After an encouraging return from a break, multiple stakes winner Ringerdingding is set for his latest attempt to clinch a Group One win in the C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The Anthony Freedman-trained Ringerdingding did his best work late for fourth in the Group Two Australia Stakes (1200m) at… Read More »
Kris Lees will not saddle up a runner in the feature $2 million Inglis Millennium but he will get two bites of the cherry in the supporting juvenile race at Warwick Farm. The leading Newcastle trainer will start Fall On A Star and Snitzari in Saturday’s Listed Darley Lonhro Plate… Read More »
Buoyed by the way Group winner Acting has been preparing for her return, co-trainer Natalie Young is expecting a bold showing from the filly in the Kevin Hayes Stakes at Caulfield. Acting won three of her five starts in her first preparation, including the Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m)…. Read More »
An arduous summer schedule took a toll on Eastender but the former Tasmanian will get another chance to showcase his wares as a stayer this autumn. Raced by Star Thoroughbreds, Eastender joined the Chris Waller stable at the start of the spring after making a clean sweep of the major… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster believes a two-year-old race at Eagle Farm will determine whether several horses deserve a tilt at The Jewel. The $500,000 race at the Gold Coast on March 14, has rapidly become the unofficial championship for QTIS bonus horses. Nine of the 11 acceptors for Saturday’s TAB Two-Year-Old… Read More »
As the only runner with exposure to a heavy track, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Cellsabeel remains a prohibitive favourite for the $2 million Inglis Millennium. But whether the Inglis Millennium odds of $1.50 top of the lines remains to be seen. The Warwick Farm meeting is in some… Read More »
Peter Snowden has won three Blue Diamond Stakes and the trainer expects the Preludes at Caulfield to provide a pointer to his chances of a fourth. Snowden and his son Paul have impressive Randwick debut winner Rulership set to clash with the Anthony Freedman-trained Blue Diamond favourite Hanseatic in Saturday’s… Read More »
Doubt remains over the fate of the Inglis Millennium meeting but if racing does go ahead, it will be at Warwick Farm. Racing NSW stewards had nominated Rosehill as a back-up venue if Warwick Farm was washed out, but after inspecting both tracks on Friday, officials deemed Warwick Farm to… Read More »
James McDonald will ride star New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst in his first Australian start, replacing the suspended Damian Lane. Catalyst will have his first run in Melbourne in the Group Three C S Hayes at Caulfield on Saturday week. The engagement of McDonald is a one-off with Lane committed to… Read More »
Stakes-winner Silvera will bypass an early trip to the Sydney autumn carnival to chase another Brisbane black-type race after he runs at Eagle Farm. Silvera has had a summer carnival complicated by injury and bad luck but gets a chance to win his first race since July in the Canadian… Read More »
A wet track is no concern for top central Queensland sprinter Master Jamie but his big weight has his connections on edge for his return to Eagle Farm. Eagle Farm has had soaking rain this week and while there is little danger to the meeting, it has trainers pondering how… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club is confident the Eagle Farm meeting will go ahead despite the course being drenched with nearly 200mm of rain in the past week. Doomben on Thursday and the Sunshine Coast on Friday were both called off because of the wet Queensland weather. Eagle Farm is especially… Read More »
Godolphin’s globe-travelling multiple Group One winner Benbatl has made a sparkling debut on dirt at Meydan to open up some high profile options. The winner of the 2018 Caulfield Stakes and runner-up to Winx in the Cox Plate, Benbatl put himself in line for the Saudi Cup and Dubai World… Read More »
C F ORR STAKES 1400m, $500,000, weight-for-age at Caulfield HISTORY * First run in 1925 when won by The Patrol * Run at Group One level from 1993 * Weight-for-age with penalties from 1925-1942. Handicap 1943-45. Weight-for-age since * Run at Williamstown until 1940. Also run at Moonee Valley and… Read More »
Racing at Warwick Farm remains in doubt with heavy rain persisting in Sydney. Officials will inspect the western Sydney track around midday on Friday and also assess Rosehill which is the replacement venue. Around 80mm has fallen at Warwick Farm and the same at Rosehill. The meeting features the $2… Read More »
Despite some mixed responses to the concept leading into the first Rapid Racing meeting at Flemington, Victoria Racing Club official Leigh Jordon says he is rapt with the field sizes the new twilight fixture has attracted. Sunday’s meeting will feature seven races between 4pm and 7pm with 30 minute gaps… Read More »
Victorian trainer Richard Laming and two stablehands have been charged for stomach-tubing a horse on race day. Racing Victoria stewards uncovered the actions during a Melbourne Cup day stable inspection which led to Jamaican Rain’s scratching from the Flemington meeting. Jamaican Rain was favourite for the Jim Beam Stakes on… Read More »
Regimental Band could be saved for the Light Fingers Stakes if the Inglis Millennium meeting is held on a heavy track but two of her elder stablemates should enjoy the anticipated conditions. The Kris Lees-trained filly is among a field of seven for the Group Three Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
Jockey Dwayne Dunn will donate any prize money he wins at the Rapid Racing meeting at Flemington to the Kangaroo Island bushfire appeal. Dunn grew up on Kangaroo Island on a 1500-acre property where he learned to ride before becoming a leading jockey in South Australia and now Victoria. The… Read More »
Star sprinter Redzel has shown his opposition a clean pair of heels in a barrier trial at Randwick ahead of his next Group One mission. As is now the custom, Redzel wore blinkers in the second trial of his preparation and was asked to do more than in his first…. Read More »
