Classy mare Alizee remains high in calculations for Godolphin’s vacant Everest slot after scoring a strong barrier trial victory at Randwick, downing Doncaster Mile winner Brutal. Sheikh Mohammed’s team is keeping options open in regard to the Everest with Alizee, Osborne Bulls, Trekking and possibly three-year-old Bivouac all on the… Read More »
Nick Ryan’s hopes of a first Group One win in the coming weeks will likely to become clearer after the Underwood Stakes meeting at Caulfield. The trainer has promising colt Express Pass in Sunday’s Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude on his home track while five-year-old Mahamedeis runs in a 1400m-handicap…. Read More »
British jockey William Carson has been banned for six months after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine. His suspension has been backdated to start from April 4 – eight days after the sample taken from him at Lingfield was found to contain the banned substance benzoylecgonine. Carson, the 29-year-old… Read More »
Golden Rose day has been a happy hunting ground for Gerald Ryan and he is looking to superbly bred colt Standout to continue his successful affiliation with the meeting. The local trainer took out the program’s namesake race two years ago with Trapeze Artist and he has won several feature… Read More »
A more favourable weight scale for Princess Jenni has her trainer David Brideoake expecting an improvement on her first-up run. After being unplaced at Flemington, Princess Jenni goes to The Valley on Friday night to run in the Group Two Stocks Stakes (1600m), a weight-for-age race for fillies and mares…. Read More »
Chris Waller will rely on progressive stayers Gayatri and Dabiyr in the Group Three Colin Stephen Quality with stablemate Naval Warfare likely to head to Melbourne. Gayatri had the measure of Dabiyr when the pair clashed over the same course and distance two weeks ago but the latter is the… Read More »
Group One winner Azkadellia, who has been banned from racing, has been sold at public auction at Echuca for $615,000 to a private buyer. As to who the vendor of Azkadellia was and who purchased the mare, along with three other horses, Racing Victoria is so far unaware. Azkadellia along… Read More »
MOIR STAKES $1 million, Group One, 1000m, weight-for-age at Moonee Valley HISTORY First run in 1976 over 1000 metres when it was won by Scamanda. Upgraded to Group One in 2013. From 2007 to 2014 run at 1200m reverting to 1000m in 2015. The honour roll lists some of Australia’… Read More »
GOLDEN ROSE 1400m, $1 million, three-year-olds, set weights HISTORY *The race was called Peter Pan Stakes until 2002. The following year In Top Swing won the first running of the Golden Rose worth $1 million *Elevated to Group One status in 2009 when Denman won *Colts and geldings dominate this… Read More »
Faatinah has the outside barrier against a quality field in the Moir Stakes but champion trainer David Hayes believes the gelding is still being underestimated in the Group One sprint. Seven-year-old Faatinah has finished sixth in the past two editions of the Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley and heads… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings rates defending titleholder Homesman as the horse to beat in the Underwood Stakes but believes the race presents as a great opportunity for his stable’s “gladiator” Hartnell. The Lloyd Williams-owned, Liam Howley-trained Homesman is $2.80 favourite for Sunday’s Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield after making an… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge has its sights on the Group One Epsom Handicap for Con Te Partiro if she can bounce back to winning form in the Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. Adrian Bott, who works in partnership with prolific Epsom Handicap-winning trainer Gai Waterhouse, has confirmed the stable is keen to get… Read More »
A wide barrier is no concern to connections of Blue Diamond Stakes winner Lyre who will be out to stamp her Thousand Guineas credentials when she steps to 1400m for the first time in the Prelude at Caulfield. After trainer Anthony Freedman opted to bypass the Danehill Stakes a couple… Read More »
Earlier this week, trainer Richard Litt and his major clients, Octavio and Wendy Galletta, had two horses running at Orange, bringing home just over $1000 prize money between them. It is the sort of day that has been stock-standard for the trio and has helped to keep them level-headed as… Read More »
Veteran Sydney gelding Top Striker finds himself in new territory at Doomben where he will make his interstate debut at the ripe age of eight. In a career that has spanned 44 starts, Top Striker has only raced on NSW tracks, his furthest venture coming just two months ago when… Read More »
The only thing left for the CV of multiple stakes winner Winter Bride is to land a Group One victory. Co-trainer Toby Edmonds said Friday night’s Moir Stakes (1000m) was always intended to Winter Bride’s campaign opener although the Manikato Stakes (1200m) at The Valley on October 25 may prove… Read More »
The high-profile Brisbane training partnership between Robert Heathcote and Chris Anderson is to be dissolved. Anderson says the two have agreed to an amicable split after joining forces in May. He says he hopes the paperwork will be finalised by October 1 to return to individual stables. “Rob and I… Read More »
Victorian horse trainer Jarrod McLean has accused police of unlawfully giving the state’s racing body information to charge him after a raid. McLean alleges Victoria Police passed on to Racing Victoria details of items seized during the execution of a warrant at his Yangery stables, near Warrnambool in January. But… Read More »
Kathy O’Hara has had a three-month ban for using her mobile phone during race days reduced from 13 weeks to five. At an inquiry earlier in September, O’Hara pleaded guilty to using her phone in the jockeys’ room on 65 occasions during a 12-month period. Riders are not allowed to… Read More »
Jockey John Allen knows what it takes to win a Victoria Derby and says Adelaide Ace has the attributes to succeed in the classic. Allen won the Derby in 2018 on the Darren Weir-trained Extra Brut and partnered Adelaide Ace to victory in the Victoria Derby Trial at Flemington on… Read More »
