Blake Shinn Jockey

Jenny Duggan has almost certainly handed up the Sydney apprentices' premiership to Sam Clipperton, incurring her eighth careless riding suspension in 12 months at Warwick Farm on Sunday. 0 Comments ·

Outstand mare Ortensia, who has Group One wins in three countries, has been retired after finishing unplaced in the race named in her honour at Scone on Saturday. 1 Comments ·

Trainer Greg Hickman was an exception as Taxmeifyoucan returned to one of the rowdiest receptions imaginable after winning the $500,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas at Scone on Saturday. 0 Comments ·

The race Greg Hickman has coveted more than any other for Taxmeifyoucan has probably arrived sooner than the trainer wanted. 0 Comments ·

Veteran Group One winner Sniper's Bullet is primed for his comeback but it will have to wait another week after he received 61.5kg at Rosehill on Saturday. 0 Comments ·

Strike The Stars has had his training varied in a bid to tap into the form that made him a Group One placegetter as a three-year-old. 0 Comments ·

There's only a certain way she can win but Aerobatics was able to justify her position in one of the world's biggest racing and breeding concerns with her victory in the $150,000 Darley Crown at Hawkesbury on Saturday. 0 Comments ·

A well-constructed plan to win back-to-back Emancipation Stakes with Skyerush has worked even better than trainer Guy Walter could have hoped. 0 Comments ·

A week after It's A Dundeel's scintillating Derby win, another three-year-old star will step out at Randwick as the dominant favourite in a major race. 0 Comments ·

A routine surgical procedure put Toydini in the right frame of mind for racing and an inspired ride by Blake Shinn allowed him reveal his undoubted potential at Randwick on Saturday. 0 Comments ·

A Group One win is a triumph for any jockey but the Coolmore Classic on Appearance has an even deeper meaning for Blake Shinn. 0 Comments ·

Under-rated mare Appearance has backed up her surprise Group One triumph from the spring with a thrilling Coolmore Classic victory at Rosehill on Saturday. 0 Comments ·

The Guy Walter-trained Appearance has added another Group One victory to her record with a nail-biting win in the $600,000 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. 0 Comments ·

Guy Walter will scoot around top level races during the Sydney carnival with Phar Lap Stakes winner Toydini but is eyeing a possible Queensland Derby tilt in the winter. 0 Comments ·

The lightly raced but highly talented Jacquinot Bay is on a mission to complete the Newcastle Newmarket-Doncaster double last achieved in 2005 by stable predecessor Patezza. 0 Comments ·

Blake Shinn will replace the suspended Kerrin McEvoy on Appearance in Saturday's Group One Coolmore Classic in which trainer Guy Walter will also saddle up Streama. 0 Comments ·

Wet weather and race programming have played equal roles in Kelly Schweida's decision to start Octane Flyer in Saturday's Skyline Stakes at Warwick Farm. 0 Comments ·

New Zealand's premier stable will be reduced to satellite status with trainer John Sargent planning to train full-time in Australia. 0 Comments ·

The normally measured Guy Walter was rolling out superlatives for Skyerush after the mare gave him his first Liverpool City Cup win at Warwick Farm. 0 Comments ·

Driving rain made it almost impossible to see who had won the Apollo Stakes and even when the result was called, trainer Paul Murray didn't believe it. Alma's Fury was entered in Saturday's Group Two Apollo (1400m) at Warwick Farm as a necessary lead-up to the National Sprint in Canberra next month. 0 Comments ·