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Herald Sun
3 days ago
- Sport
- Herald Sun
Fairytale Queensland mare Adiella recovering from staph infection
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Elite Queensland mare Adiella is recovering from a nasty staph infection and won't be back at the races until next year. Adiella was last seen winning the $500,000 Magic Millions National Classic at Eagle Farm during the Queensland winter carnival and was then set to line up as a fairytale Group 1 Tatt's Tiara contender for her Toowoomba hobby trainer John Dann. But Adiella didn't take her place in the Group 1 as she banged her back leg and suffered bruising and swelling in the week of the race. One thing led to another. 'It turned really toxic ... she got a staph infection in her joint and things weren't good there for a while,' Dann said. 'We are getting her over that infection, we seem to have got on top of it and next week she will go to the paddock for eight weeks. 'The vets are happy enough with her and they say she will race again but that won't be this year.' * Cane fields walk steels trainer for Townsville Cup assault Trainer John Dann (second from left). Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. Meanwhile, Dann is hoping to strike a blow with Quothquan in Saturday's $150,000 Townsville Cup (2000m). Quothquan was one of the leading fancies in the Mackay Cup last month but didn't have any luck and finished fourth. * 'We have become a force': Costa extends Dubai 'adventure' The gelding has drawn barrier 11 in the Townsville Cup and TAB fixed odds has him listed as a $7 chance. 'This horse can't draw a good barrier, so we are hoping there is a bit of speed so he can tuck in somewhere in the run,' Dann said. 'It's probably no stronger than the Mackay Cup. 'We had a tough run in the Mackay Cup, we were four and five-wide for the trip. 'We have got another bad barrier to deal with, but if he has some luck this time he will be in the finish. 'He has done well since the Mackay Cup where he had a horror run.' Originally published as Fairytale Queensland mare Adiella recovering from 'toxic' staph infection
Mercury
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Mercury
Anxious galloper Tuff Tu Mus wins seventh city race in row at Eagle Farm
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. It's as rare as hen's teeth that a horse wins seven metropolitan races in a row. And especially one who is as quirky as David Vandyke's gelding Tuff Tu Mus who has battled anxiety to the extent that his trainer often brings him to the races even when he's not racing. It might have been a low-key, off-season city meeting at Eagle Farm but the continued emergence of Tuff Tu Mus threw up a feel-good story. • 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! Tuff Tu Mus means 'bloody tough' in Bislama, the national language of Vanuatu where his owner John Fordham, who hails from small town Croppa Creek near Moree in northern NSW, runs a kava factory. The five-year-old gelding is not only as tough as his name suggests, but also has more than his fair share of enigmatic ability. Starting at $1.70 in a BM90 Handicap as he stretched out over 1815m for the first time, jockey Ryan Maloney sent Tuff Tu Mus to the lead in the Eagle Farm straight and he did enough to hold on. He didn't beat any worldbeaters and the manner of his win wasn't dynamic – but he clocked up his latest triumph in a seven-race winning streak which dates back to October last year. Tuff Tu Mus has now won seven from nine but Vandyke revealed the quirky galloper had been to the races much more than the race book indicates. He often travels to the races on race day but stays in the stalls, just to help get him more used to the process and ease his highly-strung nature. 'He has got that underlying anxiety in him,' Vandyke said. 'He has had nine starts, but he has probably been to the races 25 times. 'He was here last Saturday even though he didn't race, we bring him all the time. 'My staff have absolutely cuddled him and looked after him, it's been a real team effort.' Trainer David Vandyke. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. Vandyke said he had never had a horse wins seven consecutive city races before, although he had his now retired galloper Weona Smartone win eight in a row. 'Alligator Blood got beaten in the Caulfield Guineas (in 2019) but he won five consecutive races before that, and five after it,' Vandyke said. 'It takes a decent horse to put together a good winning streak. 'Tuff Tu Mus will go for a deserved spell now, but I think he has a nice future. 'There is an 1800m race on Gold Coast Magic Millions day which could be nice for him, which is why I wanted to test him over that distance today.' Champion trainer Tony Gollan finished the day with a bang when ex-Godolphin galloper Pereille saluted at short odds when being one of the best placed horses in Australia, scoring the Class Six Plate (1200m). Meanwhile, Ben Thompson rode his first winner since returning from Hong Kong when Rex Lipp-trained Redzoust ($17) got the chocolates in the BM70 Handicap (1400m). Originally published as Anxious galloper Tuff Tu Mus wins seventh city race in row at Eagle Farm
Courier-Mail
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Anxious galloper Tuff Tu Mus wins seventh city race in row at Eagle Farm
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. It's as rare as hen's teeth that a horse wins seven metropolitan races in a row. And especially one who is as quirky as David Vandyke's gelding Tuff Tu Mus who has battled anxiety to the extent that his trainer often brings him to the races even when he's not racing. It might have been a low-key, off-season city meeting at Eagle Farm but the continued emergence of Tuff Tu Mus threw up a feel-good story. • 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! Tuff Tu Mus means 'bloody tough' in Bislama, the national language of Vanuatu where his owner John Fordham, who hails from small town Croppa Creek near Moree in northern NSW, runs a kava factory. The five-year-old gelding is not only as tough as his name suggests, but also has more than his fair share of enigmatic ability. Starting at $1.70 in a BM90 Handicap as he stretched out over 1815m for the first time, jockey Ryan Maloney sent Tuff Tu Mus to the lead in the Eagle Farm straight and he did enough to hold on. He didn't beat any worldbeaters and the manner of his win wasn't dynamic – but he clocked up his latest triumph in a seven-race winning streak which dates back to October last year. Tuff Tu Mus has now won seven from nine but Vandyke revealed the quirky galloper had been to the races much more than the race book indicates. He often travels to the races on race day but stays in the stalls, just to help get him more used to the process and ease his highly-strung nature. 'He has got that underlying anxiety in him,' Vandyke said. 'He has had nine starts, but he has probably been to the races 25 times. 'He was here last Saturday even though he didn't race, we bring him all the time. 'My staff have absolutely cuddled him and looked after him, it's been a real team effort.' Trainer David Vandyke. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. Vandyke said he had never had a horse wins seven consecutive city races before, although he had his now retired galloper Weona Smartone win eight in a row. 'Alligator Blood got beaten in the Caulfield Guineas (in 2019) but he won five consecutive races before that, and five after it,' Vandyke said. 'It takes a decent horse to put together a good winning streak. 'Tuff Tu Mus will go for a deserved spell now, but I think he has a nice future. 'There is an 1800m race on Gold Coast Magic Millions day which could be nice for him, which is why I wanted to test him over that distance today.' Champion trainer Tony Gollan finished the day with a bang when ex-Godolphin galloper Pereille saluted at short odds when being one of the best placed horses in Australia, scoring the Class Six Plate (1200m). Meanwhile, Ben Thompson rode his first winner since returning from Hong Kong when Rex Lipp-trained Redzoust ($17) got the chocolates in the BM70 Handicap (1400m). Originally published as Anxious galloper Tuff Tu Mus wins seventh city race in row at Eagle Farm
Mercury
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Mercury
Rise At Dawn given the go ahead for the Stradbroke
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Lindsay Park may never get a better chance to break its Stradbroke Handicap duck after co-trainer Ben Hayes gave Rise At Dawn the green light to join a vaunted attack on Queensland's greatest race. The famous racing dynasty has never won the Stradbroke but has raging $2.80 favourite War Machine, the sizzling winner of the BRC Sprint, and $8 second betting fancy Rise At Dawn. Rise At Dawn finished 2-1/2 lengths off Joliestar in Saturday's Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup and Hayes, who trains in partnership with his brothers Will and JD, is keen to give him a Group 1 shot seven days later. Rise At Dawn carried 59kg in the Kingsford Smith Cup, but now plunges to 52.5kg in the Stradbroke. 'I was quite happy with his run on Saturday as he was racing at short of his best trip and was racing at weight-for-age against some of the best sprinters in Australia,' Hayes said. 'He sat in behind the speed, he held his run right to the line and looks to have pulled up well. 'He now drops a stack in weight so that's a huge thing.' READ: Zac on rare quest to score consecutive Stradbroke Handicaps Can Ben, Will and JD Hayes (L to R) upstage dad David Hayes, pictured here with his wife and the boys mum Prue Hayes, by winning a Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday? Photo :. There have been few Stradbroke contenders in history who have been a shorter price than what War Machine is six days out from the great race. Hayes indicated War Machine had improved from the last time he was seen at the races, when blowing away his opposition and stamping his Stradbroke ticket when dominating his rivals by 2-3/4 lengths in the BRC Sprint. Hayes said both War Machine and Rise At Dawn had golden chances in the $3 million Group 1 handicap. READ: Inquiry into jockey altercation set to resume in Stradbroke week 'Fingers crossed, you can have the two favourites but you can still get beat, but to be honest I couldn't be happier with both of these horses,' Hayes said. 'Either one of them could win. 'The big boy (War Machine) is well. 'His last run was a perfect tune-up for the Straddy and he is a very progressive horse who gets in with 53kg. 'He's a horse who is a bit lazy in trackwork, like Mr Brightside, but he turns up race day.' War Machine was elevated to Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap favouritism after his dominant win in the BRC Sprint. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. * Roughie king Maloney strikes again with Derby pick-up ride In other Stradbroke-related news: * Chris Waller gave boom three-year-old colt Angel Capital an exhibition gallop at the Gold Coast races on Saturday. It is likely Angel Capital would make the Stradbroke final field cut-off, but Waller is undecided about whether to race the Yulong owned youngster. * Matt Dale is strongly considering giving evergreen veteran Front Page a shot at the Stradbroke after winning the Moreton Cup on Saturday. Connections would need to pay a hefty late entry fee and Dale will decide in the next 24 years whether to unleash the rising nine-year-old on the Stradbroke. Dale has never tested Front Page over 1400m but the prospect of a weaker Stradbroke and a week of fine weather may convince connections to deploy the proven Group 1 performer. * Tony Gollan is holding out hope that Transatlantic will sneak into the Stradbroke field. Transatlantic will jump over other contenders in the ballot order after his win in the Listed Spear Chief Handicap on Saturday at Eagle Farm. After narrowly missing the Stradbroke field with Antino and Freedom Rally in the last two years, Gollan hopes Transatlantic has done enough to make the field. He is now a $13 chance. * Trainer Rob Heathcote says Rothfire 'trotted up 95 per cent sound' on Sunday morning in his recovery from a foot injury. 'He's only a slim chance of racing in the Straddy, but he's still a chance,' Heathcote said. Originally published as Lindsay Park's second seed joins vaunted attack on Stradbroke Handicap
