Nature Strip is expected to be confirmed as the Australian Turf Club’s runner in the $13 million Everest. The Darren Weir-trained four-year-old set a Moonee Valley 1000m-record of 56.95 seconds in Saturday’s McEwan Stakes. The sprinter has had 11 starts for eight wins and two minor placings with the Group… Read More »
Chris Waller doesn’t want Winx to be the focus of the debate surrounding altrenogest saying it involves many more horses than the champion. Altrenogest, marketed under the name Regumate, is widely used to help regulate the cycles of fillies and mares. After the discovery of minute traces of the steroids… Read More »
Queensland cabinet is set to discuss the Point Of Consumption tax with a decision on allocation due within a fortnight. AAP understands there are divided opinions in cabinet on how the tax, which should raise about $70 million, will be spread. Cabinet is believed ready to make a decision on… Read More »
Many of Winx’s George Main Stakes rivals will come from her own stable but trainer Chris Waller can’t envisage any of them beating her. Winx is aiming for her third win in Saturday’s 1600m-Group One George Main Stakes at Randwick and her 20th at the highest level. Among the horses… Read More »
Kementari is set for a return clash with his Memsie Stakes conqueror Humidor in a star-studded Makybe Diva Stakes and will have a new jockey for the Group One race. Craig Williams, who rides regularly for the Godolphin operation in Melbourne, has been booked to ride Kementari at Flemington on… Read More »
The important Gold Coast barrier trials which were washed out last week have been switched to Tuesday but one drawcard will be missing. The trials were to feature some of the early season two-year-old hopefuls and a couple of horses who could be heading south for the spring. The Gold… Read More »
Everest contender Vega Magic’s path to the $13 million race will include a jump-out at Albury. Vega Magic, fourth in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on September 1, will not race again before The Everest on October 13 at Randwick. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes says the… Read More »
How Outback Barbie performs at her first test beyond 1200 metres will determine the rest of her so far luckless campaign. The filly’s career has been littered with hard luck tales including her two runs this Sydney spring when second in the Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes and fifth in… Read More »
A larger number of Singapore based buyers are expected to attend the Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in-training sales. There are 205 lots eligible for bonuses during the Singapore Golden Horseshoe 2YO Series and the increased interest will follow the three placegetters from this year’s race being sold at last… Read More »
At his third attempt, The Tin Man has hit the jackpot in the Group One Sprint Cup at Haydock for trainer James Fanshawe and jockey Oisin Murphy. Raging favourite Harry Angel burst out of the stalls without a problem this time after his mishap at Royal Ascot, but may have… Read More »
Superstar filly Enable has lived up to expectations with a stylish front-running victory in the Group Three September Stakes at Kempton Park. The John Gosden-trained four-year-old had not been seen since winning the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October, and all eyes were on Frankie Dettori’s mount in her… Read More »
Magic Consol has given trainer Paul Preusker his biggest success winning the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley. However, the trainer, based in the western districts of Victoria at Horsham, missed the moment. He was instead saddling two runners at the Adelaide meeting at Morphettville. A… Read More »
Darren Weir again looks set to have a strong hand in the Group One handicaps for sprinter-milers after Land Of Plenty and Peaceful State’s one-two finish in a Listed race at Moonee Valley. Land Of Plenty and Peaceful State are among the horses Victoria’s premier trainer Weir has aimed towards… Read More »
A short half head is all that has separated Invincibella and Noire in the Group Two Sheraco Stakes with the two mares sharing other similarities. Both are owned by Star Thoroughbreds syndicates and both are trained by Chris Waller. The also raced together in Saturday’s 1200m-sprint for fillies and mares,… Read More »
The Golden Rose picture has become clearer or murkier depending which way you look at it after the major lead-up race at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained Lean Mean Machine scored a decisive win in Saturday’s Group Two Run To The Rose (1200m) but the heavy track threw a few questions… Read More »
Thrillster has emerged as a potential Golden Rose contender with her victory in a stakes race at Moonee Valley. The victory was a welcome change of luck for father-and-son training partners Leon and Troy Corstens with Thrillster’s victory in Saturday’s Atlantic Jewel Stakes. “We’ve had a bit of a bad… Read More »
Nature Strip has broken the 1000m track record at Moonee Valley in his latest audition for The Everest but has still been given a fright by Houtzen in the McEwen Stakes. The boom sprinter was the $1.50 favourite in Saturday’s weight-for-age sprint and his trainer Darren Weir indicated they wanted… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller has a big call to make on Zumbelina after the mare’s brilliant Doomben win. The original plan was to send Zumbelina to stud after Saturday’s Ascot Plumbing Handicap (1350m) but her win was so impressive those plans could change. Zumbelina ($4.80) came away to score by… Read More »
Imported Godolphin sprinter Home Of The Brave is bound for bigger races after a dominant win in the Group Two Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. His win over D’Argento and Trapeze Artist on Saturday prompted discussion about The Everest but stable representative Darren Beadman diverted attention from the $13 million… Read More »
Trainer Jarrod McLean will discuss options with connections of Trap For Fools after the former Perth galloper recorded back-to-back wins at Moonee Valley. After victory at Moonee Valley on August 25, Trap For Fools went on to record an all-the-way win in Saturday’s Harrolds Handicap. Ridden by Brad Rawiller, Trap… Read More »
