A mare of great talent, Exotic Deel has accrued over $106,000 in prize money in a career that has produced four victories from 24 starts. While this is a respectable record, Olive hopes keeping the daughter of Dundeel (NZ) fresh between runs will unlock the potential that she has shown… Read More »
Ben Melham could not have asked for a better return to the saddle when he guided Delicious Tycoon to an all-the-way win at Sandown. Injured when he tumbled passing the winning post at Morphettville on Adelaide Cup Day in March, Melham had been back riding for only three weeks following a lengthy… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable has high hopes for their debut quinella pairing at Sandown. Proscenium Arch and Guru Ram Das represented the stable in the Ladbroke It! Handicap (1300m) on Wednesday with the former prevailing a comfortable winner. Punters sent out Guru Ram Das as the $3.50 favourite, but ridden… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees remains on weather watch with Mugatoo but admits the chances of the horse making his much-anticipated comeback in the Winter Challenge at Randwick are lengthening. While the 2021 All-Star Mile winner enjoys wet ground, the Newcastle trainer is reluctant to run him first-up on a rain-soaked track. Randwick was… Read More »
Group 3 winner Kiss Sum is back in work after a short break in Queensland as he takes his first steps towards an assault on the $10 million Golden Eagle. The rising four-year-old returned to Tracey Bartley’s Wyong stable earlier this month and is likely to kick off his spring campaign… Read More »
Streets Of Avalon is set to resume at Caulfield after a bout of travel sickness forced him to miss a start in the inaugural running of The Archer at Rockhampton. The Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday will kick start Streets Of Avalon’s latest campaign which may see head to the other side… Read More »
In big breaking news from the Queensland trainer’s ranks, trainers Les Ross and Brenton Andrew have confirmed that they are in process of establishing a training partnership. “We are still getting through the paperwork, but the agreement has been reached and, hopefully, we can get underway at the start of… Read More »
Nerodio was having a short break after winning a second consecutive Beaufine Stakes (1000m) two weeks ago, but trainer Stephanie Bakranich had a change of heart. “My original plan was to bypass the Bolton and give him a freshen-up before the Belmont Newmarket (1200m),” Bakranich told The Races WA. “I… Read More »
Master Jamie, who was the toast of the town after winning the Rockhampton Cup on July 9, will now head to Townsville to defend his crown in the Cleveland Bay Handicap on August 6, a race which he won last year when defeating Doctor Zeus, who himself is likely to… Read More »
Julius Sandhu initially wasn’t sold on starting Moya Lass in Wednesday’s $50,000 Ladbroke It! Handicap but a couple of factors won him over. A small field of seven competing on one of Victoria’s most spacious racetracks over 1300 metres is the perfect launching pad for the two-year-old’s career. “It’s a great race… Read More »
Mornington trainer Rob Blacker may have his first runners in feature Group 1 races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. In a training career dating back to 1997, Mornington trainer Rob Blacker has only had one starter contest a Group 1 race. That was emerging stayer Tigertiger in the Sydney Cup (3200m) at… Read More »
Australian racing and breeding has lot one of its most enduring participants following the death of Beryl White, aged 88. White was half of the combination responsible for the purple and white colours carried from Golden Slipper winners to Melbourne Cup placegetters across almost half-a-century, almost always by horses with… Read More »
Leading apprentice Laqdar Ramoly capped off a memorable day in the saddle at Belmont on July 9 when not only outriding his claim, but also guiding Nerodio to victory in the $125,000 Listed Beaufine Stakes. Laqdar Ramoly, 26, is a remarkable story having been born and raised in Mauritus and… Read More »
An exciting field has been nominated for Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge at Randwick with 2020 winner Mugatoo set to return. Pulling up just shy of 50 lengths last when suffering a tendon injury in last year’s Doomben Cup, 2021 All-Star Mile winner Mugatoo is set to make his long-awaited return to… Read More »
Scallopini will be part of the new blood in Caulfield’s second $200,000 Group 3 sprint of July with the Queensland gelding set to contest Saturday’s Bletchingly Stakes. Co-trainer Steven O’Dea confirmed on Monday that the seven-year-old would fly south on Tuesday night with a view to contesting the 1200-metre event with Hall… Read More »
Breeders will this week be presented with an opportunity that normally only appears at either the Inglis Chairman’s Sale or Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale when Sierra Sue is put up for sale. A two-time Group 1 winner and owner of a Timeform rating of 119, the daughter of Darci Brahma will… Read More »
It is not often that a horse rising five years of age and having only his first run will attract as much attention as Argyle Lane did at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. But then again, not every horse is a half-brother to Incentivise, trainer Steve Tregea’s former star performer,… Read More »
The introduction of the new The Big Dance and The Five Diamonds races to be held in November this year has piqued the interest of champion trainer Chris Waller. His New Zealand import Lord Ardmore ($2.45F) got the job done at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday and Waller could target either race… Read More »
Grahame Begg’s stable star is back in work and will be solely focused on going one better in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) after running a gallant second to Incentivise last year. With no Incentivise to worry about this Spring, Begg is looking forward to the Spring after opting to… Read More »
Team Snowden continued their love affair at Grafton, an unbeaten showcased class at Rosehill while at Flemington, there was an upset in the feature. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Team Snowden Win 5th Ramornie Peter and Paul… Read More »
