeys' Championship, claiming the title without a victory in the four-race series at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 December) to add further lustre to a phenomenal resume. Four days after overtaking Whyte as the winner of the most[...]

Posted on December 8, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Contesting the LONGINES International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) for the first time, Australian Damian Lane hopes to capitalise on a strong book of rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 December) to enhance an already impressive global resume. Famed for Group 1 success on Japanese runners in both Australia and Japan, Lane will partner Salios[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was the scene of his first Group 1 win and the launch pad for his burgeoning career, so it is no surprise Tom Marquand has promised to return to Sydney next autumn. The young English jockey celebrated his first major aboard the William Haggas-trained Addeybb in the 2020 Ranvet Stakes before capping the fairytale[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was billed as the race of The Championships and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes lived up to the hype with Addeybb out-toughing Verry Elleegant to capture the $4 million showstopper. The English raider was clearly superior last autumn to win the Ranvet Stakes – Queen Elizabeth double but when Verry Elleegant turned the tables in[...]

Mahrajaan primed for Group 1 Sydney Cup

Post Impressionist sends Sydney Cup statement in Manion Cup romp

Zardozi claims Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes

Tom Marquand & Godolphin set to launch Randwick attack

O’Shea adding plenty of Kiwi flavour to Randwick card

Dubai Honour runs away with Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The Fortune Teller fights back in stirring Carbine Club win

Tom Marquand suffers injury in Inglis Millennium fall

Cafe Millenium makes emphatic statement on debut

Silvestre De Sousa and Tom Marquand share 2022 IJC

Successful stints so far for Marquand and Doyle in Japan

Vincent Ho cements International Jockeys’ Championship hopes with double

Firm track concern for Dubai Honour in Hong Kong Cup

Purton wins record-equalling third International Jockeys’ Championship

Damian Lane, James McDonald ready to bid for International Jockeys’ Championship

Marquand declares intent to return to Australia

Addeybb goes back-to-back in Queen Elizabeth

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