Month: September 2019

Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has four horses earmarked for Melbourne carnival races. Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan believes his stable’s quartet of young horses is set to turn their luck around and make their mark on the Melbourne spring carnival. Gollan has mapped out programs for Zoustyle, Niedorp, Vincere Volare and Garibaldi in coming weeks. Zoustyle has headed to Melbourne after running last in a star-studded Concorde Stakes in Sydney two weeks ago. “He is down at Flemington and did a bit of work last week. He seems to be…

Co-trainer David Eustace expects Humidor to be getting near his best after a long injury break. After two unplaced runs off a long injury lay-off, dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor will be out to show he is on track for another crack at Australasia’s premier weight-for-age race when he runs in the Underwood Stakes. Humidor, now trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, was second in the 2017 Cox Plate to Winx and third behind the mare last year when prepared by Darren Weir. The gelding emerged from last year’s…

James McDonald will ride Epsom Handicap favourite Te Akau Shark in a race day gallop at Canterbury. Epsom Handicap favourite Te Akau Shark will have a race day gallop at Canterbury to keep him ticking over for the Group One feature. His Epsom jockey James McDonald will ride the gelding in Wednesday’s work-out. Te Akau Shark finished second in his first Australian start in the Tramway Stakes at Randwick on September 7 won by Dreamforce. The Epsom (1600m) is on October 5 with the Group One Flight Stakes on the…

Sunlight (L) has had a gallop at The Valley ahead of the Moir Stakes after missing a race in Sydney. Having missed a start in The Shorts in Sydney, Everest-bound Sunlight has been re-acquainted with The Valley ahead of the $1 million Moir Stakes. Co-trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy opted to scratch Sunlight from Saturday’s Group Two Shorts (1100m) at Randwick because of a wet track and sent her back to Melbourne to instead run in Friday night’s Group One Moir (1000m) to keep her campaign for the $14 million…

Queensland Derby winner Mr Quickie has had a gallop at The Valley with Cox Plate among his options. With the Cox Plate at The Valley among the spring options for Queensland Derby winner Mr Quickie, trainer Phillip Stokes has given the gelding a familiarisation gallop at the course. Mr Quickie was among several high profile horses to work at The Valley on Monday morning including fellow Group One winners Sunlight and Trekking who are both scheduled to run in Friday night’s Group One Moir Stakes (1000m). Mr Quickie flashed home…

Queensland Oaks winner Winning Ways has been crowned Queensland Horse of the Year. Queensland Oaks winner Winning Ways has been crowned Horse of the Year at the Queensland Thoroughbred Awards. The Garry Newham-trained Winning Ways, Queensland’s sole Group One winner in 2018/19, was also named the state’s Three-Year-Old of the Year at Sunday night’s function in Brisbane. Her owner Paul Makin died the week before the Oaks and his friend Newham paid an emotional tribute to him. Makin brought Newham out of retirement to train a number of horses for…