Month: June 2020

A 2020 Spring Carnival campaign is in doubt for Kiwi star Te Akau Shark who will undergo eye surgery this week. Te Akau Shark, above, is to undergo eye surgery nd is likel to miss th 2020 Spring Carnival. Photo by Steve Hart. Te Akau Shark was one of the stars of the 2020 Sydney Autumn Carnival with a win in the Group 1 $600,000 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) at Randwick as well as finishing third in the Group 1 $1m George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. The Jamie Richards…

The Group 1 $1m Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill in September is the early Spring target for dual juvenile Group 1 winner King’s Legacy. King’s Legacy, above, will be set for the 2020 Golden Rose Stakes at Rosehill. Photo by Steve Hart. King’s Legacy left his mark on the 2020 Sydney Autumn Carnival when he rounded off his two-year-old season with back to back Group 1 wins at Randwick in the $500,000 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) and in the $400,000 Champagne Stakes (1600m). Peter Snowden, who trained in partnership with…

Trainer Charlie Hills is hoping Battaash can make it third time lucky when the two times Group 1 winner lines up in the Group 1 GBP£250,000 King’s Stand Stakes (5 furlongs) at Royal Ascot in England today. Battaash, above, is the odds on favourite for the 2020 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Getty Images Battaash has been runner up in the King’s Stand Stakes in the last two runnings and will have to go into this year’s sprint down the Royal Ascot straight course without a lead up run.…

High quality sprinting mare Glass Slippers has the chance to keep her Group 1 record intact if she can win the GBP£250,000 King’s Stand Stakes (5 furlongs) at Royal Ascot in England today. Battaash, above, is the odds on favourite for the 2020 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Getty Images The Kevin Ryan trained Glass Slippers has only started at the elite level once for a last start win in the Group 1 EUR€350,000 Prix De L’Abbaye De Longchamp Longines (1000m) at Longchamp on October 6 last year. Glass…

The winners will still keep coming for Team Edmonds despite losing two juvenile stable stars to Southern and overseas stables. Tyzone, above in orange colours, wins the 2020 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm for Team Edmonds. Photo by Steve Hart. Three times winner Wisdom Of Water is part owned by Aquis Racing and will be prepared for the Spring by the Caulfield training team of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. Group 1 J J Atkins placegetter The Drinks Cart will now head to Hong Kong to be trained by…

It was yet another Chris Waller domination at Eagle Farm on Saturday with his Group 1 placegetter Brimham Rocks beating home three of his stablemates for the first four in the Group 3 $175,000 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m). Brimham Rocks (pictured at Caulfield) led an all-Waller first four in the 2020 Tattersall’s Cup results at Eagle Farm. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. A fortnight back at Doomben Waller trained the first six past the post in the Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m). Continuing a strong Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival for the stable,…