Warwick Farm mare Dreamworker is to be withdrawn from what her trainer thinks is a winnable midweek race to chase overdue stakes success at her home track at the weekend. Dreamworker is an acceptor for the stayers’ race on the Australian Turf Club card at Newcastle on Wednesday but she [...]
David Pfieffer is banking on a return to the scene of Gai Choice’s only Group One placing to help the mare rediscover winning form. Gai’s Choice will continue a spring campaign that has yet to deliver anything worthwhile in Sydney or Melbourne when she runs in a Listed race for [...]
Damien Oliver’s immediate future will be decided on Tuesday when Victorian stewards rule on a penalty for the champion jockey who has admitted to betting offences. Racing Victoria will also reveal why Oliver was allowed to ride during the spring carnival when it became known he was under investigation for [...]
The unbeaten record of three-year-old Sessions came to an end at Rosehill on Saturday as consistent filly Catkins turned the tables on the drifting favourite. Sessions opened at $1.40 before starting at $1.85 in the Hollywood Fashion Secrets Handicap (1300m) and after over-racing in front he was a spent force [...]
The potential of unbeaten colt Sessions will be further examined at Rosehill on Saturday and jockey Peter Robl is expecting the three-year-old to take another giant leap forward. Robl partnered Sessions for the first time when the son of Lonhro returned from a lengthy absence with a win at Rosehill [...]
A colt that possesses the talent to have been in Melbourne on Saturday instead had to settle for a winning return in a restricted race at Rosehill. Injuries have kept three-year-old Sessions from so far fulfilling his racetrack potential but he maintained his unbeaten record from just two starts with [...]
It has been close to six months since Christian Reith has had the chance to ride Tiger Tees in a race and he is looking to a successful reunion at Flemington on Saturday. “I’m not suspended and finally get to ride him,” Reith said ahead of partnering the Joe Pride-trained [...]
The winning partnership between Anthony Cummings and Peter Robl continued to reap gold at Rosehill after Our Hand of Faith brought up a treble for the pair. Robl steered the four-year-old gelding between Loaded and Sailors Farewell into a tight victory in the Alpha Flight Services Handicap (1500m). The win [...]
Anthony Cummings had to settle for second with two-year-old Diva Dee at Moonee Valley on Saturday but the stable posted a juvenile winner at Rosehill in the promising Never Can Tell. The debutant showed the benefit of a recent barrier trial win when he settled well for Peter Robl and [...]
A breakthrough win at Canterbury on Wednesday is set to be the launching pad to a Melbourne spring carnival appearance for Victoria Derby aspirant Fiveandahalfstar. The Anthony Cummings-trained gelding broke through at his 13th start, showing the step up to 1900 metres in the Australian Turf Club Plate was no [...]
