Trainer Robert Heathcote is quick to deflect credit for the turnaround in attitude of reformed bad boy Emerald Kingdom. The five-year-old is looking for five straight wins in Saturday’s Class Six Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm. In an off-season usually devoid of potential stars, Emerald Kingdom put his hand up… Read More »
Badoosh has a career-defining moment as trainer Matt Dunn’s only runner at Eagle Farm . The Murwillumbah-based Dunn had 18 acceptors for the Grafton meeting on Thursday but decided to bring Badoosh to Brisbane for Saturday’s QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap (1800m). Dunn realises Badoosh has a task with 59kg from a… Read More »
Godolphin has again taken up the slot in the $15 million Everest vacated by Damion Flower. Flower’s slot became available last year when he was charged with serious drug offences and denied bail pending trial. Godolphin took it up and used it for Alizee and also had Trekking in the… Read More »
Plonka has given trainer Warren Gavenlock his biggest win and booked his ticket to the $500,000 Country Championship final with his heat win at Grafton. The Northern Rivers $150,000 qualifying heat was run on Thursday after being delayed then transferred from a waterlogged Coffs Harbour. Under confident riding from Rachel… Read More »
Glen Boss insists Kolding will not peak until next month’s $5 million All-Star Mile but the champion jockey still expects him to take plenty of beating in the Futurity Stakes. Kolding forms part of a select field of eight for Saturday’s weight-for-age Group One Futurity Stakes (1400m) which will be… Read More »
Scratched at the barriers before the Inglis Millennium and withdrawn from the Blue Diamond Stakes because of a wide gate, Fayerra will now be directed to Rosehill for the Silver Slipper. Trainer Anthony Cummings had hoped to take Fayerra to Melbourne for Saturday’s Group One Blue Diamond but decided to… Read More »
Two of Lindsay Park’s high-profile imports are set to make their autumn returns in stakes race at Caulfield. Cape Of Good Hope returns to Caulfield chasing a second Group One win in Saturday’s Futurity Stakes (1400m) with stayer Constantinople contesting the Group Two Peter Young Stakes (1800m). Both are former… Read More »
Promising stayer Master Of Wine will resume at Rosehill for what is likely to be a light autumn preparation. Hawkes Racing is taking a softly, softly approach with the five-year-old who they hope can develop into a Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup aspirant in the spring. With that in mind,… Read More »
The plan to target Mr Quickie at the $5 million All-Star Mile without a lead-up race is on track after the four-year-old secured his spot in the field through the public vote. Mr Quickie is one of six individual Group One winners among the top 10 vote getters revealed on… Read More »
Star Queensland three-year-old Alligator Blood has streeted the opposition to top the polling for the second edition of the $5 million All-Star Mile. And his connections are hopeful the gelding can also come out on top when the rich race is run at Caulfield on March 14. The top 10… Read More »
South Australian trainer Gordon Richards hopes the euphoria of a Group One win at Flemington can be repeated when Bold Star runs in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. Richards won his first Group One race when Gytrash took out the Lightning Stakes at Flemington last week and admitted he was… Read More »
Tommy Berry has had a win in his appeal against a riding suspension with the Racing NSW Appeal Panel overturning his 15-meeting penalty. The top jockey was outed by stewards for failing to ride out Kentucky Wildcat in a race at Warwick Farm on Inglis Millennium day, a suspension which… Read More »
The Coolmore Classic is a race close to trainer Kris Lees’ heart and he hopes at least two of the stable’s mares can confirm their credentials for the Group One race when they clash at Rosehill. His father and champion trainer, the late Max Lees, had a special affinity with… Read More »
It will be apt if popular sprinter Ringo’s A Rockstar can win the Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on the same day the Silver Slipper is run in Sydney. Ringo’s A Rockstar won seven races when trained by the late Norm ” Whopper” Stephens who died a week short of… Read More »
A year after winning the Hobartville Stakes on The Autumn Sun, Kerrin McEvoy has been tasked with delivering a similar result aboard another of Arrowfield Stud’s stallions-in-waiting. The top jockey will have his first race ride on star colt and Cox Plate runner-up Castelvecchio, who resumes in Saturday’s 1400-metre Group… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have numbers on their side in pursuit of a maiden win in the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Maher and Eustace saddle six runners in Saturday’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes over 1200m, three colts – Ideas Man, Rathlin and Tanker – and three fillies… Read More »
Queensland star Alligator Blood has topped the polling for the second edition of the $5 million All-Star Mile which will be raced at Caulfield this year. The top 10 vote getters who have secured spots in the rich race at Caulfield on March 14 were revealed on Thursday, headed by… Read More »
Noted speedster Super Too is likely to have a change of racing pattern when she makes her Brisbane debut at Eagle Farm. Super Too is one of three horses premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has accepted with in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1000m). Glenlogan Park paid $550,000 for the mare at… Read More »
Mark Zahra’s appeal against the severity of a careless riding suspension has been unsuccessful, with the jockey to miss the Australian Guineas meeting. Zahra was banned for careless riding aboard Lightning Stakes winner Gytrash at Flemington last Saturday. He lodged an appeal against the severity of the eight-meeting penalty, hoping… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp believes stable apprentice Madeleine Wishart and stablemates In Your Element and Naval Strike get their chance for a change of luck at Eagle Farm. Wishart will ride In Your Element in the Trump Flooring Handicap (2200m) and Naval Strike in the QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap (1400m) on… Read More »
