Inglis has released the catalogue for its first live sale of the year with 808 lots to be offered across three days in February. The sale that has spawned the likes of Extreme Choice, I Am Invincible, Choisir, She Will Reign, Yankee Rose, Vow And Declare, Classique Legend and Brazen Beau has… Read More »
The quarantine buddy of Melbourne Cup contestant Lastotchka could run first-up in the Listed Cranbourne Cup. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Golden Crusader has been entered for the $500,000 race over 1600m on Saturday along with the $100,000 Wodonga Cup (1590m) the previous day. Golden Crusader won back-to-back races over 2040m… Read More »
The Chris Waller team is gearing up for a formidable presence in The Gong, drawing on past success in the inaugural running of the event when Mister Sea Wolf claimed victory in 2019. Waller aims to bolster his arsenal for this year’s edition, with particular optimism surrounding Osipenko. Despite encountering… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has been deemed guilty by Racing Victoria stewards for employing inappropriate language towards RV Executive General Manager – Integrity, Jamie Stier. The breach, falling under the provisions of AR228(c), pertains to two telephone conversations Maher had with Stier following the conclusion of the Flemington meeting on Champions… Read More »
To back up against the boys or chase Group 1 honours and $1.5 million in prizemoney? That’s the enviable decision facing the all powerful Grant and Alana Williams stable. Go again next week in the Group 2 WA Guineas (1600m) or take on a race that’s been kind to three-year-olds in… Read More »
Unfortunately for trainer Mitchell Pateman Wednesday was a down day when his talented three-year-old Almighty Class had to be withdrawn from the Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) because of a virus. The Playing God gelding will live to fight another day, but a crushing blow nevertheless for Pateman who had grand… Read More »
Tony Gollan has no hesitation in saying that Nettuno has kept him guessing and despite many threats of ‘the cut’, the four-year-old announced himself as a Queensland Summer Carnival hot prospect with victory in the Swiss Ace Plate. Nettuno ($19) was the lesser stable fancy as far as the market was concerned… Read More »
After jumping on terms with them from the inside alley, rider Tyler Schiller pushed his mount along the rails to be in front after travelling only 100m and put some solid tempo into the 1300m affair. The Turffontein gelding put a massive gap in them in the home straight and held… Read More »
Perseverance has paid off for trainer Grahame Begg who captured the final Group 1 race of the Melbourne Spring Carnival with Magic Time. Begg was looking forward to the Spring Carnival but had his Caulfield Cup hope Nonconformist withdrawn on the eve of the race while his Melbourne Cup Lunar Flare went… Read More »
She’s only been on the books as a co-trainer with Paul Messara for a few months, but Leah Gavranich has already posted her first group win. Their three-year-old filly Genzano ($15) was impressive taking out the Group 3 3YO Spring Stakes at Newcastle saluting by a length and a quarter over another filly… Read More »
Chris Waller and James Mcdonald continued their successful association in Melbourne from Flemington to Caulfield as Joliestar stamped herself as a filly of the future with her win in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m). A third victory for Waller in the race and a second for McDonald, the pair have now combined… Read More »
The changes made to the Caulfield Cup Carnival have paid a dividend for connections of Run Harry Run with his victory in a Stakes race at Caulfield. Lining up for his fourth race start and coming off victories at Kilmore and Bendigo, Run Harry Run took out the Group 3 Blue… Read More »
The John O’Shea-trained Stroke Of Luck ($7) has broken the track record (2.21.16) in winning the $300,000 The Beauford over 2300m at Newcastle’s standalone meeting. Running down the straight with a tail wind, the four-year-old proved too strong for Torrens ($12) by half a length at the post. Race favourite Sky Lab ($4.40F)… Read More »
Trainer Simon Miller could have a commanding hand to play in the Listed Tabtouch Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday with a triple assault. Simon Miller has special affinity with the half-a-million dollar race, the love affair going back to a decade ago when Miss Bux won in 2013…. Read More »
He was well-supported when seventh at his Australian debut and the aptly-named Canberra Legend will appreciate the 2300m staying test in the $300,000 The Beauford at Newcastle on Saturday. By Great Britain stallion Australia, the four-year-old just faded late in the Rosehill Cup two weeks back and trainer Chris Waller believes he… Read More »
It wasn’t exactly D-day for Skew Wiff at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day, but the Kiwi mare’s trainer Mark Walker was still relieved to see her win. It was the four-year-old’s second start in Australia, following a sixth placing in the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes on October 21, and while those who… Read More »
Nick Ryan has higher aims than a Group 3 race at Caulfield as he saddles up Munhamek in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, but earlier on the card his attention will be taken with the challenge for Material Dreams to add to her growing string of successive wins. Material Dreams… Read More »
Peter Moody has seen enough of Quickster to say that despite her double-figure odds she can still mix it with the more fancied chances in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield on Saturday. Approaching the $1.5 million 1600-metre feature at her third start, the filly by Cox Plate-winning sure Shamus Award… Read More »
Though at longer odds in the markets, James Cummings is hoping Gravina can replicate similar form turnarounds of the past when he lines up at Newcastle on Saturday. The six-year-old lines up again in The Hunter (1300m) with the stable looking to go two places better than the third placing in the… Read More »
Protectionist, the esteemed winner of the 2014 Melbourne Cup, has died at age 13, Australian Bloodstock announced. Remembered for his dominant performance in the Melbourne Cup, where he triumphed by four lengths under the guidance of trainer Andreas Wohler and jockey Ryan Moore, Protectionist outpaced notable competitors Red Cadeaux and… Read More »
