Lindsay Park will rely on Fundamentalist as its sole Group One runner at Randwick with the filly to run in the Surround Stakes. The stable had also entered Amphitrite, Cristal Eyes, Futooh, Qafila and Victory Kingdom in the 1400m Surround Stakes on Saturday but whittled it down to one. Senior… Read More »
Grunt is set to step out in the colours of Zhang Yuesheng when he makes his return to racing at Flemington. The Mick Price-trained four-year-old runs in the Shaftesbury Avenue (1400m) on Saturday on his way to a start in the All-Star Mile at Flemington on March 16. Yulong Investments… Read More »
Redkirk Warrior has been allocated equal top weight in the Newmarket Handicap as he bids to win the race for a third consecutive year. He joins Santa Ana Lane at the head of the weights with 58.5kg for the Group One Newmarket Handicap over the straight 1200m-course at Flemington on… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing says Stars Of Carrum’s opponents will need to be strong late in the Australian Guineas. Stars Of Carrum runs in the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday after an eye-catching run in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington on February 16. The colt finished… Read More »
Trainer Chris Meagher will take the soft approach with No Drama Darci as he attempts to build the record of the lightly-raced three-year-old. Meagher threw in a nomination for No Drama Darci in Saturday’s Saintly Handicap at Flemington, but instead the gelding runs over 1300m in the Spicer Thoroughbreds Handicap… Read More »
A slot in The Everest is up for auction with GPI Racing to offload the one it bought for Chautauqua. Auctioneer Inglis will manage the sale with those interested to submit expressions of interest over the next nine weeks. The successful bidder will act as ‘Slot Licensee’ (as referred to… Read More »
Group One winner Best Of Days will have to pass two barrier tests during the week if he is to take his place in the Blamey Stakes at Flemington. The James Cummings-trained Best Of Days refused to jump with the rest of the field in Saturday’s Group One Futurity Stakes… Read More »
Dual Everest winner Redzel has sparkled in a barrier trial at Canterbury ahead of his return in the Group Two Challenge Stakes. With his trademark red blinkers back on, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Redzel led all the way in Monday’s heat to beat Viridine by four lengths in 54.63… Read More »
Happy Clapper has finished second to Winx four times and his trainer Pat Webster will be content if it happens again in the Chipping Norton Stakes. First markets on Saturday’s Group One feature at Randwick indicate the result will be the same as it was in the Apollo Stakes last… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell is keen to test O’Tauto over 1600 metres for the first time and will do so at Group One level in the Australian Guineas at Flemington. O’Tauto won at Flemington over 1400m in mid-January before cementing 2019 Australian Guineas plans with a third in the Group Three… Read More »
Improving colt Xanthus will have his final hit-out before next month’s rich Aquis Jewel in the Prelude at Doomben.. Xanthus trialled well before his first run in a race when he finished second to star filly Vincere Volare at Doomben two weeks ago. Dunn had entered Xanthus for a two-year-old… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Chris Caserta has been charged with placing six bets on thoroughbred races over a nine month period. Racing Victoria stewards charged Caserta on Monday under the rule relating to riders not being allowed to bet on thoroughbred racing. The details of the charge are that between March and… Read More »
The Coongy Handicap will revert to three days before the Caulfield Cup with the winner earning a spot in the rich race. Following a review, the Melbourne Racing Club has announced changes to the Caulfield Cup conditions with the Coongy now one of nine local ballot-exempt races. The list of… Read More »
A decision whether Blue Diamond Stakes winner Lyre presses on to the Golden Slipper is at least a week away. Lyre came from back in the field in Saturday’s $1.5 million Group One Blue Diamond at Caulfield to make it three wins from four starts so far in her juvenile… Read More »
Apprentice Chelsea Hall has suffered fractured ribs in a fall in a jump-out. Hall was taken to the Alfred Hospital after the fall at Cranbourne on Monday morning. The Victorian Jockeys Association said scans revealed Hall sustained three fractured ribs in the incident. On Sunday, fellow Victorian rider Dylan Dunn… Read More »
Winx will have a maximum of nine rivals in the Group One Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick when she aims to increase her Group One tally to 23. Only three of the of the 10 nominations are from stables outside her own with Aloisia, Happy Clapper and Tavago making up… Read More »
Kim Waugh has qualified two runners for the Provincial Championship final with Safada and Spring Charlie running the quinella in the first heat at Hawkesbury. The first three in any of the provincial heats get into the $500,000 final on April 13 with the Greg McFarlane-trained It’s So Obvious claiming… Read More »
Chris Waller says what you see with Winx is what you get and he expects to see the same in the Chipping Norton Stakes as he has the past 30 times she has been to the races. The champion will be out to win Saturday’s Group One Chipping Norton (1600m)… Read More »
The Newmarket Handicap looms as a launching pad for multiple Group One winner Santa Ana Lane’s latest campaign which could feature international targets. The Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana Lane capped his spring preparation last year with victory in the VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington, his fourth Group One success…. Read More »
Fiesta has already begun her campaign with a confidence-boosting win and her trainer is hoping she can transfer her form to the highest level in the Surround Stakes. The filly won the $1 million Inglis Sprint (1100m) at Warwick Farm on February 16 and steps up to 1400m in Saturday’s… Read More »
