Often the pre-race hype fails to match the main event. On this occasion, the running of the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic, it delivered so much more and then some. At the conclusion of a hard-fought 1800 metres, only a nose separated two combatants. That they were from the same stable only added to the…
DetailsDouglas Whyte combined with debutant Lite’n In My Veins to land Saturday’s Group III Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) in deteriorating conditions at Ascot. Doulas Whyte was full of praise for Lite’n In My Veins after his win in the Sir Ernest Lee Steere Classic on debut. Photo: SCMP The three-year-old son of Henrythenavigator won…
DetailsThoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) has launched a programme aimed at promoting thoroughbred welfare. The TBA has listed fundamental principles for the care of thoroughbred breeding stock and will appoint welfare officers in each state. Directives included among the guidelines are that horses should be provided with appropriate amounts of food and have access to quality…
DetailsIf Bunbury trainer Mark Bairstow left the Northam Race Club on Thursday with a satisfied glow there would have been few if any who could begrudge him. Bairstow walked away from the meeting posting a double, but the win of perennial placegetter, Daisy Express, must have been especially satisfying. In a win for patience and…
DetailsTrainer Vaughn Sigley is adamant Black Heart Bart can overcome a distance query when he takes on a field of 16 in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Black Heart Bart has yet to register a win beyond 1420m and has failed in three attempts over 1800m, but the Lark…
DetailsAdam Durrant has ruled a line through Real Love’s run in the Railway Stakes and says the Desert King mare will rebound strongly in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Durrant said Real Love had no chance to pick up ground against an on speed bias when she finished seventh,…
DetailsThe Kingston Town Classic was first staged in 1979 and won by the George Hanlon-trained and David Brosnan-ridden, Family of Man, who won the race again two years later as the hot favourite when in the hands of Harry White. Hanlon and his compatriots in the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame, Bart Cummings, Tommy Smith,…
DetailsTrainer Dan Morton could not hide his admiration for Eternity Range gelding, Watermans Bay, following his record-breaking win in the Group 3 Scahill Stakes (1400m) at Ascot yesterday. In almost identical fashion to last year’s race, Watermans Bay charged home from the rear of the field to chase down gallant mare, Magnifisio and become the…
DetailsTrainer Helen Harding is taking a cautious approach with Washington Square in the Ray’s Contracting Handicap (1200m) at Esperance on Saturday. On talent Washington Square holds strong appeal and with a fitness edge he looks hard to beat, but Harding remains guarded about his chances. “He is a real nervous horse who is a barrier…
DetailsBunbury trainer Brent Larsson is hoping his return to Ascot with Spiritual Eyes on Saturday will be every bit as successful as her last. The four-year-old mare was headed by Transgressor in the straight but showed her toughness to fight back and win by a half-length. It completed a successful return for Spiritual Eyes who…
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