Dual Group One winner She Will Reign will begin her next campaign at home before travelling to Melbourne. Trainer Gary Portelli said the filly would resume in the $250,000 Inglis Sprint (1100m) on her home track, Warwick Farm, on February 10. She will then head to Melbourne for the Group… Read More »
Brisbane’s fickle weather means Ef Troop and six other Tony Gollan-trained Magic Millions contenders will miss barrier trials at Deagon and instead have jump-outs at Eagle Farm. Gollan had been looking at Thursday’s Deagon trials to run Magic Millions 2YO Classic second favourite Ef Troop and the stable’s other Classic… Read More »
Apprentice Tahlia Hope wants to become more of a city slicker after riding her first metropolitan double at Sandown. Hope took out Wednesday’s Chandler Macleod Plate on debutant McGarrett before guiding Patriot Act to a narrow all-the-way win in the Sheen Group Handicap. The 19-year-old has been riding the crest… Read More »
Fickle Folly is back on her black-type quest after plans to target the Listed Starlight Stakes were thwarted by a luckless lead-up run. The four-year-old mare returns from a let-up to run over 1000 metres at Benchmark 85 level Randwick on Saturday when Tamworth trainer Sue Grills hopes to see… Read More »
Injured jockey Nyssa Burrells remains stable in intensive care at Liverpool Hospital after suffering a brain bleed in a fall at Warwick Farm. Burrells was riding a horse which fell and landed on top of her in the jump-outs last Friday. She underwent surgery and was placed in an induced… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds believes regally bred mare Clockwork Orange can earn black-type if she strikes the right conditions after she again won at Doomben. Clockwork Orange ($3.10) won her fourth race in 16 starts when she beat Delightful Miss ($4) by length in Wednesday’s Happy New Year Fillies and Mares… Read More »
Flemington trainer Tom Hughes has landed his first winner for the season with the debut win of McGarrett at Sandown. A Group One-winning trainer in his prime, Hughes now has only four horses in work. All four have raced at Sandown in the past five days with McGarrett claiming the… Read More »
Port Macquarie trainer John Sprague has been disqualified for 12 months after one of his horses returned an illegal cobalt reading. Saint Denis returned a level above the allowable 100mcg/L in a pre-race sample taken at Tuncurry on October 29 last year when he ran third. A level of 185… Read More »
The Symon Wilde-trained Royal Applause will be kept to racing against her own sex when she bids for her fourth-straight win. Wilde had Royal Applause nominated for three races at Sunday’s Caulfield meeting and has accepted with the five-year-old in the Maree Madden-Melder Handicap (1800m) for fillies and mares. Apprentice… Read More »
Canyonero can take an important step towards a start in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper when the colt attempts to break his maiden win at Randwick. Trainer Mark Newnham is hardly getting ahead of himself where Canyonero is concerned, but after a third on debut on the Inglis Nursery last… Read More »
Queensland stewards have charged Australia’s leading trainer Darren Weir with failing to present Night’s Watch in time to race at Doomben. Night’s Watch was favourite for Saturday’s Shoot Out Quality but didn’t arrive at Doomben until 22 minutes before the race. The gelding had arrived in Brisbane from Melbourne at… Read More »
Bridget Grylls has been rewarded for her loyalty to the Chris Meagher stable by retaining the key ride on Boom Girl at the Gold Coast. Boom Girl will be Meagher’s first Magic Millions Classic runner if she can win the Two-Year-Old Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. The filly was third in… Read More »
The forecast for extreme heat in three states has resulted in more scheduling changes for race meetings with the Kilmore provincial meeting in Victoria moved to another day while a picnic meeting has been abandoned. Racing Victoria announced on Tuesday the Caulfield metropolitan meeting which was scheduled for Saturday had… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has arrived in Brisbane to inspect his Magic Millions Classic hopefuls Sunlight and Crockett before declaring both are still on course for the $2 million race. Market 💰: View the Magic Millions Classic odds Sunlight was a brilliant last-start winner and will have her final hit-out for the… Read More »
The forecast for extreme heat has prompted the transfer of racing from Warwick Farm to Randwick. Racing NSW said Saturday’s program would be run at Randwick where it is expected to be cooler than in Sydney’s south-west which is predicted to reach 37 degrees. All distances will remain the same… Read More »
Royal Applause formed part of a winning city double for trainer Symon Wilde at her most recent start and the mare is now set to chase a fourth-straight victory when she heads to Caulfield. Wilde has Royal Applause nominated for three races at the Caulfield meeting which has been rescheduled… Read More »
Gary Portelli has just one two-year-old in his stable from the Karaka sale but that may be all he needs for a tilt at New Zealand’s richest race. Picaro will make his debut at Warwick Farm on Saturday with a view to qualifying for the $NZ1 million Karaka Million at… Read More »
Vega Magic is recovering from a paddock injury with Lindsay Park setting its sights on a second Goodwood with the gelding. A Sydney/Melbourne early autumn campaign has been ruled out for the sprinter after he took fright during a storm and ran into a fence. “It was a nasty cut… Read More »
Forecasts temperatures of 40 degrees in Melbourne has prompted officials to move meetings including the metropolitan Caulfield program. The nine-race Caulfield meeting will now be moved from Saturday to Sunday afternoon when temperatures are predicted to be 20 degrees cooler, while the seven-race card at Mornington scheduled for Sunday will… Read More »
Magic Millions aspirant Fullazaboot has won a barrier trial at the Sunshine Coast and now trainer Stuart Kendrick will wait to see if he makes the field for the 2YO Classic. Kendrick took the gamble not to run the colt in Saturday’s B J McLachlan Stakes when he drew a… Read More »
