Chris Waller is hoping for a better outcome with Foreteller in Saturday’s Group One Doomben Cup than he experienced in the race last year. Foreteller emerged from last year’s Cup as collateral damage after a roughhouse renewal won by Mawingo. “He broke his leg in this race last year and [...]
Wide barrier draws for Mahisara have become a recurring nightmare for trainer Paul Messara. The four-year-old stallion came up with gate 18 for Saturday’s Group Three BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben. Messara was shattered when he learned of Mahisara’s barrier, the fourth time in a row he has been allocated [...]
The handicapper holds the key to the chances of Saturday’s brilliant Prime Minister’s Cup winner Famous Seamus’s winning the Group One Stradbroke Hcp (1400m) next month. Famous Seamus ($7) scored by a neck to River Lad ($11) with a half neck to Fire Up Fifi ($10) in Saturday’s 1300m Listed [...]
One of the more significant families in the Australian Studbook welcomed its latest winner in a no-nonsense two-year-old at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Romantic Touch, with Gooree Park Stud’s best horses heavily influencing both sides of his pedigree, was racing in blinkers for the first time when he scored a [...]
From a seemingly impossible position on the home turn to a similarly improbable proposition at the 200 metres, top-class filly Guelph has somehow snatched a last-ditch victory in Saturday’s Group One Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. On an afternoon when short-priced favourites It’s A Dundeel and Toydini had their colours [...]
Kelinni has further cemented his place at the top of the market for the Sydney Cup with a confidence-boosting victory in his lead-up at Randwick on Saturday. The imported gelding who rose through the ranks in the spring to run fourth in the Melbourne Cup, sustained a long sprint to [...]
A fighting victory by Catkins in the feature race at Canterbury capped a stellar day across two states for premier trainer Chris Waller. Waller dominated Wednesday’s Sydney program with four of the seven winners, highlighted by Catkin’s performance in the Listed PJ Bell Stakes (1200m). He also claimed a double [...]
Trainer Scott Asprey is content to take the lesser of two black-type options when promising filly Just A Girl races in the PJ Bell Stakes at Canterbury on Wednesday. After three wins from as many starts this time in, Just A Girl will be one of the main chances in [...]
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell wasn’t sighted in the aftermath of Black Caviar’s latest win, but there were still a few messages for him. O’Farrell caused a stir earlier in the week when he suggested the only thing better than a Black Caviar victory in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes would be [...]
It seemed the only place to be in Sydney on Tuesday was the Inglis sale yard where even NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell turned up to witness the history-making $5 million sale of Black Caviar’s half-brother. O’Farrell said he was thrilled to witness the sale but would not be able to [...]
