Promising colt Thought Of That has backed up a big-margin win in the bush with another dominant display in the Group Three Caulfield Classic to enhance his Victoria Derby prospects. Coming off a recent eight-length win in a Donald maiden over 1600m when blinkers were applied for the first time,… Read More »
Champion jockey Glen Boss has shaken off injury concerns ahead of riding the Chris Waller-trained Yes Yes Yes in the $14 million Everest. Boss’ mount The Drake was a late scratching after rearing up in the gates before the TAB Highway Handicap (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday, won by outsider… Read More »
Premier trainer Tony Gollan moved a step closer to achieving a personal goal when he had the trifecta in the Proav Solution Plate at Eagle Farm. Shalwa ($2.50) beat Cailini ($9) by a half head with Vienna Power ($3.40) 1-1/4 lengths back third to give Gollan the fourth metropolitan trifecta… Read More »
Niggling problems have plagued the career of Alabama Express but his trainer expects the three-year-old to reach the potential he has shown after a fighting win at Caulfield. Alabama Express broke through for his first city success when claiming Saturday’s Listed Gothic Stakes. Trainer Mike Moroney held major spring aspirations… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote joked he would have to get the rules changed for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic after his colt Rothfire won a thrilling two-horse war with favourite Gotta Kiss at Eagle Farm. Rothfire ($2.80) was considered the only danger to previously unbeaten filly Gotta Kiss ($1.75) on the… Read More »
Four-year-old mare Extreme Pride has continued a progression through the grades to land her first city win at Caulfield. The Danny O’Brien-trained Extreme Pride’s victory in the Keno Classic Handicap (1700m) was her fourth straight win since August, rising from maiden grade at the provincials to Saturday’s benchmark-80 race in… Read More »
Gerald Ryan is weighing up the possibilities for Victory Vein Stakes winner Time Is Precious with a Magic Millions Classic tilt chief among his options. The filly upset Breeders’ Plate runner-up and odds-on favourite Postcode to score an all-the-way win in the Victory Vein Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday… Read More »
Dominant Eagle Farm winner Ready For Danger is headed to Sydney after his impressive win in the TAB Handicap. Jockey Jim Byrne dropped Ready For Danger ($4.80) into a perfect spot running third after an early speed battle and came away to beat Pleased ($4.20) by 2-/4 lengths. Trainer Matt… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney believes import Sound can capitalise on his late inclusion in the Caulfield Cup field and perform much better than his odds suggest in the $5 million handicap. Sound, to be ridden by James Winks, clinched a start in Saturday’s 2400m-race as the first emergency after New Zealand… Read More »
The care and wellbeing of racehorses does not stop when they leave stables after their racing careers are over with leading trainers saying they do everything to ensure they have forever homes. Although in NSW trainers are required to notify where the horses go on retirement, cracks in the system… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes has seen the right signs in the lead-up to the Caulfield Cup to believe one-time favourite Mr Quickie can bounce back to his best in the $5 million handicap after a last-start failure. This year’s Queensland Derby winner, Mr Quickie raced into 2019 Caulfield Cup favouritism after… Read More »
Racing authorities and participants have expressed their horror at vision of horses being slaughtered at a Queensland abattoir and say everyone must continue to work together to re-home and re-train retired racing stock. But they also say the portrayal by the ABC’s 7.30 report is misleading and does not reflect… Read More »
Almost four years after riding Red Verdon to a maiden win in the West Midlands region of England, Pat Cosgrave will reunite with the stayer on the other side of the globe in a $5 million handicap. Cosgrave made his mark during his visit to Melbourne for last year’s spring… Read More »
The question surrounding Miss Leonidas is whether she can repeat the performance of a narrow second to Nature Strip at her most recent start. If she can, it will take her a long way towards winning the Group Two Caulfield Sprint (1000m) on Saturday. Miss Leonidas ran Nature Strip to… Read More »
Racing authorities will be free to charge trainer Jarrod McLean with horse doping offences after he lost a court bid to keep evidence from a police raid on his Victorian stables secret. McLean had claimed Victoria Police acted unlawfully when it gave Racing Victoria information about items seized during the… Read More »
A decision to lodge a late nomination for Tisani Tomso at Eagle Farm has given the iron horse and his jockey Adin Thompson chances to record milestones. Tisani Tomso ran second at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and was not an original nomination for the DSS Law Open Handicap (1200m)… Read More »
Todd Blowes can hardly believe his luck, boasting a live chance in the $1.3 million Kosciuszko two years into his training career. The Queanbeyan trainer will drive up the Hume Highway with Noble Boy ($5) ready to attack Saturday’s 1200m-sprint for country-trained horses. Blowes has been in the racing caper… Read More »
New Zealand Derby winner Crown Prosecutor has been scratched from the $5 million Caulfield Cup with a leg issue. The gelding was scratched on Friday afternoon, with first emergency Sound now gaining a start in Saturday’s 2400m Group One Caulfield Cup. Crown Prosecutor failed a veterinary test on Friday, a… Read More »
The addition of blinkers has turned Aesop’s Fable into a winner, prompting trainer John Sargent to raise the bar and test the filly in stakes grade for the first time. The three-year-old has strung together a hat-trick of wins at Canberra, Goulburn and Wyong since the gear change and will… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas hopes for Miroku failed to materialise but the colt gets the chance to make a spring impression in the Group Three Caulfield Classic. The Phillip Stokes-trained Miroku impressed on debut to win a maiden on the Ballarat synthetic track in early September before finishing unplaced in his next… Read More »
