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Instant Celebrity out to upstage Trekking at Morphettville

Posted on April 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trekking looks poised to return to the winners’ list in tomorrow’s Group 3 Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville – but somebody forgot to tell the Instant Celebrity camp.

Posted on March 25, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having placed in both the Moir Stakes and Manikato Stakes, Trekking will be looking to bring up his maiden Group 1 win at Moonee Valley in the 2022 William Reid Stakes (1200m) this Friday night.

Posted on September 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two more horses have been confirmed as starters in the $15 million The Everest with Santa Ana Lane and Trekking snapped up for slots in the past 24 hours.

Posted on September 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Big race jockey Glen Boss will ride Bivouac in The Everest after Godolphin confirmed the four-year-old would represent its slot in the Randwick showpiece.

Posted on September 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin will have two runners in the Moir Stakes including Trekking who could be heading back to The Everest, a race he finished third in last year.

Posted on June 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockeys Michael Cahill and Jim Orman have been suspended in the wash-up from the Group One Stradbroke at Eagle Farm. Cahill rode Trekking and was found guilty of causing interference to Niccanova at the 1000m He was suspended for seven days, starting next Sunday. Niccanova's rider Jim Orman was also in trouble, banned for 11[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

STRADBROKE HANDICAP Group One 1400m handicap Eagle Farm HISTORY First run in 1890 (winner Pyrrhus) 1890-1953 run over six furlongs (1200m) Winners include Wiggle (1958), Persian Lyric (1961), Kilshery (1962), Winfreux (1965), Divide And Rule (1970), Triton (1972), Daybreak Lover (1984, 1986), Campaign King (1988), Rough Habit (1991-92), Dane Ripper (1997), Show A Heart (2002),[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

More than three decades after his father won a Stradbroke Handicap for Bart Cummings, jockey Taylor Marshall will bid to repeat the feat for the next generation of the famed racing family. Lightly weighted filly Exhilarates' ability to back up in a week sees her rated a top chance to give a new generation of[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Michael Cahill has taken a sensible approach to his return to riding and has been rewarded with a chance at history in the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Cahill will ride Godolphin galloper Trekking who is aiming to become the eighth horse to win Queensland's greatest race two years in a row. Trekking can also[...]

Posted on June 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Calculations for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap were thrown into chaos when three of the top hopes drew extreme outside barriers at the draw. Ruling favourite Dawn Passage drew barrier 23 on Tuesday but after scratchings will start from the extreme outside in barrier 18. Dawn Passage is now $4.50 with the TAB and still[...]

Posted on May 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Santa Ana Lane has been made topweight for his bid to win the Stradbroke Handicap for a second time. The Anthony Freedman-trained sprinter has been handicapped on 58.5kg, up 3kg on his win in 2018. Santa Ana Lane has since added two more elite-level victories to his record but the seven-year-old has been absent from[...]

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 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[...]

Instant Celebrity out to upstage Trekking at Morphettville

Trekking well in at WFA in William Reid Stakes

Godolphin To Have Two Everest Runners

Godolphin Confirm Bivouac For Everest Slot

Cummings Hopes Trekking Is Everest Bound

Cahill, Orman Suspended After Stradbroke

A Look At The Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap

Family Connection An Omen For Stradbroke

Cahill Treks Towards Another Group One Win

Stradbroke Chaos Reigns After Barrier Draw

Santa Ana Lane Topweight For Stradbroke

Trekking A Big Shortener In Stradbroke Handicap

Trekking Beats Gytrash In Group 1 Goodwood

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

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