Winx’s Turnbull Stakes defence will be the second and probably last time the great mare will compete at the famous Flemington racetrack. The champion won last year’s Turnbull by 6-1/2-lengths and her trainer Chris Waller says Winx is “picture perfect” ahead of her bid to make it 28 successive victories… Read More »
The Turnbull Stakes meeting at Flemington shapes as a defining day for a number of spring aspirants. Saturday’s UCI Stakes for three-year-olds is regarded as D-day for a number of potential stayers aimed at the Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington in four weeks. Just as they did 12 months ago,… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller’s venture into Queensland racing takes an interesting turn when two-year-old Soldati makes his debut at Doomben. Waller set up a successful Gold Coast satellite stable 13 months ago and has already had 55 Queensland winners. But most of those have been with tried horses, particularly stayers…. Read More »
Queensland stewards have adjourned an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the late scratching of She’s A Youeffoh at the Gold Coast. She’s A Youeffoh was the short-priced favourite when stewards ordered her withdrawal shortly before her race on Wednesday. An inquiry was opened after Queensland Racing Integrity Commission officers reported… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says Winx is in perfect order mentally and physically as she prepares to chase her 28th consecutive win and 21st Group One victory in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. The champion has had a maintenance gallop at Flemington on Thursday morning ahead of Saturday’s Turnbull, a race… Read More »
Emerging colt Mansa Musa has given another front-running display to win his second race from two starts and set up a jump from a Warwick Farm midweek class to Listed company at Randwick. The Gerald Ryan-trained three-year-old won his debut over 1100m at Gosford on September 6 and backed it… Read More »
A race over a middle distance at Flemington is shaping as the fork in the road for Not A Single Cent. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old runs in Saturday’s UCI Stakes. Not A Single Cent, a half brother to triple Group One winner Happy Clapper, looked to have… Read More »
The form from the Group Three Spring Stakes at Newcastle has already been franked by the success of third placegetter Greysful Glamour in the Oaks Trial at Flemington. The two Godolphin colts who finished in front of the Mark Newnham-trained filly at Newcastle now head to the Group One Spring… Read More »
Champion Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd has again had punters asking why he is retiring after producing another clever ride to win on Korodon at the Gold Coast. Lloyd, the winner of the past three Queensland metropolitan premierships, has indicated he will retire this season but exactly when is a closely… Read More »
Avilius has taken all before him since arriving in Australia and the exciting stayer is now primed for his chance to secure a spot in the Melbourne Cup. The James Cummings-trained Godolphin import is the short-priced favourite for Saturday’s Group Three Bart Cummings at Flemington which carries a ballot exemption… Read More »
Most of Chris Waller’s attention will be on Winx and the big stage at Flemington this weekend but on the sidelines he will be supporting country racing. After training last year’s Port Macquarie Cup winner Loving Home, Waller has six-year-old Exoteric in the $150,000 race on Friday. “He should run… Read More »
The travelling foreman for leading Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien is pleasantly surprised at how well the team is after a delay extended their trip from England to Australia to more than 60 hours. T J Comerford accompanied five O’Brien-trained spring carnival horses who are now settled at the Werribee quarantine… Read More »
Another 21st milestone is on the cards for champion Winx when she races at Flemington for the second time. A year ago Winx streeted her rivals to win the Turnbull Stakes by 6-1/2 lengths to register her 21st consecutive victory on her way to a third Cox Plate win at… Read More »
Another chapter in one of the longest running success stories in Queensland racing will be written when two-year-old Guntantes makes his debut at Doomben. Guntantes is the second-last foal of the prolific producer Cantantes and it isn’t a surprising leading trainer Robert Heathcote has a soft spot for the late… Read More »
Cracksman is still not certain to line up in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with rain forecast in Paris on the eve of Europe’s most prestigious race. Already a winner at ParisLongchamp this season in the Prix Ganay, the John Gosden-trained Cracksman was then made to work hard in… Read More »
Japanese import Ambitious will take no further part in the Melbourne spring racing carnival. Ambitious was placed in the Group One Tancred Stakes and Group One Doomben Cup earlier this year in his first Australian preparation but had been out of the money in two recent starts including his eighth… Read More »
A group of internationally trained horses will be eligible to race on Caulfield Guineas day with Racing Victoria getting approval for them to finish quarantine a day early. Nineteen horses travelling from Europe to Melbourne were delayed by almost a day when they were forced to spend almost 20 hours… Read More »
Nine horses have been declared to line up against champion Winx in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Winx will be chasing her 28th successive win and 21st Group One victory in Saturday’s 2000m-race which will be her final lead-up to her bid for an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate. The winner… Read More »
Three fillies are among the 13 horses declared for the Group One Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. Maid Of Heaven, Frankely Awesome and Panzerfaust will take on 10 colts in Saturday’s 2000m-race. Yankee Rose in 2016 is the only filly to win the Spring Champion which is a traditional stepping… Read More »
Two of the recently arrived horse in Melbourne for the spring carnival were lucky to depart before a typhoon hit Japan. Chestnut Coat and Sole Impact arrived in Melbourne to begin their quarantine stay the day Typhoon Trami hit Japan, injuring 200 people. Speaking through an interpreter, Sole Impact’s trainer… Read More »
