Some of the country’s best sprinters are set for the Group One Lightning Stakes and Sydney trainer Marc Conners is hoping speedy mare Super Too can upstage them. Conners has had Saturday’s weight-for-age Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington in his plans with Super Too since the spring. The mare is… Read More »
The absence of Winx from the Apollo Stakes has attracted a healthy 14 nominations for the Group Two race headed by Group One winners Sense of Occasion, Prized Icon and Global Glamour. Deploy will be a defector to run instead in the Group Three Southern Cross Stakes on Saturday over… Read More »
Star sprinter Redzel headlines the nominations for the Group One Lightning Stakes which have been extended. Unbeaten this season with his wins including the $10 million Everest and Group One Darley Classic, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Redzel is among 13 nominations taken on Monday for Saturday’s 1000m weight-for-age Lightning… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Only Wanna Sing will take the first step to a possible Golden Slipper campaign when he returns to racing at Doomben. Only Wanna Sing won a Doomben trial last week and trainer Robert Heathcote has declared he is ready to run in a Two-Year-Old Handicap at Doomben. His… Read More »
Craig Williams has been confirmed to ride current favourite Kinky Boom in the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes as the jockey chases back-to-back wins in Victoria’s premier race for juveniles. Williams won last year’s Blue Diamond on Catchy and he steered the Tony McEvoy-trained Kinky Boom to victory in the… Read More »
Predictions of high temperatures have led to the re-scheduling of the midweek Ipswich race meeting. With 40 degrees forecast on Wednesday, the meeting has been moved to Friday and will start at 10am with the maximum expected to be 35 deg. It is the second Ipswich meeting in the past… Read More »
Victorian jockey Dwayne Dunn has made a flying visit to Newcastle to ride Group One prospect Outrageous to a narrow victory. The Hawkes Racing-trained Outrageous was the $1.40 favourite in Sunday’s 1300m-maiden but had to fight off Godolphin colt Tin Hat ($5.50) to prevail by a head. Outrageous is now… Read More »
Single Gaze’s close second over 1400 metres in the Group One C F Orr Stakes has buoyed jockey Kathy O’Hara’s confidence for the rest of the campaign. O’Hara felt Single Gaze had come back in great order after a spring preparation which included a second in the Caulfield Cup, and… Read More »
A race dear to the heart of Tony McEvoy is on the agenda for promising three-year-old Vinland. The C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington on Saturday will be the return run for the three-year-old with the Group One Australian Guineas, also at Flemington a fortnight later, his immediate target. McEvoy… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn is planning an all-out assault on the $500,000 NSW Country Championship final after the disappointment of a wet track in last year’s race. Heading Dunn’s plans is three-year-old Snitz who earned himself a chance at the Country Championship when he won at Doomben on Saturday. Snitz has… Read More »
Group One winner Foxplay will make her return in the Apollo Stakes, but only because her stablemate Winx is not. Foxplay is Winx’s next door neighbour and best mate at the Chris Waller stable but the trainer admits he doesn’t want them to run against each other again any time… Read More »
Criminal charges against former Deagon trainer Brad Smith have been dropped. Smith faced three charges involving an alleged fraud in a horse sale. A Queensland Racing Integrity Commission spokesman the charges against Smith had recently been dropped. “The Racing Crime Squad has confirmed the charges have all been discontinued,” the… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing acknowledges the task ahead as he tackles the Lightning Stakes first-up with Missrock. Opponents in the Group One Lightning Stakes over the straight 1000m course at Flemington on Saturday include Darley Classic winner Redzel, last year’s Newmarket Handicap winner Redkirk Warrior, Manikato Stakes winner Hey Doc, last… Read More »
John Sargent isn’t ready to abandon his Golden Slipper aspirations with Royal Witness despite the colt’s underwhelming debut at Randwick. Before his first start on Wednesday, the colt was supported from $151 to $26 for the Golden Slipper on March 24 but eased to $51 after his fifth in a… Read More »
Brisbane’s apprentice ranks have received a further boost with leading central Queensland rider Quayde Krogh moving to Brisbane. Krogh has linked with former champion jockey Chris Munce and rode First Crush for the trainer at Doomben on Saturday. Originally apprenticed on the Gold Coast, Krogh has been riding out of… Read More »
Britain’s youngest trainer Amy Murphy has celebrated the biggest win of her career with Kalashnikov in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury. The 25-year-old, who spent six months in Australia with Gai Waterhouse before becoming assistant trainer to Luca Cumani, gained her licence in September 2016. Kalashnikov won three races last… Read More »
Jockeys Damian Lane and John Allen have been suspended for careless riding in separate incidents at Caulfield. Lane was suspended for 10 meetings aboard Lake District Girl in the fillies division of the Blue Diamond Prelude on Saturday. Racing Victoria stewards said after shifting out, Lane allowed third over the… Read More »
The Michael Mehegan-trained Prussian Vixen has bounced back to form in the Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield to win the Group Three race for the second year in a row. Prussian Vixen registered her first stakes win in the 1200m race for mares a year ago and was runner-up in the… Read More »
Show A Star has lifted Bjorn Baker’s spirits with a win to compensate for some frustrating results on his home track at Warwick Farm. The six-year-old gelding proved too strong for his rivals in the Bowness Stud Mile to record his eighth career win on Saturday, and second in a… Read More »
Hartnell has reaffirmed his place as one of Australia’s premier weight-for-age horses with a last-stride win in the Group One C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Coming from midfield under jockey Craig Williams, Hartnell ($6) reached the lead in the dying stages to beat Caulfield Cup runner-up Single Gaze ($19)… Read More »
