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O’Shea delivers with Cheval Blanc
Assistant-trainer Lisa O’Shea felt both a sense of pride and relief after she saddled a winner at her first day as the head of the Stephen Gray stables on Saturday, but above all happy for the horse, Cheval Blanc. It was the first time the New Zealander was tasked...
Senior handling lifts Kharisma home: Gray
After three runs with apprentice jockeys, trainer Stephen Gray felt his useful sprinter Kharisma needed a senior jockey on Sunday, and it was indeed Marc Lerner’s trademark vigorous handling that lifted him over the line in the $100,000 Better Life 2012 Stakes Class 1...
Gold shimmers while Gray already Thinks ahead
A last conditioning barrier trial on Tuesday morning was all that trainer Stephen Gray needed for Hard Too Think ahead of his target race, the $1 million Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup (2000m) this Sunday. The Kiwi handler does not usually trial his horses on the week of...
Al Green evergreen as ever
Stephen Gray might have felt a little downcast after his exciting Australian horse Oxley Road didn’t win in Flemington, but a gutsy win from his old marvel Al Green at Kranji did go some way in erasing the disappointment. Sent out as the favourite in the Group 2...
Hard Too Think caps big-race double in two countries for Gray
Stephen Gray and New Zealand’s Copperbelt Racing won Group acclaim across two continents on Saturday with Hard Too Think winning the $300,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1800m) at Kranji and Oxley Road taking out the A$300,000 Group 2 McCafe Caulfield Sprint...
Early double for Gray, Hickman, Lerner
The old firm of trainer Stephen Gray and long-time owner Paul Hickman in combination with a budding partner in jockey Marc Lerner hogged the first two races on Saturday’s 12-race programme with Billy Elliot and St Alwyn. While Billy Elliot, a Per Incanto...
One G1 at a time: Beasley not Thinking Too Hard
Danny Beasley could be having the best of both worlds as far as this year’s last two big majors in the Singapore racing calendar are concerned. The Australian jockey is already in the privileged position of partnering likely favourite Lim’s Lightning in the Group 1...
Hard Too Think begins Gold Cup trail next week
Derby winner Hard Too Think took a step closer to his racing comeback with a pleasing barrier trial on Tuesday morning. Not sighted since his Group 1 Singapore Derby (1800m) triumph on July 27, the All Too Hard five-year-old was getting the last finishing touches...
Kharisma turns up for another win
A drop back down to his pet trip saw smart sprinter Kharisma bounce back to his brilliant best on Sunday. The Mossman five-year-old certainly did not lose any admirers at his first mile test in the Group 2 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) last month when only a 1 ½-length third...
Hard Too Think springs upset in Singapore Derby
Cast in at the deep end more as a bit of an afterthought, up-and-coming stayer Hard Too Think went on to upstage the favourites in the $400,000 Group 1 Singapore Derby (1800m) on Sunday for a version which might not be etched in the annals of the prestigious race as...
Faith in Clergyman pays off
Patience is a virtue, and it’s again been showcased with Clergyman’s commanding maiden win in the $20,000 What’s New 2019 Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. More often in his box or at the farrier shop since his arrival in April 2019, the son of Artie Schiller was amazingly...
Indonesian owner thirsty for another Group win
If the phone rings at around 4.05pm Jakarta time this Saturday, and Kiwi trainer Stephen Gray is at the other end of the line, Indonesian racehorse owner Untung Joesoef would know it’s the cue to celebrate – while wishing he could pop a bottle of Green Spot to go...
