Kris Lees will wait for as long as possible to decide whether Special Reward and Wandabaa fly the flag for the locals in the Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket. The leading Novacastrian trainer has won the 1400m feature for the past three years and he is keen to again be represented on Friday. However,… Read More »
Apart from Chris Waller, trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are the only stable to have multiple representation in the Australian Guineas. Luckily for Busuttin and Young their two main players â Forgot You and Pascero â drew nice barriers while outsider Zerelle drew wide in Saturday’s Group 1 contest over 1600m at Flemington. “Two out… Read More »
It has taken several years, a tonne of perseverance and a team effort but at seven-years-old, Nature Strip is finally the complete package. Trainer Chris Waller has declared The Everest winner’s luckless first-up second to stablemate Home Affairs in the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes as arguably the gelding’s finest performance… Read More »
Millane is not the only million-dollar colt in the Victorian Alliance stable, but there have been few members of the team it has been more eager to see at the races. Some of the biggest names in Australian breeding will get to do that when the son of Zoustar takes his place… Read More »
An exhibition gallop on a heavy track at Canterbury has fuelled Gary Portelli’s confidence that Sejardan can confirm his 2022 Golden Slipper claims by winning the Todman Stakes. The colt worked between races at the final night meeting of the Sydney season last week, comfortably handling the rain-affected going and… Read More »
Sydney trainer John O’Shea has an exceptional strike-rate with his team when he heads over the border into Melbourne. He had a good carnival last spring with a number of strong performances including three winners from four runners during Melbourne Cup week. O’Shea was in Melbourne last week to watch Minhaaj run in the Group… Read More »
In Pencarrow Stud saying âKaraka weâre back,â itâs their I Am Invincible half-sister to Group winners Supera and Eleonora, the family of Ethereal, thatâs the 2022 NZ National Yearling Series. âSopra Tutto has produced one of the highlights of the year with her lovely filly by I Am Invincible being… Read More »
Trainer Annabel Neasham has withdrawn Zaaki from the Canterbury Stakes at Randwick, confirming her stable star will run in Melbourne. Neasham said the relentless rain in Sydney had forced her hand and rather than risk Zaaki on a very heavy track first-up on Saturday, or the Randwick meeting being washed out, she… Read More »
Jockey Shaun McGruddy looked to the heavens and trainer Todd Harvey believes there was ‘a divine intervention’ after Metallon won the Furphy Bunbury Cup At Ascot 5th March Handicap (1000m) at Ascot this afternoon (Wednesday). There were mixed emotions in the winner’s stall with Harvey and McGruddy fighting back tears after… Read More »
Two staff members of trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen have had a lucky escape from more serious injury at Sandown. Peter Moody’s assistant trainer Katherine Coleman has been taken to the Alfred Hospital following a freak accident at Sandown. The Moody-trained Star Magic kicked out as Coleman was… Read More »
Brooklyn Hustle commences her final campaign that her trainers hope lead to an elusive Group 1 win. The Jason Warren and Dean Krongold-trained mare kicks off on Saturday in the Listed ATA/Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) with the aim of sending her to stud for the next breeding season. The daughter of Starspangledbanner has registered… Read More »
If Sharp Response can win the Australian Guineas it will go a long way in helping Julius Sandhu get over the disappointment of missing a start in the Blue Diamond Stakes. A failed Racing Victoria veterinary inspection forced the Sandhu-trained Lofty Strike to miss last week’s Group 1 race for two-year-olds. “I don’t know… Read More »
With the near-certainty of a heavy Randwick track on Saturday and no sign of the wet weather abating in Sydney, John O’Shea has opted to send two of his best sprinters to Melbourne. Lost And Running was set to be one of the drawcards for Saturday’s Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at… Read More »
Annabel Neasham is keeping plans fluid for her star galloper Zaaki, accepting for races in two states this weekend while also entertaining the notion of saving him for a first-up tilt at the All-Star Mile. Zaaki had been set to resume in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on… Read More »
Cox Plate winning trainer Colin Little saw the writing on the wall that retirement was imminent when Caulfield closed as a training centre requiring a move to Pakenham. Having teamed with Matthew Lindsay in a partnership last year, Little was keen to continue dabbling in training as he had done over the previous 50… Read More »
Wild Ruler will not be progressing to any of the remaining Group 1 races this autumn after it was revealed on Wednesday morning that the son of Snitzel has been retired to stud. Racing New South Wales broke the news when it tweeted that the entire’s co-trainers, Peter and Paul Snowden,… Read More »
The inclement weather affecting Australia’s east coast is having an impact on race meetings with officials forced to postpone the midweek metropolitan card in Sydney. The decision was made earlier this week to move Wednesday’s Warwick Farm program to Canterbury but on race morning, Australian Turf Club officials determined it… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 4 Presence Race Two: 6 Dragon Pride Race Three: 6 Zone D Race Four: 5 Lucky Diamond Race Five: 2 Gallant Walking Race Six: 3 Lucky Archangel Race Seven:… Read More »
Trainer Dan Morton said the four-year-old will depart Perth on Wednesday ahead of three group races in Sydney. “She’ll leave on Wednesday all things being equal,” Morton told The Races WA. “We wanted to go earlier, but as it’s turned out with the weather, it’s not such a bad thing… Read More »
The risks involved with being a jockey should never be undervalued riding speed machines that weigh upwards of 1000lb is a dangerous profession in anyone’s eyes, but that doesn’t stop Karis Teetan, who is looking to remain in the spotlight after a sparkling February when he kicks off this month… Read More »
