Queensland apprentice Travis Wolfgram has often thought about heading home in the past three months he has been in Sydney, but a change of master to former champion jockey Ron Quinton has made him reassess.
"They’re kidding themselves” was what winning jockey Josh Parr said about his rivals after being handed the Sky Racing Benchmark 79 Handicap (1200m) aboard Inz’n’out at Randwick on Saturday.
Victorian thoroughbred racing will make its much-anticipated return to Sky Racing on Saturday with Flemington’s feature Aurie’s Star Handicap meeting to be broadcast after a new partnership was signed between Racing Victoria (RV) and Tabcorp, the owner of Sky Racing.
Tatoosh wasn't the sort of horse Paul Perry thought would get to a race like Saturday's Rosebud. "He was always nice and a horse that was going to win his races," Perry offered. "But to get to a black-type race at Randwick, I wouldn't have thought that."
Sent out at Black Caviar odds at Hawkesbury on Thursday, Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond place-getter Lake Geneva quickly cast off maiden status with a comprehensive victory.
One of last season's best juveniles, Lake Geneva (Fastnet Rock-Hips Don't Lie, by Stravinsky) is expected to tick an important box this afternoon at Hawkesbury.
This Friday 7 August is the last chance to enter The Star Ready2Race Sale and the Inglis Spring Thoroughbred Sale, both to be held at Inglis' Newmarket Complex in Sydney.
An $840,000 Inglis Easter purchase for US agent John Moynihan from the Turangga Farm draft, Lonhro filly Kangarilla Joy is the most expensive filly by her sire ever sold and she’s also now a winner after saluting on debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
As we celebrate the southern hemisphere’s first foals in 2015, and while breeders across the country are cementing mating plans for their broodmares, several of Victoria’s leading stallion farms will proudly showcase their first season sires at the 2015 Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale from 10.00am on Friday 21 August at Inglis’ Oaklands Junction in Melbourne.
The Australian racing season for 2014/2015 has come to an end with Fastnet Rock crowned Champion Australian Sire by earnings and stakes-winners, his sire Danehill the Champion Australian Broodmare Sire and his sire sons Hinchinbrook and Rothesay the leading first season sires by earnings and winners respectively.
Darley stallion Street Boss (USA) has quietly built up a solid reputation in Australia and he looks to have another good one in the Ciaron Maher-trained filly Petits Filous who kept her record at a perfect two for two in Saturday’s United Refrigeration Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley.