Archive for category: Australian Racing

  • Alma’s Fury could wait for Apollo Stakes

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 6:00 pm

    Alma’s Fury is an unlikely starter at Warwick Farm on Saturday with trainer Paul Murray indicating he will wait for the Apollo Stakes. Murray said the in-form Alma’s Fury would not run in Saturday’s Warwick Farm Handicap (1600m) if the track was slow or heavy. Warwick Farm was rated slow [...]

     
  • Foxwedge in Melbourne for Lightning Stakes

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:56 pm

    Top colt Foxwedge has arrived in Melbourne to prepare for his tilt at the Group One Lightning Stakes. The Sydney three-year-old has not raced since running benchmark colt Sepoy to a head in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington in October. “He arrived in Melbourne last night in preparation for [...]

     
  • Neville Wilson nearing return

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:51 pm

    Veteran jockey Neville Wilson has been back riding trackwork for sometime but he finally believes he is nearing a race day return. Wilson estimates he is two months away from making a comeback to race riding following a fall at Geelong in March last year. “The health is pretty good. [...]

     
  • Bel Sprinter on trial for Group One sprints

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:50 pm

    Jockey Ben Melham will be looking to take a sit behind the leaders when noted speedster Bel Sprinter resumes at Caulfield. Melham said the Jason Warren-trained sprinter would be improved by the run in Saturday’s Listed United Arab Emirates Stakes (1000m) and that the challenge would be getting him to [...]

     
  • First juvenile runner for Joe Pride

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:45 pm

    Joe Pride will saddle up his first two-year-old runner of the season at Warwick Farm on Saturday when Whirling Lass makes her debut. Renowned for his ability to rejuvenate older horses, Pride rarely has a juvenile ready to race this early in the year. But Whirling Lass is set to [...]

     
  • Bogged ambulance puts end to Hawkesbury races

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:23 pm

    A bogged ambulance at Hawkesbury caused six races to be called off on Thursday on safety grounds. The ambulance first got stuck on the outside of the rain-soaked track prior to the second race, delaying the start of that event. It was able to be run with the ambulance following [...]

     
  • Marked can help pay for stablemates

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:21 pm

    Premier trainer Rob Heathcote is hoping Marked can help pay for his investment in two colts from New Zealand’s Karaka sales when the six-year-old races at Doomben on Saturday. Heathcote, who has claimed training honours in Brisbane for the past three seasons, has only two runners at Doomben as his [...]

     
  • Sea Galleon on Caulfield Cup trail

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:16 pm

    The Cindy Alderson-trained Sea Galleon kicks off his campaign on Saturday ahead of a shot at Caulfield Cup qualification. The five-year-old is chasing his fourth straight win in the Listed Reaan Plate (2000m), which is a lead-up to his next start in the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) on Wednesday week. [...]

     
  • The Sixties chasing another win

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:13 pm

    Trainer Tracy Green is hoping The Sixties can confirm he has overcome his confidence problems by landing his second successive win at Doomben on Saturday. The Sixties, who lines up on a heavy track in Saturday’s Woolworths’s Open Handicap (1200m), ended a 15-month winning drought when successful at Eagle Farm [...]

     
  • Velrosso on autumn trail

    Australian Racing February 2, 2012 5:02 pm

    Velrosso, the horse who secured trainer Chris Waller a place in Sydney racing history, will kick-start a campaign aimed at autumn carnival success on Saturday. A debut victory from Velrosso at Rosehill last June brought up Waller’s 100th Sydney metropolitan winner for the season. It put him among an elite [...]