Tag: 'Damien Thornton'

As the 2023 Melbourne Cup approaches, HorseBetting.com.au takes a look at Group 1-winning jockey Damien Thornton's record in the race that stops a nation.

Damien Thornton and Rex Lipp have combined with Cifrado to take out the Group 2 BRC Sires' Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm on Queensland Derby...

Damien Thornton and Rex Lipp have combined with Cifrado to take out the Group 2 Spirit Of Boom Classic on Doomben 10,000 Day at Doomben.

The Mick Dittman Plate stood as a contest of great three-year-old talent and the race showed exactly that as Lady Laguna took out the prize.

The 2022 Melbourne Cup (3200m) is one of the most highly-anticipated events on the racing calendar. Horsebetting's James Herbert presents his runner-by-runner preview for the...

Horses don't win much easier than English Riviera did in the opening race at Ballarat on Friday. The three-year-old filly started a very short $1.04...

The folks at Punt Drunk bring you some of the more interesting stories doing the rounds as we approach another weekend of Group 1 racing,...

The significance of having a runner in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) has yet to fully dawn on Bill Pomare, but he has a...

There was plenty of talk in the build-up to Wednesday’s Thousand Guineas at Caulfield as to whether Sydney form was better than Melbourne form, but...

Melbourne Cup contender Ocean Billy’s storming effort at Te Rapa has convinced trainer Bill Pomare to take on the weight-for-age gallopers again in the Group...

Following his win in the Group 3 Aurie's Star at Flemington, the Leon & Troy Corstens-trained The Astrologist is set to be aimed towards the...

Greg Eurell believes his smart galloper Blazejowski can return to his best after an uncharacteristic effort at Sandown when he finished last.

The Chris Waller-trained Skyman has made a winning start to his Australian career, with the lightly-raced import taking out a benchmark-78 race at Caulfield.

A minor surgery has worked the oracle with Wairere Falls who broke maiden ranks at Geelong on Friday. The three-year-old son of Savabeel was having...

Santa Ana Lane has been kept ticking over towards the Group One Goodwood with an easy jump-out at Flemington.

Three fillies will back up into the South Australian Derby after contesting the Australasian Oaks in a bid to emulate the Lindsay Park-trained Qafila.

Victorian jockey Damien Thornton has joined the Group One jockeys' club with victory in the Australasian Oaks on Toffee Tongue.

The Chris Waller-trained Toffee Tongue has broken her maiden in the Group One Australasian Oaks in Adelaide.

Damien Thornton will be chasing his first Group One wins when he rides Toffee Tongue in the Australasian Oaks and Lyre in the Robert Sangster...

John Allen, Ethan Brown, Dean Holland and Zac Spain are about to start two weeks quarantine ahead of riding in Group One races during the...

Clayton Douglas and Damien Thornton will be among the jockeys chasing their first Group One wins when they ride two of the main South Australian...

Jockey Damien Thornton has added to his season tally of winners with a win on Wild Flyer at the final Melbourne metropolitan meeting of the...

Jockey Damien Thornton has reached 100 wins in a season for the first time in his career, bringing up the milestone at Swan Hill.

In-form jockey Damien Thornton has a big book of rides at Flemington and is closing in on 100 winners in a season for the first...