For most of his career, Strait Acer has been like an active toddler – high energy, headstrong and a little wild. Even when he strung together a trio of wins during the late winter and spring, then was highly competitive in the Silver Eagle and Golden Eagle, trainer Ed Cummings said the horse… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes will not be aiming too high with Savannah Cloud who makes his racetrack return at Flemington. Stokes has picked out the Listed The Elms Stakes (1400m) on Saturday as the ideal lead into another 1400m race at Flemington on March 9, the Group 3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap. Savannah Cloud… Read More »
Facile has had her share of near misses during a limited racing career, but the filly’s physical improvement might finally tip the scales in her favour where it matters most. The daughter of Trapeze Artist resumes in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, one of three… Read More »
A lack of suitable sprint options in Melbourne has prompted Grahame Begg to set his sights on the Sydney carnival with classy mare C’Est Magique, who launches her campaign in the Triscay Stakes at Randwick. Keen to restrict the four-year-old to shorter sprints after she failed at her only start beyond… Read More »
A rise in trip to the bigger Flemington circuit is expected to play into the hands of King Colorado. The Ciaron Maher-trained three-year-old is headed to the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) on Saturday enroute to the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at the same venue on March 2…. Read More »
James Mcdonald could not have been anything but impressed after steering Storm Boy to a sizzling barrier trial win at his first sit on the Golden Slipper favourite. The unbeaten colt put more than 6-1/2 lengths on his nearest chaser Majorca Sunset in Thursday’s heat, covering the 900 metres in a slick… Read More »
With an aversion to wet tracks, Sydney trainer Joe Pride has his quality sprinter Private Eye up and going a little earlier than previous campaigns to beat any potential rain. The Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday will see Private Eye have his first-up outing after a successful spring campaign that… Read More »
Crowd favourite Fangirl is already a three-time Group One winner, but trainer Chris Waller believes she is only just entering her peak power period. While capturing the Vinery Stud Stakes against her own age as a three-year-old, Fangirl spent much of her four-year-old season playing second fiddle to star colt Anamoe. She… Read More »
While sprinting rivals gear up for the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington, I Wish I Win quietly prepares at Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman’s Pakenham base. The five-year-old gelding, last seen placing second in The Everest at Randwick, aims for peak condition to tackle the lucrative slot race again in… Read More »
Ben Pearce was an admirer of Sinful Living’s return fourth to Golden Vale and predicts the filly will be even better for her next clash at Pinjarra on Saturday. Costing a modest $10,000 as a yearling for an all-girl syndicate, Sinful Living can pinch her biggest payday in the Magic Millions… Read More »
Well-related Tulloch Lodge filly Chateau Miraval has got her career off to a flying start with a nail-biting win at Randwick’s Kensington track in a race that has had a dramatic postscript. Chateau Miraval narrowly held out fellow Yulong-owned juvenile Growing Empire in a driving finish before a heart-in-mouth moment… Read More »
An upset winner of the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes in the spring, Navajo Peak is on a mission to prove it was no fluke, starting in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. The David Payne-trained gelding is among a final field of 10 for Saturday’s 1400-metre feature, the race attracting a high-class… Read More »
Autumn, as it is in spring, is a time when connections of mares dream big. It is the time when a Stakes race win can add a little extra to the value of a potential broodmare. Ballarat trainer Andrew Noblet has the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill next month… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is in no rush to get Jimmysstar to the big league despite the former New Zealand galloper holding an All-Star Mile wildcard. As part of his program to the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 16, Jimmysstar is set to run in the Listed The Elms Handicap… Read More »
Lucy Yeomans has been associated with many a good horse and is not going to get overawed at the thought of winning her first Group 1 race. In a training partnership with Lloyd Kennewell, the pair will saddle up I Am Unstoppable in the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Yeomans was… Read More »
Adam Hyeronimus has taken a philosophical outlook after being replaced as the rider of Storm Boy and is already excited about the prospect of upsetting the glamour colt in next month’s Golden Slipper. The Sydney jockey, who is a stable rider for Storm Boy’s trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, was advised… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse said she “felt embarrassed for the Board” following a meeting between the Australian Turf Club and its members over the proposal to sell Rosehill racecourse. ATC chairman Peter McGauran delivered a brief of the club’s plans at a members’ forum on Tuesday night where Waterhouse made it clear… Read More »
Learning To Fly returns to the races for the first time since her Golden Slipper mishap and trainer Annabel Neasham won’t be making excuses on the score of fitness. The three-year-old is among the star attractions for the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, looking to make up… Read More »
For William Pike, it’s not just another day at the races, it’s Quokka Day. It’s Perth’s richest race and now worth an extra million after the $4 million inaugural edition last year. With the race profile and prizemoney on offer there is no shortage of incentive and motive for Pike… Read More »
Sara Ryan has Group One ambitions for Big Dance winner Attractable, who will resume in Saturday’s Group 2 Apollo Stakes, with the stable’s banner horse set to target another, even richer Randwick Mile feature- the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). The five-year-old was in career best form and then some over… Read More »
