If his X-rays are to be believed, Spill The Beans should not be racing let alone beating a quality field in a Group Three race. Rejected twice by Hong Kong, Spill The Beans stayed with his breeder John Messara who sent him to Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan. On Saturday, the… Read More »
Valliano has had his odds trimmed for the Blue Diamond Stakes after an impressive first-up win at Caulfield. The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig trained two-year-old firmed from $51 to $21 for the two-year-old feature following his dominant performance in the Inglis Premier on Saturday. Having his first run following… Read More »
A filly passed in at the Inglis Classic sale has come out on top in the $250,000 race restricted to yearlings from the 2015 catalogue. Twist Tops gave Newcastle trainer Kris Lees his second win in the 1200m race at Randwick on Saturday, 10 years after Absolutelyfabulous won. Absolutelyfabulous went… Read More »
Extreme Choice has tightened his grip on favouritism for the Blue Diamond Stakes with an authoritative win in the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes. The Mick Price-trained colt firmed from $5 to $2.70 for the Blue Diamond in three weeks after resuming with a 4-1/2 length victory at Caulfield on Saturday…. Read More »
The Breeders’ Classic trophy is heading back to the Chris Waller stable for the third successive year, but not with the horse the trainer originally planned. Catkins has won the 1200m Group Two race for the past two years but it was Amicus who represented the stable at Randwick on… Read More »
Signoff’s Adelaide Cup campaign will hinge on results of tests taken from the class stayer after his searching gallop at Caulfield. Signoff has not raced since returning an irregularity to the anti-inflammatory ibuprofen after his first-up win in the Lord Stakes on December 26. Trainer Darren Weir scratched the horse… Read More »
All Summer Long has put himself in trainer Greg Bennett’s team for the Country Championships with victory in the Highway Handicap at Randwick. The astute Scone trainer hopes to have four runners in the heat of the Country Championships to be held in his own back yard on February 20…. Read More »
A schooling session over hurdles has sparked a return to winning form for Golden Mane at Caulfield. After winning second-up at Moonee Valley in November, Golden Mane lost form and the Lindsay Park operation resorted to a jumping session to improve the gelding. It had the desired result as Golden… Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Jason Taylor broke an 11-month drought in Saturday metropolitan racing when promising filly Gracefully Chic won at Doomben. Taylor, on a comeback trail after shoulder surgery, scored an overdue win on Gracefully Chic ($3.50). “She is promising but I reckon she will go even better in blinkers,”… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Winx has had a day out to re-acquaint herself with the racetrack ahead of her scheduled return in the Apollo Stakes. Winx worked over 1000m at Randwick on Saturday with Hugh Bowman increasing the tempo over the last 300m. Trainer Chris Waller has earmarked next Saturday’s Group… Read More »
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Signoff’s Adelaide Cup campaign is in jeopardy with the classy stayer scratched from a race in Melbourne amid concerns he could return another positive to Ibuprofen. Trainer Darren Weir will instead give him a searching race-day gallop after which he will be tested for the anti-inflammatory drug. Signoff is among… Read More »
There is no rush with Montaigne despite Anthony Cummings fast-tracking the three-year-old into a minor class test at Randwick. A lightly raced galloper with a win and a placing from two starts, Montaigne has been backed to beat older horses in the Colin Tidy Tribute Handicap on Saturday, a race… Read More »
The in-form Tuff Host can advance his claims for his home-track Cup when he steps up in distance at Caulfield. Trained at Mornington by Brett Scott, Tuff Host won over 1200m on home turf on December 27, his first start for 18 months after undergoing throat surgery. The six-year-old then… Read More »
Mother and daughter training partners Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor have taken up the challenge to tackle open company with Well Sprung. Having faced the starter on three occasions, the three-year-old lines up in the W J Adams Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday rather than a benchmark race at Moonee… Read More »
There is so much talk about Hasselhoof, even his trainer has almost lost her voice. But Donna Logan says she is recovering and hopes to be answering questions clearly after the four-year-old wins at Randwick on Saturday. Hasselhoof has come to Australia with six wins from his six starts in… Read More »
Three of Robert Heathcote’s best stable performers dominate the open handicap at Doomben but his attention is also on debutant Damn Fine. By Choisir out of the former Heathcote-trained Princess Qualo, is set to run in Saturday’s Jim Beam 2YO (1200m). “His dam Princess Qualo was very good but had… Read More »
Godolphin trainer John O’Shea expects to have at least one genuine ATC Australian Derby prospect emerge from his two runners in the Eskimo Prince Stakes. But his pick as the three-year-old most likely to make it to the Derby might not be the obvious one as Shards and Tarquin will… Read More »
Lindsay Park will give half its Blue Diamond team the chance to further press their claims for the Group One race when it races five juveniles across three meetings. The resurgent stable has five youngsters entered for four races at Caulfield, Randwick and Moonee Valley. Highland Beat and Dam Ready… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Winx will be an added attraction to the Randwick feature meeting with the mare to have a hit-out between races ahead of her autumn campaign. As long as the track improves to a Soft 6 or better by Saturday morning, the mare will gallop over 1000m after… Read More »
