Trainer Matt Laurie is looking deeper into the spring following the maiden win of Aberro at Sandown. The Mornington-based horseman believes the three-year-old will relish a journey of 2000m and beyond. While Aberro will be entered for November’s Victoria Derby at Flemington, Laurie said he may resist the temptation after… Read More »
Jockey Jeff Lloyd has shown his strength with a winning double on his first day back from an enforced holiday at Doomben. Brisbane’s premier jockey, who missed the first four metropolitan meetings of the season with a double suspension, won on Sky Talk ($2.90) and Plucky Girl ($1.75) on Wednesday…. Read More »
Weather and track condition will determine whether Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy begins her spring campaign in the Group Three Quezette Stakes at Caulfield. The Lindsay Park team of trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig has three acceptors for Saturday’s 1100m race for fillies. Catchy has been earmarked… Read More »
After accepting for Lankan Rupee in both Melbourne and Adelaide, trainer Mick Price is sticking to his plan to take the former world’s best sprinter interstate for the Spring Stakes at Morphettville. The Melbourne trainer always had Saturday’s Spring Stakes (1200m) in mind after Lankan Rupee’s first-up second in the… Read More »
It’s too soon to lay down the gauntlet, but Blake Shinn couldn’t help but mention a rematch with Chautauqua in The Everest after piloting English in an impressive track gallop at Canterbury. Shinn was still smarting over Chautauqua pipping English on the post to claim his third consecutive TJ Smith… Read More »
Prominent New Zealand owner/breeder Sir Peter Vela has celebrated Eminent’s Group Two win in France with the colt earmarked as a potential stud prospect. Eminent is a son of the all-conquering Frankel and could become the first of his progeny to stand in New Zealand. Vela is the principal of… Read More »
While Winx is undeniably the star attraction at Randwick, Ron Quinton is looking forward to welcoming back two talented mares. The former champion jockey-turned-trainer has the well-performed Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms in Group races on Saturday. Daysee Doom resumes in the Group Three Show County Quality (1200m), her first… Read More »
A few hours after betting opened, Winx has shortened to $1.06 to win her 18th consecutive race in the Warwick Stakes. After posting the champion at $1.08 on Wednesday morning, the TAB wound her in after taking a bet of $61,600 at that price. The shortest price Winx has started… Read More »
Brisbane Race Club chairman Neville Bell believes a good percentage of the 15,000 strong crowd at Doomben for the public holiday meeting can be attracted back to the sport The BRC aimed at the 20 to 30 year age group for the promotion, Mekka Wednesday, which has been held on… Read More »
Highly touted Godolphin three-year-old Esperance has remained unbeaten with a comfortable win at Sandown. An eight-length debut winner at Echuca, Esperance made the step to midweek city grade to win Wednesday’s Sheamus Mills Bloodstock Handicap over 1200m. Ridden by Craig Williams, Esperance was sent off an odds-on favourite before scoring… Read More »
The decision not to accept with original topweight Mishani Bullitt has proved a boost for Rancho Montoya in his comeback at Doomben. Mishani Bullitt was handicapped at 59kg for the Three-Year-Old Handicap (1350m) but trainer Chris Anderson decided instead to run him at Doomben on Wednesday. It meant weights for… Read More »
Champion Winx has been posted $1.08 in first markets to beat her seven rivals when she makes her return in the Group Two Warwick Stakes at Randwick. Antonio Giuseppe, Foxplay and Inference are next best at $17 for Saturday’s 1400m-race in which Winx will be out to extend her winning… Read More »
Robert Havlin has failed to persuade the disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority not to reciprocate the six-month ban given to him by France Galop for failing a drugs test. In February, the French authority said the Newmarket-based jockey had returned a positive sample at Saint-Cloud last October. It… Read More »
Dual Oaks winner Enable is a firming favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after French stars Brametot and Almanzor were upstaged by British challengers Eminent and First Sitting in the two feature events at Deauville. Jean-Claude Rouget’s pair of aces were looking to seal their places in some… Read More »
The Grand National Steeplechase headlines the all-jumps program at Ballarat. Six races have been programmed for Sunday’s meeting with a strong array of nominations spread across all races. Wells, aiming for a third win in the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m), is the headline horse of the 14 nominations, which have… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is looking forward to one-time Magic Millions contender Champagne Cuddles making her black-type debut after missing the $2 million race with a leg injury. The filly lines up in the Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, her first start since she won a two-year-old race at… Read More »
Jockey Tom Sadler makes his return to race riding at Sale ahead of a move to Sydney. Sadler rides for his two main supporters in Melbourne on Thursday, his Caulfield-based trainer father John and Cranbourne’s Greg Eurell before he packs his bags on Sunday and moves north to the Gai… Read More »
The prospect of watching Winx race at close quarters has influenced Inverell trainer Allan Foran to bring a runner to Randwick for the first time. Although Bonnie Sare is the priority for Foran this week, super mare Winx will inevitably catch the eye in the Group Two Warwick Stakes (1400m)…. Read More »
Lankan Rupee will run in a 1200m-race in Adelaide rather than take a step up in distance at Caulfield in which victory would gain him a start in the Memsie Stakes. The eight-year-old will contest Saturday’s Spring Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville instead of the P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at… Read More »
Songlike was outclassed when challenged to make her racing debut in a black-type race, but trainer Bjorn Baker believes a maiden win beckons in lower class company at Canterbury. The filly will have the third start of her preparation at Wednesday’s meeting and after two trial wins and seconds at… Read More »
