Month: January 2020

Farhh Above impresses first-up for the season. Douglas Whyte’s success with his young stock continued with wins yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 11 January) at Sha Tin for his smart prospects Farhh Above and Inner Flame. Farhh Above returned from a lay-off for his belated seasonal debut and charged emphatically from the tail to snare the Class 3 Nga Tsin Wai Handicap (1200m) under Vincent Ho, clocking a swift 21.62s for the final 400m. “He’s a lovely horse; he’s got a very good turn-of-foot. To let down the way he did, that…

Preciousship (in pink) lands the finale from a fast-finishing Columbus County (in gold). Preciousship (123lb) continued his rich recent form and kept trainer Ricky Yiu ticking along at the top of the premiership with a game victory in yesterday afternoon’s (Saturday, 11 January) Sha Tin finale, the Class 2 Lung Kong Handicap (1600m). The five-year-old took the spoils by three quarters of a length and, in doing so, dented a reputation or two, though not that of runner-up Columbus County (119lb) who enhanced his Four-Year-Old Classic Series prospects with an…

Away Game has given her Magic Millions 2YO Classic rivals a galloping lesson in the $2 million race. Co-trainer Ciaron Maher struggled to think of a more satisfying win in his career after Away Game won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. All week Maher, who co-trains with David Eustace, had been predicting Away Game was ready to fire on the big stage but his claims were ignored by most. Despite starting at $41, Away Game won like an odds-on favourite beating Stellar Pauline ($17) by 1-3/4 lengths with a half…

Alligator Blood has overcome a difficult trip to the races to win the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas. It was meant to be. Alligator Blood overcame a horror float trip to give trainer David Vandyke and Ryan Maloney career highlights when he demolished his rivals to win the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas at the Gold Coast. A start in the Guineas was thrown into jeopardy for Alligator Blood several hours earlier when the float he was travelling in was delayed following an accident involving a truck on the M1, north…

Rocha Clock has given English jockey Tom Marquand a winning double at Randwick. The absence of Sydney’s top jockeys has paved the way for emerging Englishman Tom Marquand to play a starring role at Randwick, booting home a double for the man who lured him back to Australia. Trainer John O’Shea is an unabashed fan of the young rider and convinced him to return for a summer stint after Marquand had success during a similar venture 12 months ago. With Sydney’s leading riders at the Gold Coast for the Magic…

Apprentice Cejay Graham has enjoyed one of her biggest thrills in racing with a Randwick winner. Cejay Graham did not always plan to follow the same career path as her father, jockey Peter, but she was glad she changed her mind after celebrating her first Saturday metropolitan win at Randwick. The 21-year-old, who is indentured to Peter and Paul Snowden, rode a well-judged race to lead throughout on the Matt Dale-trained Man Of Peace in the Ranvet Handicap (1500m). “It’s a great feeling. I’m really just lost for words, I…