Tulloch Lodge has continued its incredible strikerate with two-year-olds, this time plundering the $2 million Inglis Millennium with unassuming colt Fully Lit. The stable has produced 12 individual juvenile winners this season and co-trainer Adrian Bott says Fully Lit will be considered for a start in the Blue Diamond Stakes in… Read More »
Bjorn Baker has labelled Caballus the second-best colt he has trained behind Ozzmosis after the three-year-old overcame a high-class field to win the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. Bought for $315,000 by syndicators Darby Racing as a tried horse, Caballus continued his perfect record for his new connections, adding Saturday’s Group 3 race… Read More »
Hayasugi will attempt a rare feat when she chases Melbourne’s premier juvenile race at Caulfield. The Clinton Mcdonald-trained two-year-old will head to the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 24 with the Blue Diamond Preview and the Blue Diamond Prelude already secured. No filly has achieved the… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden stable has strengthened their claims on capturing a first Blue Diamond Stakes together with a potential quartet of runners in the Group 1 race at Caulfield. Peter Snowden has won Melbourne’s premier juvenile race on three occasions and will chase a first with his son on February… Read More »
Annabel Neasham will give Castanya every chance to earn her way into the Golden Slipper after the filly took an important step with a sweeping victory in the Listed Lonhro Plate at Randwick. The youngster’s performance franked the form of Slipper second favourite Switzerland, who she finished runner-up to on debut, while… Read More »
Swettenham Stud has made a significant acquisition for the 2024 breeding season by welcoming the illustrious Lofty Strike to its roster. As the son of champion sire Snitzel and Golden Slipper heroine Overreach, Lofty Strike boasts an impeccable pedigree, making him one of the most promising stallion prospects in recent… Read More »
Trainer Lindsey Smith enjoyed a quick hit and run mission to Hobart on Friday with progressive mare Yellow Sam taking out the Group 3 Mystic Journey Stakes. A winner of five of her 11 starts, Yellow Sam has gone to a new level this preparation and had no concern justifying her… Read More »
You just never know in racing. It is so easy for a trainer or owners to decide to move an underperforming horse on, not realising they might just be making that move one or two runs too early. Take the case of the Scott Morrisey trained Tikka Ready … a… Read More »
Owner Tony Ottobre always knew there was plenty of talent hidden away in Pride Of Jenni, but first she had to dispose of her wayward tendencies. It took the best part of three years for Pride Of Jenni to eventually show Ottobre that talent when she racked-up back-to-back Group 1… Read More »
Robbie Laing doubts there will be a fitter horse than Hey Fat Cat in the Autumn Stakes at Caulfield. Successful at Sale and Sandown in his last two starts, Laing decided to bypass another restricted race at Sandown during the week for the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Laing also… Read More »
A two-state, black-type double will be in the offing for Gary Portelli following his decision to split three-year-olds Encap and Flying Trapeze between Sydney and Melbourne. Both were acceptors for Saturday’s Group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, however Flying Trapeze has already been scratched and will instead head… Read More »
Michael Dee is unsure how long his association with Atishu will last, but the top Melbourne jockey is happy to team up with her in this Saturday’s Group 1 CF Orr Stakes. The six-year-old will have her first start since winning the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington in… Read More »
Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young learned one thing out of a failed trip to Ballarat that Foxy Cleopatra has an aversion to really wet tracks. Those conditions will not front Foxy Cleopatra when she returns from a break in the Group 3 T S Carlyon Cup (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday…. Read More »
If Tommy Berry wasn’t immediately won over by Beer Baron’s stocky build, he was certainly taken by the colt’s debut run in the Inglis Nursery. Caught wide from an awkward draw, the juvenile had the temerity to let down strongly in the straight before careering to the front and beating all… Read More »
Do you want to have a bet today? Well, you are spoilt for choice to an extreme degree with all six states and two territories holding race meetings today … a very rare occurrence. New South Wales hosts meeting at Walcha and a Canterbury night meeting. Victoria matched strides with… Read More »
On a week when Sydney’s weather revived some childhood memories for Chris Waller, the champion horseman was hopeful a couple of his Randwick runners could revive some old form. Waller will saddle up three horses in Saturday’s ASI Solutions Handicap (1600m) â Bold Mac, Manzoice and Lord Ardmore â the first two… Read More »
There are options aplenty for promising mare Gently Rolled if she passes what trainer Bryce Heys sees as a decent test at Randwick on Saturday. The four-year-old is strongly fancied by the market, $2.80 favourite with TAB on Thursday, in the Westmead Institute For Medical Research Handicap (1300m) after a… Read More »
Yes, itâs the $2m Inglis Millennium and the 2024 Classic Yearling Sale and as Inglis Bloodstock says this weekend embraces âThe Horse You Dream About.â And itâs the âdreamâ training partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott who hit-off on Saturday with the $3.40 Ladbrokes race favourite Fully Lit on-line… Read More »
In Secret’s autumn campaign is up in the air after Saturday week’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning was ruled out for the four-year-old. The daughter of I Am Invincible was being set for a first-up clash with Imperatriz and Private Eye in the Flemington feature, but will miss the 1000-metre weight-for-age event… Read More »
Luke Nolen has undergone surgery to stem internal bleeding after a fall at trackwork at Pakenham on Thursday morning. The rider most famous for his association with champion mare Black Caviar was transported to the Alfred hospital after a fall with fractured left ribs and pelvis problems the initial concern. But… Read More »
