Premier trainer Darren Weir is expected to have at least four runners in Melbourne’s final stakes race of the season, the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes, while connections of Nature Strip have options in two states. Nature Strip could head to Adelaide for Saturday’s Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) but Weir said… Read More »
Chris Waller admits he is like a proud father when it comes to Winx who he says is primed for another big campaign. The mare will make her first public appearance since her Queen Elizabeth Stakes triumph in April when she runs in a barrier trial at Rosehill on Monday…. Read More »
Jockey James Orman has ensured he will get more rides for the powerful Toby Edmonds stable even if stable jockey Jeff Lloyd rides on until late this year. Orman continued his good run for Edmonds when he won on Winter Bride at Doomben on Saturday. Premier jockey Lloyd has been… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn has trained his 100th winner for the season and is looking forward to an even brighter new racing season. Dunn reached the milestone for the second time when The Ridge won at Ipswich on Friday. He has trained 52-1/2 winners in Queensland and 48 in NSW. “We… Read More »
A fresh and well Redzel is only a couple of weeks away from a barrier trial as trainers Peter and Paul Snowden plan a familiar path to The Everest with the star sprinter. Redzel won the inaugural Everest at Randwick last October and again has this year’s $13 million sprint… Read More »
Sea Of Class has landed a thrilling last-stride victory in the Irish Oaks for jockey James Doyle and trainer William Haggas. Doyle delivered the filly with an inch-perfect finish to foil Epsom Oaks winner Forever Together in the Classic at the Curragh on Saturday (Sunday AEST). After two victories in… Read More »
Apprentice Mitch Aitken has been suspended for three weeks on a misconduct charge at Flemington. He was also fined $500 for failing to ride at his declared riding weight for Saturday’s meeting, where he had two rides. Aitken was charged by Racing Victoria stewards following his second ride aboard Credible… Read More »
Jockey Damian Lane has kept alive faint hopes of claiming a first Melbourne jockeys’ premiership riding four winners at Flemington. Lane trails Craig Williams, chasing a seventh title, by six winners with the Sandown meeting on Wednesday and Caulfield next Saturday the two remaining meetings. He started Saturday’s meeting guiding… Read More »
Brave Song has made a winning return at Flemington but trainer Peter Snowden is adamant the gelding is even better than he has shown in the late-season race for three-year-olds. The stakes-placed Brave Song was resuming from a spell and having his first start in Melbourne in Saturday’s TAB/ATA Trainers’… Read More »
A last-minute decision to enter Fit For Purpose has given trainer Liam Birchley back-to-back wins in the Listed Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) at Doomben. Former Victorian jockey Dale Smith got a boost to his new career in Queensland when Fit For Purpose ($12) finished along the rails to win the last… Read More »
Tactical Advantage has repaid his new owners with an immediate dividend and given Brenton Avdulla a fitting send-off overseas as Sydney’s premier jockey. Having his first start for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees and syndicator Australian Bloodstock, Tactical Advantage dominated the finish of Saturday’s July Sprint (1100m) at Randwick. Sent out… Read More »
Apprentice Corey Bayliss has been suspended for six weeks after he admitted he failed to give short-priced favourite Tumbler every chance to win the Open Handicap at Doomben. Tumbler ($2) ran second to Amanaat on Saturday after being held up for a run in the straight of the 1200m race…. Read More »
Visao has earned a shot at the Victoria Derby with a dominant display in a two-year-old race at Flemington. The colt’s win in Saturday’s Byerley Handicap (1800m) gained the Ciaron Maher-trained galloper a ballot exemption in the Group One Victoria Derby at Flemington in November. After an earlier win with… Read More »
Chris Waller has achieved almost everything there is in Sydney racing but training a winner for another Group One trainer is something new. New Zealand Hall Of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson, who was domiciled in Sydney for 20 years before moving back home, sent Our Malambo to Waller hoping for… Read More »
Apprentice Melissa Julius has made the most of her opportunity to ride Miles Of Krishan for the Lindsay Park stable, taking out the Rising Stars Final to notch her first Flemington win. Saturday’s Rising Stars Final (1700m) was the culmination of a season-long series of 22 apprentice-only races across Victoria…. Read More »
Top jockey Damian Browne will seek further medical advice early next week to see if he needs surgery to correct a jaw injury. Browne stood down from riding at Doomben on Saturday after an incident at trackwork earlier in the day. Chief steward Dan Auricsh said Browne suffered a jaw… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Amanaat has bounced back from serious injury to win at Doomben on Saturday and put himself on a spring carnival route. Amanaat ($4) was having his first start since breaking his jaw when he beat Tumbler ($2.20) by 3/4 length with a half head to Niccanova ($7.50) in… Read More »
Naantali has shown she’s not just a wet-track performer breaking through for her maiden city win on firm ground at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained three-year-old had previously won on soft and heavy ground at Sale and Geelong but had no problems adapting to the good surface when successful in the… Read More »
Godolphin colt Plague Stone has lived up to his early promise with a winning return at Randwick. Plague Stone’s best performance before Saturday has been his second to subsequent Blue Diamond Stakes winner Written By in the Group Three Prelude in February. Sent out the $2.10 favourite in the Rosebud… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is plotting a revenge attack on the Group One VRC Oaks in the spring after filly Miss Quaintly scored at Doomben on Saturday. Miss Quaintly ($2.50) charged home in the final 150m to beat Pumps ($20) by a long neck with 1 1/4 lengths to Red Stina… Read More »
