Adding the Group One Australian Guineas to his Group Two Sandown Guineas victory from the spring is the autumn objective for talented colt Villermont. The Aaron Purcell-trained colt makes his return in Saturday’s Group Two Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield which looms as a key lead-up to the Australian Guineas… Read More »
C F ORR STAKES 1400m, $500,000, weight-for-age HISTORY * First run in 1925 when won The Patrol * Run at Group One level from 1993 * Weight-for-age with penalties from 1925-1942. Handicap 1943-45. Weight-for-age since * First run at Williamstown until 1940. Also run at Moonee Valley and Flemington. Sandown… Read More »
Patrick Moloney is looking forward to reuniting with his favourite horse Rich Charm when he resumes at Caulfield. Moloney steered Rich Charm to win the Group Two Linlithgow Stakes (1200m) on November 4, the first day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. There were wild scenes in the mounting… Read More »
Comeback galloper Honey Toast has surprised even his trainer Ben Currie in the run-up to his return at Doomben. Honey Toast is topweight in Saturday’s Makers Mark Open Handicap (1350m) which will be his first start in 20 months. His last start was when he finished fifth in the Group… Read More »
With a weight-for-age win under his belt, lightly raced Thronum now gets his chance to chase a valuable first Group One win in the C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The four-year-old entire pressed his claims for a crack at Saturday’s Orr Stakes (1400m) when he controlled the Group Two… Read More »
Former trainer Peter Moody will renew an association with one of his favourite horses when two-year-old Mulga Thumper makes his debut. Trainer Chris Munce will accept with Mulga Thumper for races at Doomben on Saturday and Caloundra on Sunday. Mulga Thumper is by one of Moody’s former star sprinters Golden… Read More »
Andrew Noblet’s stable stars Silent Sedition and Super Cash will chase a feature double when they make their first appearances of the year in separate Group races at Caulfield. Noblet has defending champion Super Cash in Saturday’s Group Two Rubiton Stakes (1100m) while Group One-winning mare Silent Sedition takes on… Read More »
Jason Collett hopes to be back in the saddle at Warwick Farm after avoiding serious injury in a fall from newcomer Prahaar at Randwick. Collett will sit out the Friday night meeting at Canterbury but expects to be cleared to resume riding on Saturday at Warwick Farm. He suffered neck… Read More »
Apprentice Taylor Marshall has six rides at Doomben to start a new phase of his career in Brisbane. Marshall, the son of former star jockey John Marshall, has joined trainer Lawrie Mayfield-Smith at Eagle Farm. He started his career in Sydney but has most recently been riding in Victoria. He… Read More »
Apprentice Stephen Brown has been taken to hospital after collapsing following a race at Sandown. Brown finished third aboard Tradies Tea Break in the Sheen Group Handicap but collapsed and was physically ill on returning to the saddling enclosure. Racing Victoria steward Wade Hadley said Brown was dehydrated after wasting… Read More »
Jockey Noel Callow could not have wished for a better advertisement for his move to Sydney. Callow packs his bags and heads north following his victory on Mr Fergus in the United Petroleum Handicap (2100m) at Sandown on Wednesday. The next time Callow is seen in action will be at… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Fred Kersley has quickly regained winning form, guiding the Lindsay Park-trained Twilight Song to victory at Sandown. Kersley suffered a fractured thumb and a hairline fracture to an elbow in a fall at Sandown on December 20 and made his return to race riding at Ballarat on Tuesday…. Read More »
Chris Waller noticed a resemblance between Zousain and his sire Zoustar when comparing photographs of the pair. And now Sydney’s premier trainer, who brought up his 100th Sydney metropolitan winner on Wednesday, hopes their racing records to develop into mirror images. Zousain took an early step towards that ambitious goal… Read More »
Australian Guineas hopeful Levendi has been pinpointed by champion jockey Damien Oliver as the horse he is most looking forward to riding during the autumn carnival. A winner of the Group Three Carbine Club Stakes last spring, Levendi resumes in Saturday’s Autumn Stakes over 1400m at Caulfield. Levendi’s first Group… Read More »
Blake Shinn has joined Hugh Bowman in missing Apollo Stakes day at Randwick after being suspended for careless riding. Shinn pleaded not guilty before Racing NSW stewards at Randwick on Wednesday, after being charged in relation to his ride on Ruthless Agent at Canterbury last Friday night. He was found… Read More »
In-form trainer Ben Currie’s plan to buy interstate horses suited to Queensland paid more dividends after Pieridae landed some big bets at Ipswich. Pieridae was trained by Patrick Payne in Melbourne where she ran three seconds and a third in four starts before the Hinchinbrook filly was bought by clients… Read More »
Darren Weir is excited about the way Tosen Stardom is going ahead his return in the CF Orr Stakes but Victoria’s premier trainer is less enthused about the Japanese import’s barrier draw for the Group One race. Weir has three of the top four chances in early betting for Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Richard Laming faces a stewards’ inquiry over the alleged raceday treatment of Patient, a late scratching at Sandown. Racing Victoria stewards scratched the mare from Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Handicap following a report from its compliance assurance team. Steward in charge of the meeting Rob Montgomery said after a routine stable… Read More »
Jason Collett has walked away from a heavy fall at Randwick after his mount Prahaar looked set to win before veering to the outside rail. The David Pfieffer-trained Prahaar was leading the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1000m) when she suddenly changed course approaching the winning post, unseating Collett. No other… Read More »
A host of racing stars have launched the Festival of Racing in Victoria which begins with the first Group One race of the year. Saturday’s CF Orr Stakes meeting at Caulfield heralds the start of the Festival of Racing which runs until Mornington Cup day on March 24 and features… Read More »
