D’Argento is shading his stablemate Unforgotten for Epsom Handicap favouritism with both drawing well in the Group One race over the famous Randwick mile. The two are among seven confirmed starters in Saturday’s $1 million feature for premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller with D’Argento at $4 after drawing barrier one… Read More »
Melbourne jockey Stephen Baster is set to ride Invincible Star in the The Everest and will reunite with the sprinter in her final lead-up to the $13 million race at Randwick. Baster rode Invincible Star to a dominant win in a Group Three race at Caulfield last spring before partnering… Read More »
Leading Epsom Handicap contenders D’Argento and Unforgotten have drawn barriers one and three respectively in the Group One feature at Randwick. Both are trained by Chris Waller who has seven runners in the 20-horse field plus one of the two emergencies. Another leading fancy Pierata will jump from gate four… Read More »
Winx has arrived in Melbourne with four of her stablemates ahead of her next start in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. The champion was accompanied by Golden Rose winner The Autumn Sun, Invincibella, Youngstar and Another Dollar. Chris Waller says the five horses will have an easy week to settle… Read More »
One-time Caulfield Guineas favourite Brutal will miss the race in favour of another Group One race later in the spring. Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said connections had decided to target the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on November 3 instead of next month’s 1600m Caulfield Guineas. Brutal is unbeaten in… Read More »
Last-start winner Grunt has already been well supported in a bid to add to his Group One tally in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. The Mick Price-trained four-year-old opened the $4.60 TAB equal favourite with the Darren Weir-trained Humidor when nominations closed on Monday. He has since firmed to be… Read More »
The first international runner in the $13 million Everest has had a trouble-free trip from Ireland to Sydney and settled in at the Canterbury quarantine centre. July Cup winner U S Navy Flag, who will represent Coolmore in The Everest on October 13 and travelling companion Somerset Maugham stretched their… Read More »
Suspended trainer Richard Laming has been hit with two charges after one of his horses returned a positive pre-race sample to a corticosteroid. Earlier this month Laming was suspended for two months on a race-day treatment charge after Patient was withdrawn from a race at Sandown in February. His latest… Read More »
Hush Writer is set to take another step on the path towards the Melbourne Cup in a stakes race at Mornington. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained import will line up in the Listed R M Ansett Classic (2400m) on Saturday. The Japanese-bred horse will then attempt to earn a… Read More »
Leading Everest contenders Redzel and Trapeze Artist are the early equal favourites for their clash in the Premiere Stakes at Randwick. Saturday’s Group Two 1200m-sprint is the final preparation for many of the runners in the $13 million Everest two weeks later. Trapeze Artist is the TAB’s $5 favourite for… Read More »
Robbie Laing is thankful the Group One Moir Stakes is still four days away. The Cranbourne trainer took Group One-placed mare Missrock to Moonee Valley on Monday for a gallop ahead of Friday night’s 1000m Moir Stakes sprint. Laing was encouraged by the work under race rider Ben Thompson but… Read More »
Chautauqua will be another drawcard at the Moir Stakes meeting at Moonee Valley when he contests an official trial between races. The Hawkes Racing-trained sprinter will have six rivals when he runs in the 1000m-trial between races four and five on Friday night. Chautauqua needs to jump from the barriers… Read More »
Caulfield Cup second favourite Night’s Watch is free of any lameness issues that may have derailed his spring campaign. Night’s Watch earned a ballot exemption into the 2018 Caulfield Cup with his win in Saturday’s MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield, but Racing Victoria stewards said the gelding had pulled up… Read More »
A man has appeared in a far north Queensland court charged over an incident which resulted in six horses having to be scratched from the Atherton Cup meeting amid a doping scare. The horses scratched on Saturday were Will He Torque, Princess Sedouris, Road Fox, Tapthetill, Celestial Jewel and Try… Read More »
New Zealand stayer Sir Charles Road’s chances to make the Caulfield Cup field hinge on the how many European horses will be declared at the first acceptance stage. Co-trainer Lance O’Sullivan was more than pleased with the Sydney Cup placegetter’s fourth in Saturday’s Group Three MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at… Read More »
Torcedor remains on target for the Melbourne Cup despite a disappointing start for his new owners in Germany. The top-class stayer trailed home last of seven runners in the Preis Von Europa at Cologne at his first start for trainer Andreas Wohler who won the 2014 Cup with Protectionist. The… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller has won the three Group One races run in Sydney this season and will be out to add the next three to his tally. Waller expects to have seven or eight runners in Saturday’s Epsom Handicap at Randwick headed by market leaders D’Argento and Unforgotten. The Epsom… Read More »
Racing Queensland has announced a new series which aims to give emerging three-year-old stayers the chance to test their Queensland Derby and Queensland Oaks credentials. The series will be run during the this year’s Queensland summer carnival with a view to the following winter Classics. It will be named the… Read More »
Trainer Joe Pride has no ambitions to get Ball Of Muscle into the $13 million Everest with his primary aim a Group One win. The gelding’s next chance will come in Friday’s Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley where he will be up against boom sprinter Nature Strip who has… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley is already thinking of bigger things with Courseshewill, winner of the first two-year-old race of the season in Queensland. Courseshewill ($3.30) finished powerfully to beat Arnwood ($5) by three-quarters of a length with 1-1/2 lengths to Badoosh ($4.80) in Sunday’s Pat O’Shea Memorial Plate (1000m) at Toowoomba…. Read More »
