Riding plenty of winners is the best advertisement for a young jockey leading into the spring. Jordan Childs has been doing just that with long-term hopes it may lead to a ride in the Melbourne Cup 2018. With a number of senior riders either taking the day off or riding… Read More »
Trainer Barry Baldwin believes a fast-finishing second in a strong quality race earlier this year is the best pointer to veteran Glendara’s chances at his first middle distance test. Glendara indicated a return to form with a strong third at Doomben over 1600m three weeks ago. The eight-year-old steps out… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is set to claim a third Australian Horse of the Year title when it is announced in the lead-up to her next start in the Turnbull Stakes. The finalists in the seven categories have been announced for the awards which will be revealed in Melbourne next Thursday…. Read More »
Favourite Egg Tart’s chances at Randwick could be further enhanced with a 60 per cent chance of rain in Sydney. Trainer Chris Waller says the five-year-old, a potential 2018 Caulfield Cup contender, will perform well on what is already a soft track for Saturday’s Group Two Hill Stakes. More rain… Read More »
Suspended trainer Nathan McPherson has had a six week sentence added to his ban following a stewards inquiry into who was training a horse scratched from a recent Mornington meeting. McPherson was suspended for two months in August after a horse he trains returned a positive sample to a metabolite… Read More »
Tim Clark expects Shoals to stamp herself a worthy Everest contender when she takes on the two favourites for the $13 million race in a crucial lead-up at Randwick. Six of the eight runners in Saturday’s Premiere Stakes (1200m) have guaranteed starts in the world’s richest sprint race on turf,… Read More »
Local trainer David Brideoake will attempt to advance the Cups campaign of Self Sense in the R M Ansett Classic at Mornington. Self Sense, who successfully mixed flat and hurdle racing during the winter, remains in contention for the Caulfield Cup 2018 and Melbourne Cup 2018. His chances of making… Read More »
Dean Holland has lost one of his chances on Epsom Handicap day but is still confident about his prospects of a second career Group One win , more than eight years after his first. The lightweight jockey was booked to ride Radipole in Saturday’s Epsom at 50kg but the Mike… Read More »
With top Melbourne jockey Craig Williams riding one of his two juvenile fillies at Randwick, country trainer Brett Thompson’s confidence has grown. The Gulgong trainer was ringing around to find a jockey for Press Week when owner and breeder Tony Muollo sent a video of the filly’s trial to premier… Read More »
D’Argento and Fiesta carry the hopes of their many owners into Group One races at Randwick and while victory by either will be cause for celebration, for Star Thoroughbreds’ Denise Martin there will also be sadness. Martin syndicated both D’Argento, favourite for Saturday’s Epsom Handicap, and Fiesta who runs in… Read More »
UNDERWOOD STAKES 1800m, $750,000, weight-for-age at Caulfield HISTORY * First run in 1924 when won by Whittier NOTABLE WINNERS * Whittier (1924-25); Phar Lap (1931); Ajax (1938-39-40); Tobin Bronze (1966); Rain Lover (1970); Bonecrusher (1986); Jeune (1994); Octagonal (1996); Northerly (2001-02); Weekend Hussler (2008); So You Think (2010); It’s A… Read More »
Hugh Bowman is on standby to ride Grunt in the Underwood Stakes should Damien Oliver fail in his bid to regain full fitness. Oliver has been cleared of any serious damage following a barrier mishap at Flemington on Wednesday and is confident he will be fit to ride in Group… Read More »
Bonneval’s defence of the Group One Underwood Stakes looms as a campaign-defining race for the dual New Zealand Horse of the Year. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained mare won last year’s weight-for-age Underwood (1800m) at Caulfield coming off a first-up win in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at… Read More »
Talented lightweight jockey Luke Tarrant makes his return to metropolitan racing with just one ride at Doomben. Tarrant was the leading apprentice in Queensland three years ago with his major wins including the 2014 Group Two Villiers on Rudy and the 2015 Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Le Chef. He… Read More »
If conditions are right the newly created Moonee Valley 1000m-track record is in danger in the Moir Stakes. Friday night’s Group One dash at Moonee Valley is expected to be a speed battle with Nature Strip, Ball Of Muscle and Snitty Kitty engaged. Nature Strip lowered the 1000m-record when successful… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Capitulate will again carry blinkers when he attempts to atone for a recent shock defeat. Capitulate will be having his third start for leading Queensland trainer Toby Edmonds in Saturday’s Cascade 3YO Handicap (1615m) at Doomben. The gelding failed in two starts in NSW before joining Edmonds on… Read More »
Well-known bloodstock consultant Steve Brem has died in Sydney after a long illness. A racing journalist, bloodstock adviser and stud manager in his native New Zealand, Brem was recruited by Gai Waterhouse to bring more stud-owned racing stock into the stable. Brem was the first national secretary of the NZ… Read More »
After being cleared of any serious damage from a barrier mishap at Flemington, champion jockey Damien Oliver says he’s confident he will be able to ride at the Group One Moir Stakes meeting at Moonee Valley. Oliver is booked for five rides at the Valley on Friday night including the… Read More »
A stewards hearing into 28 charges against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie may not be heard for at least six months. Currie’s lawyers have lodged a Supreme Court review application seeking orders involving the charges which arise from a raid on his stables at Toowoomba on April 7. The application which… Read More »
Jockey James McDonald insists it won’t be long before the latest member from one of Australian racing’s most decorated thoroughbred families makes a name for herself. Girl Tuesday advanced her record to three wins from as many starts when she graduated to city racing in best possible way in the… Read More »
