Lah Ti Dar is now vying for St Leger favouritism following confirmation she will run in the final British Classic of the season at Doncaster. Trained by John Gosden, Lah Ti Dar will run in Saturday’s staying test against 2018 Melbourne Cup entry Kew Gardens in preference to a Group… Read More »
A measured approach to the start of Wagner’s spring campaign is about to take on a new dimension. Stepping into benchmark company at Canterbury after accounting for his own age group last month, three-year-old Wagner underlined his promise to win with authority on Wednesday. Such a victory isn’t usually greeted… Read More »
Kings Will Dream is assured a Caulfield Cup start but the import still has work to do if his connections want to run him in the Melbourne Cup as well. The order of entries for both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups were released on Wednesday with Kings Will Dream exempt… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman will have the opportunity to get his eye in before riding in an International Jockeys’ Series in Singapore. Bowman is the captain of an Australian team comprising Kerrin McEvoy and Mark Zahra in the series at Kranji on September 25, taking on teams from South Africa, the… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings is counting on the application of blinkers to spark an improved showing from Encryption in the Group Two Danehill Stakes. Saturday’s Danehill Stakes field of 12 features the Darren Weir-trained Native Soldier who is high up in Caulfield Guineas odds after an emphatic win in the… Read More »
The horse many predict will be the next champion to emerge from the Chris Waller stable will face what appears to be certain defeat when she goes up against her illustrious stablemate Winx in the George Main Stakes. Waller has confirmed Australian Oaks winner Unforgotten will run in Saturday’s 1600m… Read More »
Beaudesert trainer Diane Murphy received some consolation for missing a big bonus in north Queensland when Gilded Lion scored an upset win at the Sunshine Coast. Murphy also trains Peacock who was in line for a $150,000 bonus if he had won at the Cairns Amateurs last Saturday. Peacock won… Read More »
Mick Price has decided on an Adelaide trip for Fighting Harada in a bid to get the three-year-old into bigger Melbourne spring races. Fighting Harada was an acceptor in the Listed Antler Luggage Plate at Flemington on Saturday, but instead he’ll carry 59kg in the Holdfast Insurance Handicap at Morphettville…. Read More »
With unfinished business as a jockey and his weight now under control, former champion Melbourne apprentice Dylan Dunn is making a comeback. And the 23-year-old says he’s more motivated than ever. Dunn has not ridden in a race since January last year and announced his retirement as a jockey a… Read More »
It will be the Winx show at Randwick but the George Main Stakes meeting will be equally significant for several The Everest contenders headed by defending champion Redzel. Redzel will clash with fellow Everest slot holders Brave Smash, English and Invincible Star in the Group Two Shorts on Saturday. The… Read More »
Trainer Greg Hickman has ruled out pursuing a start in The Everest for Pierata who returns from a minor hiccup at Randwick. The four-year-old was tossed up as a possible contender for an Everest slot after he resumed with a strong win over Kementari in the Missile Stakes last month…. Read More »
Sydney galloper Happy Clapper is a force over the famed Randwick mile and gets an opportunity to try to add a feature win over the same distance at Flemington in the Makybe Diva Stakes. But trainer Pat Webster is wary of the outside barrier draw for his stable star in… Read More »
Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker hopes his run of good luck at Brisbane’s Doomben racecourse can continue with Show A Star. Doomben has been kind to Baker and it is where the Warwick Farm-based trainer got his first Group One winner with Music Magnate in the 2016 Doomben 10,000. Baker has… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas favourite Brutal will figure in a potentially career-defining moment at Flemington. Unbeaten in two starts, Brutal will race over 1400m in Saturday’s Listed Antler Luggage Plate instead of the more prestigious Group Two Danehill Stakes at 1200m. Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes wants to know before getting too far into… Read More »
Racing Queensland says it will work with trainers to have a designated major barrier trial day for two-year-olds reinstated. For many years up to 30 two-year-old trials on the same day were held at Eagle Farm in the lead-up to the early-season juvenile races. The emphasis in Queensland is now… Read More »
Humidor will begin from the inside barrier in a star-studded Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington as he tries for consecutive wins in the weight-for-age race. There are nine individual Group One winners among the 12 acceptors for Saturday’s 1600m race including Happy Clapper who has the outside barrier… Read More »
Toowoomba apprentice Rebecca Goldsbury has had a two month-suspension on a handling charge quashed on appeal. It is the latest case to take nine months to resolve in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and also raises an issue about whether apprentices should be booked to ride certain types of… Read More »
Champion Winx will have seven rivals when she lines up in the Group One George Main Stakes at Randwick in a bid to stretch her winning sequence to 27 and her Group One tally to 20. Four of her Chris Waller-trained stablemates, Who Shot Thebarman, Egg Tart, Religify and Unforgotten,… Read More »
Everest contender In Her Time and Group One winner El Dorado Dreaming have been transferred from suspended trainer Ben Smith to fellow Newcastle trainer Kris Lees. Racing NSW stewards have suspended Smith after finding him guilty of two charges, one of providing false evidence and one of refusing to give… Read More »
Godolphin travelling foreman Chris Connett is back in familiar territory with three horses preparing for the Melbourne spring carnival. Blair House, Folkswood and Jungle Cat landed in Melbourne on Saturday and are in quarantine at Werribee where they will be joined by another shipment of Charlie Appleby-trained gallopers on September… Read More »
