Wyong trainer Kim Waugh’s formula of making lightning visits to Queensland again has paid off, with Supreme Effort scoring an easy win on the Sunshine Coast. Waugh has been a regular visitor to Queensland for more than two decades, mainly in the winter but has recently sent some of her… Read More »
Japanese galloper Admire Deus will have some company in quarantine following the arrival of 18 horses in Melbourne for the spring carnival. The seven-year-old arrived on Monday and the others touched down in two planes on Saturday morning. The Godolphin quartet of Francis Of Assisi and Qewy, who are returning,… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote has applied one of his favourite sayings to Pinch Passion, who has backed up on the Sunshine Coast three days after winning at Ipswich. Pinch Passion won a maiden by a narrow margin at Ipswich on Wednesday and most thought Heathcote would scratch him from Saturday’s three-year-old… Read More »
Canberra trainer Nick Olive is delighted with the way Single Gaze is progressing towards her main spring goal. The mare takes another step towards the Caulfield Cup on Sunday when she lines up against polished Group One performers Hartnell, Black Heart Bart and Bonneval in the Underwood Stakes (1800m) at… Read More »
Perth trainer Lindsey Smith has been looking forward to the day when Scales Of Justice could contest a fast run 1400m race. Scales Of Justice has that opportunity on Sunday in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. The five-year-old has raced over Sunday’s trip on four occasions,… Read More »
Having achieved so much this season, Enable can finish it with a flourish in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly. The English, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks are already in the bag, as well as victory against the males in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at… Read More »
Last season’s champion Melbourne apprentice Beau Mertens has achieved one of his spring carnival goals with victory on Caulfield Guineas-bound Showtime at Moonee Valley. Mertens’ win on the Hawkes Racing-trained colt in Friday night’s Group Two Stutt Stakes (1600m) was the apprentice’s first in a Group race after two Listed… Read More »
Bring on The Everest. That was the declaration from excited trainer Gary Portelli after Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign made a triumphant return to racing to beat older horses in a thrilling Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. The three-year-old got well back in the… Read More »
After three unplaced runs to start her spring campaign, Group One winner I Am A Star has bounced back to win the Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley. Mornington trainer Shane Nichols opted not to take the mare to Sydney for Saturday’s Group One Epsom Handicap, preferring to keep her closer… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Jon Snow has shown he is on track for the Caulfield Cup with victory in the Group Three JRA Cup at Moonee Valley. The New Zealand stayer was having his third start of the spring in Melbourne in Friday night’s race, stepping up from 1600m to 2040m… Read More »
Queensland filly Houtzen has bounced back to winning ways at Moonee Valley but trainer Toby Edmonds is yet to confirm whether she will take her place in The Everest. Houtzen has long been slated to run in the $10 million The Everest at Randwick for slot holder Aquis Farm. But… Read More »
Co-trainer Edward Cummings is treating College Romance’s step up to the Group One Flight Stakes as a learning experience. College Romance, the outsider in the field, was a late nomination and comes into Saturday’s 1600m-race off a close second in a 1400m-maiden at Kembla Grange. Cummings, who trains in partnership… Read More »
The road to the Golden Slipper begins at Randwick with Sydney’s first two-year-old races of the season. Godolphin’s head trainer James Cummings has been taken by Hiemal and on the strength of his work and a winning trial the colt is favoured to win Saturday’s Listed Breeders’ Plate (1000m) for… Read More »
UNDERWOOD STAKES 1800m, $750,000, weight-for-age HISTORY * First run in 1924 when won by Whittier NOTABLE WINNERS * Whittier (1924-25); Phar Lap (1931); Ajax (1938-39-40); Tobin Bronze (1966); Rain Lover (1970); Bonecrusher (1986); Jeune (1994); Octagonal (1996); Northerly (2001-02); So You Think (2010); It’s A Dundeel (2013); Black Heart Bart… Read More »
Takedown’s trainer Gary Moore has set the Group One-winning sprinter a lofty goal to conquer Chautauqua and stake a claim for a slot in the world’s richest race on turf. Beating the world’s highest rated sprinter in Saturday’s Group Two Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Randwick would certainly enhance Takedown’s bid… Read More »
Classy filly Shoals puts her unbeaten run on the line at Caulfield in a race that will be telling for her Thousand Guineas prospects. Shoals is aiming for her fifth-straight win when she lines up in the Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude on Sunday, her second start this spring and… Read More »
Destiny’s Kiss never ceases to amaze trainer Joe Pride who is not afraid to throw him in the deep end in the Metropolitan Handicap. The nine-year-old, who is raced by Nick Moraitis, is a favourite with both trainer and owner. Pride has long had Saturday’s 2400m-feature in mind for the… Read More »
Michael Walker cannot make the weight to ride Comin’ Through in the Epsom Handicap, but his presence will still be felt if the horse claims the $1 million mile at Randwick. Although the four-year-old was a last-start winner in the Group Three Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) on September 16, Walker… Read More »
Another early morning trip to Caulfield may be the catalyst for Hartnell’s return to Group One winning form. Hartnell dominates betting on Sunday’s Underwood Stakes (1800m) where he is pitted against eight opponents. The James Cummings-trained gelding went to Caulfield on Tuesday from his Flemington base for another look at… Read More »
Toowoomba mare With A Promise is primed to maintain her unbeaten second-up record at the Sunshine Coast continue a great start to the new season for her trainer Ben Currie. Currie had a treble at Ipswich on Wednesday to take him to 24 overall wins for the season. He is… Read More »
