Godolphin-owned filly Pohutukawa has shown her class with a dominant win in the Group Three Kembla Grange Classic. Pohutukawa was sent out the $1.65 favourite in Friday’s 1600m-race for three-year-old fillies after finding traffic problems at crucial stages in the straight in her previous two starts when third in the… Read More »
James Cummings is out to extend the successful season of Godolphin-owned two-year-olds with a couple of contenders in a stakes race at Flemington. The Cummings stable has in the past week won black-type races at Flemington, Randwick and Canberra, including last Sunday’s Black Opal Stakes with Pin Sec. Microphone and… Read More »
Until Winx arrived, Red Tracer and Catkins were the star mares in the Chris Waller stable. They came close but neither managed to win Sydney’s premier race for fillies and mares, the Coolmore Classic (1500m). Waller will have four runners in Saturday’s edition of the Group One event, including the… Read More »
A path taken with Tulip a couple of years ago is the one Lindsay Park is following with Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up Lankan Star who makes her Sydney debut in the Magic Night Stakes. Lankan Star beat all bar Lyre in the $1.5 million Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at… Read More »
Unable to secure enough votes to earn a spot and then rejected by the wild card selection panel, multiple Group One winner Le Romain has managed to force his way into the inaugural All-Star Mile on race eve as an emergency. And having now gained a start, his trainer Kris… Read More »
Visiting trainer Joe Cleary is one trainer to welcome rain on the Gold Coast as he prepares Girls Are Ready for the $500,000 Aquis 2YO Jewel. Queanbeyan-based Cleary skipped last week’s Black Opal Stakes in Canberra to head north with Girls Are Ready who will be having her first start… Read More »
Two three-year-olds who were not part of the Lindsay Park set-up when nominations for the All-Star Mile were taken will carry the stable’s hopes in the inaugural $5 million All Star Mile at Flemington. Hawkshot and Amphitrite were placed in the Group One Australian Guineas last start and Lindsay Park… Read More »
Connections of Land Of Plenty took a long-term view when they decided to bring the horse to Sydney, rather than pursue a start in the inaugural All-Star Mile. While the $5 million purse for the Flemington All Star Mile was hard to ignore, co-trainer Paul Snowden said they decided a… Read More »
Few trainers get as emotional as Desleigh Forster after a big win but she will have a special reason to celebrate if Malvern Estate can win the Listed Goldmarket. Malvern Estate and his stablemate Cannyescent give Forster a strong hand in Saturday’s 1200m Goldmarket Quality, the longest-running feature event at… Read More »
It has been a hectic week for jockey Simon Price. He has been preparing to ride South Australian Balf’s Choice in Saturday’s $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington while on Thursday he dropped his son Will off to start his racing education at Racing Victoria’s apprentice training school. The elder… Read More »
Robert Heathcote and fellow Eagle Farm trainer Chris Anderson have confirmed they are to form a partnership. Heathcote and Anderson formally announced their training partnership on Friday with the venture to begin on May 1. They said it would give them a chance to maintain a high performance level and… Read More »
Lyndhurst stud manager Jeff Kruger will wait until after the Magic Millions March Sale before deciding on a new service fee for his rookie stallion Better Than Ready. Better Than Ready, who stands at Lyndhurst Stud near Warwick for $9900, set a record for a Queensland sire when he had… Read More »
Experienced jockey Nathan Day has waited more than a year to prove his belief prolific country winner Cyclone Topgirl is up to the best city class. Cyclone Topgirl, who has won nine of her 12 starts, will be having her first run in the southern part of Queensland in Saturday’s… Read More »
Bryony Frost is quickly adapting to the role as the Frankie Dettori of National Hunt racing and her victory on Frodon in the Ryanair Chase catapulted her further into the limelight. In doing so she because the first woman to ride a Grade One winner over jumps at the Cheltenham… Read More »
The All-Star Mile could be boosted by the presence of two additional Group One winners in the inaugural running of the $5 million All Star Mile at Flemington. Inspections by Racing Victoria’s veterinary department on Thursday revealed Material Man, Foundry and Urban Ruler showing signs of lameness and will need… Read More »
Exciting four-year-old Fifty Stars will showcase his Doncaster Mile credentials when he makes a Sydney debut in the Ajax Stakes at Rosehill. Fifty Stars took his record to seven wins from just 11 starts with the biggest victory of his career to date in the Group Two Blamey Stakes (1600m)… Read More »
As a yearling, Villami caught the eye of Gerald Ryan because she reminded him of a young Winx. As a racehorse, he has rated her the best juvenile filly he has trained since Melito and Snitzerland, who were both Group winners at two. But neither fact is likely to be… Read More »
Apprentice Baylee Nothdurft can complete a big week with the plum ride on favourite Mr Marbellouz in the Listed Goldmarket at the Gold Coast. Nothdurft, who rode a double at Eagle Farm last week, won a heat of the National Apprentices’ Challenge series at Ascot in Perth on Wednesday. His… Read More »
German import Plein Ciel will step out for his new stable in the Listed March Stakes at Flemington with the opportunity to chase a first stakes race victory. A winner of six of his 12 starts with five placings, Plein Ciel was trained by Darren Weir for his first 10… Read More »
No matter his finishing position, Man Of His Word will land connections their biggest pay day in the inaugural All-Star Mile at Flemington. With prize money of $5 million on offer, including a first prize of $2.25 million, each runner is guaranteed a minimum of $90,000. Even if he finishes… Read More »
