Former New Zealand filly Aloisia has made an impressive start to her Australian career with victory at Flemington. Now in the care of Caulfield trainer Ciaron Maher, Aloisia took out the Saintly Hall of Fame Trophy (1400m) on Saturday and may now head to Brisbane in search of black type…. Read More »
Quick Feet has trouble living up to her name on wet tracks but has scrambled home on a soft Rosehill surface for a long overdue win. Co-trainer Peter Snowden said he almost scratched the three-year-old filly from Saturday’s 1400m race and would have done so if more rain had come…. Read More »
Tough gelding Gully Command will head north chasing the country Cups circuit after his all the way win at Doomben. Jockey Jeff Lloyd was able to score his fifth win from 12 rides for trainer Ben Currie in the past two months when Gully Command ($3.80) scored in the card-opening… Read More »
Viridine and Rory Hutchings maintained their winning combination at Rosehill as the promising Godolphin colt opened his career with back-to-back victories. A fortnight after the duo recorded significant success on the same track, Viridine again belied his inexperience to claim Saturday’s card-opening John Miller Hall Of Fame Handicap (1200m). Viridine… Read More »
Ryan Moore has had to work hard to get Dartmouth home in the Yorkshire Cup for The Queen at York. Winner of the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot last June, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained five-year-old will now attempt a repeat victory in the Group Two race over a mile-and-a-half at… Read More »
Two former Perth sprinters have been the best supported ahead of the $1 million Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. A 10-time winner in Western Australia before heading east, the Darren Weir-trained Black Heart Bart is chasing successive victories in Adelaide’s premier sprint on Saturday while Vega Magic is having his… Read More »
Mack Griffith has runners from either end of the experience spectrum vying to provide back-to-back TAB Highway victories for the Mudgee horseman. Late blooming five-year-old gelding Schedule is among the frontrunners for the Class 3 Highway Plate (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday after his impressive effort to give Griffith victory… Read More »
Chris Waller has gently applied the brakes to fast-developing sprinter New Universe. The three-year-old, originally known as Dark Universe in New Zealand, has won three of his four starts, including an impressive debut for Sydney’s premier trainer at Rosehill earlier this month. New Universe motored home from well back on… Read More »
Emphasis’ liking for the 2000 metres at Doomben has convinced trainer Richie Stephenson to take on some of Australia’s best horses. The gelding will be the rank outsider in the Group One Doomben Cup but Stephenson is not fazed. Stephenson has trained hundreds of winners from his Toowoomba base over… Read More »
Jenny Graham makes a rare excursion to Sydney from Port Macquarie for the Rosehill meeting, a trip the trainer hopes to make on a more regular basis over winter. Art Attack, and probably I Wanna Be A Jeep, are along for this ride on Saturday while the pick of her… Read More »
The horses who gave trainer Danny O’Brien a recent two-state double are well supported in races at the same track this time around. De Little Engine’s easy win in a 2800m handicap on his home track at Flemington last Saturday week was followed up less than an hour later by… Read More »
A heavy track gives Sense Of Occasion his best chance to improve on his two Sydney autumn Group One placings in the Doomben Cup. Heavy rain fell in Brisbane on Friday with the track rated a heavy (9) on race eve, Sense of Occasion has won five times on rain-affected… Read More »
Stewards expect Brisbane’s Doomben Cup meeting will go ahead on a heavy track on Saturday. Doomben missed much of the heavy rain which soaked parts of south east Queensland on Friday but the track still recorded close to 25mm. Senior steward Dan Aurisch and Doomben track manager Jim Roberts walked… Read More »
Jockey Regan Bayliss has been taken to hospital for x-rays following a fall at Geelong which puts his Group One Goodwood hopes in jeopardy. Bayliss was riding the Lindsay Park-trained in a maiden on Friday when the two-year-old fell approximately 200m after the start. Dean Holland, the rider of Wanna… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming has surprised his trainer Todd Pletcher with how well he has bounced back from his victory in the first leg of the Triple Crown. The colt will run as favourite in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore on Saturday (Sunday AEST). Always Dreaming is… Read More »
Rain has claimed the the last six races at Wagga Wagga with the meeting called off because of safety concerns. After two races, stewards were forced to call time on Friday’s program because of poor visibility. Earlier in the day, the Ipswich meeting in Queensland was called off as rain… Read More »
Candika will get every chance to prove she is a potential stayer in the Group Three Doomben Roses. She meets a strong field of fillies in Saturday’s Group Two Roses (2000m) but trainer Steve O’Dea is confident she has the form to be more than competitive. O’Dea is keen to… Read More »
Bred with a jumping career in mind, Just Junior will first chase victory in a stakes race on the flat at Flemington. A half-brother to Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase winners Al Garhood and Regina Coeli, Just Junior runs in Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (3200m). Just Junior is prepared by… Read More »
Two solid trials and race statistics have Matt Dunn believing veteran galloper Strawberry Boy can win first-up at Doomben for his new trainer. The eight-year-old runs in Saturday’s Group Three BRC Sprint (1350m) seeking his first win since June 2015. Dunn has several horses for Strawberry Boy’s owner John Singleton… Read More »
The performance of Oak Door in a stakes race up the straight at Flemington will determine whether the three-year-old is a contender for richer races in Brisbane. The Robert Smerdon-trained three-year-old returns after a break in Saturday’s Listed Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington. Smerdon says Brisbane options for Oak Door… Read More »
