Year: 2019

Tony McEvoy and his son, training partner Calvin, have won the Group 1 Winterbottom with Hey Doc. In a training triumph for the McEvoy stable, Hey Doc has led all the way to win the Group One Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot in Perth. After more than a year off recovering from injury, Hey Doc returned with a close third in a Group Three race at Sandown earlier this month. A dual Group One winner for Tony McEvoy, Hey Doc’s win in Saturday’s 1200m-feature was a first for the trainer’s new…

Desleigh Forster declared Chapter And Verse could be the best horse she has trained after the gelding came from near last to win the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben. In a thrilling finish which saw eight horses across the track in the final 100m, Chapter And Verse ($6.50) got up by a nose to Outback Barbie ($4.60) with a short neck to Boomsara ($15) in third place. The Doomben track had been playing to leaders for most of the day but the first two placegetters came from well…

Jockey Craig Williams and trainer Danny O’Brien were proudly flying the flag for Australia. Trainer Danny O’Brien has vowed to bring Vow And Declare back to defend the Melbourne Cup title next year. The Australian-bred, owned, trained and ridden Vow And Declare repelled the international invasion to deliver an all-Australian Melbourne Cup victory and a slice of history for jockey Craig Williams. O’Brien and Williams, who joined an elite group of jockeys to win Australian racing’s “grand slam”, were proudly flying the flag for Australia against an army of international…

Aethero heads to the Jockey Club Sprint on 17 November. Karis Teetan was grinning like a cat with cream after riding John Moore’s rising sprint star Aethero in a barrier trial at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 5 November). “He reminded me a bit of Able Friend so let’s hope I can do well on him,” the rider said after partnering the chestnut for the first time. The exciting three-year-old was among a handful of Hong Kong’s high-end performers in barrier trial action ahead of the three Jockey Club Races…

Alfred Chan is seeking a first win for the Moore stable. Exciting galloper High Rev faces nine rivals in the Class 3 Jaffe Handicap (1650m) at the city track on Wednesday night (6 November), including top-rated My Ally from the John Moore-stable. Apprentice Alfred Chan takes the ride on My Ally for the second time and is hoping to maintain a 100% winning record on the five-year-old. Chan’s 10lb claim will be a welcome relief, reducing the gelding’s allotted 133lb to 123lb in the night’s seventh of nine contests. “I…

High Rev posts an impressive win at the Valley. High Rev exploded to an impressive win at Happy Valley last month and the exciting galloper will attempt to back-up that performance in the Class 3 Jaffe Handicap (1650m) at the city track on Wednesday night (6 November). The David Hall-trained five-year-old heads in off a mark of 75 and a 130lb burden, having smashed his rivals in his last two course and distance outings, both under champion jockey Zac Purton. The bay put three and a quarter lengths on the…

A happy team: Trainer Shelley Hale with Go Nicholas and Taiki Yanagida. Photo: Trish Dunell The Shelley Hale-trained Go Nicholas continued his purple patch of form at Ellerslie on Tuesday, winning the Halo Consulting 1600. The son of Danroad jumped away well from barrier six to take an early lead under apprentice jockey Taiki Yanagida and the pair were able to dictate terms throughout, running away to a three-quarter of a length victory over Aligns With Me, with a further half-length back to Contessa Vanessa in third. It was the…

Fiscal Fantasy winning the Group 3 OMF Stakes (2000m). Photo: Trish Dunell Fiscal Fantasy may be small, but she is mighty. The diminutive mare showed her quality when beating her much larger rivals at Ellerslie on Tuesday when taking out the Group 3 OMF Stakes (2000m). The Frank Ritchie-trained mare was positioned beautifully by jockey Leith Inness just behind the pace before they were able to take the shortest way home down the home straight to score a 1-1/4 length victory over Roger That, with Peso a neck back in…

Spring Heat winning at Ellerslie on Tuesday. Photo: Trish Dunell Spring Heat arrived at Ellerslie on Tuesday, in more ways than one. The sun was out and the temperature began to soar as the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Spring Heat kicked off her season in the best possible style, recording her fourth career win in the Powersafe Electrical Wholesalers 1200. The daughter of More Than Ready jumped away well from barrier two to take a one-one sit for jockey Craig Grylls before he was able to find clear running…