A resurgent Bjorn Baker may have found another horse to reinforce his battalion of Melbourne raiders after Rock Forthe Ladies won at Randwick. The trainer endured a tough run after a virus hit his Warwick Farm stables in winter and forced Group One winner Music Magnate out of the spring…. Read More »
Champion mare Black Caviar’s trainer Peter Moody has returned to the winner’s circle, albeit on the other side of the fence. A filly bred by Moody and his wife Sarah won the Group Two Fillies Classic at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Moody trained about 2500 winners, including 53 at Group… Read More »
David Brideoake is likely to resist the temptation of going too far into the spring carnival with Moonee Valley stakes winner Nurse Kitchen. The three-year-old filly is likely to be spelled following her win in the Group Two P W Glass Fillies Classic on Saturday. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Nurse… Read More »
Ivan Cajkusic and Valda Klaric’s breeding philosophy is to sell the colts and keep the fillies and they have been rewarded with two mares now heading to the Group One Myer Classic. The Darren Weir-trained Kaniana staked her claim for the fillies and mares’s feature at Flemington with her Group… Read More »
Short-priced favourite Archives has had to do it the hard way but has showed fighting qualities to land a Group Three win at Moonee Valley. Archives was sent out the $2.10 favourite in a field of six in Saturday’s Telstra Phonewords Stakes (1200m) and travelled four-wide on the pace to… Read More »
Trainer Dale Healey has received a timely boost when smart filly I Am Venus scored an impressive win at Eagle Farm. I Am Venus ($14) came from the extreme outside barrier to beat Initialize ($4.60) by a 1/2 length with three quarters of a length to the favourite Royal Myth… Read More »
Fifteen Sunflowers’ bad barrier manners have not been enough to get in the way of her talent at Randwick. The filly reared in the gates three times but managed to jump cleanly and stride away to victory in Saturday’s Highway Handicap. Jockey Jason Collett got Fifteen Sunflowers to cross from… Read More »
A stakes race win at Moonee Valley was some minor consolation for the connections of Sweet Sherry missing a start in the Thousand Guineas. Sweet Sherry spiked a temperature before an important lead-up race to the Thousand Guineas which disrupted her campaign. Having her first start since early September, Sweet… Read More »
Having been nursed back from a career-threatening injury, promising sprinter O’Malley has provided connections with a satisfying win at Moonee Valley. After spending 80 weeks on the sidelines recovering from a knee fracture, O’Malley made his race return in August and landed his first win since his comeback in his… Read More »
Trainer Troy Corstens says if the Moonee Valley track is downgraded, likely Cox Plate leader Awesome Rock will be scratched. The track is rated a soft five, four hours out from Saturday’s Cox Plate with more rain and a storm predicted. Corstens has already committed Awesome Rock to leading the… Read More »
Tony McEvoy won out in a yearling sale bidding war that has paid dividends with the debut win of Azazel at Moonee Valley. A son of Snitzel, Azazel took out the Inglis Banner at Moonee Valley on Saturday under a confident ride of jockey Luke Currie. Sent out the $5… Read More »
Rebel Dane has caused a major upset in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley which has signalled the end of the spring for Chautauqua and the end of the road for Buffering. Trained by Gary Portelli at Warwick Farm, Rebel Dane won the 2013 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and had… Read More »
Crowd favourite Buffering has been officially retired following a disappointing sixth in the Manikato Stakes. Buffering who is now a 9YO was unplaced for the third time in a row finishing sixth in the ten horse Manikato field with trainer Robert Heathcote announcing post race that he has run his… Read More »
Rebel Dane has caused a major upset in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley which has signalled the end of the spring for Chautauqua and the end of the road for Buffering. Trained by Gary Portelli at Warwick Farm, Rebel Dane won the 2013 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and had… Read More »
Melbourne’s wet weather isn’t quite as dramatic as the typhoon which has prevented jockeys travelling to Australia from Hong Kong but it is set to have an impact on Cox Plate day. Sam Clipperton, who was to ride in the Manikato Stakes on Friday night and Joao Moreira, who had… Read More »
A lightly raced colt who is a close relation to former star Shoot Out will put his Victoria Derby credentials to the test in the Group Two Vase at Moonee Valley. The Tony McEvoy-trained Silvera races in the colours of his part-owners Graham and Linda Huddy who bred the colt… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver must wait to find out if his reckless riding charge will be downgraded and if he can ride in next weekend’s Victoria Derby meeting. Oliver admits he is guilty of the lesser offence of careless riding but wants the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to clear… Read More »
THE QUEENSLAND DERBY – CURSE OR CRESCENDO? MAGICOOL (2015) * Finished well near the end of the field in five Group One race during spring after last year’s Derby win. Transferred to Chris Waller after a run of outs for former trainer Mark Kavanagh. Resumes at Randwick on Saturday. SONNTAG… Read More »
Last year’s Queensland Derby winner Magicool is beginning the long road to defy recent history and make a fist of his career. Magicool was trained by Mark Kavanagh when he won the three-year-old Classic last year. He finished near the tail of the field in five Group One races last… Read More »
Stephen Baster plans to take Awesome Rock to the front in the 2016 Cox Plate even though he knows he is being chased by a champion and potential champion. All the talk in the lead-up to Saturday’s weight-for-age contest at Moonee Valley has been around the two favourites, Winx and… Read More »
