Hawk Island is nearing a career swan song but will take aim in Sunday’s McKell Cup at Randwick and do battle with the likes of emerging stayer Western Symbol. The Gai Waterhouse-trained Western Symbol is favoured to continue his excellent autumn form as he leads a three-pronged stable assault in [...]
The Queen has an extra reason to look forward to Royal Ascot this year after Momentary carried her silks to a shock victory in the Swettenham Stud Fillies’ Trial Stakes at Newbury. The Michael Bell-trained filly had finished a creditable fourth a month ago but was sent off at 33-1 [...]
Trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra have backed the judgment of champion jockey Damien Oliver and targeted the Listed Gibson Carmichael Stakes with lightly raced two-year-old Cool God. The God’s Own youngster powered home to finish third at his last start over 1200 metres at Warrnambool on May 3, convincing [...]
Peter Snowden made it back-to-back wins in his hometown feature when Raspberries stormed through to take out the $180,000 Scone Cup on Friday. Snowden, who won the 1600m Listed feature for the first time last year with Dysphonia, then heaped praise on the concept of the country carnivals as a [...]
Patrick Payne intends to give promising galloper Hot Lover his chance in the spring but first he will give the three-year-old a 1600 metre test at Flemington. The Bel Esprit colt has won four of his six starts and will be trying to complete a hat-trick of wins in Saturday’s [...]
Riva De Lago booked a trip to Brisbane for a winter carnival campaign after he returned to the winner’s circle in good style at Scone on Friday. Riva De Lago came with a well-timed run to get the better of anther Queensland-bound galloper, Torio’s Quest, to take out the $120,000 [...]
Rocking Force will make his campaign swan song in the Listed Straight Six at Flemington after having his race plans switched twice in the past month. Unbeaten champion Black Caviar turned the seven-year-old’s campaign upside down she targeted his long range goal, the Group One Goodwood, two weeks ago while [...]
Allan Sharrock believes Opie Bosson will need to produce a faultless ride on Hollindale Stakes winner Shez Sinsational to give the New Zealand trainer his first Australian Group One victory in the Doomben Cup. Singapore-based Bosson is returning for Saturday’s Doomben Cup but will fly out immediately after the meeting [...]
Pampelonne’s Gosford Guineas-winning rider James McDonald will turn rival at Scone on Saturday when the star New Zealand hoop partners Colorado Claire in the $500,000 Inglis Guineas. The Tim Martin-trained Pampelonne raced to an impressive win in the Listed Gosford Guineas last month with McDonald aboard and shades the John [...]
Mike Moroney is looking forward to getting Maythehorsebemagic back on relatively firm going in Saturday’s Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. The former New Zealand stayer-jumper had his first start for Moroney over 2406m at Caulfield on April 9 and romped in by four lengths from Ramsden rival Almodovar [...]