Right or Wrong returns after a year on the sidelines to take his first step towards a belated stakes win at Eagle Farm. The gelding has his first start since the correpsonding meeting last year when he tackles Saturday’s Open Hcp (1200m). Trainer Lindsay Gough has long believed Right Or… Read More »
After a Group One double at Caulfield, Lindsay Park will have multiple runners in a feature race at Flemington. The stable will saddle four starters in Saturday’s Australian Guineas as it chases its fifth win in the 1600m-race. Last week at Caulfield, Lindsay Park had six runners in the Blue… Read More »
Highly rated Ignite The Light has shown his potential with a Doomben win marred by his stablemate Ready Above breaking down and dislodging jockey Robbie Fradd. Ready Above, who like Ignite The Light is trained by Toby Gollan, was travelling behind the pace when he faltered just before the home… Read More »
The weather will determined which of three venues 2017 Golden Slipper second favourite Houtzen runs at this weekend. Houtzen will be having her first run since winning the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on January 14. She is an acceptor for the two-year-old race at Eagle Farm on Saturday and also… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Prized Icon and Caulfield Guineas winner Divine Prophet feature among a capacity field of 16 plus three emergencies for the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington. Prized Icon, who has been accepted for both the Australian Guineas and the Randwick Guineas on Saturday, has barrier three at… Read More »
Chautauqua is one of eight acceptors for the Group One Canterbury Stakes at Randwick. The champion sprinter, to be ridden by Tommy Berry, has returned to Sydney and is set to run on a heavy track over 1300m on Saturday after drawing barrier four and is the $2.70 favourite with… Read More »
In form Invincible Gem is the only filly in a field of 14 for the Group One Randwick Guineas. Chasing a fourth straight win, Invincible Gem has drawn barrier six in Saturday’s 1600m race where she will be pitted against Victoria Derby winner Prized Icon, Man From Uncle, who is… Read More »
The midweek Warwick Farm meeting has been called off because of surface water on the track. Stewards inspected the track on Wednesday morning and determined it was unsuitable for racing. The rain in Sydney is forecast to continue until Saturday’s Group One Randwick Guineas meeting which is in doubt.
The owner of Werther has pulled the pin on a trip to Dubai for the reigning Hong Kong champion. Werther enhanced his reputation with victory in Sunday’s Hong Kong Gold Cup which was just his second start in a season interrupted by injury. After his win trainer John Moore confirmed… Read More »
While the prospect of a wet Randwick track has several trainers contemplating their options this weekend, Kris Lees is more than happy for Le Romain to run in the 2017 Canterbury Stakes. Chautauqua is the headline among the 11 nominations for Saturday’s Group One 1300m-sprint, but the weather and a… Read More »
Track work rider Riharna Thomson is recovering from surgery in Canberra Hospital after suffering serious head injuries in a fall. Thomson’s ride Chosen Prayer broke down during a gallop at Canberra’s Thoroughbred Park on Tuesday morning, dislodging the jockey and resulting in her mount being euthanised. She was taken to… Read More »
Leading contender for the NSW Country Championship Final, Perfect Dare, has tuned up for the $400,000 race with a barrier trial win at the Gold Coast. Trained by Matt Dunn at Murwillumbah, Perfect Dare beat Murder Of Crows in Tuesday’s 1000m-heat. “It was a good effort and just what he… Read More »
Legless Veuve has done what she needed to in a track gallop at Caulfield to convince trainer Stuart Webb to let her take her place in the Australian Guineas. The three-year-old pleased Webb with her work on Tuesday morning and will contest the Group One race at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
Melbourne racegoers must wait to marvel at super mare Winx at Flemington for the first time, with trainer Chris Waller ruling out a crack at the $1.5 million Australian Cup on March 11. Although Waller said a $400 fee had been paid last week to keep the world’s top-rated horse… Read More »
The horse Gerald Ryan calls the country’s best maiden has had to wait an extra day to try to change that. With Kembla Grange washed out on Tuesday, Star Of Monsoon will run at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in the TAB Plate (1200m). The colt is by champion racehorse turned… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is having second thoughts about running Golden Slipper 2017 second favourite Houtzen at Eagle Farm after she was given a higher weight than he expected. Houtzen received 63kg in Saturday’s QTIS Two-Year-Old (1000m) for her first run since winning the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on January 14. Edmonds… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths hopes to learn a little more about Single Note when she lines up in a mile race for mares race at Sandown. It will be the four-year-old’s second try at 1600m, her first this campaign, when she runs in the Mitavite Challenge Heat 6 on Wednesday. Single Note… Read More »
The managing owner of Chautauqua says the star sprinter’s 2017 Newmarket Handicap weight is fair but a decision is still pending whether he takes up the challenge. Chautauqua received 58kg in Tuesday’s release of weights for the 1200m sprint at Flemington on March 11 and Rupert Legh said the gelding… Read More »
Star sprinter Chautauqua has been given top weight of 58 kilograms in the Newmarket Handicap 2017, 1.5kg more than recent Lightning Stakes winner Terravista. Group One-winning three-year-olds Extreme Choice and Flying Artie will both carry 52.5kg. Chautauqua, third in last year’s Newmarket. is entered to run in the weight-for-age 2017… Read More »
Joao Moreira has already won the Oakleigh Plate in Melbourne this carnival and gets the chance to add a second Newmarket Handicap to his record on Flying Artie. With Flying Artie expected to get a weight below jockey Damien Oliver’s range, connections of the Mick Price-trained colt have booked Moreira… Read More »
