Sport / Racing – The United State Media

Tips and race-by-race guide for Nowra on Sunday

Reporter USFebruary 22, 2025

Selections based on a good track. Race 1 3. Rose Aye showed some promise in her first prep with two placings from three starts but was a different horse when she cantered home in a maiden at this track two weeks ago. Obviously up inclass but looks smart. 7. Zoutastic sat handy and prevailed in […]

Devil Night wins for jockey Michael Dee and Hawkes stable, Mr Brightside and Jimmysstar win group 1

Reporter USFebruary 22, 2025

The family, led by their hall of fame father, have captured some of the biggest races in the country, including four Golden Slippers. But of late, the winners at the elite level have dried up. Their last group 1 winner was Yearning in the 2021 Thousand Guineas, also at Caulfield, and so has stretched for […]

Broadsiding and Beiwacht score turning-point wins for Godolphin

Reporter USFebruary 22, 2025

Beiwacht, a $15 chance, upstaged his more fancied rivals, racing outside leader Gambler before hitting the lead at the 300m mark and surging to a two-length win. Seventh on debut, then second in the Lonhro Plate, Beiwacht was now $34 into $15 for the Golden Slipper. “He’s taken work and the guys at Crown Lodge […]

Scratching opens door for Murphy’s mare to ride her luck all way to million final

Scratching opens door for Murphy’s mare to ride her luck all way to $1 million final

Reporter USFebruary 22, 2025

Goulburn trainer Pat Murphy has had his first stroke of luck for the $150,000 Evergreen Turf South East Country Championships (1400m) at Nowra and he’s hoping his honest mare Sass ‘N’ Cheek can take full advantage. The scratching of one of the fancied runners, Tavolo, on Saturday morning paved the way for the six-year-old, who […]

The downfall of one of Australia’s iconic racing families

Reporter USFebruary 21, 2025

With a renowned eye for picking talented colts and fillies, and a track record that includes victories in some of the country’s premier races, Anthony clearly inherited plenty of Bart’s horsemanship. But while his father was able to train until soon before his death at age 87 in 2015, Anthony’s plight threatens to put him […]

Boutique horse trainer Charlotte Littlefield chases group 1 glory with She’s Bulletproof at Caulfield Racecourse on Blue Diamond Day

Reporter USFebruary 21, 2025

“People had no idea who I was,” the 41-year-old said. “I was just this English girl who didn’t come from a racing background.” Having set up at Pakenham alongside Hay in 2015, Littlefield is looking forward to the trainers getting back to parading their horses in front of the stands at a new-look Caulfield Racecourse […]

Irish jockey aims to leave on high note in Parramatta Cup

Reporter USFebruary 20, 2025

Group 1-winning Irish jockey Ronan Whelan joked that he’d learnt about the importance of “spacial awareness” in Australian racing as he was called into the stewards room on Wednesday at Warwick Farm. The 32-year-old, two months into his first riding stint in Australia, walked out with a week’s suspension for shifting in aboard Wal’s Me […]

Bott hopes step up and return to Rosehill sparks disappointing Mayfair

Reporter USFebruary 20, 2025

Adrian Bott hopes a return to Rosehill and rise in distance can spark Mayfair in the group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) after a first-up run that left the trainer scratching his head. Mayfair was stuck three wide without cover from the outside gate in the 1200m Eskimo Prince Stakes two weeks ago at Randwick and […]

Race-by-race tips and previews for Canterbury on Friday

Reporter USFebruary 20, 2025

Selections based on a good track. Race 1 2. Namaste fought on well on debut when finishing third at Wyong and then followed that up with a last-start game second after racing on the speed and being run down late. He’s drawn wide in this but has the tactical speed to go forward and take […]

Ciaron Maher Racing cuts jobs in NSW, Victoria

Reporter USFebruary 20, 2025

Ciaron Maher Racing CEO Ben Sellenger.Credit: Joe Armao “That’s been a real focus of ours. We are still a big stable, but we have consolidated marginally in a very strategic fashion.” Maher will have seven runners in three group 1 events at Caulfield on Saturday, including three two-year-old starters in the $2 million Blue Diamond. […]