Nimbostratus rewards patient owners

Injury prone galloper Nimbostratus rewarded his patient owners with a narrow victory at Geelong yesterday. It had been a long time between wins for the lightly raced gelding having suffered injury set backs throughout his career. It took vigorous…

ARCTIC SONG BOLTS IN BY 9 LENGTHS ON CUP DAY 2017

Arctic Song scored an emphatic win in the Magic Millions Average Benchmark Handicap over 1300m saluting by over 9 lengths! That brought up his 2nd win from just 5 starts for the new connections with the prospect of many more to come. Congratulations…

ACTION AGAIN TAKES OUT CUP DAY SPRINT

A great ride by Blake Shinn saw Action Again salute in the Simone Montgomerie Lightning Plate on Cup Day. A well deserved victory to one of the stable favorites who we hold a soft spot for after purchasing him from previous connections 12 months…

INTERVIEW WITH STEPH!

We are pleased to bring you an interview with Esprit Racing's recent addition in apprentice Stephanie Lacy. Gary Gray chats with Steph about her personal and racing background, how she came to Esprit Racing, and her…

ROYAL REQUEST SALUTES IN 2017 DARWIN CUP

Day 8 of the carnival and we saved the best for last with a treble on Cup Day culminating in the stunning win of Royal Request in the ultimate race of the carnival the Darwin Cup. The day was set up perfectly with victory to stable veteran Action…

De Jorvik Scores again

With a great front running ride by Emily Finnegan De Jorvik was able to score at Morphettville, It was fantastic for all connections to have De Jorvik back in the winners stall after a lot of set backs it seems we have him back on track now. Fingers…

Melbourne Cup winning jockey to ride in Darwin Cup | NT News

MURRAY Bridge trainer Michael Hickmott was already excited about Unbreakable’s chances for the Darwin Cup next Monday – but he has even more reason to be now. In a massive coup for the annual event, star jockey Blake Shinn will ride…

BRONZEGATE AGAIN!

Bronzegate went up in grade after his demolition job at Ipswich, and did it professionally with a strong performance over 2200m at Sunshine Coast.With Steph Lacy aboard, the chestnut gelding settled well on the rail, and once he got off…

BEL SIR NOTCHES UP WIN NUMBER 11

Bel Sir saluting in the 0-70 Hcp over 1600m. Congratulations to everyone involved.

DOUBLE ON DAY 5

Day 5 of the Carnival and the winners keep rolling in with a double for the stable. Royal Request made it back to back wins with another impressive performance in the feature race on the day, The Metric Mile. His win was immediately followed…

EXCITING DAY!

A very exciting day for Esprit Racing's apprentice Stephanie Lacy, with her first metropolitan win on the Steve Tregea trained Backslapper at Doomben yesterday. Only granted her metropolitan licence 10 days ago, Steph just missed a perfect start…

STABLE NEWS – KARDASHING AIMING FOR STAKES SUCCESS

It is another big weekend for the stable with Kardashing lining up in a stakes race in Adelaide and Atlantic Fox running at Flemington. KARDASHING TACKLES STAKES COMPANY Redoutes Choice filly Kardashing has been in Adelaide for nearly a…

Hansen in two minds on Bright It Home Pop

Trainer Darryl Hansen is in two minds about which way to go with Bring It Home Pop after the colt made it two wins in a row on the Sunshine Coast. Bring It Home Pop was backed from $2.80 to $2 and strolled home on Saturday to beat Shogun Sun…

BRONZEGATE WINS!

Bronzegate had his first Australian win since being transferred from NZ, with a dominant performance at Ipswich today. Thwarted by wet tracks and an enforced reduction in the racing distance last week, the son of Postponed was extremely…

Two from two for Jayeffkay | Michael Hickmott Bloodstock

Jayeffkay saluted impressively at Murray Bridge on Wednesday afternoon making it back-to-back wins for the talented two-year-old. The bay gelding took out the SABOIS two-year-old Class One Handicap (1006m). It was a second win in five days for…

1ST and 2ND! A BIG DAY IN TOWN!

A great day for Esprit Racing with Irish Constabulary having a well deserved win, and I Feel Good running a gallant 2nd at Doomben todayFollowing his last start Group 3 placing, Irish was well drawn, down in grade and had…

Nothin’like Albert wins at Casterton

Nothin'like Albert was able to notch up his first win at Casterton on Saturday since joining Wilde Racing. He seems to be enjoying the environment change down at Warrnambool as well as jumping a few hurdles to record two minor placings and a…

Hickmott looks like he has yet another handy horse at his disposal | Darwin Turf Club

HE’S already done it three times, so can Murray Bridge trainer Michael Hickmott do it again? That is win the $200,000 Carlton Mid Darwin Cup (2000m) at Fannie Bay on August 7 for an unprecedented fourth occasion. A regular visitor to the…

STABLE NEWS

The stable's late season surge continued this week with STRATEGIC SPIN running them ragged at Pakenham in a great display of speed whilst Savabeel youngster ATLANTIC FOX showed that he was a horse on the up with a strong win at Echuca. The focus…

ATLANTIC FOX WINS AGAIN

ATLANTIC FOX continued the great run for the stable scoring in fine style at Echuca today. The son of Savabeel relished the step up to 1600m and looks a city class horse in the making. His chance at city success may come sooner than expected…