#Longines Golden Slipper

The Golden Slipper is almost upon us, with the best two-year old horses and their connections in Australia vying for their piece of $3 million. As one of the biggest days of Sydney's Autumn Racing Carnival, the Slipper is the biggest day of the year at Rosehill Gardens, featuring five Group 1 races. Here's everything you need to know for the 2021…

Best Of Bordeaux remains unbeaten after winning the Silver Slipper Stakes at Rosehill. Picture: Getty Images Best Of Bordeaux showed he is the real deal while Magic was outstanding on debut as the colts muscled the fillies aside at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Queensland flying machine Best Of Bordeaux again demonstrated brilliant natural speed to…

March 18 (UPI) -- Oaklawn Park steps to the fore in weekend horse racing with a pair of competitive races on the Saturday program while the BMW Hong Kong Derby and the Golden Slipper in Australia headline the international action. Otherwise, there's no getting around the fact it's a relatively slow weekend. So we'll have a week-ahead look at…

Tommy Berry scored his third Golden Slipper win on Stay Inside in 2021. Picture: Grant Guy Star jockey Tommy Berry concedes he would feel uneasy but honoured to equal the Golden Slipper riding record held by his idols, Hall of Famers Ron Quinton and Shane Dye, at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Berry, 30, is chasing a fourth win in the $5m Longines…

James Cummings covets the Golden Slipper with a zeal that borders on religious fervour. The Godolphin trainer gave an insight into just what this race means to him by revealing a telling conversation he had with one of his stable staff earlier this week. "My foreman said to me the other day this is just a race,'' Cummings said. "I said it is not…

Queen Of The Ball is the early favourite for Saturday's Silver Slipper at Rosehill. Picture: Grant Guy The possibility of a $1m bonus could attract the biggest Silver Slipper field this century at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. There are 23 entries for the Group 2 $250000 Silver Slipper (1100m) with the final field and barrier draw released on…

Gary Portelli's sliding doors moment came as Clarry Conners was singing "New York, New York" on the dance floor. Conners had just won his fourth Golden Slipper with Belle Du Jour and invited Portelli to join the celebrations that night. The year was 2000 and as Conners was doing his best Frank Sinatra impersonation, Portelli realised what he needed…

James McDonald believes Coolangatta's lack of recent racing will prove a benefit heading into Saturday's Golden Slipper. Picture: Getty Images Champion jockey James McDonald is convinced Coolangatta's lack of recent racing will actually prove a "blessing" when she contests the $5m Longines Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens on…

Unbeaten filly Coolangatta can give owners Brae Sokolski and Ozzie Kheir their first Golden Slipper win. Picture: Getty Images Brae Sokolski, the owner with the Midas touch, can secure racing's version of the "Golden Slam" with Coolangatta at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. In the last three years, Sokolski and his friend, Ozzie Kheir, have shared…

Brilliant filly Coolangatta can collect one of the biggest paydays in Australian racing history by completing the "Slipper Slam" culminating with the $5 million Longines Golden Slipper next autumn. Coolangatta confirmed favouritism for the Magic Millions Classic and Golden Slipper with a comfortable comeback win in Sunday's BJ McLachlan Stakes at…

For a race that seems to be run and won in a blink of an eye, the first Golden Slipper Chris Waller ever attended left a lasting impression. It was 1996 and Waller was then an unknown 23-year-old from New Zealand and was asked to lead a horse for the nation's dominant big-race trainer, Lee Freedman. "I can't remember who asked me but I can…

Gallop TV will be covering the Rosehill action from race 2 through 10. Off time of the first is 03h55. A field of 17 three-year-olds including four of Australia's best fillies line up in the A$1 million Chandon Golden Rose on a ten-race program that includes four Group races. Saturday's highly sought-after Group 1 Chandon Golden Rose is followed…

Coolmore's Tom Magnier has a unique description for the $3.5 million Longines Golden Slipper: "This is the race that changes people's addresses." Simply translated, if a well-bred colt wins the race, then he becomes very hot property. His owners will collect a cool $2 million first prizemoney - but wait, there's more. If the Slipper winner is a…

The two-year-olds take centre stage at Rosehill Gardens with the big race for the juveniles, the Group One Longines Golden Slipper carrying a purse of $3.5 million. We've had to wait an extra week for Slipper day, after Sydney was hit with heavy rainfall causing the abandonment of the races last Saturday. Given the amount of rain, we're likely to…