A fit and more mature Overshare has claimed some all important black type for his owners with an all-the-way win at Moonee Valley. Overshare jumped straight to the front in Saturday’s Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) to record a comfortable win. Ridden by Dwayne Dunn, Overshare was easy in the betting… Read More »
Brilliant three-year-old Whypeeo is no certainty to tackle next month’s Group One Golden Rose despite getting within a whisker of the Gold Coast course record for 1100 metres. Whypeeo ($2.45) went flat out all the way and was too strong at the finish beating Shogun Sun ($2.70) by a length… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Almandin has started his title defence with a pleasing first-up second at Moonee Valley. Having his first start since winning last year’s Cup, Almandin finished second behind the Darren Weir-trained Pacodali in the MSC Signs Handicap. Sent of a $10 chance under Ben Melham, Almandin was beaten… Read More »
Imported stayer Alward has racked up back-to-back wins in Australia to join stablemates Antonio Giuseppe and Sayed as the early favourites for the Group One Metropolitan Handicap. The Irish-bred gelding, who originally raced in France before joining Chris Waller’s operation last September, won second-up at Flemington earlier this month and… Read More »
Dee I Cee has claimed an upset but timely first win for Tulloch Lodge in the Listed Premier’s Cup at Rosehill as he heads to the Metropolitan Handicap. The winner of two races in New Zealand in 2015 as a three-year-old, Dee I Cee came to Gai Waterhouse with high… Read More »
Winx will have a gear change in the Chelmsford Stakes with the ear muffs she wears in the parade ring to stay on during the race. The champion gave her fans a scare last time out in the Warwick Stakes when she missed the start by four lengths but still… Read More »
Tony McEvoy says he’s extremely proud of filly Roomooz after her narrow first-up victory at Moonee Valley. Roomooz took out Saturday’s Johnnie Walker Plate (1200m) and McEvoy is now eyeing stakes races with the daughter of Fastnet Rock. Ridden by Luke Currie, Roomooz ($7) held on to win by a… Read More »
An autumn virus curtailed Tango Rain’s career but the well-bred entire has signalled he can be a force with an all-the-way win at Rosehill. By Manhattan Rain out of Tango Fire, Tango Rain is from the family of Redoute’s Choice and raced by his breeder Muzzafar Yaseen. He was having… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds instructions to apprentice Matt McGillivray to have Mr Epic closer in the run have had the desired effect at the Gold Coast. At his previous start Mr Epic was beaten a head when second over 2000m at Doomben. Edmonds felt that McGillivray had been outridden by Michael… Read More »
The association of Gai Waterhouse and Stephen Baster may not be one of the most successful in Australian racing, but it has been enduring. Baster combined with training partners Waterhouse and Adrian Bott in guiding Cismontane to victory in the McMahon’s Dairy Handicap (2500m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Baster… Read More »
Matt Dale has upstaged Highway Handicap training rival Matthew Dunn as Mossman Gorge kept an unbeaten record this term at Rosehill. Dale missed Mossman’s Gorge’s win on Saturday because his son cut a finger and needed surgery. In his absence, the three-year-old helped Dale keep pace with Murwillumbah’s Matt Dunn… Read More »
Richard Litt trained his first Queensland winner with his first runner in the state as Il Mio Destino landed some big bets at the Gold Coast. Il Mio Destino, backed from $9 into $5.50, was in a feisty mood on the way to the barrier when she kicked up her… Read More »
Leading Queensland owner Linda Huddy’s liking for broodmare Orange Marmalade has continued to reap benefits at the Gold Coast. Huddy owns Of The Day who made it three wins from her past four starts when she easily won Saturday’s Fillies and Mares Benchmark 80 Handicap (1200m). Of The Day is… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has been left red-faced after a premature celebration on Lady Aurelia at the end of the Nunthorpe Stakes. The photo-finish showed the American filly had been nosed out by the Sir Mark Prescott-trained Marsha in the Group One sprint at York. “I’m in shock. I thought I’d won… Read More »
Australian Hall of Fame trainer Lee Freedman will leave for Singapore to begin training from the beginning of next month. The Singapore Turf Club’s Racing Committee confirmed on Friday Freedman had been allocated stables at Kranji from September 1. Among Freedman’s achievements are five Melbourne Cups, including two of Makybe… Read More »
His pedigree suggests Meet And Greet should handle a step up in distance at Rosehill and veteran trainer John Meagher is confident the stayer will justify the stopover en route to Melbourne. Meet And Greet, a lightly raced four-year-old gelding, starts outside of Queensland for the first time on Saturday… Read More »
Jorda will make her long-awaited return to racing at Rosehill as Godolphin unleash another group of promising three-year-olds. The filly made an impressive start to her career when she claimed the Listed Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) in October but was held back and only returned to the barrier trials last month…. Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have brought talented colt Speed Street to Sydney from their Melbourne stable to begin his spring campaign. The training partnership has had a successful week with promising filly Pandemonium emphasising her class at Warwick Farm on Wednesday before in-form gelding Arbeitsam claimed the Listed Rowley… Read More »
She Will Reign might have been beaten in a barrier trial for the first time but she has done everything trainer Gary Portelli and jockey Ben Melham wanted her to do. Melham kept the Golden Slipper winner under a hold in Friday’s 800m-trial at Warwick Farm while her stablemate Single… Read More »
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller’s plan to have a higher profile at the Magic Millions carnival kicks off when Colosimo runs at the Gold Coast. Colosimo will take on a talented field in the Three-Year-Old Handicap (1100m), a race which holds much interest at Saturday’s metropolitan standard meeting. The filly… Read More »
