The Coffs Harbour-trained Poor Judge will line up for back-to-back country Cup wins in the Ballina Cup (1600m) on Friday. Prepared by Anthony Honess, the Group winning seven-year-old is coming off a runaway win in the Moree Cup (1400m) on September 2 at only his second start since joining the [...]
John O’Shea has seen enough of More Joyous to know what a daunting task Colorado Claire faces on Saturday. The O’Shea-trained Colorado Claire is one of eight mares that will line up against the Gai Waterhouse-trained More Joyous when the champion mare makes her return in the Listed Sheraco Stakes [...]
Race 5 – 3:20PM SHARP SHERACO STAKES (1200 METRES) Of $100,000.1st $60,000, 2nd $20,000, 3rd $10,000, 4th $5,000, 5th $2,000, 6th $1,000, 7th $1,000, 8th $1,000, Starter Subsidy $200 LISTED Set Weights plus Penalties, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Fillies and Mares, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 18 + 4 EM Form Guide [...]
Australia will boast 71 Group One races with the elevation of the Memsie, Moir and Canterbury Stakes to the highest level. The Memsie (1400m) has been won in the past three seasons by Sincero, King’s Rose and So You Think, the A J Moir Stakes (1200m) has twice been won [...]
Streama beat More Joyous in the race for NSW Horse of the year honours but trainer Guy Walter expects the positions to be reversed when the two meet in the Sheraco Stakes on Saturday. Both mares will carry 59kg under the set weights and penalties conditions of the Listed event [...]
Race 4 – SHERACO STAKES (1200 METRES) Of $100,000.1st $60,000, 2nd $20,000, 3rd $10,000, 4th $5,000, 5th $2,000, 6th $1,000, 7th $1,000, 8th $1,000, Starter Subsidy $200 LISTED Set Weights plus Penalties, Three-Years-Old and Upwards, Fillies and Mares, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 18 + 4 EM NOMINATIONS EXTENDED TO: 11/09/2012 11:00:00 [...]
A barrier trial on Monday will determine where and when multiple Group One winner Shoot Out begins his spring campaign. Trainer Chris Waller said the Randwick trial would tell him more about the six-year-old’s fitness levels ahead of a tilt at the Group One George Main Stakes (1600m) in two [...]
Caulfield Cup qualification will be the next goal for up-and-coming galloper Strawberry Boy after he made it back-to-back wins at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Trainer Gai Waterhouse will send the four-year-old to Melbourne for the Group Three Naturalism Stakes on September 22 with the winner of that race exempt from [...]
A total of 151 horses, including 23 from overseas, have been nominated for this year’s Melbourne Cup. When entries closed on Tuesday, three previous winners were among the entries for Australia’s richest race. Dunaden (2011) and Americain (2010) have been joined in the nominations by the 2007 winner Efficient. Shahwardi, [...]
Triple Group One winner Yosei has a couple of serious obstacles to overcome apart from her opposition at Flemington on Saturday. The first is the 58.5kg she will carry in the Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) and the second is a track she has never been totally happy on. Apart from [...]
