There is still a bit to play out before the final field for the Golden Slipper is revealed and trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are among those making a belated bid to saddle-up a runner in the $5 million juvenile centrepiece. With Brosnan heading to Melbourne for the Sires’… Read More »
Jay Ford has been living on a diet of fruit and fish and is right on target to get down to 50 kilos to partner Coolmore Classic favourite Espiona in the Group 1 race. The jockey usually tips the scales at between 53 and 54 kilos, but he is among… Read More »
Mark Newnham has prepared his share of talented fillies and he says untapped three-year-old Sanstoc has the potential to be as good as any of them. Newnham has won Group 1 races with the likes of Nakeeta Jane and Maid Of Heaven, while Greysful Glamour, Harmony Rose, Scarlet Dream and Quintessa were all placed at… Read More »
It isn’t quite Nature Strip verses Eduardo, but Ellsberg and Brutality are beginning to rack up a mini rivalry of their own. The pair have been on a collision course, clashing three times since the late spring with the ledger currently 2-1 in Ellsberg’s favour. They are set to meet again in Saturday’s Ajax… Read More »
Touted as a potential future sprint star early this season, Nervous Witness has restored lustre to his reputation with a devastating win in the Class 3 Hing Tung Handicap (1000m) as Zac Purton again dominated Happy Valley with a quartet at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 March). Nervous Witness ‘… Read More »
Godolphin youngster Spacewalk hasn’t quite lived up to Hugh Bowman’s early expectations, but the champion jockey believes the colt can go on with the job after breaking his maiden at Canterbury. Placed in the Listed Lonhro Plate two starts ago, Spacewalk enjoyed a significant drop in grade and handled the heavy… Read More »
California Spangle and Romantic Warrior head an enthralling group of 14 selected runners for the HK$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 20 March. Leading throughout to land the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) last month, California Spangle shoots for his seventh victory… Read More »
The Peter Moody and Luke Nolen pairing were once a lethal combination and still are when circumstances permit. The pair are best remembered for the association with the unbeaten champion Black Caviar, but there have been a number of other feature race wins along the way. Surprisingly Moody and Nolen only have one… Read More »
Although top rider Ryan Maloney had to bypass winning rides following the terrible hand he was dealt yesterday at Ipswich, he may not have to on Saturday at Eagle Farm. Still a cloud lingers over his head re recovery but x-rays today revealed he had not suffered a vertebra fracture… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths knows what it takes to win one of the toughest sprint races in Australia and is hoping to win a second, but this time with training partner Mathew de Kock. Griffiths and de Kock have Halvorsen lining up in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The… Read More »
Tom Dabernig has not given up on a start for his stable flag-bearer Flying Mascot in the All-Star Mile but realises hopes of a start are lengthening by the day. Flying Mascot is to run at Flemington on Saturday in the Group 3 Matron Stakes (1600m) with a remote possibility of backing… Read More »
Surprise Baby will attempt to give Gavin Bedggood his maiden Group 1 win when he runs in the Australian Cup at Flemington. Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood is too busy to let nerves get in the way of a potential Group 1 win with Surprise Baby. But that may change on Saturday… Read More »
Call it coincidence, but the Coolmore Classic has an uncanny history of delivering career milestones for jockeys and a trio of them are in line to have their names etched in the record books. In the past 25 years, six riders have celebrated their maiden Group 1 wins in the… Read More »
There is more drama for Allan Endresz with the controversial and outspoken owner being informed by Racing NSW that he has been banned from racing horses in that state. The ban, according to a report in the Border Mail, is based on the fact that Endresz was declared bankrupt in… Read More »
The rapid recovery rate of She’s Extreme has given Anthony Cummings the confidence to plan a seven-day back-up into the Golden Slipper if she can win Saturday’s Magic Night Stakes. The filly is an early favourite for the Group 3 sprint after following a luckless debut fourth on the Kensington track with… Read More »
The Newhaven Park Country Championships consists of a series of seven races, each held at a club representing one racing region in NSW. Each race is worth $150,000 in prizemoney and can be contested by eligible horses that must be under the care of a country trainer in that region…. Read More »
Jim Conlan can get a little nostalgic when the Newmarket Handicap rolls around and it will not surprise if he is more reflective than normal ahead of this year’s edition. Not just because he will be at Flemington with Kiko, who runs in a support race, but also due to Saturday’s… Read More »
Gracias Amigo has completed a winning double for Grahame Begg and in the process secured a start in the Country Mile Series Final at Flemington. Restricted class galloper Gracias Amigo has won his connections a start in the final of the Country Mile Series with his victory at Sandown. The… Read More »
Chris Waller has scratched Espiona and Hinged from the Phar Lap Stakes with the pair set to take on the older mares in the Group 1 Coolmore Classic. However, he remains in a strong position to claim his sixth successive win in the three-year-old feature on Saturday with Fangirl to line up alongside stablemates… Read More »
A trip to Sandown has given I’m Thunderstruck a stressless day at the races as he prepares for the All-Star Mile at Flemington. I’m Thunderstruck, with Jamie Kah aboard, galloped with stablemate Our Playboy (Damian Lane) between races on Wednesday which had a dual purpose for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr …. Read More »
