Month: April 2020

Indy Car has been sold to Hong Kong and will not run in the Hawkesbury Guineas at Rosehill. Promising three-year-old Indy Car has been sold to Hong Kong interests and will not take his place in the Hawkesbury Guineas. Trainer Anthony Cummings confirmed he had received news of the sale of the Gerry Harvey-owned three-year-old on Friday. Cummings has form on the board when it comes to the successful sale of horses to Hong Kong. He put the early polish on Hong Kong champion Beauty Generation, who raced under the…

Moore believes Aethero is primed to bounce back on Sunday. John Moore believes Aethero is “definitely the one they’ve all got to beat” after the precocious sprinter yesterday morning (Thursday, 23 April) drew gate five of 11 for the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize. The exciting three-year-old will on Sunday (26 April) attempt to become the first of his age to win the contest since Fairy King Prawn in 1999. “I expect him to ping and get to the front. We might see the best of him,” Moore said. “This…

Authorities are working on an outline for the return to racing in Britain. A limit on field sizes with races restricted to senior jockeys feature in plans for a phased return to racing in Britain. The last meetings held in Britain were at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, both behind closed doors. All plans for the resumption of the sport will be subject to government approval. The Resumption of Racing Group said via the British Horseracing Authority it was continuing to work on an outline program for the first…

Mishani Hustler and stablemate River Racer will clash in the open handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer Les Ross does not believe there is much betwen Mishani Hustler and River Racer as they step up their winter campaigns in the same race. Mishani Hustler and River Racer take on a quality field of winter carnival hopefuls in Saturday’s Henzells Open Handicap (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast. While Mishani Hustler is among the favourites for the race, River Racer is at double figures but Ross believes they should be closer. The…

Beauty Generation wins the 2019 FWD Champions Mile. Champion horses and their jockeys are racing’s great double acts. Seabiscuit had Red Pollard, Secretariat had Ron Turcotte, Hugh Bowman is forever Winx’s man, Frankel wowed with Tom Queally up top, time after time Mike Smith unleashed Zenyatta, and then there’s Silent Witness and Felix Coetzee, Black Caviar and Luke Nolen, Brigadier Gerard and Joe Mercer, Goldikova and Olivier Peslier. Plenty more throughout history are worthy of mention and mixing it with those iconic pairings is the dominant duo of Beauty Generation…

Hot King Prawn is a three-time Group 1 placegetter Hot King Prawn is one of the most dependable horses in training and at Sha Tin this Sunday (26 April) trainer John Size is hopeful that reliability can at last be rewarded with a Group 1 success in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m). “At the moment this is an opportunity for him to win a big one – he’s done everything right going into the race so hopefully he gives it a good shake,” Size said. “He just goes out there…

Impressive debut winner Isotope will take on some more experienced rivals at the Sunshine Coast. A strong trial by filly Gotta Kiss has set the stage for an exciting showdown with Isotope at the Sunshine Coast. The pair clash in Saturday’s QTIS 2YO Handicap (1000m) which will be a forerunner to stakes races in the winter. Both are likely to chase races such as the Group Two Champagne Classic on May 23 and the Group One J J Atkins on June 6. Gotta Kiss trialled on Tuesday, and, early in…

Lindsay Park trainers Ben Hayes, David Hayes and Tom Dabernig have two Anzac Day Stakes runners. The Anzac Day Stakes for late season two-year-olds has proved a useful guide to their later prosepcts. Subsequent dual hemisphere Group One winner Merchan Navy won the race in 2017 while Super Seth finished third last year and went on to win the Caulfield Guineas. The Lindsay Park team will be looking for its first win since Extra Zero claimed the race in 2009, his first win in a 107-start career which ended as…

Greg Hickman is looking to Eleven Eleven to help fill the gap left by the retirement of Pierata. Greg Hickman has shared a few quiet moments with stable champion Pierata this week as he prepares to officially farewell the best horse he has trained. Denied a fairytale finish when Tofane nabbed him on the line in the All Aged Stakes last Saturday, Pierata has bowed out a superstar in the eyes of his trainer. “We have quiet moments every day. Everybody in the world is crying and I’m happy,” Hickman…

Trainer Kris Lees is looking to send dual Group One winner In Her Time out on a winning note. In Her Time will line up for her final start in the Hawkesbury Crown at Rosehill but in doing so, the dual Group One winner will notch a career-first. The mare will go into Saturday’s 1300 metre race on a seven-day back up, the only time her races have been so close. Trainer Kris Lees admits the quick turnaround is uncharted territory for the nine-time winner of more than $3.7 million…