Connections will resist the temptation to try to win New Zealand’s Group One spring weight-for-age triple crown with Melody Belle. The mare has won the first two legs, the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Saturday’s Windsor Park Plate (1600m) but trainer Jamie Richards says she will not step up to 2040m… Read More »
The Charlie Appleby stable has already struck early in the Melbourne spring carnival with Jungle Cat’s Group One win at Caulfield. Now Blair House gets his chance to add another when he makes his Australian debut in next Sunday’s Underwood Stakes at the same track. The first of the English… Read More »
Inaugural Everest winner Redzel has returned to full health and is on target to defend his title in the $13 million race at Randwick. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained sprinter will have his final lead-up run in Saturday’s Premiere Stakes at Randwick. Redzel was a race morning scratching from The… Read More »
Leading Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is set to increase his presence in Queensland with a Gold Coast stable. The multiple Group One-winning trainer has gradually been building up his runners in Queensland this season. He is currently sixth on the Queensland metropolitan premiership with five winners from 15 runners. Lees… Read More »
Brett Prebble’s return to Australian racing is off to a rocky start with the star jockey suspended at Caulfield. New chief steward Robert Cram issued a 20-meeting ban to Prebble on Saturday after finding him guilty of improper riding aboard Cross Legend in the Listed Jim Moloney Stakes. Stewards charged… Read More »
Queensland mare Winter Bride has become a stakes winner at her first start in Melbourne with a fighting victory at Caulfield. The Toby Edmonds-trained filly was having her first start since July in Saturday’s Group Three Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes. Ridden by Ryan Maloney, Winter Bride ($4.80) scored a half-length… Read More »
A long-range plan has come to fruition with international visitor Jungle Cat winning the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. UK-based Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby has had plenty of success at Australian carnivals in the past three years and sent a team of three horses to Melbourne earlier… Read More »
Night’s Watch has earned a ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup with victory in the MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield. But trainer Darren Weir says the five-year-old is not guaranteed to start in the $5 million race on October 20 after his win on Saturday. Weir said he would wait… Read More »
Zumbelina is likely to race on in Queensland after a strong win in the Marcoola Surf Club Handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Sent out favourite, Zumbelina ($2.60) gave jockey Jeff Lloyd a winning double when she came from well back in the field to beat Spur Le Jouer ($101) by… Read More »
The Autumn Sun has staged a stunning last-to-first performance to beat his Chris Waller-trained stablemate Zousain in the $1 million Golden Rose. Already a Group One winner of the JJ Atkins in June, The Autumn Sun had lost his unbeaten record and Golden Rose favouritism at his previous start when… Read More »
The lightly raced Shumookh will be aimed at the Group One Myer Classic after breaking through for a first stakes win in the Golden Pendant at Rosehill. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Shumookh won the first of her seven starts in January and added her second win in… Read More »
Connections of Mystic Journey will consider a late entry for the Group One Thousand Guineas after the Tasmanian filly raced to a convincing win in a Listed race at Caulfield. Mystic Journey had been a luckless fifth at Moonee Valley at her most recent start last month and trainer Adam… Read More »
A desperation bid to add blinkers to the race day gear of Volkoff helped her regain her best Perth form with a win at the Sunshine Coast. Volkoff was a multiple stakes winner in Perth before being sent to Queensland for the Magic Millions National Sale as a broodmare prospect…. Read More »
After a narrow Group Two defeat at her previous start, Noire has broken through for her first stakes in the Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. Her Group Two win over 1500m on Saturday has prompted thoughts of a step up to the elite level in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. The… Read More »
Sydney visitor Spending To Win has passed his first test in Melbourne registering a narrow victory at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained sprinter is based in Melbourne for the spring carnival and registered a first-up victory in Saturday’s Grassroots Sports Club For Mirabel Handicap. Ridden by Regan Bayliss, Spending… Read More »
Trainer Les Ross keeps counting his blessings that smart three-year-old Defence Missile is in his stable. Defence Missile ($4.40) made it two wins in a row and took his prize money and bonus payments past $200,000 when he won the Marcoola SLSC Nippers Handicap (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast. Ross… Read More »
After missing a start in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, quality mare Tulip has claimed a consolation in a race on the undercard at Caulfield. Tulip was left stranded as fourth emergency for Saturday’s Rupert Clarke so instead connections ran her in the Punters.com.au Living Legends Handicap for… Read More »
Melbourne trainer Mick Price’s decision to switch Miss Admiration to Sydney has led to a win at Rosehill that could pave the way to 2018 Caulfield Cup start. Price’s preferred choice for the mare was The MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield on Saturday but instead he lodged a late nomination… Read More »
A patient Grahame Begg has been rewarded with Written By scoring a first-up win at Caulfield. After a hectic autumn campaign as a two-year-old that saw Written By win the Blue Diamond Stakes before running fourth in the Golden Slipper, the colt returned to win Saturday’s Skyline Education Foundation Plate…. Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds believes there is one simple reason flying mare From Within has regained her best form. And that is to just let her run. A short-priced favourite, From Within ($1.30) made it three wins in a row when she breezed home by four lengths to Scorcha ($26) in… Read More »
