Sport / Racing – The United State Media

Begg hopes wider draw opens up chance at magic All Aged double

Reporter USApril 17, 2025

Victorian trainer Grahame Begg believes a wider draw holds the key to Magic Time becoming the first back-to-back winner of the All Aged Stakes since Rough Habit in 1992-93 on Saturday at Randwick. The $1.5 million All Aged Stakes (1400m) and the Champagne Stakes (1600m) for two-year-olds are the final group 1s of the Sydney […]

Mark Latham given 12-month good behaviour order over Rosehill Racecourse outburst

Reporter USApril 17, 2025

The state’s horse racing industry regulator and commercial operator, Racing NSW, has commissioned a separate investigation into the Latham-McMahon incident, which is being carried out by former Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission chief executive and Australian Federal Police deputy commissioner Michael Phelan. Attempts to contact Latham on Thursday were unsuccessful. A fervent critic of the ATC […]

Buffalo charging towards group 1 breakthrough for trainer David Atkins

Reporter USApril 16, 2025

Atkins said he has worked to make Buffalo sharper out of the gates, and he was encouraged by a better start in the Sires. “He’s pretty handy,” Atkins said. “He didn’t jump too bad the other day, but he’s just got no early speed. He just doesn’t pick up quick enough. “But he surely finishes […]

Everest winner’s half-sister resumes climb to stakes races

Reporter USApril 15, 2025

Well-related filly Candlewick’s shot at stakes company will have to wait until later this campaign but co-trainer Tom Charlton says she’s in order for a belated return at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The half-sister to 2020 TAB Everest winner Classique Legend has won two of her three starts and was initially headed to Day 1 […]

Talented two-year-olds lead Snowden’s team for Kembla Grange raid

Reporter USApril 14, 2025

Peter Snowden will send a small but select team to Kembla Grange on Tuesday with four runners spread across three races. The Randwick-based trainer will start unraced two-year-olds Beadman and Akaysha in The Race Against Suicide Raceday June 21st 2YO Maiden Plate (1000m), while recent stable recruit Manwe contests the Jim’s Mowing Class 1 Handicap […]

Pride backing warrior Ceolwulf to lift against Waller’s superstar

Reporter USApril 11, 2025

It’s not what Pride envisioned, but he is confident Ceolwulf will produce his best on Saturday. “They were probably going to clash three times, and they’ve ended up only clashing once so far,” Pride said. “It wasn’t the ideal pathway, but he’s had sufficient racing to have him at his peak for the race that […]

‘I know, I’ve won it.’ French jockey chasing another conversation-stopping triumph

Reporter USApril 11, 2025

Mighty trainer Chris Waller’s mightier mare Via Sistina is the raging favourite in the $5m Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. But Lemaire has form when it comes to crashing an Australian big-race party. ‘They then get their family and friends and whoever else is sitting around to jump in for a selfie. It’s nice.’ […]

Doncaster champion well placed to give Bjorn Baker a Championships bonus

Reporter USApril 10, 2025

“She’s looks to have come through the run really well. She backed up last year after the Golden Eagle in the Champions Mile, and she went really well that day, so from that point of view we were really comfortable, and she’s ready to go. “And of course, she ran well at Randwick on Saturday, […]

Fangirl set for Queen Of The Turf after Waller opts against QE battle

Reporter USApril 9, 2025

Top trainer Chris Waller has settled for the easier group 1 target with Fangirl after weighing up the prospect of pitting the six-year-old mare against stable superstar Via Sistina in the $5 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on day two of the Championships at Randwick on Saturday. Fangirl, a three-time group 1 winner with earnings […]