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Metro jockeys snare Rapid Racing series
Just as he did last year, Craig Williams secured an 11th-hour victory for the Metro jockeys against their Country rivals at the Rapid Racing meeting at Flemington on Friday evening.Double points were awarded in the final event and although the city riders trailed by...
Oakleigh Plate talk for All Banter
Adelaide trainers Richard and Chantelle Jolly will look at the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate with All Banter after she just lasted to win the Listed WJ Adams Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield.All Banter had her first run for eight weeks in the $140,000 race but she showed plenty...
Tralee Rose easily wins Bagot
With a choice Kiwi pedigree, she is something of a product of the past, but Tralee Rose stamped herself a stayer of the future following her seven-length blitz in Saturday’s Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington.By Tavistock out of Zabeel mare Star Of Tralee,...
September Run’s Coolmore Stud Stakes
It's one of the country's leading stallion-making races but the Coolmore Stud Stakes was dominated by fillies at Flemington on Saturday with Chris Waller's flyer September Run racing away to score a soft victory.Just three fillies took on the colts in the $1.5 million...
Behemoth wins Rupert Clarke
Behemoth confirmed himself as an elite sprinter after adding the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes to his ground-breaking $1 million Memsie Stakes win at Caulfield on Saturday.Unlike his Memsie victory on August 29, when Behemoth was always in contention, the gigantic...
September Run Back on Top In Cap D’Antibes
A last start fifth in the Group II Silver Shadow stakes at Randwick, the Chris Waller-trained September Run showed the strength of that form with a dominant win in Saturday’s Listed Cap D'Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.With Craig Williams in the saddle the 3yo...
Behemoth takes Memsie
A $6000 yearling, Behemoth cast his impressive shadow over Caulfield on Saturday when the giant galloper claimed the first Victorian Group 1 race of the season, the Memsie Stakes (1400m).Jockey Craig Williams had Behemoth ($3.30 favourite) positioned in the perfect...
Craig Williams returns to the fold at Caulfield
In the lead-up to his return to riding at Caulfield, champion jockey Craig Williams has been reacquainting himself with some of his prospective spring stars.Williams has enjoyed an annual freshen up, although the first part of his three-week break included a...
9th title caps dream season for Williams
A season that will forever be remembered as one of the most memorable of Craig Williams’ glittering career gained one further accolade at Caulfield on Saturday.The star rider was officially crowned Victoria’s leading metropolitan jockey for the ninth time.Williams...
Craig Williams starts Flemington meeting with a Blast
Trainer Robert Hickmott holds spring ambitions for Bumper Blast after the lightly raced galloper returned with an impressive win at Flemington.Leading jockey Craig Williams produced a stunning ride on Bumper Blast, taking the gelding from barrier one, gradually...
Lord Von Costa comes full circle in All Victorian Sprint final
Lord Von Costa’s winding road over the last four years has led him full circle to another stakes win at Flemington in Saturday’s Listed All-Victorian Sprint Series Final (1200m).Lord Von Costa won the Listed Creswick Stakes down the Flemington straight at the...
Williams in seven-win Melbourne title lead
Between them, Damien Oliver and Craig Williams have 18 Melbourne jockeys' premierships.It's something not lost on Williams as the pair are challenging for this season's title, with Williams in the box-seat to claim his ninth premiership and fifth in succession.Two...