The elder brother of dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant has capped his season with victory in a country cup in New Zealand. Verry Flash took out Saturday’s Taumarunui Gold Cup (2200m) at Rotorua for trainer Nick Bishara who had a double at the meeting. Ridden by apprentice Rebecca Scott,… Read More »
Sopressa has signed off from her racing career in the best possible way with an emphatic win at Caulfield. A Group One winner of the Australasian Oaks in Adelaide, Sopressa landed her fourth career victory in Saturday’s Danny Barrett VOBIS Gold Stayers. Part-owner Danny Molloy said the daughter of So… Read More »
Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller has taken out the final Saturday two-year-old race of the season at Rosehill with a filly who appears certain to go on with her career at three after a couple of hiccups. Waller is noted for not pushing young horses early in the season and… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Barry Lockwood was only half joking when he said he might have to fly to South Africa to get more of the offspring of the relocated sire Time Thief. Lockwood has had only three horses by the sire – Tumbler, Adoradancer and Showus Ya Diamonds – who… Read More »
Trainer Dan Bougoure is rarely stumped about the future of his promising horses but smart filly Ginger Rock has set him a poser with her win at Eagle Farm. Ginger Rock ($8) was given the run of race by jockey Dale Smith and was too good for the favourite Karaja… Read More »
Trainer Mathew Ellerton says Parmie is still a raw talent but the filly is starting to put it together on the racetrack, having capped her juvenile season with a second-straight city win. After breaking her maiden at her fourth start at Sandown recently, Parmie stepped out in Saturday’s Steph Hunter… Read More »
The decision to miss two easier races with Boom Boom Epic paid off when she won her first open company race at Eagle Farm. The Chris Anderson-Robert Heathcote training partnership had entered Boom Boon Epic for a restricted class race and the TAB Handicap (1800m) at Eagle Farm as well… Read More »
Trainer John Gosden is wary and respectful of Enable’s high-class opponents as she bids to regain her crown in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner proved she has lost none of her brilliance with a successful start to her campaign… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club has revealed the conditions regarding its slot in the $14 million Everest which will be offered to the winner of the Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield. Having secured a slot in this year’s Everest at Randwick after striking a deal with the Australian Turf Club, the MRC… Read More »
Valuable colt Time To Reign has blitzed a star studded field in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm. The rising three-year-old’s performance to win by more than six lengths on Friday was not a surprise to his trainer Gary Portelli who has the colt primed for his early season return… Read More »
Blue Diamond Stakes placegetter Free Of Debt will miss the major spring races after suffering a ligament injury in the build-up to his race return. The Chris Bieg-trained colt won his first two starts impressively at Morphettville and Flemington before finishing a game third in the Group One Blue Diamond… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes is confident Pickup The Pieces’ impressive form on the training track can translate into a winning return at Caulfield. Pickup The Pieces runs first-up in Saturday’s Long Fine Plate (1200m) for three-year-old fillies on the back of winning two jump-outs in recent weeks at Flemington…. Read More »
A change of riding tactics seems to have been t he key to classy filly Champagne Jet returning to the winners’ list. Champagne Jet has been one of the most consistent two-year-olds in Queensland with a win and five minor placings from seven starts. Her only unplaced run was in… Read More »
Instead of being a player at the recent Brisbane carnival, Spensierato will run in a late season winter race at Caulfield. A dual winner from five starts, Spensierato will attempt to back up a Cranbourne victory with success in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Reef (1600m). Trained by Nick Ryan, Spensierato scored… Read More »
The Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap is the likely new-season kick-off point for dual Group One-winning sprinter Vega Magic but his spring path is yet to be locked in. Vega Magic stepped out in a jump-out at Flemington on Friday morning and co-trainer Ben Hayes said he was happy with… Read More »
Well-travelled mare Delectation Girl will begin the latest chapter of her career when she makes her Australian debut at Rosehill. Owned by Australian Bloodstock, Delectation Girl made her debut in Europe where she won two Group Three races before heading to America where her best result in five starts was… Read More »
Trying to replicate home conditions for Tshahitsi has resulted in a change of scenery for the Tasmanian’s Melbourne campaign. Tshahitsi runs for the second time following a long lay-off in Saturday’s Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. The Chris Crook and Imogen Miller-trained Tshahitsi remained in Victoria after his first-up… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher admits there are a number of potential spring paths for Cliff’s Edge depending on how well the multiple Group winner returns to racing. Cliff’s Edge, formerly trained by the now-disqualified Darren Weir, resumes for his first start since last spring, and first for his new stable, in… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp has given his apprentice Nick Keal a chance to ride his first metropolitan winner with two promising rides at Eagle Farm. Keal, 21, has ridden 94 career winners with 24 this season which has been interrupted because of injury. Keal will need to be at his… Read More »
A momentous year for Edward Cummings will go to the next level at Rosehill when he saddles up his first Saturday city runner as a trainer in his own right. The young horseman dissolved his partnership with father Anthony earlier this year to become an independent trainer, setting up a… Read More »
