Sea Siren’s win in Saturday’s BTC Cup has propelled the filly to favouritism for the Stradbroke Handicap but trainer John O’Shea has warned she is not certain to run. The $1 million Group One Stradbroke (1400m) on June 9 has been a long range target but her BTC Cup win [...]
Eight-year-old bay gelding Arcadius died of a heart attack and aneurysm only moments after winning the Iroquois Steeplechase on Saturday, the Tennessean newspaper reported. Track veterinarian Monty McInturff declared the cause of death for the horse in the aftermath of the six-horse race in which Arcadius edged Tax Ruling for [...]
I’ll Have Another bucked recent tradition by jetting to Baltimore from Churchill Downs just two days after winning the 138th Kentucky Derby. Now settled at Pimlico Racecourse, the colt who won as a 15-1 choice in Kentucky will not go so unnoticed this week. His quest for the Triple Crown [...]
Trainer Peter Moody will divert his Group One attention from Black Caviar to Manighar and Lights Of Heaven in Saturday’s Doomben Cup. Moody’s one regret going into the race is that the two have to race each other. “They’re both going so well it’s a pity they have to clash [...]
The Brisbane winter carnival credentials of promising youngster Toydini will be put to the test at Randwick next Sunday. Trainer Guy Walter is looking at the Group Two Sires’ Produce Stakes and Group One TJ Smith Stakes in Brisbane with the colt but the two-year-old has to prove he’s up [...]
Australian Group One performer Retrieve has won his first race since being transferred to Godolphin’s European operation. Placed in three Group One races for Darley Australia and Peter Snowden, Retrieve won a 2000m race on the Lingfield all weather track on Saturday. It was Retrieve’s first start since undergoing a [...]
Trainer Jason Warren has put a temporary hold on the pursuit of a stakes race success with Freereturn, electing to miss the Listed Straight Six at Flemington. Next Saturday’s 1200-metre feature would have been a logical option for the five-year-old who has posted three of seven wins at the distance, [...]
Frankel completed his preparation for the Lockinge Stakes with a workout on grass at Newmarket that left trainer Sir Henry Cecil delighted with his unbeaten champion. Cecil resisted the temptation to work Khalid Abdullah’s colt round the bend where he sustained the minor leg injury that put his training schedule [...]
Trainer Peter Moody is used to seeing Black Caviar win but says the hairs on the back of his neck stood up as she streaked towards the winning post for her 21st consecutive victory. Her jockey Luke Nolen said the horse’s trainer needn’t have worried. “She never got out of [...]
Gai Waterhouse’s run of Saturday trebles has come to an end at Rosehill but she still posted a double including the Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup with Kinnersley. Waterhouse had prepared a winning treble at the previous six Saturday meetings in Sydney, also netting seven Group One wins during an outstanding [...]