Ray Thomas

3 weeks ago | codesports.com.au | Ray Thomas

The Private Harry crew stuck again when Hidden Motive scrambled home at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Hidden Motive, the heavily backed favourite, just held off rank outsider Kujenga in a deceptively tight finish for the Precise Air Handicap (1100m). Sean Driver of Kurrinda Bloodstock was pleasantly surprised when his colt Hidden Motive was declared the winner.

3 weeks ago | codesports.com.au | Ray Thomas

Oh Diamond Lil might be a slow maturing mare but she just happens to be an extremely fast racehorse. Trainer David Pfieffer spoke about the two very different sides of Oh Diamond Lil on the eve of the Asahi Super Dry Handicap (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. “She is probably an owner’s nightmare and a dream at the same time,’’ Pfieffer explained. “Because she has been such a slow maturer, she has taken a long time to grow into herself and I still don’t think she is there yet.

3 weeks ago | codesports.com.au | Ray Thomas

Horse RacingDon't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Trainer Joe Pride can become the “Quaddie King” if his stable quartet of Cool Jakey, In Flight, Headley Grange and Storm The Ramparts sweep the final four races at Royal Randwick on Saturday. In three of the four Quaddie legs, Pride has the early TAB Fixed Odds favourite including brilliant mare In Flight ($3.40) for the Listed $200,000 Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m).

3 weeks ago | codesports.com.au | Ray Thomas

Horse RacingDon't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Private Harry connection of trainer Nathan Doyle, syndicator Sean Driver and jockey Ash Morgan will combine with another boom young sprinter Hidden Motive at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Hidden Motive, the talented two-year-old, is at $2.40 with TAB Fixed Odds to score his second successive win and get favourite backers off to a good start in the Precise Air Handicap (1100m).

3 weeks ago | racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas

Racing history might be weighing heavily against Brudenell but trainer Kris Lees wants to give the sprinter his chance in the Listed $200,000 Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Brudenell has been burdened with 59kg, an impost which has proven beyond all but four horses in the last 50 years of the Australian Turf Club's feature winter sprint, formerly known as the June Stakes.