A horse bought as a 60th birthday present qualified for the Melbourne Cup and gave the Gangi family its first city winner in the VRC St Leger Stakes at Flemington. Daniel Gangi and his father Neil waited 18 years to savour their greatest moment on the track when Vatuvei, trained [...]
Group One winner Ofcourseican faces a stiff challenge in the All Aged Stakes but trainer Ron Quinton was never going to change his plans just because of Atlantic Jewel’s presence. Ofcourseican will take aim in the Group One 1400m feature at Randwick on Saturday, the same race unbeaten filly Atlantic [...]
Tommy Berry is hoping to get in on the act in the Group One autumn features when he partners the Gai Waterhouse-trained Older Than Time in Saturday’s Sydney Cup. Waterhouse’s stable has been in stellar form so far this autumn with the trainer preparing the winners of the Golden Slipper, [...]
Underestimation is homing in on the Caulfield Guineas after successfully stepping up distance to win the Listed Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington. Trainer Dean Lawson said the Al Samer two-year-old was loaded with potential and that his two wins from five starts were a bonus before his three-year-old season. “He [...]
Star sprinter Buffering won’t be the only runner at Eagle Farm on Saturday to come under the winter carnival microscope from trainer Rob Heathcote. Buffering is set to make his return for the winter in the Group Two Victory Stakes (1200m) ahead of his Group One missions in the BTC [...]
Well-bred filly Arctic Flight looks destined for stardom after adding to her handy record with an impressive win at Flemington. The three-year-old, who is closely related to unbeaten champion Black Caviar, made it three wins from just six starts when she led all the way on a heavy track to [...]
Trainer Peter Moody will try to get a taste of international success ahead of Black Caviar running at Royal Ascot with King’s Rose who will run in the Champions Mile in Hong Kong. A Group One winner in New Zealand as a three-year-old before joining the Moody camp, King’s Rose [...]
Feature juvenile races in Queensland are on the radar for promising colt Toydini after an impressive victory at Randwick on Wednesday. Toydini ($3.20 fav) dropped back in class in the Anzac Day Handicap (1400m) and had the addition of blinkers as he drew away over the final 200m to win [...]
Top Drop and Ironstein will head trainer Gerald Ryan’s advance team for the Brisbane winter carnival when the pair line up at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ryan also entered Angel Of Mercy for Eagle Farm but the three-year-old filly will remain in Sydney for Saturday’s Listed James HB Carr Stakes [...]
Peter Moody has allayed fears that a wet track could torpedo Black Caviar’s attempt at an Australasian record 20th consecutive metropolitan win in the Sportingbet Classic at Morphettville on Saturday. Black Caviar has never raced on a slow or heavy track but has won nine times on dead going and [...]