Multiple Group One winner Shoals is to miss the Group One Oakleigh Plate because of a poor blood picture. Shoals was equal topweight for the 1100m-sprint at Caulfield on Saturday but the Anthony Freedman stable said on Twitter on Wednesday the mare would miss the race. “Shoals has been scratched… Read More »
Having prepared two of the past seven winners of the Blue Diamond Stakes trainer Mick Price knows what it takes to win Victoria’s premier race for juveniles at Caulfield. On Saturday he is hopeful Shotmaker can overcome the outside draw and inexperience to make an impression in the $1.5 million… Read More »
Champion Melbourne jockey Craig Williams will ride Godolphin colt Encryption one kilogram over his allocated 50kg in the Group One Oakleigh Plate. The James Cummings-trained Encryption is one of two three-year-old colts, the other being Charge, on 50kg in Saturday’s 1100m handicap at Caulfield which has a capacity field of… Read More »
Expensive filly Veranes has shown why she was originally considered a stakes horse when she finally broke her maiden status at the Gold Coast. Veranes ($2.70) was slow to jump and a clear last early but charged home score an easy win at her 10th race start in Wednesday’s 1200m-maiden…. Read More »
Despite his recent Group One win over the 1400 metres at Caulfield, the Tony McEvoy-trained Manuel remains well down the pecking order in early markets on the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. That does not faze McEvoy who is confident the last-start C F Orr Stakes winner can make his mark… Read More »
Godolphin head trainer James Cummings believes whatever wins the Silver Slipper will go on to play a starring role in the biggest two-year-old races of the autumn. Cummings saddles up boom colt and Golden Slipper favourite Tassort but he is taking nothing for granted ahead of the youngster’s return in… Read More »
New Zealander Sensei had arrived in Melbourne to run in the Oakleigh Plate for trainer Michael Pitman who believes the sprinter should already be a Group One winner. Pitman, who trains in partnership with his son Matthew, makes no secret he believes Sensei is superior to his stablemate Enzo’s Lad… Read More »
A week after Winx proved she was back and as good as ever, stablemate The Autumn Sun will be out to confirm his claims to the mantle of Australian racing’s next big star. The Chris Waller-trained colt is the odds-on favourite to make a winning return in Saturday’s Group Two… Read More »
Ben Melham hopes he hasn’t pulled the wrong rein in selecting I Am Immortal ahead of Brooklyn Hustle in the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. The jockey rode both two-year-olds in divisions of the Blue Diamond Preludes on February 9 and was left with the choice of two leading chances…. Read More »
In-form NSW jockey Andrew Gibbons will make the trip to Brisbane to ride Raay Of Dreams with Jeff Lloyd deciding to stick with Alligator Blood. The return clash of Raay of Dreams and Alligator Blood in the Two-Year-Old Handicap (1300m) will be a highlight of Saturday’s Eagle Farm meeting. The… Read More »
A capacity field of 18 plus four emergencies has been declared for the Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield with favourite Nature Strip drawing barrier five. Group One-winning mares Shoals and Viddora are equal topweights with 57kg and have drawn barriers seven and 11 respectively for Saturday’s 1100m sprint. Recent… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings is set to have three of the 12 runners in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield, headed by in-form mare Alizee. Alizee has barrier 11 for Saturday’s weight-for-age race over 1400 metres while stablemates Hartnell and Best Of Days have gates eight and one respectively…. Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning jockey Damian Browne expects he will need surgery on his legs if he is to return to riding. Browne has been working towards a return after being sidelined with a perforated bowel last month. He required surgery after an ulcer burst and caused the injury which also… Read More »
Trainer Ben Currie’s application for a stay of a suspension handed down at a show cause hearing will be heard on Thursday. Currie fronted the show cause hearing on Monday after stewards asked him to show why he was fit to continue training until animal cruelty charges against him were… Read More »
Star colt The Autumn Sun is officially out of contention for the $5 million All Star Mile and has been withdrawn from the vote. With 10 of the 14 runners to be chosen by the public, the Chris Waller-trained triple Group One winner was in the lead when the final… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winning mare Shoals will launch her autumn campaign in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield despite some concerns over the big weight she will carry. The Anthony Freedman stable confirmed on Tuesday, Shoals would take her place in Saturday’s Group One Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield for her first… Read More »
Gary Portelli has put Time To Reign’s recent defeat down as a learning experience for both horse and trainer. The winner of his first two starts in the spring, Time To Reign went into the Listed Lonhro Plate at Warwick Farm last Saturday week as the $1.60 favourite. After leading… Read More »
Star mare Alizee has been in stunning form in Sydney and will now be out to showcase her considerable talent in Melbourne when she heads south for the Group One Futurity Stakes. Convincing wins in the Listed Christmas Classic and the Group Two Expressway Stakes in Sydney so far this… Read More »
I Am Immortal will wear ear muffs in Victoria’s premier juvenile race at Caulfield as he bids to go through the Blue Diamond series unbeaten. The Anthony Freedman-trained colt has shown his speed with front-running wins in the Blue Diamond Preview and Prelude for colts and geldings in his first… Read More »
Singapore-based South African Barend Vorster has been issued a giant challenge for his first ride in Australia. Vorster is booked to ride $101 outsider Game Keeper in Saturday’s Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Game Keeper has drawn barrier one in the 14-horse field. One of Singapore’s leading jockeys… Read More »
