Winning a recent maiden at Geelong with a colt owned and bred by his father was all the more satisfying for trainer Grahame Begg because it came on Father’s Day. That colt, Il Divo, has his next start in town on Saturday at Caulfield and Begg believes the three-year-old has… Read More »
Godolphin colts Astoria and Sanctioned will have their staying credentials tested when they tackle the Group Three Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill. The three-year-olds step up in trip to 1800m for the first time on Saturday as Godolphin head trainer James Cummings gauges whether they warrant a Group One debut in… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Rodney Ollerton has his eyes fixed on one spring prize for talented sprinter Royal Tudor. Ollerton has planned a campaign towards the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on October 1. Royal Tudor made his Melbourne debut at Caulfield earlier in September and lines up… Read More »
Promising three-year-old Snitzkraft makes his return to racing against his own age group at Ipswich on Saturday. The Kelso Wood-Patricia Gesler training combination had nominated Snitzkraft for two races but will keep the colt for the Daimler Trucks Brisbane Handicap. Snitzkraft will be having his first start since Wood and… Read More »
After going close to winning one of Australia’s few Group One weight-for-age races for fillies and mares last campaign, Prompt Response is being aimed at going one better in another during the Melbourne spring carnival. The four-year-old begins her preparation in Saturday’s Group Three How Now Stakes over 1200m at… Read More »
Hartnell is expected to bypass a clash with champion Winx at Flemington in the Turnbull Stakes with connections opting for the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield for the gelding’s next start. Godolphin’s head trainer in Australia James Cummings confirmed Hartnell, who finished second to Humidor in last Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Doughty hopes a lack of early pace can help Flamboyer overcome a dry track and give her husband Gary Doughty another boost at Ipswich. Flamboyer, who was bred and is part-owned by Gary Doughty, has been a great performer winning in stakes company and scoring nine wins for… Read More »
A difference in weights enticed trainer Chris Munce to dodge Thursday’s Lismore Cup with Cauthen’s Power in favour of running at Ipswich on Saturday. Cauthen’s Power, who is part-owned by Australian cricket captain Steve Smith, has been gradually working into top form since joining Munce’s stables from Sydney’s Chris Waller… Read More »
A year after a narrow defeat in a stakes race at Caulfield, Well Sprung will line-up at Caulfield looking for revenge. The five-year-old runs in Saturday’s Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1200m), a race in which he was beaten a nose 12 months ago by Keen Array. an opponent again. Well… Read More »
Queensland trainer Darren Bell says he has been forced to quit after racking up crippling debts when his stable was closed because of a strangles outbreak. Bell reported two of his horses had strangles in December last year and Racing Queensland shut down his operation. His stables are at a… Read More »
It has taken two months, but Jeff Lloyd’s four winners at the Gold Coast put him back where punters expect him to be – leading the Brisbane metropolitan jockeys’ premiership. Lloyd has won the past two metropolitan titles and in 2016-17 smashed Chris Munce’s record of 103 winners for a… Read More »
The Anthony and Edward Cummings-trained filly Memento could be back in contention for a crack at black-type racing after winning her maiden at Warwick Farm. The Anthony and Edward Cummings-trained three-year-old broke her duck at the seventh attempt in the TAB.com.au Plate (1100m) on Wednesday. Memento ($7) pulled clear at… Read More »
The world’s greatest horse of turf will go global after the Sydney autumn carnival, with trainer Chris Waller outlining two European options for Winx. Waller said a one-off appearance at Royal Ascot was possible for Winx though ideally she would head overseas for three-race campaign in England, France and Ireland…. Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell still has aspirations to target a Group One race with promising three-year-old I Did It Again this spring, despite shelving Caulfield Guineas plans. I Did It Again made a winning debut in a 1200m handicap for two-year-olds in July at Caulfield before attention turned to spring. Eurell… Read More »
Ron Quinton is reluctant to split his two highly rated mares Dixie Blossoms and Daysee Doom, so the Golden Pendant at Rosehill will give an indication of the pecking order. The stablemates worked smoothly on the course proper on Tuesday, leaving the trainer confident the pair will acquit themselves well… Read More »
Chris Meagher is hopeful Savanna Amour can give him the perfect start to his training career in Victoria with a stakes race win at Caulfield. Meagher takes over from his father John when the mares lines up in Saturday’s Group Three How Now Stakes. The daughter of Love Conquers All… Read More »
Star Of Africa made an encouraging start to his racing career as the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt completed a comfortable victory at Warwick Farm. The three-year-old is understandably not yet the finished article, but he still had enough class under Hugh Bowman to win tyhe All Too Hard@Vinery Plate… Read More »
Eight-year-old Magnapal could spoil the party for a number of Caulfield Cup aspirants when he chases a second MRC Foundation Cup win. Magnapal won the MRC Foundation Cup, registered as the Naturalism Stakes, two years ago and lines up in the Group Three 2000m race at Caulfield for the third-straight… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse has six Golden Slippers but no Golden Rose. Gold Standard, a colt on the rise, could change that at Rosehill on Saturday. Market 💰: Gold Standard is $12 in Golden Rose odds at Sportsbet.com.au. Waterhouse is yet to win a Golden Rose but last-start Group Two winner Gold Standard… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller says champion racemare Winx will most likely be switched to Melbourne to continue her Cox Plate campaign. Waller announced on Wednesday he has pencilled in the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington on October 7 as the next start for Winx. On track for a third successive… Read More »
