Month: March 2022

Duais ridden by Joshua Parr wins the TAB Australian Cup at Flemington Racecourse on March 12, 2022 in Flemington, Australia. (Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) After watching Duais’ stunning 3.5-length win in the $1.5 million Kia Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Newcastle on Monday, Hawkesbury trainer Ed Cummings said “the world is her oyster”. He is spot on. She can go anywhere from here after witnessing his $2.50 favourite with horse racing betting sites leave Joe Pride’s Stockman 3.5 lengths behind at the finishing post. But at the 1000m mark, when his star…

Fangirl (Hugh Bowman for Chris Waller) wins 2002 Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m). (Photo: Twitter) Champion jockey Hugh Bowman has praised the courage and tenacity of Fangirl after she hung on to win by just under half a length in the $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m) at Newcastle. Fourth at the 800m mark, Bowman – now with a staggering 102 Group 1 victories – knew his three-year-old filly was giving it her all as she mowed down Chris Waller’s stablemate Hinged inside the final 50m in a great finish. “I got…

Miami Fleiss wins on debut. (Photo: Grant Peters – Trackside Photography Speedy Queensland mare Miami Fleiss has been retired after just nine race starts. The Tony Gollan-trained four-year-old won five of her nine starts, while she also finished runner-up on one occasion and most recently ran fourth in the Magic Millions QTIS Open on the Gold Coast behind Wisdom Of Water and Boomnova. The mare by Spirit Of Boom was owned by powerhouse Queensland-based syndicate Black Soil Bloodstock, who posted on Instagram on Monday afternoon an announcement regarding her premature…

Gem Song gives Bowman a winning double in Star Kingdom Stakes Gem Song has given the locals something to cheer about by claiming the Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) at Newcastle on Monday afternoon under Hugh Bowman. Despite being sent out as a $19 chance with online bookmakers in the 12-horse field, the Kris Lees-trained six-year-old won with plenty in hand at a track where he has had success at in the past. The son of Your Song claimed the Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket (1400m) 12 months ago and…

Trainer Chris Waller celebrated another Group 1 success with his improving filly Fangirl narrowly denying her stablemate Hinged success in a thrilling Vinery Stud Stakes 2022 result at Newcastle on Monday. Fangirl (pink silks) was good late winning the 2022 Vinery Stud Stakes at Newcastle. Photo: Steve Hart. After winning the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes fresh three back, Sebring filly Fangirl celebrated her first elite level success in the rescheduled Group 1 $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m). One of the seven Tancred Stakes Day races postponed from Rosehill’s washout…

Edward Cummings‘ flying Australian Cup winning mare Duais was too good again relishing the mile and a half at Newcastle on Monday to score a dominant three and a half-length win in the rescheduled Group 1 $1.5 million Tancred Stakes (2400m). Duais was brilliant again winning the 2022 Tancred Stakes at Newcastle by over three lengths. Photo: Steve Hart. Moved from the washed-out Rosehill meeting last Saturday, this year’s Tancred Stakes resulted in a one-horse affair with Shamus Award mare Duais coming from last to first in a powerhouse finish…

Three-year-old colt Mr Mozart brought up consecutive wins with a tough victory in the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude (1500m) at Newcastle on Monday. The flashy chestnut son of Snitzel was well-backed into $3.30 outright favouritism after he won the Phar Lap Stakes at Rosehill Gardens on March 12, and the punters got it right as he toughed it out to defy a fast-finishing burst from Our Playboy. Trained by Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes, Mr Mozart does not hold a nomination for Saturday’s Doncaster Mile, so a decision is yet…

Promise Of Success (Photo: Supplied) Promise Of Success lived up to her name with a strong outside finish to take out the $200,000 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Newcastle, and the Queen Of The Turf Stakes is now on her radar. Third-last for most of the race, John O’Shea’s six-year-old mare made her move wide out coming into the turn at the 400m mark. That was when she fired, with Chris Waller’s Kiku a quarter of a length behind in second in a busy finish. With three previous victories, Monday’s triumph…

Micheal Hellyer brings up 700th winner. (Greg Irvine) Micheal Hellyer brought up his 700th career winner on Saturday at the Gold Coast aboard Rebel Leader in a Maiden Plate. In a race riding career that stretches over as many as 14 racing seasons, Hellyer told HorseBetting.com.au that it was a very “proud” moment for him. “I had no idea how many winners I had ridden, but I had a look about a month ago and I was sitting on 695, so I thought, ‘oh well, five more and I get…