Lord Fandango has booked a berth in the Caulfield Cup with victory in the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield. The Archie Alexander-trained stayer earned a ballot-free exemption into next week’s Group One Caulfield Cup with his win. Ridden by apprentice Ben Allen, Lord Fandango ($12) scored by a length from… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has succeeded in getting a stakes race win with former Western Australian mare Cool Passion and he believes it will not be her last. Cool Passion was having her third start since being transferred to McEvoy’s stable by her new owners and the mare lived up to… Read More »
The man who has ridden more winners in Australia than any other jockey has added one of special significance at Randwick. Robert Thompson has combined with his good friend, trainer Rod Northam, to claim Saturday’s $200,000 Anniversary Highway (1400m) for country-trained horses on the support program for the $10 million… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote’s determination to buy a horse by sire Zoffany continues to reap dividends, with Zofonic Dancer winning his third race in a row. Zofonic Dancer ($3.80) won his first two starts on the Sunshine Coast but showed he was up to city class on Saturday by beating Mishani… Read More »
Torvill has added black type to her record at the third attempt for veteran trainer Clarry Conners and set a new benchmark for the Reginald Allen Quality at Randwick. Conners had earmarked the three-year-old as a potential Golden Slipper runner but she was not quite up to that standard in… Read More »
Trainer John Zielke is already talking about the 2018 winter carnival after his gelding Hopes Eternal turned in a freak performance to win at Doomben. Hopes Eternal ($1.95) was last at the 800m on Saturday but came with a withering burst to run down leader Mishani Phantom ($3) and win… Read More »
A wide barrier was no deterrent for Invincible Star who has outsped her rivals at Caulfield. Jumping from the second widest gate in the 16-orse field in Saturday’s Group Three Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m), Invincible Star showed blistering early speed to cross the field and lead. Given time for a… Read More »
From day one, trainer Gerald Ryan has had a big opinion of Legend Of Condor and colt has shown just why with his debut win at Randwick. Displaying a professionalism that sets him apart from some of the other two-year-olds in the Ryan stable, Legend Of Condor ($4.80) took the… Read More »
Qafila has continued a strong start to this season’s juvenile racing for the Lindsay Park stable with her victory in the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield. The filly’s narrow but impressive win in Saturday’s 1000m race came a week after stablemate Nomothaj took out Melbourne’s first race of the season… Read More »
Danny Williams is targeting a return to Randwick for The Championships with promising gelding Don’t Give A Damn. The Goulburn trainer nominated the Country Championships final in autumn as a goal for the four-year-old after he won the Highway Consolation (1400m) with ease on Saturday. Williams said the Doncaster Mile… Read More »
Godolphin’s main Cups contender is out of the Caulfield Cup and is likely to miss the Spring Carnival completely after a veterinary inspection this morning has found him to have suffered a small hairline fracture of his pelvis. Francis Of Assisi was found to be lame behind when he cooled… Read More »
Laurens has put the seal on a tremendous season for trainer Karl Burke with a thrilling victory in the Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket to deny trainer Aidan O’Brien his 24th Group One win for the season. Having won the May Hill Stakes at Doncaster last month, the 10-1 chance stepped… Read More »
Chris Waller will depend on a rival trainer to give him a result in the $10 million Everest but Sydney’s premier trainer has a strong hand in on the support card at Randwick. The Gerald Ryan-trained Deploy will represent the slot in Waller’s name in Saturday’s Everest with the trainer’s… Read More »
Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes is hoping for a case of deja vu in the Caulfield Guineas. Hawkes, who trains in partnership with his father John and brother Michael, saddles Showtime in Saturday’s Group One race over 1600m. The training partnership won the Guineas last year with Divine Prophet under Dwayne Dunn… Read More »
In the countdown to the $10 million Everest at Randwick, trainer Gary Portelli has reflected on what might have been had Darby Racing not sent She Will Reign his way. The Golden Slipper-winning filly ended up at Portelli’s Warwick Farm stable when her original trainer Michael Costa relocated to the… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says the only thing Egg Tart suffered with her recent eye injury was the chance to win prize money. The problem cost the dual Oaks winner a start in the $1 million Epsom Handicap at Randwick but she is in Melbourne and ready for a shot at… Read More »
CAULFIELD GUINEAS 1600m, $2 million, three-year-olds, set-weights HISTORY * First run in 1881 when won by Wheatear * Group One from 1979 * Run at Flemington 1940-43 NOTABLE WINNERS * Sweet Nell (1903), Heroic (1924), Ajax (1937), Tulloch (1957), Vain (1969), Sobar (1972), Luskin Star (1977), Manikato (1978), Soverign Red… Read More »
The 12 runners in the Everest (1200m) at Randwick have collectively won millions of dollars and multiple titles. CHAUTAUQUA (Brenton Advulla/Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes) * Saddlecloth No.1 and barrier 5 for Greg Ingham’s GPI Racing slot, has won 13 of 30 starts totalling $8,376,935 * The seven-year-old gelding is… Read More »
As someone who doesn’t bet, trainer Chris Waller has taken a big gamble on The Everest. Waller and five partners stumped up $600,000 for a slot in Saturday’s $10 million race at Randwick. While there’s no runner from Waller’s yard in the 1200m-sprint, the partners have thrown their support beind… Read More »
The 12 horses in the world’s richest race on turf have all passed inspection on the eve of the $10 million race. Racing NSW stewards and veterinarians completed the final veterinary examinations and sampling of all runners on Friday. All horses have been passed fit to take their places and… Read More »
