A ride Corey Brown first chased six months ago could land him one of the biggest wins of his career at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The Melbourne Cup-winning jockey will partner Cox Plate favourite Pierro at 49.5kg but he is confident his effort to get down to the featherweight will [...]
Improving stayer Solemn has emerged as a Victoria Derby candidate, giving his jockey Kerrin McEvoy and assistant trainer Paul Snowden a double birthday celebration with his win in the Listed Geelong Classic. McEvoy, who turned 32 on Wednesday, is looking forward to the Group One Victoria Derby (2500m) in 10 [...]
Gai Waterhouse trained star mare More Joyous went out as the even money favourite last start in the Toorak Handicap where she finished a disappointing fourth. She drops three kilograms in the Cox Plate which will be a major relief for the mare and she can race handy with her [...]
Andrew Hawkins: Welcome to Run for the Money, your weekly internet-based roundtable discussing the upcoming weekend’s racing! It’s Andrew Hawkins here, joined by our two young guns from last week – Jay Mathieson and Joshua Kayll – as well as a new contributor, Alex Donnelly. Today we’ll be looking at [...]
Last years Caulfield Cup winner who looked like she was on track to defend her title until a very disappointing run last start in the Turnbull Stakes. Apart from last start she had been very impressive with a Listed win in Adelaide before coming to Melbourne to win the Makybe [...]
Cavalry Rose has returned to form to present trainer Gerald Ryan with an early Caulfield double when she clinched the Group Three Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Ryan had to ease off Cavalry Rose’s routine after he was left baffled by the filly’s poor performance at Warwick Farm in [...]
More Joyous is in superior form ahead of Saturday’s Group One Toorak Handicap at Caulfield than she was when she won the race two years ago, according to jockey Nash Rawiller. The Gai Waterhouse-trained mare will lump 60kg as she chases her seventh consecutive victory. More Joyous carried 58kg in [...]
Victoria Derby aspirations for Our Desert Warrior took a hit at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when he missed a place as a short-priced favourite. The Gai Waterhouse-trained colt, a brother to her multiple Group One winner Desert War, was sent out at $1.45 in the Super Saver Handicap (1600m) after [...]
The country’s leading Group One rider Nash Rawiller will be the new partner for Southern Speed when she defends her Caulfield Cup title on Saturday week. Rawiller replaces Glen Boss who jumped off the mare to chase the ride on Metropolitan winner Glencadam Gold in both the Caulfield and Melbourne [...]
Gai Waterhouse is no stranger to the Group One spotlight but for stable rider Tommy Berry, Saturday’s Epsom Handicap meeting was career-defining. In a 40 minute period, Berry combined with the Randwick trainer to win the Group One double of the Epsom Handicap aboard Fat Al and Metropolitan Handicap on [...]
