Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been sidelined through suspension and he will look to strike early when he partners Godolphin filly Va Via at Moonee Valley. Va Via runs in the opening race on Saturday’s card, the Ladbrokes Plate (1200m). Oliver has not ridden since Grand National Hurdle Day at Sandown on… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman has given Lost And Running a big tick after riding the sprinter into second place in a barrier trial at Randwick. The hit-out over 850m on Friday was Lost And Running’s first serious hit-out of the campaign that is aimed at The Everest (1200m) at Randwick on October 15. Lost And… Read More »
Champion hoop Hugh Bowman is predicting untapped filly Willinga Beast to be a major player in the feature fillies’ races this spring, starting in the Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick. Bowman partnered the Kris Lees-trained galloper to her debut win at Canterbury in March then Brenton Avdulla jumped aboard when she… Read More »
Edward Cummings is not going to Randwick expecting Duais to win the Winx Stakes, but he won’t be surprised if she does. Prominent in markets for the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cups, the mare makes her seasonal return in Saturday’s Group 1 race and while the 1400m journey is short of her… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club (ATC) has confirmed that their advanced Weather Tracker information service will kick off this Saturday (August 20) at Randwick and the service will then cover all on-going meetings at Rosehill and Randwick (with immediate effect). The service, as reported on Sky Racing, will be available via… Read More »
The Rowley Mile continues to be a happy hunting ground for Chris Waller with Skyman giving the leading trainer his fourth win in the Hawkesbury feature in the past seven years. Lining up for the first time since taking out the McKell Cup in June, Skyman ($3.90) was well-supported to upset odds-on… Read More »
A patient approach and the decision to forgo winter carnival targets in Brisbane is set to pay dividends for Godolphin and their exciting filly In Secret. A rare yearling purchase for the global operation, which mostly relies on breeding from its own high-quality stock, In Secret has opened favourite against… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman is excited to see what level Fangirl can get to this campaign, adamant the best is yet to come. The Chris Waller-trained mare kicks off her four-year-old season in Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on what promises to be one of the better surfaces in… Read More »
Co-trainers Chris and Michael Gangemi are hopeful that their latest stable acquisition can attain Group 1 status in Perth by the end of the year. The Gangemi brothers, who have a successful record in buying tried horses, have acquired Pandemic from James Cummings and Godolphin. The son of 2011 Golden… Read More »
For a young trainer, Matthew Brown seems to have his head screwed on the right way. After a Group 2 win with Prix De Turn as a three-year-old, the temptation would be to aim high as a spring four-year-old and target races like the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne Cup or the… Read More »
It is an early race on the card, and a pretty unassuming Open Handicap at that, but there is no doubt that the performance of the highly rated Go Wandji in that 1350m contest will be the main focus of attention at Doomben on Saturday. A winner of eight of… Read More »
Chris Waller has the bases stacked for the Group 3 Premier’s Cup with his six likely runners accounting for almost half the field and three of the top four places in betting. His promising stayer Lord Ardmore leads the charge as a clear cut $3.20 favourite, ahead of stablemates Francesco Guardi ($7.50) and… Read More »
Two big guns will be back in the saddle soon bringing their own brand of considerable riding expertise to an already top-drawer line-up of jockeys in Australia. Melbourne Cup winning jockey Blake Shinn, who has been based in Hong Kong for the last three seasons, has four rides at Moonee… Read More »
Calls are growing for a revamp of the Group 1 roster in Australia with a premier series of Group 1 races also being touted as a serious option. The argument in recent years has often been about whether there are too many Group 1 races in the country, whether certain… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable has some good goals set for Crosswinds who is down to make his return at Moonee Valley. Crosswinds and stablemate Latvian are scheduled to kick-off their spring three-year-old campaigns in the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. But a start is weather dependant and… Read More »
Mark down the nameâs Deauville Legend. The James Ferguson trained son of Sea The Stars has been installed as the current favourite for the 2022 Melbourne Cup after his win in the Group 2 Great Voltigear Stakes at York yesterday. âïž The classy Deauville Legend readily lands the ÂŁ200,000 G2… Read More »
Esta La Roca is the quintessential short-course specialist who will be looking to add to her record first-up at The Valley. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained mare will be lining-up up for her 19th race start on Saturday when she contests the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m). Esta La Roca has raced over the 955m… Read More »
Cliff Brown wouldn’t mind a stable full of horses like debut Moe winner Little Miss Kubi. The three-year-old daughter of Headwater heads to town on Saturday for start number two when she contests the Ladbrokes Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley. Little Miss Kubi ploughed through the heavy ground at Moe earlier… Read More »
Race experience has proven vital for blue-blooded colt Northern Beaches, who is being set for loftier targets after squeezing through a sliver of an inside run to break his maiden at Canterbury. Having placed in three of his four starts as a juvenile, the three-year-old resumed in Wednesday’s Ranvet Handicap… Read More »
Botany may not be one of the big names in the Peter Moody stable, but the mare does hold a special place within the yard. The daughter of American Pharoah, a $150,000 buy, was one of the first yearlings Moody purchased when he returned to training ranks. A Bairnsdale maiden winner on… Read More »
