Chiavari has finally broken through for her maiden success at Caulfield and in doing so landed a betting plunge. The Nick Harnett-trained mare won the Ladbrokes Multiverse Handicap after being supported from $20 into $9.50. Ridden by Jye McNeil, Chiavari held off a late challenge from Mariquita ($18) to score… Read More »
Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn has maintained his momentum in Highway Handicap races with Wallander giving the stable another win in the Saturday metropolitan races for country horses. Since the introduction of the Highway races almost three years ago, Dunn has won 17 and Goulburn’s Danny Williams has claimed 15-1/2. Ridden… Read More »
After three consecutive second placings to start his Australian career, imported galloper Mantastic has broken through for a win at Caulfield. The Darren Weir-trained Mantastic was sent out the $2.80 favourite in Saturday’s Mypunter.com Handicap (1600m) and didn’t disappoint, racing to a one-length victory under Melbourne’s leading apprentice Ethan Brown…. Read More »
The Mick Price pair of Grunt and Mighty Boss are a step closer to a racetrack return after a gallop between races at Caulfield. The Caulfield Guineas-winning Mighty Boss shaded his Australian Guineas-winning stablemate at the end of the hit-out with neither galloper asked to break the clock. Price said… Read More »
Much-travelled jockey Les Tilley believes he couldn’t have picked a better horse on who to win his first Saturday metropolitan race than Spurcraft who scored at Doomben. Spurcraft ($1.50) made it six wins from nine starts when he led all of the way to beat Malvern Estate ($10) by a… Read More »
Jockey Damien Thornton has had a “breakout” year in Victoria and has added to it with a win on Wild Flyer at the final city meeting of the season. The 22-year-old spent 14 months riding in South Australia before deciding to return home to Victoria early this season last September…. Read More »
The last two-year-old race of the Sydney season has produced a winner Gai Waterhouse believes can deliver her and training partner Adrian Bott success in the Victoria Derby. Thinkin’ Big ($3.60 fav) led all the way over the 1500 metres and held off his rivals comfortably with Laburnam ($3.70) getting… Read More »
Tasmanian galloper Brilliant Jet booked himself a second crack at the two biggest races in his home state when he won at Doomben on Saturday. Brilliant Jet ($6.50) won a three-way slog from the 250m to score by a half neck to Ruling Dynasty ($7) with a nose to Tumultuous… Read More »
Trainer David Murphy’s prediction no two-year-old in Brisbane could head his filly Archer’s Paradox from the barriers proved correct when she led all the way to win at Doomben. Archer’s Paradox ($8) bounced to the lead and then sat outside co-leader Holdin’ My Own to the home turn before coming… Read More »
Sheikh Mohammed’s breeding operation Darley has secured naming rights to the four-leg Princess Series for fillies at Randwick. As part of a new partnership with Australian Turf Club, Darley will offer the breeder of the winner from each of the four races a free service to some of its leading… Read More »
Chasing a sixth straight win in the Mildura Cup, jockey Dean Yendall has finished out of the placings aboard Kenjorwood. Yendall started his Mildura Cup winning streak on the Darren Weir-trained Lord Of Brazil in 2012. He followed up on Out Of Coober for South Australian trainer Bill Smart in… Read More »
The last time Testashadow raced over 1500 metres at Rosehill, the Gary Portelli-trained gelding won the Group Three Festival Stakes. That December win is Testashadow’s most recent and Portelli believes the rising seven-year-old’s chances over the course and distance in Saturday’s Listed Winter Challenge hinge on how much a seemingly… Read More »
Stephen Baster says he would not encourage his children to follow him down the path of becoming a jockey. He says the job is too dangerous, however after 25 years he still gets a buzz out of riding. As chairman of the Victorian Jockeys’ Association Baster is frustrated with those… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic is confident Just Hifalutin is spot-on for her second-up assignment at Caulfield after being narrowly denied in her return from a spell in her first stakes test. Just Hifalutin was on the back of eventual winner Camdus at the 300m mark of the Listed All Victorian Sprint… Read More »
A victory by Jungle Edge in the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield could be cause for double celebration for one of the gelding’s part-owners. Mark Holt is the captain of the Cranbourne Australian rules football team and will be hoping to land his 1000th goal when he runs out on Saturday…. Read More »
Central Queensland jockey Tasha Chambers has been disqualified for nine months after she admitted to providing a fake urine sample. Chambers was stood down on June 28 when the sample she gave during no-notice testing at the Rockhampton races on June 24 was found to be inconsistent with human urine…. Read More »
Peter Hulbert and his son Will hope to celebrate their third year as a training partnership with an open company double at Doomben. The Hulberts run a boutique stable of about 12 horses and have had a steady stream of winners since forming their partnership in 2016. Will Hulbert is… Read More »
On a day when two Group One winners will kick off their campaigns in the weight-for-age Bletchingly Stakes, another couple of elite-level performers will also make appear at Caulfield. Saturday’s Group Three Bletchingly Stakes features the return of multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart and dual Group One-winning sprinter… Read More »
Cracksman could yet run in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes after featuring among eight declarations for the Ascot showpiece. Trainer John Gosden revealed earlier this week the star colt would need rain on Saturday (Sunday AEST) with connections keen to avoid fast ground following his defeat in… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley’s pet theory will get another test with smart filly Sista Act at Doomben. Sista Act was scratched from a suitable three-year-old race last week when she drew wide to run in the Xplore Resources Plate (1200m) on Saturday. The Plate is a set weights race for two… Read More »
