Favourite Sei Stella has blitzed the field to comfortably win the TAB Highway Handicap at Randwick. Sent out at $3.80, the Matthew Dale-trained four-year-old streaked away to claim victory in Saturday’s 1000m sprint by 3-1/4 lengths ahead of Lifesaver and Prince Planet. It was the second win in the past… Read More »
Every year Paul Perry seems to find a good horse and Ragged Rascal may be ready to show the talent his trainer has always believed he had. The colt raced against the best as a two-year-old but failed to live up to expectations. Because of that, punters ignored him in… Read More »
Trainer David Hayes believes Jaameh has what it takes to be a Melbourne Cup contender and will now try to secure the imported stayer a place in the famous race. Jaameh ($5.50) bounced back from a disappointing last start showing at Caulfield to win Saturday’s JDRF Pin & Win Plate… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote got the perfect birthday present when one of his most frustrating horses Kubis broke through for an overdue metropolitan win at Doomben. Heathcote, who turned 59 on Saturday, has always had a big opinion of Kubis who has had a lot of bad luck during his career…. Read More »
Tough Caloundra filly Baccarat Baby showed she won’t be out of place in Group One company in Sydney with her strong win at Doomben. Baccarat Baby ($4.20) made it five wins in a row when she came from last to beat Ailecah ($6.50) by three-quarters of a length with a… Read More »
El Dorado Dreaming has been withdrawn from the Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick after returning an irregularity to a prohibited substance. The winner of the Group One ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes in the autumn, El Dorado Dreaming was tested on Tuesday after an inspection of Ben Smith’s Newcastle stable. Racing… Read More »
Three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva has become a mother again on the eve of the Group One race at Flemington named in her honour. Thrilled to announce Makybe Diva is a proud mother again, a #WrittenTycoon, filly born in the early hours @VineryStud. Both doing really well. All just… Read More »
Joe Pride was the second happiest person on course when New Tipperary broke an extended winning drought to race away with the Group Three Cameron Handicap at Newcastle. His exuberance was bettered only by that of his son Brave who is New Tipperary’s biggest fan and was on hand to… Read More »
Even though Mahamedeis holds a Caulfield Cup nomination his trainer Nick Ryan isn’t expecting him to be running in the $5 million race. Instead Ryan is looking to softer carnival options with Mahamedeis who kicks off his spring campaign in Saturday’s Listed The Sofitel at Flemington. “He runs Saturday, then… Read More »
The Metropolitan Handicap looms as a logical goal for the Chris Waller-trained Carzoff who has proven his staying credentials with a narrow win in the Newcastle Gold Cup. Kerrin McEvoy rode a patient race on the six-year-old and had to weave a passage through the field before Carzoff burst through… Read More »
Everyone dreams of breeding or owning a champion. When Winx was born on September 14 seven years ago, no-one could have foreseen what she would become. As a yearling the filly was on bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster’s short list of horses he was recommending to Debbie Kepitis, Peter Tighe and… Read More »
Multaja has lost her unbeaten record but the talented filly gets the chance to bounce back to winning ways in the Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes at Flemington. The Godolphin-owned filly was a dominant winner of her first two starts at Werribee and Moonee Valley, either side of a spell, before… Read More »
While a George Main Stakes win seems assured, Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller has claims for a two-state Group One double with Comin’ Through to fly the stable’s flag in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. Waller has five of the eight runners in Saturday’s weight-for-age George Main (1600m) at… Read More »
Godolphin has unearthed a potential Classic contender in Aramayo who showed a superior turn of foot to claim the Spring Stakes at Newcastle, leading in a stable quinella. Winning jockey Tye Angland predicted a bright campaign for the colt who settled off the speed in Friday’s 1600-metre race before producing… Read More »
Petition missed a start in last year’s Group One Myer Classic but the talented mare will be out to enhance her prospects for this year’s edition when she runs in the Group Two Let’s Elope Stakes. The Anthony Freedman-trained mare’s autumn campaign was cut short after one start after which… Read More »
With dwindling stable numbers trainer Colin Little has a lot riding on stable star Vassilator. He is the leading light of the Caulfield trainer’s barn with number two and three seeds, Big Sur and No Commitment, sidelined sidelined through injury. Little is aiming Vassilator at the 2018 Caulfield Guineas and… Read More »
Oblivious to the drama surrounding her this week, In Her Time has kept preparations for The Everest on track with a solid exhibition gallop at Newcastle. The mare worked between races at Friday’s Newcastle Gold Cup meeting, galloping over 800m with race jockey Corey Brown in the saddle. Brown believes… Read More »
After two runs in her spring campaign, trainer Tony McEvoy says Ooohood is now starting to catch up to her Sydney three-year-old counterparts. Oohood runs in Saturday’s Group Two Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick in a bid to finally shed her maiden tag. McEvoy explained having Oohood start her preparation… Read More »
Melbourne’s former champion apprentice Dylan Dunn is set to make his comeback to race riding at Echuca in country Victoria. Dunn is booked for two rides at Saturday’s Echuca meeting – one for Leon and Troy Corstens and the other for Hawkes Racing – which will be his first races… Read More »
Controversial socialite and licensed horse trainer Shari-Lea Hitchcock has been suspended for three months for insulting and improper behaviour towards Racing NSW stewards. Hitchcock, who has a small stable at Kembla Grange, has also been fined $750 after being found guilty of disposing of a dead horse without written approval… Read More »
