Racing Victoria does not need to look far for its new VOBIS Gold pin-up horse with Shesallshenanigans affirming her affinity for the concept at Sandown on Saturday. The Simon Zahra-trained filly made it back-to-back wins in two-year-old races restricted to Victorian-bred horses with a brilliant win in the $1 million The… Read More »
For all his many achievements, training the winners of the major two-year-old races had never been Chris Waller’s niche. But the champion horseman changed that reputation in the space of a season after making a clean sweep of Sydney’s juvenile triple crown. Waller did it with two exciting colts, taking… Read More »
One of Matt Cumani’s major ambitions as a trainer is to emulate his legendary father and win a Derby and the Ballarat trainer is confident he has found the horse who can provide one in Bengal Boy. The progressive son of Dundeel did what few horses achieve and broke his maiden… Read More »
Still smarting from a missed opportunity in the Randwick Guineas, there was some consolation for Chris Waller as Osipenko rounded out his autumn with a victory in the Frank Packer Plate. Osipenko had been favourite for the Group 1 Guineas before his scratching on race morning due to an elevated temperature and… Read More »
Like any trainer, Mick Trotter is a dreamer, but not even he dared imagine he would end up with the hand he has in Saturday’s The Showdown at Sandown. Not because he doesn’t rate his two runners, Beaunified and Apache Song, rather because his Cranbourne stable only has 10 in work and they… Read More »
So Si Bon’s VOBIS Gold Mile record is reason enough for Ben Hayes to be confident ahead of Saturday’s 2023 edition, but that is not where the Lindsay Park team’s optimism ends. The evergreen gelding heads into the $250,000 event at Sandown off an eighth placing in the All Star Mile…. Read More »
Peter Moody’s talented four-year-old gelding, I Wish I Win, has taken the racing world by storm, claiming the title of the world’s best sprinter in the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. The ranking came after the horse’s outstanding victory in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick, where… Read More »
Peter Snowden has put a bridle on his share of top horses, but he can’t ever recall having a better wet track galloper than Mazu. While several trainers are keeping an anxious eye on the weather ahead of Saturday’s All Aged Stakes (1400m), Snowden is content in the knowledge Mazu will… Read More »
Champion jockey Joao Moreira doesn’t need much in the way of riding instructions, but he will be given one clear mission when he jumps aboard Williamsburg in the Frank Packer Plate. The colt’s four wins have all come when he has been ridden off the speed and co-trainer Gerald Ryan wants to see… Read More »
Australian sprinting sensation Nature Strip will be spelled, following a busy year that saw him compete in high-profile races around the world, according to a statement by trainer Chris Waller. “We gave consideration towards taking him to Queensland, however after a very busy twelve months and the short amount of… Read More »
Trainer Brian Mcgrath is keeping an eye on the upcoming rich sprint races in Adelaide with his improving sprinter D’Jumbuck. But first there is a rich pay day at Sandown on Saturday for D’Jumbuck who runs in the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Sprint (1200m). D’Jumbuck has risen to a new level this campaign and provided McGrath with his first Saturday… Read More »
Veteran Sunshine Rising is making a fist of his second coming as a racehorse and while he isn’t going to climb the Group 1 heights of yesteryear, he continues to pack a punch. The nine-year-old is regarded as one of the leading chances for the JRA Plate (2000m) at Randwick on… Read More »
Standing in the barriers at Bendigo while waiting for the other horses to be loaded put an end to the hopes of Elphinstone at her debut. But trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy saw enough in the filly’s debut run to give her a shot at $1 million The Showdown (1200m) at Sandown on Saturday. Tony McEvoy admits… Read More »
The only two-year-old to contest all three Group One races so far this season, Don Corleone will make it a quartet of big race appearances when he bids to turn the tables on last start conqueror Militarize in the Champagne Stakes. While Don Corleone has 3-1/2 lengths to make up on his… Read More »
For the second year running, John Moloney is looking to land a rich mile race on Victorian Owners and Breeders Race Day. The $250,000 VOBIS Gold Mile (1600m) at Sandown on Saturday will be the third run of the preparation for Milton Park who will be out to emulate Imperial Lad ‘s victory in the race… Read More »
Gavin Bedggood knows he has not taken the conventional path to Saturday’s $1 million Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria Showdown with Mistavain. The unraced Sioux Nation colt has been scratched three times in the past fortnight, including last Saturday’s Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes, and the Cranbourne trainer said the only thing that… Read More »
It’s a fantastic day for horse racing enthusiasts and the Living Legends family, as Apache Cat, the eight-time Group 1 winner, is officially cancer-free. Two years ago, in November 2021, Apache Cat, affectionately known as ‘Patch,’ underwent surgery and radiation treatment to address a squamous cell carcinoma in his right… Read More »
997 down … 3 to go Itâs a little like being in the ânervous ninetiesâ for a batsman, but Samantha Collett is happy to just count down the wins as they come as she heads towards a landmark target that has been on her bucket-list for a very long time…. Read More »
James Cummings has given the strongest indication since Anamoe’s defeat in last Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes that a trip to England remains on the cards for the four-year-old. The Queen Anne Stakes on Day 1 of the Royal Ascot meeting had long been touted as a favoured swansong for Anamoe, until… Read More »
Trainer Peter Robl has wasted no time in making his presence felt in Queensland after relocating to the Sunshine state late last month. So far, Robl has sent out three runners from his new Gold Coast base, claiming two wins and a close-up runner-up finish to kick-start this new phase… Read More »
