After successfully fighting a careless ban at the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board, jockey Nikita Beriman ended the day with a suspension at Flemington. Beriman appealed a suspension incurred at Tatura on Saturday at the RAD Board on Wednesday morning that saw a 12-meeting suspension overturned. However she wasn’t as… Read More »
Two young stayers have had their prices slashed for spring Classic races with emphatic victories at Flemington. Sydney visitor Greysful Glamour shot to the top of the Victoria Oaks market with her win in Wednesday’s Oaks Trial while Savoie was promoted to a $9 second favourite for the Victoria Derby… Read More »
Australian Bloodstock’s Luke Murrell has given The Metropolitan contender Big Duke a major vote of confidence, rating the stayer in superior shape to the same time last spring. Trained by Darren Weir, Big Duke finished second to Foundry in the corresponding race last year before going on to win the… Read More »
MOIR STAKES $500,000, Group One, 1000m, weight-for-age at Moonee Valley HISTORY First run in 1976 over 1000 metres when it was won by Scamanda. Upgraded to Group One in 2013. From 2007 to 2014 run at 1200m reverting to 1000m in 2015. The honour roll lists some of Australia’ greatest… Read More »
Some jumping and trips to the beach have formed part of Comin’ Through’s preparation for the Underwood Stakes which champion trainer Chris Waller hopes has the desired effect in the Group One race. Comin’ Through won the Group Two Tramway Stakes first-up at Randwick this preparation before finishing sixth in… Read More »
A string of wins in Queensland has earned Baccarat Baby the chance to take on Sydney’s best middle-distance fillies in Saturday’s Group One Flight Stakes at Randwick. The three-year-old placed on debut at Doomben in February and hasn’t been beaten in five starts since, her latest win coming over Saturday’s… Read More »
Our Libretto has stretched her winning sequence to three for trainer Grahame Begg with a hard-fought victory at Flemington. Previously prepared in New Zealand, Our Libretto scored at her first start for Begg at Sandown in July before again winning at that track last month. On the strength of those… Read More »
Jockey Damien Oliver will have X-rays after his leg became jammed against a metal petition in the barrier stalls at Flemington. Oliver was assisted back to the medical room after Thousand Wishes played up as the field was about to be dispatched in Wednesday’s Rose Of May Handicap. Victorian Jockeys’… Read More »
The Anthony Freedman stable is preparing to unveil another Japanese import with stayer Happy Moment set for his Australian debut in the Listed RM Ansett Classic at Mornington. A winner of five of his 35 starts in Japan and a placegetter at Group Two level over 2500m last year, nine-year-old… Read More »
Greg Hickman clearly remembers the day he watched Super Impose come from last under 61kg and weave through the field to score an historic win in the Epsom Handicap. It was 1991, Hickman was a young horseman coming through the ranks and that moment made an indelible mark on him…. Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is upbeat about the prospects of Houtzen who will chase her first Group One win in the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Houtzen followed home Moir Stakes favourite Nature Strip at Moonee Valley on September 8 and has been kept the four-year-old fresh for the return bout… Read More »
The Ipswich meeting set down for Wednesday was called off an hour before the first race because of the state of the track. A Racing Queensland spokesman said a sprinkler had apparently failed at the track on Monday night, soaking a section of the track 100m past the winning post…. Read More »
The Kosciuszko hopeful Snitz has continued to please trainer Matt Dunn as he prepares to take his first major step to the big race at Doomben on Saturday. Snitz is a $15 chance in $1.3 million The Kosciuszko to be run at Randwick on Saturday fortnight. Dunn has mapped out… Read More »
Grunt is set to attempt back-to-back Group One victories when he jumps from the outside barrier in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. A last-start winner of the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington, Grunt is one of 10 runners that will line up in Sunday’s 1800m weight-for-age contest. Champion trainer Darren… Read More »
A field of 13 is set to contest the Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley with favourite Nature Strip drawn the middle of the line up in barrier seven. Nature Strip drew best of the three Darren Weir-trained runners with Brave Smash in 10 and Voodoo Lad in barrier… Read More »
Trainer Lloyd Kennewell is confident stable star Viddora is primed for her first-up tilt at the Moir Stakes as she bids to go one better than last year in the weight-for-age sprint. Viddora was taken to Moonee Valley for a solo work-out on Monday morning and did everything Kennewell wanted… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy is likely to ride Metropolitan Handicap favourite Brimham Rocks one kilogram over the horse’s given weight. The Chris Waller-trained Brimham Rocks is one of 11 horses in the field of 18 plus one emergency on 50kg. Brimham Rocks heads the market at $5 with the Mick Price-trained Miss… Read More »
Barred sprinter Chautauqua is one of the headline nominations for two of Melbourne’s big spring sprints as he prepares for his moment of truth at Moonee Valley on Moir Stakes night. Nominations closed on Tuesday for two $1 million sprints, the Manikato Stakes (1200m) at the Valley on October 26… Read More »
Well-performed Japanese horse Ambitious will get his latest opportunity to snare a Group One win in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. A Group Two winner in Japan, Ambitious was placed twice at Group One level in his first Australian preparation in this year’s Tancred Stakes (2400m) in Sydney and Doomben… Read More »
As he prepares for his latest bid at a first Group One win in Sydney, trainer Mark Newnham is hoping staying prospect Greysful Glamour can stamp herself as a genuine VRC Oaks contender in her Melbourne debut. Newnham has sent the last-start stakes placegetter from Sydney for Wednesday’s Oaks Trial… Read More »
