It has been a long road back for the 2024 Melbourne Cup winner Knight’s Choice who will have only his second start in the seventeen months since that famous victory on the first Tuesday in November when he lines up for the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday…. Read More »
A stewards’ inquiry involving Grant and Alana Williams has been adjourned after their legal representatives requested additional time to complete an expert report ahead of further proceedings. The matter had been due to resume on April 21 to hear a plea relating to a charge issued on January 29 under… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has sent Seraphox to Melbourne for a Stakes race that could open a multitude of options for the two-year-old. Seraphox runs in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday after two runs in Sydney where he was successful at Warwick Farm at his most recent start. The Maher… Read More »
The reasons for Siragusa’s behaviour on the second day of The Championships remains a mystery, but co-trainer Rob Archibald is hoping the horse can put the experience behind him and get his campaign back on track. A $10 chance for the Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m) on April 11, Siragusa… Read More »
Sergeant Major has a Listed win on his resume, but Ciaron Maher’s assistant trainer, Johann Gerard-Dubord, is adamant we haven’t seen the best of him yet. Gerard-Dubord is the first to concede the four-year-old has been a shade underwhelming since triumphing in the South Pacific Classic (1400m) last autumn, but… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is banking on a tactic he employed in taking out a previous running of the Robert Sangster Stakes being successful with Stretan Angel. With stables at Pakenham and Morphettville, it would make common sense for Stretan Angel to be prepared for Saturday’s Group 1 race for fillies and mares over 1200m out of Stokes’ Adelaide barn, especially after… Read More »
Over the years, the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington has produced some more than handy performers. Winners of the 1400m race for two-year-olds in the past include Epimeles (2024), Tijuana (2022), Chaillot (2019), Vassilator (2017), Merchant Navy (2017), Long John (2013) and Confectioner (2003). The race comes at the… Read More »
There would not be a hardier filly in training than the Ciaron Maher prepared Salty Pearl. After an arduous spring campaign that saw her successful at Group 2 level, the consistent filly is after Group 1 honours in the Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Saturday’s outing will be… Read More »
The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman trained Alpha Sofie … a winner of four of her seven races … will be looking to bounce back in Saturday’s Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes at Morphettville after posting disappointing results in her last two starts. The chestnut filly won two out of… Read More »
With confirmation Lord Of Biscay will line up in the Tamworth Cup, Kris Lees is looking to a pair of talented three-year-olds to headline his Anzac Day team at Randwick. Provincial-Midway Championships Final winner Lord Of Biscay is an early favourite for Saturday’s First Australian Imperial Force Handicap (1500m), but… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani knows Deal Done Fast has the ability to be a Stakes winner, but first the Ballarat conditioner just wants to get a win on the board with the colt. Both may come at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m), provided Deal Done Fast can improve… Read More »
Fresh from his maiden success in Hong Kong on Wednesday night, Ethan Brown has confirmed he will be on a fly-in, fly-out mission when he returns to Australia to take the ride on the Ciaron Maher trained Jimmysstar in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup May 30 at Eagle Farm…. Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will have dual representation as it looks to win a feature sprint race in Adelaide together for the first time. Ameena and Point Barrow will line up for the father-and-son training team in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The race has… Read More »
Annabel and Rob Archibald’s five-strong squad for the main race at Randwick on Anzac Day could be reduced to three with the training partners set to split their runners between Sydney and Tamworth. Both Hellsing and Formal Display are acceptors for the First Australian Imperial Force Handicap (1500m) on Saturday,… Read More »
Sheza Alibi’s owner Fred Noffke has turned down an offer exceeding $6 million for the emerging star, as confidence grows around her future potential. The Queensland grazier revealed he declined the approach, believing the multiple Group 1-winning filly could go on to rival the prizemoney achievements of champion mare Winx…. Read More »
The Tony Gollan trained Antino will attract a lot of attention at Eagle Farm on Saturday … and not just because of his good looks. There is no question Antino is a striking looking son of Redwood with a glittering overall form-line to match … thirteen wins from thirty-two starts,… Read More »
Few two-year-olds in recent memory have had a juvenile season as busy as Away Game did six years ago, so it’s not surprising the now-broodmare’s daughter, Lady Catalina, has had a much more sedate start to her career. Away Game raced eight times at two for four wins, including the… Read More »
Ethan Brown wasn’t hanging about. In fact, it took Brown just three rides to secure his first win at his first meeting in Hong Kong when he partnered Shooting To Top to victory for trainer Cody Mo in a Class 4 Handicap over 1650m. Brown, who showed he was a… Read More »
Todd Pollard may be in the early days of running a stable in his own name but after just a few months in, the numbers are already growing. Scrumptious is a recent acquisition to the team of the former assistant trainer to Annabel and one who could be handy going… Read More »
Taree trainer Glen Milligan has been suspended for two months, with a further two months held over, following a Racing NSW stewards’ inquiry into a series of social media posts. The inquiry found that Milligan had published Facebook posts across several days containing what stewards described as “improper comments that… Read More »
