Lindsay Park has one eye on the first Group One race of the season and the other on the world’s richest sprint race. With a spot already confirmed in October’s Everest for one of its top sprinters, the stable is hoping success in Saturday’s Memsie Stakes at Caulfield gets a… Read More »
Happy Clapper’s two recent barrier trials have shown he is primed for his spring return but trainer Pat Webster is not getting too far ahead of himself. The most accomplished horse in Webster’s stable is also the most high maintenance with a history of leg problems, stemming from a tendon… Read More »
The battle for places into the first Group One race of the season will not eventuate with 18 nominations for the $1 million Memsie Stakes at Caulfield The 1400m event on Saturday has a field limit of 16, with four emergencies, and it was initially thought the Group One race… Read More »
The battle for places into the first Group One race of the season will not eventuate with 18 nominations for the 1400m–event at Caulfield. With a field limit of 16, plus four emergencies, it was expected Saturday’s Group One race would require a ballot to determine the field. The Darren… Read More »
Winx will have a maximum of 15 rivals when she lines up in the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick. The mare will be wearing earmuffs in Saturday’s race after giving her fans a scare in the Warwick Stakes when she missed the start by four lengths and had to… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is one of five horses in the running to be crowned the Victorian Racehorse of the Year. She joins Melbourne Cup winner Almandin, Black Heart Bart, Hartnell and Jameka as season 2016/17 finalists with the winner to be announced at the Scobie Breasley Medal ceremony on Sunday…. Read More »
Victorian jockey Tom Sadler has had a mixed introduction to NSW racing with a winner and a suspension at the weekend. Sadler has joined the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable and rode Social Element for Tulloch Lodge to win a maiden at Newcastle on Saturday. A day later he… Read More »
The Bob Baffert-trained West Coast has led all the way to win the Group One Travers Stakes at Saratoga which featured all three Triple Crown winners. Ridden by Mike Smith, West Coast beat Gunnevara by 3-1/4 lengths to earn an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Tony Sears has had one of his best starts to a season and is set to cap it off by cementing relations with several international clients. Sears has had seven winners to start the new season but missed the win of Tycoon Ace at the Gold Coast on… Read More »
It’s unusual to tinker with the gear on a horse of Winx’s experience but trainer Chris Waller doesn’t consider the earmuffs she will wear in the Chelmsford Stakes as a major change. The mare gave her fans and connections a scare in the Warwick Stakes when she missed the start… Read More »
Comeback jockey Darryl “Digger” McLellan hopes to step up his workload this week after making a return to the saddle after nearly six years. A Group One winner, McLellan had four rides at the Gold Coast last week but did not ride on Saturday because the meeting had metropolitan status… Read More »
Hey Doc is one of a host of Group One winners expected to take part in a capacity field for the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. With prize money doubled to $1 million, the first Group One race of the Australian season on Saturday is likely to have a field of… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida is looking to Cellargirl to join Shogun Sun as a Golden Rose contender. The filly will run in a three-year-old handicap over 1350 metres at Doomben on Saturday and if she runs well, she could join Shogun Sun on a path the $1 million Golden Rose… Read More »
Jockey Bridget Grylls will seek a review of a four-week suspension after stewards found her handling of a runner at the Gold Coast unacceptable. Grylls rode Alastriona to fifth in a 1400m-race on August 12. Chairman of stewards Ian Brown said the panel was concerned about Grylls’ handling of Alastriona… Read More »
Patience has finally paid off for connections of Nakeeta in Europe’s richest handicap, the Ebor at York. The Ian Jardine-trained six-year-old missed the cut for the race 12 months ago but it all worked out this time as Nakeeta edged out the 7-1 favourite Flymetothestars in the hands of apprentice… Read More »
A winning return from Bonny O’Reilly has trainer Bjorn Baker once again eyeing off bigger targets for the mare. She was having her first start since her failure in the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara at Doomben in June. Despite carrying 59.5kg, the $3.90 favourite won Saturday’s 1200m Benchmark 95 race… Read More »
Special Missile was an obvious target for apprentice Blaike McDougall as he aimed for his first Saturday city win of the season. Fortunately he convinced his master John Thompson to take the rapport he had built with the four-year-old gelding during track work to Rosehill on Saturday. “After sitting in… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing has paid tribute to sports commentator Drew Morphett after Missrock’s comeback win at Moonee Valley. Laing said Morphett and his wife Karen were instrumental in getting the mare back to the track. Morphett, who lived on a property at Pakenham, died suddenly on Friday night. “Sending big… Read More »
Pariah has assumed favouritism for the Group One Golden Rose after a brilliant return at Rosehill in his first start as a three-year-old. Punters had faith in the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt who was the heavily backed favourite from $2.80 to $2.10 to win Saturday’s Group Three San Domenico… Read More »
Bjorn Baker has gone back in time to predict a bright future for gutsy colt Addictive Nature. The three-year-old produced further evidence of his potential as a Group One class horse when he held on to claim Saturday’s Group Three Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) at Rosehill by a short head…. Read More »
