Image: Steve Hart Unbeaten colt Storm Boy is a dominant favourite with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Golden Slipper (1200m) this Saturday at Rosehill. The GaiBott trained juvenile has been dynamic in his short career to date and is a clear favourite to remain unbeaten. He is at $2.15 and clearly holds the call. Switzerland is at...
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Golden Slipper favourites fare well at barrier draw
Gai Waterhouse is aiming to win her eighth Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) and her second with co-trainer Adrian Bott, and their team of six have largely drawn low with headline act Storm Boy drawn barrier two for the $5 million race. The stable are enjoying a record two-year-old season and from their sextet, they...
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Golden Slipper barrier draw: Who were the winners and losers?
The field has been declared and barriers allocated for Saturday’s $5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. The two leading chances Storm Boy and Switzerland drew inside barriers for the breed-shaping contest. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Espionage, to be ridden by three-time Golden Slipper-winning jockey Tommy Berry, was named the...
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Storm Boy heads early Golden Slipper odds
Image: Steve Hart Storm Boy is a dominant Ladbrokes.com.au all in favourite for the Golden Slipper (1200m) this Saturday at Rosehill. The GaiBott stable have a very strong hand in the race, headlined by this star unbeaten colt, and with Ryan Moore aboard, he holds the call at $2.30, and is a clear favourite. Switzerland...
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$1.5million Switzerland Keeps His Golden Slipper Hopes Alive – Brother to Sell at Easter | Breednet
After purchasing the Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy, Coolmore took a stranglehold on the Golden Slipper after the professional performance from exquisite Snitzel colt Switzerland in Saturday’s Pierro Plate (II00m) at Randwick. Given a confident ride by James McDonald, the Chris Waller-trained colt kept the top-class Alabama Express colt Shangri La Express honest in the...
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Coolmore name 2024 Golden Slipper jockeys
Coolmore has confirmed that Ryan Moore will partner favourite Storm Boy in the $5 million Golden Slipper with James Mcdonald to ride the Chris Waller-trained Switzerland. The announcement was made by Coolmore on Thursday, a day after McDonald was in the saddle for an exhibition gallop aboard Storm Boy at Randwick. Speaking on Sky Racing radio on...
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J-Mac stoked to be on Switzerland in Golden Slipper: ‘I’m happy’
Sydney’s champion jockey James McDonald believes he’s still on the horse to beat in the $5 million TAB Golden Slipper despite losing the ride on favourite Storm Boy. McDonald stays on the Chris Waller-trained Switzerland after owners Coolmore confirmed jockeys for their unbeaten colts in the world’s richest juvenile race. English superstar Ryan Moore will...
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Coolmore name Golden Slipper jockeys
Image: Steve Hart James McDonald says he would have been happy to ride either of Coolmore’s star colts in the Golden Slipper. Coolmore has confirmed that Ryan Moore will partner favourite Storm Boy in the $5 million Golden Slipper with James Mcdonald to ride the Chris Waller-trained Switzerland. The announcement was made by Coolmore on Thursday, a...
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Storm Boy impresses James McDonald as Golden Slipper decision looms
Champion jockey James McDonald didn’t need to say much to get a guide on how good $60m colt Storm Boy is going ahead Saturday week’s $5m Golden Slipper. “He was very good, he’s right on track,” a beaming McDonald said. Storm Boy had just had a 1000m exhibition gallop at Randwick Kensington on Wednesday with...
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Watch 📺 Golden Slipper favourite produces strong race day gallop
He was in the saddle for an exhibition gallop, but will James McDonald ride Storm Boy in the Golden Slipper? James Mcdonald has been given a reminder of Storm Boy’s talents in an exhibition gallop at Randwick, but connections are no closer to making an announcement on who will ride the star colt in the Golden...
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Why there’s no question about who is the No.1 seed in the Golden Slipper
If James McDonald is given the choice to ride Storm Boy or Switzerland in the Golden Slipper, who should he pick? That’s one of the burning questions in the racing industry at the moment with Coolmore’s star pair heading to the Slipper at Rosehill on March 23. Both gallopers have impressed in the lead-up to...
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Switzerland stuns in Todman Stakes as James McDonald faces wait on Golden Slipper ride
Coolmore is set to decide as early as Monday who rides their unbeaten colts, Storm Boy and Switzerland, in the $5m TAB Golden Slipper. Sydney’s reigning premier jockey James McDonald has ridden both the brilliant two-year-olds to easy last-start wins, combining with Switzerland to win the Group 2 $300,000 Todman Stakes at Randwick on Saturday....