Month: May 2020

Robbie Dolan and Earth Song combined to win the Vale Caryl Williamson Handicap in Sydney. The trainer of champion Winx has taken out the Australian Turf Club’s race named to honour another champion of the turf, Caryl Williamson. Chris Waller-trained Earth Song to win the Vale Caryl Williamson Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Wednesday, a race named to honour the Australian Associated Press turf editor who died last week. Williamson, originally from New Zealand, was the first female racing editor in a major Australian media organisation, spending 24 years at…

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Mr Bellagio spearheads Trent and Toby Edmonds’ assault on the Gold Coast metropolitan meeting. Underrated gelding Mr Bellagio steps up to open company as he heads yet another assault by the Toby and Trent Edmonds training partnership on a Gold Coast metropolitan meeting. Racing Queensland introduced metropolitan standard meetings at the Gold Coast on Fridays as part of its decision to split the state into regional racing in April. The regional restrictions have been eased and Friday’s meeting is the second last before usual Saturday provincial standard racing returns to…

Matt McGillivray is seeking more success on Tambo’s Mate in the Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm. Caloundra gelding Tambo’s Mate can confirm his rating as one of the most improved horses in Australia when he tackles the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Victory Stakes is usually run at weight-for-age at the start of the Queensland winter carnival. However, with the winter schedule being vastly reduced due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Victory Stakes has been switched to set weights with penalties and is the…

Trainer Tony McEvoy says Sunlight’s owners will make a decision on her racing future. Tony McEvoy has left the decision on the future of multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the hands of her owners as the mare has a spell. McEvoy, who trains the mare in partnership with son Calvin, said there was no problem with Sunlight after finishing 11th behind Trekking in The Goodwood at Morphettville last Saturday, a second straight below par performance. At her previous start Sunlight finished last in the Sangster Stakes, also at Morphettville,…

Chris Waller will assess a crop of potentially Group One Brisbane-bound two-year-olds at Randwick. An off-season two-year-old race at Randwick will be crucial to the aspirations of those potentially heading to a Group One contest in Brisbane. The Darley Handicap (1300m) on Saturday has brought together a field of 12 juveniles with all being nominated for the J J Atkins Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 6. Leading trainer Chris Waller has four of those 12 entries, although Kukeracha is also among eight runners in the Group Two Champagne…

Micheal Hellyer hopes a commanding win on the Sunshine Coast is a good omen for the Stradbroke Hcp. Jockey Micheal Hellyer is hoping Amiche’s runaway win at the Sunshine Coast is an omen for far bigger things next month. Having her first run for seven months, Amiche ($1.30) strolled home by 11 lengths in a maiden (1000m) on Wednesday. Amiche is a half sister to top mare Baccarat Baby who is headed to the Group One Stradbroke Hcp on June 6. Both are trained by David Van Dyke and owned…