Star Japanese mare Lys Gracieux will be given the opportunity to gain experience at The Valley before she runs in the Cox Plate. Sharing favouritism for the $5 million Cox Plate at $5 with Godolphin’s Avilius, Lys Gracieux will be taken to The Valley for a gallop and a look… Read More »
Jockey Tegan Harrison looks likely to avoid surgery after being injured in a fall at Doomben but could still be sidelined for up to three months. Harrison was one of four jockeys involved in a chain reaction fall on Monday. The other three Michael Cahill, Brad Stewart and Jake Bayliss… Read More »
Dalasan is an easing favourite for the Group One Caulfield Guineas after drawing the second-widest barrier in the field of 16 plus three emergencies. To be ridden by Hugh Bowman, the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Dalasan has moved from $2.40 to $2.90 for Saturday’s 1600m-race. Queenslander Alligator Blood, who… Read More »
Favourite Flit has drawn barrier two in the Group One Thousand Guineas at Caulfield with Hugh Bowman to ride. The Godolphin filly remains at $2 in Thousand Guineas odds with her James Cummings-trained stablemate Tenley to start from seven for Kerrin McEvoy. Another Godolphin filly, Lyre from the Anthony Freedman… Read More »
Trainer Adam Trinder has confirmed Mystic Journey will press on to the $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley after her fifth placing in the Turnbull Stakes. Mystic Journey was tested over 2000m for the first time in Saturday’s Turnbull at Flemington and came from back in the field to… Read More »
Dual Everest winner Redzel has been given a strong hit-out to win a barrier trial at Gosford ahead of his bid for a third win in the $14 million race. With race jockey Kerrin McEvoy aboard, Redzel worked to the lead after a slightly slow start to take control of… Read More »
Talented South Australian colt Dalasan is favourite for the Caulfield Guineas ahead of the declaration of the field field and barrier draw for the $2 million classic for three-year-olds. Dalasan will have a new jockey for Saturday’s 1600m Caulfield Guineas, with champion rider Hugh Bowman booked to partner the colt… Read More »
Sydney-based New Zealander John Sargent is no stranger to winning feature races with three-year-old fillies and the trainer will try to add a first Thousand Guineas with Emeralds in the $1 million race at Caulfield. Emeralds will be ridden by Ben Melham in Saturday’s Thousand Guineas (1600m) after the filly’s… Read More »
Former apprentice jockey Stephen Brown Jr has been moved from intensive care to a ward in Royal Melbourne hospital. Brown Jr was airlifted to Royal Melbourne almost three weeks ago on September 18 after a fall in a jump-out at Wangaratta and placed in an induced coma. He suffered punctured… Read More »
New Zealand champion Melody Belle will be seen in Australia this spring but not in the Cox Plate. Trained by Jamie Richards for a Te Akau syndicate, Melody Belle claimed her ninth Group One win in Saturday’s Livamol Classic at Hastings over the same 2040m as the Cox Plate to… Read More »
A host of international horses are entered to make their first Australian appearances of the Melbourne spring carnival in feature races on the Caulfield Guineas program. Along with the respective Guineas races on Saturday, the meeting includes the Group One Caulfield Stakes (2000m) and Group Two Herbert Power Stakes (2400m)… Read More »
David Payne could have three runners in the Group One Spring Champion Stakes but concedes they are probably running for second. The Mark Newnham-trained Shadow Hero is the $1.70 favourite to back up his Gloaming Stakes win with victory over 2000m at Randwick on Saturday. Shadow Hero is also the… Read More »
New Zealander Madison County will get his latest chance to post an Australian Group One win in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. A dual Group One winner in his homeland over the Toorak distance of 1600m, Madison County is set for his fourth attempt in an Australian Group One race… Read More »
Joint Everest favourite Pierata has impressed race jockey Tommy Berry in his second last gallop ahead of the $14 million Group One sprint spectacular. Trainer Greg Hickman initially planned to work Pierata between races during Monday’s Warwick Farm meeting. Unable to find a galloping partner, he opted to instead put… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Surprise Baby has been penalised 1kg for his win in The Bart Cummings at Flemington. The Paul Preusker-trained Surprise Baby guaranteed himself a spot in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 5 with his win in Saturday’s Bart Cummings and in the process the lightly raced stayer… Read More »
Only the best are awarded a hero’s reception in moments of defeat and the faithful in Paris did not disappoint, giving Enable a rapturous welcome after she fell just short of a record third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe success. The thousands that made the journey from Britain to see… Read More »
Enable’s bid for history and a third victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe has been thwarted by Waldgeist who gave French trainer Andre Fabre a record eighth success. Having stretched her Group One tally to 10 with victories in the Coral-Eclipse, the King George and the Yorkshire Oaks… Read More »
In a last-ditch bid to gain a start in the Caulfield Cup, Sully will wear blinkers when he runs in the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s 2400m Group Two handicap gives the winner a ballot exemption into the 2019 Caulfield Cup a week later. With 50.5kg in the Caulfield… Read More »
Buffalo River is unbeaten in three Australian starts and the lightly raced import’s connections are now hoping the gelding can qualify for the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle in Sydney. Trainer Mike Moroney is planning to run Buffalo River in Saturday’s $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m) at Randwick which is designed… Read More »
The Te Akau team will decide in coming days whether Melody Belle or Te Akau Shark, or both, will head to the Cox Plate. Melody Belle cemented her status as New Zealand’s best with her win in Saturday’s Livamol Classic to complete the Hastings weight-for-age triple crown while Te Akau… Read More »
