Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien rates this year’s Winter Championship Series Final as a strong editional of the Listed race at Flemington but he is happy to be saddling up favourite Plein Ciel. Plein Ciel has impressed in his two starts since joining O’Brien’s stable early this year, closing from… Read More »
A filly whose yearling X-rays almost condemned her to life as a broodmare will chase her third career win at Randwick, a track which also holds family significance. The Joe Pride-trained De Grawin has defied veterinary experts to make a bid as a racehorse and the results, so far, have… Read More »
The rapid rise of Tony Gollan as Queensland’s premier trainer will again be emphasised if Nicci’s Spirit can give him his 50th Listed race win. Gollan has trained 62 stakes winners including three in Group One company. He has won 49 Listed races, seven Group Threes, three Group Twos. Gollan… Read More »
Million-dollar earner Fiesta returns to her pet distance as she aims to add to trainer Chris Waller’s impressive feature race record for Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds. Fiesta will be having her 21st start in stakes class in the Listed Bright Shadow (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Bright Shadow… Read More »
English King headlines a final field of 16 declared for the Investec Derby at Epsom. Ed Walker’s charge booked his place in the Classic line-up with an impressive victory in the Lingfield Derby Trial and will be the mount of Frankie Dettori, as the ever-popular Italian chases a third Derby… Read More »
Disqualified Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie had some of his penalties for presenting horses to race with prohibited substances reduced on appeal. Currie, who was the leading trainer in Queensland on winners, has been on the sidelines for more than a year after a series of inquiries. His nominations have also… Read More »
Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy believes two-year-old filly Toyz On Fire has taken big strides forward in her first racing preparation which has brought a late-season stakes race at Flemington into focus. Toyz On Fire has earned her chance in Saturday’s Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) for two-year-olds having won a… Read More »
Matt Dunn is facing a significant career decision as the country NSW trainer contemplates a possible move to Sydney. Based at Murwillumbah in the NSW northern rivers region, Dunn has had a small team of metropolitan-class horses stabled in Sydney during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseen by his wife Keira, the… Read More »
Trainer Colin Little is banking on Vassilator’s liking for Flemington as a key factor as the gelding chases a second stakes victory. The Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final on Saturday is the culmination of a series of races of which Vassilator won a heat of on June 6. Already… Read More »
Narrowly beaten in the All Victorian Sprint Series Final a year ago, the Mike Moroney-trained Milwaukee will be striving to go one better in his second attempt at winning the straight-track Listed race at Flemington. Milwaukee was second to Malibu Style in last year’s edition and that pair are among… Read More »
It has been a momentous year for Tulloch Lodge co-trainer Adrian Bott, who has kicked a number of goals both personally and professionally. In their fourth season together, Bott and training partner Gai Waterhouse have again cemented their position among the elite Sydney stables. They sit third on the premiership… Read More »
A genuine liking for the Eagle Farm racing surface is expected to help overcome a drop back in distance for Toowoomba mare Love You Lucy. Love You Lucy will be chasing her third black-type win for the winter in the Listed Bright Shadow (1200m). The mare has been the big… Read More »
Trainer Chris Anderson thought he was the victim of a practical joke when told his filly Plutocrat had drawn the inside barrier for the Listed Tattersall’s Club Stakes at Eagle Farm. Plutocrat has had a shocking run of drawing outside barriers in her only four starts. Anderson said to finally… Read More »
A nervous Ben Hayes wanted to see Aysar produce on race day the kind of performance that he knew was hidden within the two-year-old. Hayes, who trains in partnership with his father David and cousin Tom Dabernig, was relieved after Aysar raced to a comfortable three length win in the… Read More »
Lightly raced filly Le Gai Soleil has continued to build on a promising start to her racing career with a convincing city victory on the Kensington track at Randwick. The John O’Shea-trained three-year-old was sent out the odds-on favourite in Wednesday’s Bowermans Office Furniture Handicap (1550m) and notched her third-straight… Read More »
John Thompson believes Best Stone has returned a better filly this preparation and the trainer is looking forward to taking her back to the races at Randwick. Best Stone has been scratched from a couple of races in the past eight days, including at Wednesday’s Kensington track meeting, but Thompson… Read More »
Two-time AFL premiership winning coach Denis Pagan had hoped for a low-key start to his racehorse training career. Pagan was granted a restricted licence earlier in the week and wanted to run Johnny Get Angry in a maiden race at Bendigo on Friday. But when balloted from that race Pagan… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Schweida was feeling old when promising two-year-old Ready To Bolt scored an impressive midweek win at Doomben. Jockey Les Till set a slow early pace to lead all of the way to win the TAB 2YO Class 2 (1350m) on Wednesday. Ready To Bolt is by top Queensland… Read More »
Prospective buyers from Victoria have been banned from attending upcoming horse sales in NSW by the state government and the state’s governing racing body. The ban affects all those living in Victoria, including vendors, vendor staff, vets and bloodstock agents. Inglis managing director Mark Webster said the company had to… Read More »
Rockhampton flyer Master Jamie will have to carry the biggest weight to win on a Brisbane racetrack in 23 years if he is to take the Mumm 3YO (1200m) at Eagle Farm. Master Jamie quest for a 12th career win has been complicated by having to carry 63.5kgs on Saturday… Read More »
