Month: May 2020

Stephanie Thornton has outridden her city allowance after winning on Mount Beauty at Doomben. Star apprentice Stephanie Thornton was on a mission to outride her metropolitan claim at Doomben and it didn’t take her long to achieve it. Thornton went into the meeting on Saturday with 79 city winners and made it 80 when Mount Beauty ($4.60) got up in the last stride to win the Tulloch House Handicap (1110m). The win was Thornton’s 46th Brisbane metropolitan victory this season and she is five off equalling Tegan Harrison’s record for…

Starosa is in the frame for a Group One JJ Atkins start after scoring a strong win at Doomben. A clever raceday gear change has put two-year-old Starosa on the road to the Group One JJ Atkins. Starosa ($1.30) made it two wins in a row when she led all the way for an easy win in the Lexus 2YO (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. The filly did her early racing in blinkers and was well beaten at her first two starts. Trainer Tony Gollan removed the blinkers for her…

Macroura has continued a bumper two-year-old season for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Filly Macroura has continued an outstanding two-year-old season for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, outpointing a handy field to win the opening race at Randwick. The stable has enjoyed a heady season with its youngsters, winning the Magic Millions Classic with Away Game and stakes races with the likes of Prague and Holyfield. The results have been especially rewarding given Maher and Eustace specifically aimed to develop a strong two-year-old team when they established their…

Diala revelled in a rain-affected track to return to winning form at Sandown. Testing ground has helped Diala to bounce back into winning form with an all-the-way victory at Sandown. The Hawkes Racing-trained filly was successful at Caulfield on soft ground on April 11 before leading at Flemington last week when stepped up to 1400m, fading to finish tenth. Under Dwayne Dunn on Saturday, Diala flew the barriers in the Ladbrokes Handicap (1200m) and was able to dictate the speed before racing to a 1-1/2 length win from Rose Of…

Forever Free has maintained a perfect start to her career with a stakes win at Morphettville. Forever Free has capped an unbeaten season as a two-year-old with a first stakes victory in Adelaide. Trained in Melbourne by Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, Forever Free made it three wins from as many starts with a 1-1/4-length success in Saturday’s Listed Queen Adelaide Stakes (1050m) for two-year-olds at Morphettville. Ridden by Todd Pannell, Forever Free began quickly to cross to the fence before sitting just off leader Zoushine but holding the inside…

Import Yonkers is building an impressive record for trainer Chris Waller with more wins to come. Hugh Bowman has stopped short of labelling Yonkers a Melbourne Cup horse but if the gelding’s Irish form is anything to go by, that may not be far off the mark. The four-year-old needed all of the 1800 metres of Saturday’s benchmark race to catch Gone Bye and win by a nose and record his fourth Australian win. Now trained by Chris Waller, Yonkers did his early racing for Ger Lyons and his placings…

Shrouded In Mist has caught trainer Tony McEvoy by surprise in the Queen Of The South Stakes. Shrouded In Mist has exceeded her trainer Tony McEvoy’s expectations with an upset front-running win in the Queen Of The South Stakes in Adelaide. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, admits Shrouded In Mist’s owner had been the one who had been keen for the five-year-old to run in Saturday’s Group Two race for fillies and mares at Morphettville. The decision paid off. After McEvoy notified stewards of a change…

Trainer Kelly Schweida might be forced to revise winter plans for The Odyssey after a Doomben win. Trainer Kelly Schweida admitted he might have to aim a little higher in the winter with his smart three-year-old The Odyssey after the gelding’s impressive win at Doomben. The Odyssey ($1.65) was left with only three rivals and gave apprentice Stephanie Thornton a treble for the day with an easy win in the TAB 3YO (1200m). Schweida said The Odyssey would have his next start in the Gold Coast Guineas in a fortnight…