Cantbuybetter could be headed across the country in search of Group One success if he runs well at Doomben. Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has a big opinion of Cantbuybetter who has won eight races and been placed seven times. Cantbuybetter will be having his first run back from a winter… Read More »
Bloodlines indicate promising three-year-old Coral Bay should have no trouble handling wet conditions at Doomben when he attempts to build on his recent creditable performance in Sydney. Heavy rain fell in Brisbane early in the week but the weather cleared on Thursday and Doomben was expected come back to the… Read More »
One-time Caulfield Cup favourite Bonneval will have to be passed fit by Racing Victoria vets to take her place in the race despite trainer Murray Baker insisting she is fine. Baker’s vets have passed the mare but RV chief steward Terry Bailey says she needs to satisfy the regulatory body…. Read More »
Lightweight jockey Dean Yendall has secured the ride on three-year-old Royal Symphony in the Cox Plate. The Tony McEvoy-trained colt, an unlucky fourth in the Caulfield Guineas, will carry 49.5kg when he takes on Winx in the weight-for-age showpiece at Moonee Valley on Saturday week. Yendall rode Yankee Rose at… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has no qualms about Cracksman dropping back in distance in the Champion Stakes at Ascot as he looks forward to a stellar book of rides at Ascot. On the back of another memorable season, lit up by the brilliant Enable, Dettori will return to the scene of his… Read More »
Senior Queensland jockey Justin Stanley is expected to appeal a four-week suspension on a handling charge. Stanley is based in Brisbane but often rides at TAB provincial meetings during the week. Stewards charged him for his ride on Doubos who finished fifth, beaten 1-1/4 lengths, at Rockhampton on September 29…. Read More »
Trainer Udyta Clarke has cheered home her stable star Rich Charm who has finished strongly to score a last-stride win in a Listed race at Caulfield. Ridden by Patrick Moloney, Rich Charm ($5.50) surged late in Wednesday’s italktravel Stakes to chase down Keen Array and win by a short head… Read More »
Chris Waller’s decision to open a Queensland satellite stable has returned a reverse benefit for the champion trainer. Waller sent Unforgotten to his Gold Coast base in July for some remedial work with stable manager Paul Shailer. The advantage of Shailer’s assistance was evident at Canterbury on Wednesday when Unforgotten… Read More »
A step up in class beckons for Stonebrook after he easily extended his unbeaten record in winning at Canterbury. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Hinchinbrook gelding made it four wins from as many starts in beating Dalmatia Prince by five lengths in the McGrath Estate Agents Handicap (1550m). A… Read More »
David Hayes says the cheapest investment in racing is to engage an in-form jockey. Lindsay Park’s senior trainer followed his own advice at Caulfield on Wednesday, combining with Kerrin McEvoy for a double, including the day’s feature, the Group Three Blue Sapphire Stakes with Formality. McEvoy touched out the Lindsay… Read More »
There wasn’t $10 million at stake, but the result was just as nail-biting for Everest-winning trainer Peter Snowden. Four days after stable star Redzel won the world’s richest race on turf, Snowden and his son Paul continued their winning streak when Star Of Africa scored in a photo-finish for jockey… Read More »
One of the leading Caulfield Cup contenders, Bonneval, will face another Racing Victoria veterinary inspection two days out from the $3 million race. Racing Victoria’s chief steward Terry Bailey told co-trainer Murray Baker on Wednesday that the star New Zealand mare had been inspected at Flemington and had been found… Read More »
The Trainer Mick Kent and jockey Beau Mertensare hoping a win in a Group Three race may be the forerunner to a bigger prize. The pair teamed with Quilate to win the Ladies’ Day Vase at Caulfield on Wednesday and combine again with Abbey Marie in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. Kent… Read More »
Temple Of Bel has stamped her VRC Oaks credentials with a come-from-behind win at Caulfield. The daughter of Bel Esprit took on the males in the three-year-old Alannah Hill Plate (1600m) on Wednesday and stormed away to a convincing win. Trainer Archie Alexander, who saddles Lord Fandango in Saturday’s Caulfield… Read More »
Promising stayer Social Element will make an earlier-than-expected foray into stakes racing at Randwick on Saturday. Co-trainer Adrian Bott admitted the Listed City Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m) wasn’t originally on Social Element’s schedule but a string of consistent performances have changed the stayer’s spring timetable. “He’s continued to impress us… Read More »
One of the colts earmarked to chase back-to-back Victoria Derby wins for trainer James Cummings will be out to stamp his credentials in the Caulfield Classic. Last-start Dulcify Quality winner Ataraxia makes his Melbourne debut in Saturday’s $350,000 Group Three Caulfield Classic (2000m) for three-year-olds. Cummings, who became the head… Read More »
Sin To Win is making enough progress as stayer that Lindsay Park is thinking about a Cups campaign. That won’t be on the agenda this year after the five-year-old won the Ladbrokes Up For The Challenge Handicap at Caulfield on Wednesday, his first try at 2400m. But the 2018 Caulfield… Read More »
Last-start stakes winner Cool Passion will be on trial for the Group One Myer Classic when she backs up in the Tristarc Stakes at Caulfield. The former Perth sprinter notched her first stakes win in last Saturday’s Group Three Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, her third start since joining… Read More »
Ron Quinton is staying close to home with gun mares Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms as they finalise their preparations for the Myer Classic in Melbourne. Quinton had considered taking the pair to Caulfield for the first time for Saturday’s Group Two Tristarc Stakes (1400m) after they fought out the… Read More »
Canberra trainer Nick Olive believes Single Gaze has had the perfect grounding as he prepares himself and his stable star for the biggest race of their careers. Single Gaze races on a seven-day back-up in Saturday’s $3 million Caulfield Cup and Olive is looking forward to seeing what the mare… Read More »
