The result of the Blue Diamond Preludes will determine whether Luke Currie remains in Melbourne for Blue Diamond day and misses the first Sydney lead-up run of Golden Slipper favourite Sunlight. Currie is the rider of brilliant Magic Millions winner Sunlight who is scheduled to have the first of her… Read More »
Training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra will saddle the oldest runner in the Group Two Rubiton Stakes and one of the youngest. Eight-year-old Group One winner Flamberge will represent the stable in Saturday’s feature sprint at Caulfield along with Prezado, one of three three-year-olds. Under the set weights and… Read More »
The success of premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller’s Gold Coast stable could entice more of the big southern stables to have an increased presence in Queensland. Waller had a double at Ipswich on Wednesday to give him 23 Queensland winners, including 19 in the metropolitan area, since the Gold Coast… Read More »
Trainer Gary Portelli will put blinkers on Single Bullet for the Group Three Eskimo Prince Stakes and more drastic measures await if a second career win continues to prove elusive at Warwick Farm. As well as his victory in the Pago Pago Stakes, Single Bullet has racked up eight minor… Read More »
Native Soldier could break new ground for premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir if the two-year-old can make his mark in the Blue Diamond Prelude for colts and geldings at Caulfield. Despite his dominance in Victoria in recent seasons, Weir is yet to have a starter in the Group One Blue… Read More »
The Peter and Will Hulbert training combination is getting used to changing plans with tough mare Saga Miss. The mare is one of many horses disadvantaged by the closure of Eagle Farm and the Hulberts have been fine-tuning her current campaign to overcome it. Saga Miss has had three starts… Read More »
The defending champion is out but an array of equine talent will still do battle in Australia’s first Group One race of the year at Caulfield. Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir’s strong hand in Saturday’s C F Orr Stakes (1400m) has been reduced to two runners after last year’s winner… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker is struggling to separate the stable’s two highly rated mares chasing the Group Two Breeders’ Classic at Warwick Farm. Bookmakers also have the pair tight in the market with Egyptian Symbol ($3.60) shading Bonnie O’Reilly ($3.90) on the eve of Saturday’s $200,000 Breeders Classic for mares over… Read More »
Tulip is giving every indication on the training track she is ready to fire first-up in the Group Three Kevin Hayes Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s 1200m-race for fillies shapes as an intriguing contest on a big program at Caulfield, with Group One winner Shoals and Group Two winner Booker other… Read More »
Leading Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan is hoping the winning run of horses having their next start after Magic Millions race day continues with I’m A Rippa at Doomben. Gollan has Millions day winner I’m A Rippa in Saturday’s Makers Mark Open Handicap (1350m) at Doomben. I’m A Rippa earned $600,000… Read More »
In-form jockey Kerrin McEvoy will run the rule over another promising two-year-old when he rides Godolphin colt Plague Stone for the first time in the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield. Since returning last week from a hand injury, McEvoy has saluted on Chris Waller-trained juveniles Performer and Fiesta at Rosehill… Read More »
Sunshine Coast trainer Kristie Clark-Peoples has had some more than handy horse but she can’t remember having more fun with one than record-breaking speedster Captain Parker. The gelding began his racing in South Australia where he had 14 starts for one win in a Gawler Maiden in October 2015. Since… Read More »
There will be no prize money involved and she can’t add to her winning streak but Winx will run in a race of sorts on Apollo Stakes day. The champion’s program has been altered because of Hugh Bowman’s careless riding suspension and she will now make her comeback in the… Read More »
Bjorn Baker will have a clearer indication on Ballistica’s potential to be his first Golden Slipper runner since 2014 when she makes her debut in the Inglis Classic at Warwick Farm. A $40,000 yearling by Triple Crown Syndications, the filly will have to replicate her trial form when it matters… Read More »
Gingernuts has arrived safely at Te Akau Stud in New Zealand to a hero’s welcome, three months after a freak accident almost claimed his life in Melbourne. The triple Group One winner broke his pastern on the way to the barriers for the Emirates Stakes at Flemington on November 11…. Read More »
A successful spring carnival brings with it added autumn expectations for the Archie Alexander-trained Lord Fandango who begins his path towards Group One targets in the Carlyon Cup. The five-year-old stayer kicks off his latest preparation in Saturday’s Group Three race over 1600m at Caulfield, the scene of the two… Read More »
With Ollivander safely tucked away in the Blue Diamond Stakes, training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra are hoping Bionics can join his stablemate in Victoria’s richest two-year-old race. The pair run in the colts and geldings division of the Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Flemington-based Zahra… Read More »
The absence of your perceived closest rival is usually welcomed, but Gary Portelli has another take on Nature Strip’s absence from She Will Reign’s comeback. Far from buoyed by trainer John Sadler scratching the rising sprinter, Portelli reckoned the Golden Slipper winner could now find life tougher in Saturday’s $250,000… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp has elected to go with a three kilogram-claiming apprentice on exciting filly Plumaro when she makes her city debut at Doomben. The appearance of Plumaro in the Two-Year-Old Handicap (1200m) will be one of the highlights of Saturday’s card. Apprentice Nick Keal rode Plumaro when she… Read More »
A new all-weather training track has been opened at Rosehill, the first stage of a multi-million dollar investment in the western Sydney racecourse. The Australian Turf Club opened the 1700m-long, six-metre wide Pro-Ride track on Thursday. It consists of a special mix of sand, polymer and fibre materials and also… Read More »
