A morning trot-up is all that is needed for lightly raced mare Abbey Marie to take her place in a Group One race at Randwick. Abbey Marie is one of 18 acceptances for the Coolmore Legacy Queen Of The Turf (1600m) on Saturday. Trainer Mick Kent said Abbey Marie only… Read More »
All the boxes have been ticked ahead of Winx’s autumn finale but there is still an air of nervous tension about the great mare ahead of the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Winx will aim for her 17th-straight win in Saturday’s $4 millionQueen Elizabeth Stakes over 2000 metres, her fourth start this… Read More »
After spending a month acclimatising in relative obscurity at Canterbury, Godolphin’s Sydney Cup contingent is poised to emulate the stayers that made such an impression in Melbourne over spring. Although Penglai Pavilion and Polarisation are not yet widely known in Australian racing circles, Godolphin’s assistant trainer James Ferguson drew a… Read More »
On a day when the ATC Australian Oaks is run in Sydney, lightly raced Sequoia Lady will press her claims for a different Classic for fillies when she runs in a low-key race at Caulfield. Trainer Jason Warren has Australasian Oaks ambitions for Sequoia Lady who is set to make… Read More »
Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are at the centre of a stewards investigation for substituting horses in public gallops on the course proper at Randwick. Racing NSW stewards began the investigation after being alerted three horses from their stable on a running sheet for Tuesday’s Breakfast with the Stars… Read More »
Victory in the Australian Oaks at Randwick can turn a good Sydney autumn carnival into a great one for Victorian trainer David Brideoake. The Mornington-based horseman will saddle the $6 third favourite with bookie Sportsbet Nurse Kitchen in the 2400m-Group One race for three-year-old fillies on Saturday. Brideoake has recorded… Read More »
Mike Moroney rates Hurry a Group-class filly and the trainer is looking for the three-year-old to bounce back from a perplexing Australian debut when she heads to Warwick Farm. Moroney has sent the former New Zealand filly north from his Melbourne base to Sydney for Wednesday’s TAB Handicap (1400m), adamant… Read More »
Country trainer Paul Preusker will delay the return to city racing of in-form gelding Kapaulenko. The five-year-old would have been aiming for a fifth straight success at Sandown on Wednesday in the Le Pine Funerals Handicap (1600m), but a poor draw has prompted Preusker to wait for another day. Kapaulenko… Read More »
Superstar Winx will start from barrier three as the odds-on favourite in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The mare shortened from $1.15 to $1.10 before the barrier draw when the field of nine was declared. Saturday’s $4 million race over 2000 metres will be Winx’s fourth and final start this autumn.
Champion Winx will have eight rivals as she bids to extend her winning streak to 17 in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick. The mare is the odds-on favourite for Saturday’s $4 million race over 2000 metres. Among her opposition are Godolphin’s Hartnell, the second favourite, and Doncaster Mile runner-up… Read More »
Winx is the odds-on favourite for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes as the champion bids to extend her winning sequence to 17 and her Group One record to 11. Final fields for the four Group One races on the second day of The Championships at Randwick will be declared on Tuesday…. Read More »
After breaking through for a Group One win in the William Reid Stakes, Silent Sedition is favourite to snare a second at the elite level. Silent Sedition gave Caulfield trainer Andrew Noblet his first Group One victory in the William Reid at Moonee Valley last Friday week when she dropped… Read More »
A Classic double in Sydney is in the sights of New Zealand trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman. The training partners have already claimed the $2 million Australian Derby with Jon Snow at Randwick on the opening day of The Championships and their attention now turns to Saturday’s $1 million… Read More »
Group One-winning jockey Dean Yendall will have precautionary X-rays after a race fall at Mildura. Yendall fell in the fourth race on Monday before the home turn aboard the Darren Weir-trained True Kisses. Racing Victoria reported Yendall walked to the ambulance with no obvious injury but would head to hospital… Read More »
The Group One ATC Australian Oaks in Sydney or the Listed Galilee Series Final in Melbourne are the options for Wheal Leisure with her trainer still undecided which way to go. Wheal Leisure is one of 19 nominations for Saturday’s Galilee Final (2400m) for three-year-olds at Caulfield while Archie Alexander… Read More »
Noel Callow has successfully appealed a reckless riding charge imposed by Racing NSW stewards for his ride on Montoya’s Secret in the Group One Vinery Stud Stakes. The Victorian jockey also succeeded in having a one-month careless riding ban for the same ride reduced by a week when he appeared… Read More »
Veteran Steel Zip’s recent impressive barrier trial win has his trainer confident the sprinter can reach the million dollar prize money milestone at his next start. Pat Duff has carefully planned an assault on the Listed $150,000 Weetwood Hcp (1200m) at Toowoomba on Saturday. Duff won the Weetwood with Ima… Read More »
Three-time TJ Smith Stakes winner Chautauqua could still be seen again this autumn. Chautauqua unleashed a breathtaking finishing burst to win his third $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, coming from last to reel in English. Part-owner Rupert Legh said the gelding was still in his Rosehill… Read More »
Second prize money in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes is still tempting enough for trainer Pat Webster and owner Michael Thomas to back Happy Clapper up against Winx. And there’s always the dream that perhaps he could run into the mare on an off-day although she hasn’t had one for some… Read More »
Big Duke has emerged as the most likely candidate to give premier Melbourne trainer Darren Weir a first Group One victory in Sydney. The stayer gave Weir his first Sydney win in last month’s Group Three Manion Cup and notched his second at Group Two level in Saturday’s Chairman’s Handicap… Read More »
