Officials will inspect the Randwick track in the early hours of the morning to determine if the Randwick Guineas meeting goes ahead. By 3pm on Friday, the track had received 41.8mm of rain since 6.30am, bringing the seven-day total to 148mm. Racing NSW said the track had coped well and… Read More »
Trainer Gerald Ryan has no qualms about running Menari on a wet Randwick track but will send him to Canberra if the Sydney meeting is moved. After days of rain, Randwick was rated a heavy 9 on Friday with stewards to inspect the track at 6am on Saturday. Ryan has… Read More »
Apprentice Tahlia Hope has undergone surgery on a fractured ankle that will keep her out of the saddle for at least 12 weeks. She had surgery on Thursday night to insert three screws and a plate. Her father, trainer Shannon Hope, expects she will be released from hospital on Saturday…. Read More »
Japonisme breaks new ground in his 20th career start by tackling a Group One race first-up in the Canterbury Stakes. The four-year-old Chris Waller-trained gelding returns to action in the $500,000 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) on Saturday following a 17-week spell after his ninth in the Group One Darley Classic at… Read More »
Uncertainty surrounding the Randwick Guineas meeting in Sydney because of wet weather has prompted connections of quality sprinter Heatherly to keep her in Melbourne for a Listed race on her home track. Heatherly was a dual acceptor for Saturday’s Group Two $500,000 Challenge Stakes at Randwick and the Listed $120,000… Read More »
Prolific winner Craiglea Wandoo is set to take the step from being a pin-up boy for the QTIS bonus system to stakes company at Eagle Farm. A last-start Doomben winner in benchmark company, Craiglea Wandoo will be having his second start in a black-type race in Saturday’s Listed Members Cup… Read More »
RANDWICK GUINEAS Run at Randwick. 1600m, $1,000,000, Three-Year-Olds. HISTORY * First run in 2006 when won by Hotel Grand * Before 2006 known as Canterbury Guineas, first run in 1935, and run over distances ranging from 1800m to 1950m. NOTABLE RANDWICK GUINEAS WINNERS * Weekend Hussler (2008); Shoot Out (2010);… Read More »
Colin Little has applied a one-eyed blinker to Jalan Jalan in a bid to get the mare back to winning form at Flemington. Jalan Jalan runs in Saturday’s Frances Tressady Stakes, her first try at 1400m. Her trainer says the four-year-old has lost the dash she showed as a younger… Read More »
A feat achieved only by Mahogany is in Divine Prophet’s sights as he attempts to add the Australian Guineas to his Caulfield Guineas success. Mahogany, in the 1993-94 season, is the only horse to win the Caulfield Guineas–Australian Guineas Group One double during a season in which the former star… Read More »
Bjorn Baker is hoping lightning strikes twice when Impavido encounters a wet track for the second time in the Group One $1 million Randwick Guineas. The three-year-old gelding won on debut at Kembla Grange in late January on a soft 5 and with rain continuing in Sydney, heavy ground is… Read More »
Honest mare Beatniks gets to her best distance as she tries to end a three-year quest for a black-type win at Eagle Farm. Beatniks will be having her ninth start in stakes company when she tackles Saturday’s Listed Members Cup (1600m). She had her first start in a stakes race… Read More »
Lindsay Park has altered its plan with Almoonqith in a bid to have the stayer at peak fitness for an upcoming target. Whether that race is in Sydney or Dubai is still to be finalised. Almoonqith backs up in Saturday’s Roy Higgins Quality (2500m) at Flemington a week after he… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn believes he has learned a valuable lesson about European stakes winner Guest of Honour. The gelding will be having his second run for Dunn in the Listed Members Cup (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Guest of Honour was well beaten at his stable debut when eighth… Read More »
Trackwork rider Riharna Thomson remains on life support in a critical condition after an accident at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park. Canberra Racing Club chief executive Peter Stubbs said Racing NSW chaplain, Colin Watts, would lead prayers for the popular Thomson before the first race at the showcase Black Opal Stakes meeting… Read More »
Five-time Group One-winning sprinter Sole Power has been retired with his form dropping off in three recent starts at Meydan. Trainer Eddie Lynham said the 10-year-old would spend his days at Horse Park Stud in Ireland. Sole Power won 12 of his 65 starts and was placed on a further… Read More »
There was no place like home for Shazee Lee at Hawkesbury as the filly snapped a six-race winless streak to qualify for The Provincial Championships final at Randwick in style. Second last heading to the 800m mark in the $150,000 feature race over 1400m on Thursday, Christian Reith guided the… Read More »
Racing Victoria officials are pleased with their results for the first half of the current racing season. With an acting chairman since October and an interim chief executive in place since January, Racing Victoria has announced turnover is up six per cent on Victorian horse racing for the first half… Read More »
Menari’s dominant barrier trial win on a heavy track has him primed for all possibilities this weekend. The Gerald Ryan-trained colt is favourite for both the Todman Stakes and Black Opal Stakes as he heads towards the 2017 Golden Slipper. The Todman is scheduled for Randwick on Saturday with trainers… Read More »
Bjorn Baker expects his milestone Group One winner Music Magnate to be on song in the $500,000 Canterbury Stakes, providing Sydney’s weather allows Randwick Guineas Day to proceed. The Warwick Farm-based Kiwi trainer started out preparing his runners for heavy ground and the pride of his stable is no exception,… Read More »
An unorthodox path towards the Australian Derby continues for stayer-on-the-rise Northwest Passage when he takes on older horses again in Melbourne. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained gelding is favourite to add Saturday’s Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) at Flemington to his recent wins in the Hobart Guineas (2100m), Tasmanian… Read More »
