Joe Pride admits he’s trained better horses, though Destiny’s Kiss is still a priceless member of his stable. The nine-year-old gelding finished a 10-race campaign on a high at Randwick, wearing down his rivals in the Listed City Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m). It his second black-type win of this preparation… Read More »
Punters can expect to see a lot more of She Knows after the filly returned from a five-week break to win the Highway Handicap at Randwick. The three-year-old tired to the line in the Saturday race over 1100 metres but held on by a half-length to beat I Am Capitan,… Read More »
Cliffs Edge could provide Darren Weir with his first Victoria Derby runner after his all-the-way win in a lead-up race at Caulfield. The three-year-old led home a field of Derby aspirants in Saturday’s Group Three Caulfield Classic at his first try at 2000m. Following his win on Saturday Cliff’s Edge… Read More »
The Doomben meeting was abandoned after three races because of poor visibility for jockeys on Saturday. Jockeys felt the surface was safe but their vision was compromised. Chief steward Alan Reardon spoke with riders in the third event who reported they had trouble seeing for much of the race. “Jeff… Read More »
Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse has a first VRC Oaks in her sights with Pinot after the blueblood filly stamped her credentials with an impressive win in the Ethereal Stakes. Pinot is by Waterhouse’s former star galloper Pierro out of 2005 Australian Oaks winner Dizelle. She has firmed from $8 into… Read More »
Kaonic brought back memories of Kermadec at Randwick, as the colt locked onto the same spring path as the Group One winner. Racing in the same colours as Kermadec for owner Neville Morgan, Kaonic’s second win in three starts rubber stamped Chris Waller’s plans to send the three-year-old to Melbourne…. Read More »
With several of his potential Victoria Derby rivals racing at Caulfield, Spring Champion Stakes winner Ace High has had quiet day out at Randwick. David Payne opted not to race the colt in the four weeks between his Group One win and the Classic at Flemington and instead gave him… Read More »
Trainer Stu Kendrick’s decision to pay more than he wanted for two year old Fullazaboot has given him a live chance at winning the Magic Millions Classic. Fullazaboot ($7.50) made light work of a bog track to beat Acceptia ($26) by three-and-a-half lengths in the Breast Cancer Network Australia Handicap…. Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir is hoping Snitzepeg can emulate the deeds of another of his former top three-year-olds after winning a stakes race at Caulfield. Snitzepeg took out Saturday’s Listed Gothic Stakes (1400m), a race the Weir-trained Mahuta won in 2015. The Gothic Stakes started a five-race winning streak for Mahuta…. Read More »
Our Crown Mistress has continued a rise through the grades and is now likely to be tested at stakes level for the first time after winning at Caulfield. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly made it three wins from four starts in her city debut in Saturday’s Resimax Group… Read More »
If Redzel is a horse of the moment for the Snowden stable, Legislation might be one for the future. A week after Peter and Paul Snowden trained Redzel to win the $10 million Everest, their two-year-old Legislation made a promising start to his racing career in winning the Kirkham Plate… Read More »
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy will reunite with Group One winner Foxplay in the Tristarc Stakes for which the mare is favourite to snare her first win this spring. Foxplay is one of three runners for premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller in Saturday’s Group Two 1400m Tristarc Stakes for mares at Caulfield along… Read More »
Owner-breeder John Singleton’s affinity with the Denise’s Joy dynasty is set to continue with State Of Play out to uphold the family name at Caulfield. The Gerald Ryan-trained filly runs in the Group Three Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield with a start in the 2017 VRC Oaks on the line, 40… Read More »
Isorich lives a life of relative leisure within reach of the Wyong racecourse but he is also thriving amid the hustle and bustle of Randwick. Wayne Seelin says he hasn’t figured out why the 69-race veteran has suddenly run into a rich vein of form in Sydney, but the trainer… Read More »
It didn’t take long for Billy Owen to become attached to pint-sized Single Gaze after the filly walked into the stables of Canberra trainer Nick Olive. It has been a great ride already for all those connected to Single Gaze and another chapter will be written on Saturday when last… Read More »
Race experience and a gear change are expected to boost the chances of two-year-old Brinkmanship at Doomben when he has his second start. Brinkmanship won a Gold Coast trial impressively before showing his inexperience in the straight when second at the Gold Coast at his race debut two weeks ago…. Read More »
John Crowley has waited a long time to have a horse good enough to run in the race at Randwick named for his grandfather who introduced him to the sport when he was growing up in rural NSW. For the first time the equine veterinarian and his partner, trainer Wendy… Read More »
Archie Alexander has worked for some of the biggest stables in the world honing his craft in his pursuit to become a leading trainer in his own right. Stints with Criquette Head-Maarek in France, Todd Pletcher in America and Aidan O’Brien in Ireland among others, gave Englishman Alexander the grounding… Read More »
Apprentice James Innes Jr has been rewarded with a Group Three opportunity for his time and effort with Nivison Stakes favourite Diddums. Indentured to Gerald Ryan at Rosehill, Innes has won on the mare twice and been placed three times from five rides. But he missed out when she claimed… Read More »
Jockey Brad Rawiller has appealed the severity of a careless riding suspension which will rule him out of the two-day Cox Plate carnival. Rawiller was outed for 14 meetings after pleading guilty to careless riding on Articus in Thursday’s Moe Cup. He will have a hearing before the Racing Appeals… Read More »
