The Godolphin two-year-old train keeps rolling on with Tenley showing her debut midweek victory was no fluke with a barnstorming win in the Pierro Plate at Randwick. She was slow out of the gates and Kerrin McEvoy dropped her out last in Saturday’s 1100m-race and let her loose in the… Read More »
German import Schabau has kept an unbeaten Australian record intact with a fighting win victory as a short-priced favourite at Flemington. Schabau was successful at his Australian debut at Flemington on New Year’s Day and registered his second victory taking out Saturday’s Lawn Handicap. Ridden by Mark Zahra, Schabau was… Read More »
Pure Scot has capitalised on a box-seat run to land her first Flemington win at her fifth attempt. Having her eighth start of this preparation which had already netted wins at Ballarat and Sandown, the Lindsay Park-trained mare took her career earnings past $400,000 with her victory in Saturday’s DeRucci… Read More »
The Brisbane Racing Club has banned trainer Ben Currie from attending Doomben and Eagle Farm race meetings until charges against him are resolved. In a media statement, the BRC said it had taken the step under a section of the Liquor Act which allows the club to deny entry to… Read More »
On a day champion Winx makes her highly anticipated return to racing in Sydney, her trainer Chris Waller will have a strong hand in feature races in Melbourne. Waller’s representatives at Flemington include three-year-old colt Lean Mean Machine in the Group One Lightning (1000m). Lean Mean Machine is first-up from… Read More »
Trainer Desleigh Forster believes first-up specialist Cannyescent’s class will offset the gelding’s weight of 59kg in the Open Handicap at Doomben. Cannyescent will be having his third run for Forster in Saturday’s 1110m-sprint after winning seven races in Victoria. “He was placed in both his runs for me in the… Read More »
Group One winner Land Of Plenty is on the move for the second time in as many weeks and a sixth time throughout his career, joining the Flemington stables of Peter and Paul Snowden. The Snowdens become the sixth stable to work with last spring’s Toorak Handicap winner. A veteran… Read More »
Last start G1 winner Manuel is climbing up the ladder in the race for public votes on the All Star Mile with the help of actor John Cleese. Manuel is named for the character played by Andrew Sachs in the cult TV series Fawlty Towers created by, and starring, Cleese…. Read More »
Winx’s place in history is assured whether she wins the Apollo Stakes or not. She has won four Cox Plates when everyone thought Kingston Town’s three would stand the test of time. She has won 29 races in a row, four more than Black Caviar who stands alone because she… Read More »
Magnicity will press for a start in the Blue Diamond Stakes when she lines up in a two-year-old stakes race at Flemington. The Robbie Griffiths-trained filly runs in Saturday’s Talindert Stakes with a top-four finish likely to be enough for connections to pay up for a start in the Blue… Read More »
Having dipped his toe in the water during the Melbourne spring carnival, the late-blooming Dreamforce is poised to continue his rise through the grades when he resumes at Randwick. The lightly-raced six-year-old tackles Saturday’s Group Three Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) against the likes of experienced campaigner Dothraki, last year’s winner… Read More »
After successive midweek Sandown victories, the time has come for Age Of Chivalry to be tested against some of Victoria’s best three-year-olds. Simon Zahra, who trains in partnership with his cousin Mathew Ellerton, said Saturday’s Group Three C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington was the opportunity to find out where… Read More »
Impressive barrier trial winner Xanthus takes the first step towards bigger things when he makes his debut at Doomben. Xanthus will tackle a smart field of youngsters in Saturday’s $125,000 Two-Year-Old Handicap (1110m) and his performance will determine whether he heads to Sydney or stays in Queensland for a $250,000… Read More »
It has been more than a quarter of a century since a two-year-old filly has contested the Group One Lightning Stakes and trainer Lloyd Kennewell is happy to be taking on the challenge with Jedastar at Flemington. On Saturday, Jedastar will become the first juvenile filly to run in the… Read More »
The path to the 2019 Melbourne Cup continues for lightly raced German import Schabau when he has his second Australian start at Flemington. Trained by Robert Hickmott who has won two Melbourne Cups, Schabau made a winning introduction to Australian racing at Flemington on January 1. The four-year-old scored a… Read More »
John Sargent is almost infamous. The trainer of the last horse to beat Winx in a race – Gust Of Wind in the 2015 Australian Oaks – his link to the champion has become somewhat of a claim to fame. “It comes up now and then at parties and things,”… Read More »
Trainer Gary Doughty missed seeing a stable winner on Wednesday but hopes his recovery from recent surgery will allow him to watch Cabeirian attempt a hat-trick of wins at Doomben. A former jockey, Doughty had bowel surgery in 2017 and had a follow-up operation last month because of complications. He… Read More »
King’s Stand Stakes winner Blue Point has scored a decisive win over Australian Faatinah at Meydan to cement his place in the Al Quoz Sprint on World Cup night and give trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick a treble at the meeting in Dubai. BLUE POINT annihilates the opposition… Read More »
Quarantine protocols have forced trainer Mick Kent to abandon plans to take Amanikan to the UAE Oaks in Dubai. The three-year-old, a winner at Sandown in January, was a possible contender for the race on February 21. But having to spend time in a quarantine centre with no exercise facilities… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has enough proof to be confident what Winx does in the last part of her races is superior to any other horse. He puts his trust in her jockey Hugh Bowman to navigate the first part of her races safely. The champion has been known to cause… Read More »
