Returning from a picnic race meeting in country Victoria and noticing ants around his property has lead to Jungle Edge scoring a Group Three win for trainer Mick Bell. Jungle Edge led throughout at Sandown on Saturday, claiming the Kevin Heffernan Stakes. Bell had considered the seven-year-old’s campaign over after… Read More »
Jockey Michael Walker has guided staying mare Fanatic to victory in the Listed Sandown Cup before being ruled out for the rest of the meeting due to illness. Walker was replaced on his final two rides at Saturday’s Sandown meeting after struggling physically after the gruelling 3200m Sandown Cup. Walker… Read More »
Lord Kingsley has bounced back from an agonising loss at Rosehill to give trainer Lauri Wray a moment to savour at the same track a fortnight later. The four-year-old gelding flashed home late to claim the Boohoo.com Handicap (2000m) and provide Warwick Farm-based Wray with her first Saturday metropolitan winner…. Read More »
Punters have wavered in their confidence about Sedanzer with the mare a dramatic shortener and equally dramatic drifter before her comeback win at Rosehill. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mare was a $6.50 chance in Wednesday’s first markets for the Chandon 5 (1400m) and into $.270 with the TAB… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy has continued his love affair with the Zipping Classic meeting guiding Yulong Xingsheng to victory at Sandown. McEvoy has been a perennial winner at the meeting and an early double on Saturday provided him his 17th winner dating back to 2007. After winning the Merson Cooper Stakes on… Read More »
Well bred filly Singular Sensation added another strength to her Magic Millions arsenal when she ploughed through the mud for an easy win at Doomben on Saturday. Singular Sensation ($2.40) made it two wins from two starts when she went straight to the lead and costed away to beat Miss… Read More »
Racing Victoria stewards have adjourned an inquiry into an elevated TC02 reading from Observational which has ultimately led to his scratching from a stakes race at Sandown. The John Sadler-trained gelding was withdrawn from the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at 11.50am on Saturday. RV chief steward Terry Bailey said an… Read More »
A trip to New Zealand for the rich Karaka Million is on the cards for talented colt Long Leaf who has remained unbeaten from two starts after narrowly taking out the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown. Co-trainer David Hayes has a high opinion of well-bred Long Leaf who is… Read More »
Promising filly Pretty Fast looks set to progress to a black-type debut in Queensland after extending her wining sequence to three at Rosehill. Co-trainer Paul Snowden indicated the Listed Mode Plate (1200m) at Doomben on December 2 was on the agenda for a $650,000 purchase at the 2016 Magic Millions… Read More »
Tough stayer My Giuliano dismissed any doubts about his ability at 2200m on a really heavy track when he won at Doomben on Saturday. My Giuliano had run a course record when winning at Doomben over 20204m two weeks ago but had never won at 2200m. After drifting to $5… Read More »
One of three stayers could give trainer Robert Hickmott a winner with his final runners for owner Lloyd Williams in the Group Two Zipping Classic at Sandown. Hickmott’s association with Williams’ Macedon Lodge will come to a close after Saturday’s Sandown meeting at which the stable has last year’s Melbourne… Read More »
After missing a start in the Melbourne Cup, the John Wheeler-trained Pentathlon has been taken home to New Zealand for another 3200-metre feature race. Wheeler decided not to keep the horse in Melbourne after his third in the Group Three Lexus Quality (2500m) at Flemington a fortnight ago, the winner… Read More »
A barrier attendant who appeared to strike a racehorse in Tasmania has been stood down pending a stewards’ inquiry. Video on social media appears to show the handler punching horse Century Arrow near barriers before race one at Launceston on Wednesday night. The attendant, employed by Tasracing, wasn’t allowed to… Read More »
Gerald Ryan has decided to use winkers for the first time on Love’s A Fantasy in a bid to sharpen up a mare susceptible to near misses. The trainer hopes the gear change will coax the six-year-old to the line in a Benchmark 82 Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday…. Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Michael Nolan’s confidence for the weekend has been boosted by the return to Queensland of one of his favourite jockeys, Skye Bogenhuber. She has been riding in Western Australia for the past four months but returned to trackwork at Toowoomba this week. Bogenhuber has won the Toowoomba jockeys… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths says there are a few hurdles to clear if he is to claim a stakes race victory with one of his two mares engaged at Sandown. The Cranbourne-based horseman has Deja Blue and Divine Quality set to clash in Saturday’s Group Three Summoned Stakes. Griffiths says Deja… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is keeping an open mind regarding Impavido’s next step with two options in play. The Warwick Farm trainer says the weather could determine whether Impavido starts at Rosehill on Saturday or Newcastle a day later. Impavido was installed as the $3.70 TAB favourite for the Benchmark 85 Handicap… Read More »
Another trip to the Gold Coast for a rich Magic Millions race is on the radar for Lucky Hussler after the gelding tries to finish his spring campaign with a second feature win on Zipping Classic day at Sandown. Lucky Hussler won the 2016 Group Three Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m)… Read More »
Amid the hype of promising two-year-old Ef Troop’s first-up win the effort of second-placed Only Wanna Sing has been largely forgotten. Only Wanna Sing went to the barriers a $31 chance before finishing a neck behind Ef Troop in a two-year-old race over 1050m at Doomben two weeks ago. EF… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy will unveil two more two-year-olds in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown and is leaning towards the filly Oohood as the pick of his runners. McEvoy won last Saturday’s Group Three Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) at Flemington with unbeaten colt Run Naan and the trainer saddles up… Read More »
