Archive for category: News

  • Binocular team mull alternative

    International Racing February 4, 2012 1:13 pm

    Connections of Binocular will have to go back to the drawing board after the abandonment of Saturday’s card at Sandown due to frost. The 2010 Champion Hurdle winner had been set to take in the Contenders Hurdle as part of his preparation for next month’s Cheltenham Festival, a Listed prize [...]

     
  • Big race options open to Gamilati

    International Racing February 4, 2012 1:13 pm

    Royal Ascot and Newmarket will be under consideration for Gamilati after the Godolphin filly created a huge impression with her powerful win in the UAE 1000 Guineas at Meydan. The Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained three-year-old had shown good form in England as a juvenile winning the Cherry Hinton at Newmarket, and [...]

     
  • Kempton planning Kauto tribute

    International Racing February 4, 2012 1:10 pm

    Kempton racetrack will pay tribute to Kauto Star by naming a bar after the champion jumper. The Kauto Star bar will be in the Clubhouse while discussions are continuing about a statue to be commissioned following the horse’s eventual retirement. Kauto Star’s owner Clive Smith will conduct the official opening [...]

     
  • Melbourne Cup seventh Fox Hunt to make debut for Godolphin

    International Racing, News February 3, 2012 10:13 pm

    Fox Hunt, who found a chequered path when finishing seventh in last year’s Melbourne Cup, makes his debut for Godolphin in tonight’s Tabloid Trophy (2800m) at Meydan.

     
  • Dubai interest at an all time high with news Black Caviar may make trip

    International Racing, News February 3, 2012 9:11 pm

    Australian interest in the Dubai Racing Club meeting, to be held March 31 at Meydan, is at an all time high with two of our three best sprinters nominated for races on the rich card.

     
  • Lightning Stakes or Oakleigh Plate for Kulgrinda

    Australian Racing February 3, 2012 6:49 pm

    Leading trainer Peter Moody is eyeing Group One feature sprints over Melbourne’s Festival of Racing for smart mare Kulgrinda who resumes in Saturday’s United Arab Emirates Stakes at Caulfield. The daughter of 2004 Newmarket Handicap winner Exceed And Excel will be aimed at either the Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington [...]

     
  • Secret Hills misson for Australian Guineas

    Australian Racing February 3, 2012 6:42 pm

    Secret Hills will be trying to earn an Australian Guineas spot alongside his stablemate Instinction when he kicks off his autumn campaign at Caulfield. Price said he expected the talented three-year-old to finish top three in Saturday’s Listed Manfred Stakes (1200m) but admitted he was unsure he was a genuine [...]

     
  • Didntcostalot to maintain his winning ways

    Australian Racing February 3, 2012 6:29 pm

    Punters have singled out unbeaten sprinter Didntcostalot at Warwick Farm on Saturday in a race jockey Jeff Penza believes can be the launching pad to a successful autumn campaign. The Marc Conners-trained Didntcostalot has firmed from $3.80 to $2.70 with TAB Sportsbet for his return in the 1100m race sponsored [...]

     
  • Karuta Queen no good thing says Pride

    Australian Racing February 3, 2012 6:23 pm

    Karuta Queen is an odds-on favourite to make a winning return at Warwick Farm on Saturday but rival trainer Joe Pride has declared her vulnerable. Pride will saddle up La Remlap and Phenomenal Lass in the www.tab.com.au Handicap (1000m) and figures it’s a good time to take on the Queanbeyan [...]

     
  • Jimando to tighten Blue Diamond Stakes grip

    Australian Racing February 3, 2012 6:14 pm

    Blue Diamond favourite Jimando can tighten his grip on the $1 million race with a strong performance in Saturday’s Emirates Airlines Stakes at Caulfield. Trainer Tony McEvoy revealed he had given a lot of thought to running the Commands colt first up in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) [...]