Selecting Rubick in the sales ring was easy. Choosing the colours he would wear was almost as complex as the puzzle for which he is named. With four original owners each with their own silks, it was decided to use none of them but to go with trainer Gerald Ryan’s… Read More »
Darley stalwart Pinwheel is raced by one of the world’s richest racehorse owners but he promises to be a sentimental favourite for the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. At least in the eyes of his trainer Peter Snowden. Snowden has trained far better horses for his boss Sheikh Mohammed… Read More »
A groundswell of support for Appearance to keep an unbeaten record this campaign has been complemented by an endorsement of her rich talents from rival trainer Chris Waller. Appearance has been heavily backed to beat the Waller-trained Boban in the weight-for-age Apollo Stakes at Randwick. A three-time Group One winner,… Read More »
A Sydney trip is off for talented mare Tukiyo but rookie trainer Lacey Morrison believes there are feature race wins on her horizon. Tukiyo will run in the $100,000 Falvelon Quality (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday after connections decided not to head to Randwick’s Group Three Triscay Stakes over… Read More »
A strong book of feature race rides headed by Oakleigh Plate favourite Lankan Rupee has Craig Newitt confident he can make an impact on Blue Diamond Stakes day. Newitt’s Caulfield book also includes the Chris Waller-trained Sizzling in the Group One Futurity Stakes and stablemate Foreteller who is shooting for… Read More »
BRISBANE February 21 AAP – Limited programming for up-and-coming three-year-olds has left Bruce Hill with little option but to run Casarati in Saturday company. Although Casarati will be among the favourites for the Fujitsu General Handicap (1800m) at Eagle Farm and did perform well when third in a similar race… Read More »
Owner Barry Connell will not run his Philip Fenton-trained horses at Cheltenham due to uncertainty surrounding the trainer’s ongoing case for alleged possession of anabolic steroids. After a brief hearing on Thursday, the Fenton case was adjourned until March 20, nine days after the Festival is due to begin. The… Read More »
Horses don’t normally jump from rating 85 victories to Group One weight-for-age contests – but then Packing Tycoon isn’t your normal rating 85 winner. Packing Tycoon, who won at Te Rapa at his first New Zealand start on February 1, makes the big leap in class when he contests the… Read More »
The owner who raced one of Gai Waterhouse’s best horses is also hoping to play a role in the trainer’s first Blue Diamond success. Waterhouse has two runners in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Diamond (1200m) at Caulfield as she looks to capture the only Group One for juveniles in Australia… Read More »
The fact Arabian Gold almost matched it with Guelph last year could be irrelevant in assessing her chances in the Light Fingers Stakes. That’s because trainer David Vandyke has reservations about his filly’s sharpness going into the Group Two race at Randwick on Saturday. “She came through her trial well… Read More »
Corey Brown will compete in Sydney for the first time in almost 12 months with a book of Randwick rides likely to be the envy of most jockeys. Gradually establishing himself as one of Singapore’s leading riders, Brown links with the in-form Hawkes Racing stable for a star-studded Apollo Stakes… Read More »
Trainer Wez Hunter is bullish about his chances of a breakthrough Group One triumph at Caulfield on Saturday. And he is not ruling out the prospect of a feature double, insisting Futurity Stakes runner Smokin’ Joey and Blue Diamond hopeful Malaguerra are live chances. A gallop on the course proper… Read More »
Trainer Noel Doyle has no choice but to start promising filly Aimee despite a difficult run of barriers continuing at Eagle Farm. For the third time from as many career starts, Aimee has drawn an outside alley in the Heartkids Handicap (1300m) on Saturday where she will be ridden by… Read More »
Ryan Maloney knows his Oakleigh Plate opportunity on Shamal Wind could be career-changing. That is why the 28-year-old hired a personal trainer almost three weeks ago to help him reach his lightest weight since he was an apprentice. Maloney will partner Shamal Wind at 52.5kg and he is confident a… Read More »
Group-performed sprinter Tiger Tees is on a mission to regain winning form when he bypasses Sydney on Saturday for the Falvelon Quality at Eagle Farm. Tiger Tees has won nine races and more than $479,000 in prize money but has not been in the winners’ circle since taking out the… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote couldn’t have been happier with the effort of star galloper Buffering in his first serious hit-out heading to the Sydney autumn. Buffering had a jump-out at Doomben on Thursday and showed he was on course for the Challenge Stakes at Randwick on March 15. “Tony Gollan had… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Shamus Award will return to the scene of his finest racing moment for an exhibition gallop at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Shamus Award is scheduled to be one of two leading Australian Guineas contenders to gallop with the Cummings stable also sending Eurozone to the track… Read More »
Colin Scott looks set to get his wish for a rain-affected Randwick on Saturday when he saddles up Victorian raider Speediness in the Apollo Stakes. The six-year-old has an outstanding record on cushioned ground with five wins and three placings from his 10 starts on dead and slow tracks. It… Read More »
Apprentice Anthony Allen put a week of turmoil behind him to win on Mac’s Addiction at Doomben on Wednesday and in the process proved one of trainer Steve Tregea’s theories wrong. Racing Queensland stewards charged Allen under a little-used rule relating to excessively slowing the pace of the field in… Read More »
Moment Of Change is favourite to continue his unbeaten 1400-metre record at Caulfield in the Futurity Stakes and trainer Peter Moody believes the gelding has improved from his last-start Group One win. Moment Of Change made it three wins from as many tries over the 1400-metre course at Caulfield when… Read More »
