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News.com.au
05-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Angela Jones extends lead in Brisbane jockeys' premiership with Winx Guineas victory on The Three Hundred
Angela Jones has put one hand on the Brisbane jockeys' premiership crown with her dominant victory in the Group 3 Winx Guineas on Saturday at the Sunshine Coast. The talented hoop went into the meeting, the last of the Queensland winter carnival, on 62 metro victories – three ahead of her nearest rival Emily Lang. And she extended her healthy lead to five wins after saluting on King Yoshi in an earlier Benchmark 80 sprint (1200m) and then on the Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse -trained The Three Hundred in the $300,000 Winx Guineas (1600m). Jones will serve a 10-day suspension following Saturday's meeting for careless riding which stemmed from last weekend's Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara on Floozie but she will appeal the severity of the ban at a Queensland Racing Appeals Panel hearing on Monday. There was dramatic news earlier on Saturday when reports emerged that jockey Ryan Maloney had hurt his back while steering Caspernova to a runner-up finish in the race won by Jones on King Yoshi, and he was unable to ride favourite Mister Bianco in the Winx Guineas. Sensationally, Gold Coast trainer Paul Shailer could not find a suitable replacement jockey and he was forced to scratch Mister Bianco from the $300,000 race. The Three Hundred ($11) won by 1½ lengths ahead of $34 roughie Ramp It Up and Towoomba galloper Apuntar ($6.50) on the Soft 6 track. Three hundred reasons to cheer! 🥳 The Three Hundred leads all the way in the G3 Winx Guineas at @SCTurfClub! Ange Jones with a winning double. @GaiWaterhouse1 @TrilogyRacing1 â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 5, 2025 Jones said she was grateful to receive support from the powerful Waterhouse/Bott stable. 'You know their horses are fit,' she said. 'Maybe he wasn't putting it all into his races when he gets back so we really made a point that if we can get him away cleanly, we'd send him to the front and he'd be winning. 'We were able to do that – lovely and relaxed – and he is a different horse when he doesn't have other horses to look around at. 'It was a super dominant win today. 'It has been a good season and hopefully I get a few more (wins) before I serve my suspension next week.' Waterhouse-Bott stable representative Neil Paine said The Three Hundred had a split personality, but he was glad to see that the three-year-old gelding behaved at the gates on Saturday. 'The problem with this horse is that he's a bugger at the machines,' Paine said. 'We told Ang to keep him warmed up and if he jumps to put him right into the race. 'Over the last one or two starts, he was slowly away and he gets back and starts to lose interest. I was really happy when he jumped and Ang kept pushing forward. 'The pace was a little bit fast early but she pushed him forward and got him balanced once she got him to the lead. 'Gee he surprised me when he kicked away. He is a horse with promise but there's two of them.' The emphatic victory came 10 years after mighty mare Winx won this race, then called the Sunshine Coast Guineas, as part of her incredible 33 consecutive victories before she retired in April 2019. Reigning Melbourne Cup champion Knight's Choice also won the Winx Guineas in 2023, with Jaden Lloyd on board.
News.com.au
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Tulloch Lodge import Elamaz leaves bookies reeling
Elamaz landed a sizeable betting plunge to give trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott a stable-best season of stakes wins and provide jockey Josh Parr with the third leg of a winning treble at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The former French galloper was backed from $4.60 earlier in the week into $2.15 favouritism and made all from the front to win at his Australian debut in the Listed $200,000 WJ McKell Cup (2000m). Although Elamaz's winning margin was only slender – he had a short head to spare from the fast finishing Belvedere Boys – the five-year-old gelding created a big impression with his rider. 'I am quite taken by him,'' Parr said. 'His demeanour was good, his action remarkable. 'The interesting part of it all is I wanted to be as kind as possible to him so he could get the 2000m first time on dry ground. 'Our plan wasn't to lead, we were looking for cover but cover wasn't going to eventuate so I pressed on to the front, trusted the stable and how well they had him, and he did the rest. 'There was a period down the side where he had no clue where he was leading the race at Rosehill but he fought off every challenger. What a brilliant performance by him,'' Elamaz improved his race record to five wins and three seconds from just eight starts when he held off Belvedere Boys ($6.50) to score an exciting win with Glory Daze ($5.50) one-and-a-half lengths away third. First Australian win, and what a way to do it! 🇦🇰 Elamaz hangs on in a McKell Cup thriller! 🥳ðŸ�† That's three winners to @JoshuaParr8 at Rosehill today! @GaiWaterhouse1 @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 28, 2025 Waterhouse prepared her sixth win in the McKell Cup after previous successes with Grand Connection (1995), We're Dancing (2002), Ecuador (2016), Hush Writer (2019) and Zoumon (2023). Elamaz gave Bott his third winner in the race since forming a training partnership with the Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. The boom French import's win also provided Waterhouse and Bott with their 36th Group or Listed win for the 2024-25 season, a career-best for the training partnership. Elamaz is raced in similar interests to stablemate Eliyass, who also came from France with a record of six wins and two second placings from eight starts before he won the Lord Mayor's Cup over the Rosehill 2000m course at his Australian debut 12 months ago. Eliyass trained on to win the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes defeating Ceolwulf then ran third to champion mare Via Sistina in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes. There are obvious similarities between Eliyass and new stable recruit Elamaz which had not raced beyond 1600m in France before winning the McKell Cup first-up at 2000m. Bott was interstate and Waterhouse overseas but their stable representative, Neil Paine, said the trainers have a very high opinion of Elamaz. 'Elamaz is an excellent horse. We were confident he would win today, albeit he fell in,'' Paine said. 'We actually didn't think he would lead. Josh was given open instructions by Gai and Adrian, so it's good the horse has another string to his bow that he can lead, he can run 2000m and he can win on a firm track. They are all plusses. 'And what can you say about Gai and Adrian, they do it all the time with these horses from overseas. We seem to have luck with them first-up. 'Sir Delius won first-up, so did Eliyass last year. Gai and Adrian bought four at the Goffs Sale recently and they have all gone to our owners. We love them.' Paine said Elamaz is obviously extremely versatile and could be aimed at either the Epsom Handicap (1600m) or The Metropolitan (2400m) in the spring. 'They were 'umming and ahhing' what to do after this, whether to give him a bit of a break and bring him back (for the spring),'' Paine said. 'If he had of got beaten he probably would have had another run because our aim was to get him up in the ratings for the better races. 'But now that he has won this race that will help him get his rating up so Gai and Adrian will talk about what to do with him. A hard mile might be his go but who knows, he's a very nice horse.'' Elamaz also provided Parr with his third win of the day after the jockey won earlier on Rolling Magic and Thunderlips. 'I have been going to Brisbane and it has been a whitewash to be honest. I had a bit of luck early with Bosustow and then it was downhill from there,'' Parr said. 'It just slowed my momentum up so I was really happy to take a good book of rides here today and they have turned up and delivered for me.''
News.com.au
26-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
2025 WJ McKell Cup: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott flex French connection with Elamaz
French import Elamaz can emulate his compatriot Eliyass by making a winning Australian debut in a stakes race at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Elamaz is the $4 favourite for the Listed $200,000 WJ McKell Cup (2000m). Elamaz is raced in similar interests to stablemate Eliyaas, who also came from France with a record of six wins and two second placings from eight starts before winning the Lord Mayor's Cup over the Rosehill 2000m course at his Australian debut 12 months ago. Eliyass trained on to win the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes, defeating Ceolwulf, then ran third to champion mare Via Sistina in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes. Bott said there are obvious similarities between Eliyass and new stable recruit Elamaz who had seven races in France, finishing top two every start with four wins, all at 1600m. 'Elamaz was sourced by the same agent, Louis Le Metayer, on the back of Eliyaas last year,'' Bott said. 'Louis knows the form well over there, he has all the contacts and knows all the players. This horse, Elamaz, profile-wise in terms of his race record is very consistent, just like Eliyass.'' Bott said Elamaz had had a thorough grounding for his Australian debut with three barriers trials in which he has shown obvious talent each time. Elamaz (Ire) (Gleneagles (Ire) - Emiyna (Usa) par Marias mon (Usa)) @mickaelbarzalon @GraffardRacing @AgaKhanStuds #Elamaz Prix Albanilla (St cloud - 1600m) — French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) May 1, 2024 • 'The majority of his races have been over a mile so we are stretching him out to this distance for the first time and he is first-up so we are learning about him on Saturday,'' Bott said. 'But he has had a good grounding with the three trials, he's a nice, progressive horse and is a very interesting one to watch on Saturday.'' Waterhouse is hoping for her fifth win in the McKell Cup after previous wins with Grand Connection (1995), We're Dancing (2002), Ecuador (2016), Hush Writer (2019) and Zoumon (2023), the last two wins in partnership with Bott. The trainers also have Townsend ($7.50) lining up in the McKell Cup and believe he is set to improve after three runs from a spell. 'Townsend showed promise last preparation, particularly over this trip,'' Bott said. 'He hasn't quite had things go his way this time in but the blinkers are coming off and this looks a nice race for him to capitalise and bounce back to his best.''
The Australian
25-06-2025
- Sport
- The Australian
Boom colt Storm Boy retired after European flops
Former boom colt Storm Boy has been retired and will return to Australia to stand at Coolmore's Hunter Valley stud following his Royal Ascot flop last weekend. The one-time Golden Slipper hot pot and Magic Millions 2YO Classic victor failed to flatter in two Northern Hemisphere starts after being sent to Irish maestro Aidan O'Brien to train last year. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Storm Boy didn't beat a runner home in his first start for O'Brien in the Greenlands Stakes at The Curragh last month and was disappointing again when 10th in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Ascot in the early hours of Saturday morning. Formerly trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the son of Justify created headlines when sold for a potential $60 million incentive-based deal midway through his two-year-old season. Storm Boy made an unforgettable start to his racing career with victories in his first four starts, including the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and Group 2 Skyline Stakes. His unbeaten run came to an end with a third placing in the Golden Slipper with his final victory coming as a three-year-old in the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes. Storm Boy has been retired to stand at stud Picture:Coolmore Australia principal Tom Magnier said the breeding powerhouse was delighted to have Storm Boy back in Australia for the 2025 breeding season. 'His early performances on the track really had to be seen to be believed,' Magnier said in a statement. 'He was jaw-dropping, much like his sire Justify, he broke his opponents' hearts. 'He won five of his first seven starts in a really dominating fashion and was unlucky not to include a Golden Slipper in that tally.' Coolmore sent Storm Boy to Europe with the hope of winning the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes but the preparation didn't go to plan. 'Unfortunately we haven't been able to give him the ideal prep,' Magnier said. 'We felt we were getting back to where we needed to be with him, but he was found to be quite lame since returning to Ballydoyle on Saturday.' Storm Boy will stand for $16,500 this season and joins fellow star Coolmore three-year-olds Switzerland and Private Life at stud.
News.com.au
20-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
John Singleton's ‘delicate' filly Gerringong to rock Ipswich as Gai Waterhouse bids to win her own race
The party-style atmosphere on Ipswich Cup day may not be the ideal sweet spot for a 'delicate' filly but it is where John Singleton's youngster Gerringong can make a spring carnival statement. Larrikin owner Singleton has slashed his racing interests in recent years but thought enough of Gerringong to keep her to race, in partnership with some rugby league greats including Mick Cronin, Bob O'Reilly and Peter Wynn. The three-year-old filly is favourite for the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) as Waterhouse tries to win the race named after her for the second time in six years. Gerringong has won two of her five career starts and what stands out on stalks is her effort in the $3m Sunlight 3YO slot race on the Sunshine Coast in January. She finished only four-and-a-half lengths off subsequent Group 1 winner Private Harry, with 2024 Golden Slipper champ Lady of Camelot the runner-up that night. 'The first and second horses in that race were two proper Group 1 horses and she wasn't too far off them, having a luckless run,' co-trainer Adrian Bott said. Private Harry takes out the Inaugural running of the TAB Sunlight! ðŸ'� @mmsnippets @SCTurfClub @ndoyleracing @AshMorgan6 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) January 4, 2025 • 'She was only having her third race start and also probably coming to the back end of her preparation. 'She did a remarkable job in that one campaign and she has shown improvement this time in. 'She is quite a delicate sort of horse but she has got plenty of natural talent. 'As she keeps getting deeper into her career and matures and becomes seasoned, hopefully we can see a nice progressive filly. 'She was showing promise in her early days so Singo was more than happy to hold onto her and some of the other partners (owners) he put into the horse were keen to race her as well.' • Warnie can honour cricket legend with consolation victory Gerringong has had two starts this campaign for two runner-up finishes, in the Listed Denise's Joy Stakes at Scone and the Listed Queensland Day Stakes at Eagle Farm. At Eagle Farm, she got well back and rattled to the line. From a wide barrier around the tricky Ipswich track, Bott is hoping the filly can be closer in the run and show she can be a spring carnival player. 'We should be able to give her a nice freshen up after this and find something in the spring for her,' Bott said. That was impressive! ðŸ'µâš° Gerringong sprouted wings late under @clarkyhk and wins on debut for @GaiWaterhouse1 + some rugby league legends! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) November 29, 2024 'Last start, she was a bit slow into stride when I thought she might have been a bit more forward in the run. 'She does have tactical speed, so she may have an opportunity to be a bit more forward at Ipswich to try to offset the barrier. 'This race used to be raced over 1350m and I wouldn't have minded if it still was. 'I think we could stretch this filly to 1400m-1600m going forward, but she will still be good at 1200(m) at this point.' Sydney jockey Regan Bayliss will have the job of working some magic with Gerringong from the wide barrier. Bayliss has a strong book of rides on Ipswich Cup day including Osmose for Waterhouse and Bott in the Ipswich Cup and Eye Liner Stakes favourite Warnie for Ciaron Maher.
