Star hurdler Black And Bent takes an important step on his road back to jumps racing when he returns from injury in a flat race at Caulfield on Saturday. Trainer Robert Smerdon said the next six weeks would be telling for Black And Bent as it was important to see [...]
Trainer Anthony Cummings hasn’t given up on blue blood filly Scandiva making an unlikely run towards the Golden Slipper. Scandiva, with links to Black Caviar and All Too Hard, became the latest winner from Australian breeding’s hottest family, with a decisive victory in the Emerald Hills Estate Plate (1100m) at [...]
Two fillies head betting for the Golden Slipper but trainer David Hayes is confident his colt Fast `N’ Rocking can emerge as a serious contender after Saturday’s Todman Stakes. Hayes believes the Blue Diamond runner-up is peaking at the right time to be a major player in the Golden Slipper [...]
The decision to bypass the Magic Millions carnival with Doubtfilly wasn’t an easy one for trainer Stuart Kendrick. But the physical development the daughter of Not A Single Doubt has made since her last campaign has convinced him it was the right one. “Between her autumn and spring campaigns last [...]
He might have been up against opposition described as modest at best but imported stayer Hathras kept alive his chances of running in the richest weight-for-age race of the Sydney autumn carnival with a runaway Warwick Farm win on Thursday. Taking on three rivals over 2200m, Hathras made a one-act [...]
Tommy Berry clearly remembers Black Caviar thundering past him and his favourite filly Karuta Queen in a race at Caulfield 17 months ago. The young Sydney jockey reunites with Karuta Queen for the first time in a year in Friday night’s Group One William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley. And [...]
John O’Shea is clinging to a stand-out statistic in Steps In Time’s racing record to help her deliver what he believes would be an against-the-odds Coolmore Classic win at Rosehill on Saturday. Angered by the handicapper’s treatment of the mare, the Randwick trainer says Steps In Time has “weights and [...]
Nash Rawiller’s return from suspension has been short-lived with the leading rider outed for careless riding again at Newcastle on Wednesday. Rawiller missed last Saturday’s Randwick Guineas meeting through a ban he picked up the last time he rode at Newcastle on March 13. He will miss the Rosehill Guineas [...]
Melbourne racing is facing a major upheaval following the announcement by a local council that it intends to kick all trainers off Caulfield racecourse. The Glen Eira council announced its intention in a position paper adopted at a meeting on Tuesday. The council claims regulations concerning the use of the [...]
In-form sprinter Bello has put paid to the notion he is simply a wet tracker with victory to claim a career-best Group Three victory in the Newcastle Newmarket. The Darley-owned four-year-old trained by Peter Snowden was aided by an intelligent ride from Jason Collett who seized the opportunity to come [...]
