Australia’s leading trainer Darren Weir has collected his seventh Group One of the season with Humidor winning the Australian Cup at Flemington. Defying the racing pattern of the day, Humidor settled back in the field before producing a powerful finishing burst to defeat last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Jameka with… Read More »
Godolphin trainer John O’Shea chose the right option with Circular, which has collected a stakes victory at Flemington. The head trainer for the international racing giant elected on the easier option of the Group Three Schweppervescence Trophy (1600m) on Saturday rather than the Group One Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. The… Read More »
Australian Derby winner Tavago extended his affinity with Sydney race tracks to Rosehill by clearing out to comfortably score the Group Three Sky High Stakes. Rosehill on Coolmore Classic Day suited the four-year-old gelding down to the ground as Tavago who was $9 with Luxbet.com took advantage of a gently… Read More »
Heavens Above has claimed the Group One Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill in a thrilling finish. Jockey Tye Angland was able to power Heavens Above across the line a short nose ahead of Silent Sedition, with Danish Twist third after a surge from a number of runners from the 200m… Read More »
Having had an easy time guiding champion Winx around Rosehill in a race day gallop, Kerrin McEvoy has had to work hard to get her stablemate Foxplay home in the Group Two Phar Lap Stakes. The $1.80 Sportsbet favourite for Saturday’s 1500m race, Foxplay was at the tail of the… Read More »
Redkirk Warrior has become the first galloper in 100 years to win the famous Flemington Group One Newmarket Handicap first up. The former Hong Kong galloper was having his first start since November after undergoing a throat operation in defeating Voodoo Lad and Star Turn. Redkirk Warrior raced on the… Read More »
Tulip has firmed dramatically with bookmakers for the Golden Slipper but the filly’s owners remain undecided whether the Magic Night Stakes winner will back up into the $3.5 million race. One of four possible contenders for the stable that has produced more two-year-old winners than any other this season, the… Read More »
Tye Angland’s prediction after Single Bullet blew his chance to qualify for the Magic Millions is a step closer to reaching fruition. After misbehaving in the stalls and starting sluggishly at Wyong in December, Angland urged trainer Gary Portelli to look on the bright side after Single Bullet finished second…. Read More »
Classy filly I Am A Star has added another feature win at Flemington but was forced to work overtime to deny West Australian visitor Ellicazoom. The Group One Myer Classic winner from last spring, I Am A Star was clearly the highest-rated filly in Saturday’s Group Two Kewney Stakes and… Read More »
Artistry’s delayed autumn campaign has begun in fine style with the mare beating her stablemate Dothraki in a photo-finish to the Group Three Maurice McCarten Stakes at Rosehill. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden held her back from a scheduled start a couple of weeks ago because of the extremely heavy… Read More »
Jockey Linda Meech is looking forward to the Melbourne spring after riding Sircconi to an all-the-way win in VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. Meech is convinced Sircconi will develop into a quality three-year-old over a longer distance following his win on Saturday. “A 2000 metre three-year-old race is… Read More »
Smart two-year-old colt Eminent had to survive a protest at Doomben before remaining on course for a Sydney autumn campaign. Eminent ($4.20) responded to a clever ride by jockey Michael Cahill to beat Capital Gain ($5) by a short neck in the QTIS Two Year Old (1350m). However, apprentice Matt… Read More »
A first-up win to three-year-old Falcool in a Listed race at Flemington has come as no surprise to trainer Aaron Purcell. And the sprinter’s performance to land his first city win in his sixth career start in Saturday’s Incognitus Stakes (1100m) also impressed jockey Hugh Bowman, who was riding the… Read More »
On a day she wasn’t even racing, Winx has stolen the show at Rosehill in a solo track gallop a week out from her next assignment in the George Ryder Stakes. With Hugh Bowman riding at Flemington on Saturday, the responsibility was handed to Kerrin McEvoy to guide the world’s… Read More »
Trainer Darren Graham has started thinking about late winter carnival feature races after his gelding Morendi made the step up to open company on Saturday. Morendi ($2.40 favourite) made it three wins from his past five starts when he beat Outraged ($7) by three lengths in the Powering The Happy… Read More »
Norwegian-born British jockey William Buick made a successful debut at Rosehill for Godolphin, steering French import Spectroscope to an impressive win in the card-opening Schweppes Handicap (1350m). Buick, who has six rides booked on Coolmore Classic Day, arrived in Australia to replace the injured James Doyle and had no issues… Read More »
Imported stayer Aloft has raced to his first Australian victory at Flemington and part-owner Nick Williams believes better things are in store for the lightly raced five-year-old. A winner of the Listed Queen’s Vase (3219m) at Royal Ascot in 2015, Aloft raced twice during the spring carnival in Melbourne last… Read More »
A well-judged front-running ride by Dwayne Dunn has helped Top Me Up to a win over 1400m at Flemington. The Hawkes Racing-trained Top Me Up drew barrier one in Saturday’s The Melbourne Cup Carnival On Sale Handicap and Dunn was able to hold the lead on the $9 chance with… Read More »
Sydney Cup favourite Antonio Giuseppe continues his build-up for that Group One challenge at Randwick as the heavily-backed runner in the Group Three Sky High Stakes at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained gelding is the early favourite ($6) to notch his first Group One win in the $2 million Sydney Cup… Read More »
Jockeys Katelyn Mallyon and Dean Holland have been charged over their handling of their respective mounts in the same 3000m race at Moonee Valley last month. Mallyon rode Valediction in the race on February 3 at the night meeting while Holland was aboard Barge And Charge. Both horses weakened out… Read More »
