Star Queensland three-year-old Alligator Blood is settling into Melbourne ahead of a planned three-run campaign including the Group One Australian Guineas and All-Star Mile. Trained by David Vandyke at the Sunshine Coast, Alligator Blood arrived in Melbourne early on Wednesday morning after being flown from Queensland before heading to the… Read More »
Mirage Dancer will take a step back in time when he runs first-up in the Group One CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s race over 1400m will be the first time Mirage Dancer has raced shorter than 2000m since his debut win in the UK in 2016. That two-year-old race… Read More »
The one thing missing from Te Akau Shark’s resume is a Group One win and the star New Zealander gets the chance to put that right at Te Rapa. Placed in the Epsom Handicap and Cox Plate in the spring, Te Akau Shark runs in Saturday’s BCD Group Sprint (1400m)… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is raising the bar again with progressive sprinter Bold Star who could earn a crack at the Group One Oakleigh Plate if he steps up in the Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield. Bold Star has done all of his racing in Melbourne during his current campaign, notching… Read More »
Some good luck has finally fallen the way of Larimer Street in the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm with the two-year-old drawing the inside gate. After a delayed trip from Sydney, the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained colt had his final gallop for Saturday’s 1100m Inglis Millennium on… Read More »
War horse Bodega Negra will join a small club when he runs his 100th race on Saturday and trainer Bruce Hill is hoping it will be on the gelding’s preferred wet surface. On a dry track Bodega Negra would be one of the outsiders in the Canadian Club Handicap (1600m)… Read More »
A field of 12 is set to contest the first Group One race of the year, the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s weight-for-age CF Orr Stakes over 1400m will see six Group One winners, Avilius, Hey Doc, Scales Of Justice, Fierce Impact, Kings Will Dream and Begood Toya Mother,… Read More »
The emergence of female jockeys in Queensland was emphasised with twice as many as their male counterparts riding at the Kilcoy meeting. It is believed to be the first time women riders have outnumbered men at a major Queensland TAB meeting. There were 20 women riders ranging in experience from… Read More »
British racing has been rocked by the deaths of popular trainer Robert Alner on the same day as jockey James Banks. Alner, who was paralysed after a car accident in 2007 and given two years to live, celebrated his biggest moment when Cool Dawn won the 1998 renewal Cheltenham Gold… Read More »
The prospect of a heavy track at Warwick Farm is the unknown factor for trainer Tony McEvoy as he prepares stakes-winning filly Xilong for the $1 million Inglis Sprint. Xilong has won four of her six starts including the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) at Sandown at the end of… Read More »
Bill Vlahos built an elaborate betting system for horse racing and it was a multi-million dollar lie. The Melbourne racing identity used fake betting and results sheets and even invented an international betting expert called “Max” to make sure his 71 victims kept handing over money. From 2008 until 2013,… Read More »
Favourite Cellsabeel has shortened to $1.50 after drawing barrier five for the $2 million Inglis Millennium for two-year-olds at Warwick Farm. The filly is one of a host of winning two-year-olds in the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable and is the favourite for next month’s $3.5 million Golden Slipper…. Read More »
Tony McEvoy is looking forward to seeing Hey Doc step out to 1400 metres in the C F Orr Stakes as the multiple Group One-winning gelding bids to overcome a Caulfield hoodoo. Hey Doc competes over the distance in Saturday’s CF Orr Stakes for the first time since finishing fourth… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup win by Prince Of Penzance catapulted Michelle Payne and her brother Stevie to stardom. Michelle Payne became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup and Stevie gained fame as his strapper, helping to showcase the capabilities of people with Down syndrome. They now work closely together… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has high hopes for the younger brother of Caulfield Cup winner Jameka who has made his first public appearance in a Cranbourne trial. Two-year-old Grandslam, ridden by Mark Zahra, finished third in Tuesday’s 800m-trial giving Maher confidence for the future. Maher said there were many similarities between Jameka… Read More »
Bill Vlahos built an elaborate betting system for horse racing and it was a multi-million dollar lie. The Melbourne racing identity created fake documents and even invented an international betting agent called “Max” to make sure his 71 victims kept handing over money. Investors thought they were making “spectacular” returns… Read More »
Epsom Handicap and Golden Eagle winner Kolding is sitting pretty among the top 10 in voting for the $5 million All-Star Mile and trainer Chris Waller hopes he can pick up another Group One win on the way to the rich race. Kolding, who resumed from a spell with a… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien can expect a glowing report on Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare when he arrives back in Melbourne. Vow And Declare had his first official trial in preparation for an autumn campaign, running second to the David Brideoake-trained Shepard at Cranbourne over 1190m on Tuesday. Ridden by… Read More »
Favourite Cellsabeel has drawn ideally in barrier five for the $2 million Inglis Millennium for two-year-olds at Warwick Farm. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Cellsabeel is the dominant favourite for the 1100m Inglis Millennium with a wet track expected by Saturday. The filly is also favourite for the $3.5… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare has run second in a barrier trial at Cranbourne as he prepares for his return. Ridden by Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Craig Williams, Vow And Declare worked home well behind the David Brideoake-trained Shepard at the end of Tuesday’s 1190m-heat. Trainer Danny O’Brien will decide… Read More »
