Dan Morton says it’s time for Woolibar to step up and reignite his campaign in the perthracing.com.au Handicap (1000m) at Belmont on Wednesday. After two fifths at Belmont and Northam, Morton concedes Woolibar has yet to reach the same heights he set last year The Ascot trainer set a high bar for Woolibar but based…
DetailsWith the Australian Group I races run and won for the 2014-15 season, Sydney trainer Chris Waller finished the term with a record-breaking 14 Group I wins next to his name. The tally surpassed John Hawkes’ total of 12 set in the 2002-03 season. But perhaps the most impressive aspect of Waller’s achievement is that…
DetailsThe Ciaron Maher-trained Srikandi ended her highly successful Queensland campaign with an emphatic victory in the Group I Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Srikandi claimed Queensland’s richest race, the Group I Stradbroke Handicap, two weeks ago at Doomben and on Saturday she repeated the dose against her own sex under weight-for-age…
DetailsTradesman by name but not by performance. Co-trainer Todd Harvey is excited by what lies ahead for his Trade Fair gelding after a career best win in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. Aided by a gun ride from Troy Turner, Tradesman was not going to repeat his last-start heroics when he battled on…
DetailsChampion sprinter Takeover Target has been euthanized after succumbing to injuries sustained in a paddock accident. Takeover Target winning at the first post-EI meeting at Randwick in 2007. Photo: Steve Hart Takeover Target’s career was one of the Australian turf’s greatest stories. Purchased by his trainer Joe Janiak in the Inglis sales ring at a…
DetailsChris Parnham is banking on giving his father a race that has eluded his grasp when he returns home from Melbourne on Saturday. The gun young jockey has picked up the prized mount on Belmont Guineas (1600m) favourite, Top Show, one of four runners for trainer, Neville Parnham. At $4 Top Show heads an open…
DetailsThe Flirt looks well placed to shed his maiden status when he travels to Kalgoorlie and tackles the Like Us On Facebook Maiden (1400m) on Sunday. The Flirt is knocking on the door of victory with co-trainer Todd Harvey desperate for the gelding to prise it open after four placings from five starts. The only…
DetailsMelbourne is a possible destination in November for Trip To Paris after his victory in Thursday’s Group I Ascot Gold Cup (2 1/2 miles). Trainer Ed Dunlop was concerned the handicap rating of the four-year-old will now “go through the roof” but said the Melbourne Cup will be considered after Trip To Paris took advantage…
DetailsWestspeed Plate (1000m) Rontana Beach breaks through for maiden win after getting a lovely inside run from barrier one. Young George ran on for second but had every opportunity of reeling in the winner. Debutant First Trade showed speed early and stuck on well for third. Hidden Grace ran on strongly for fourth and is…
DetailsCo-trainer Todd Harvey believes Tradesman can bounce back and be one of the big improvers in Saturday’s Listed WAROA-Belmont Guineas (1600m). Harvey, who prepares Tradesman in partnership with his father, Rob, was given a boost when the son of Trade Fair drew barrier eight for the $100,000 feature. Harvey says combined with a favourable gate…
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