Tough gelding Yoho is set to defy his breeding and win over 2000 metres at Doomben. Yoho has won seven of his 29 starts but his longest success has been over 1690m. The six-year-old is by a noted sire of sprinters, Sequalo, out of mare Kootenay who is by Canadian… Read More »
Trainer Brendan McCarthy says missing a lead-up to the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes may not be to Blondie’s disadvantage. The filly runs in Saturday’s Group One race for two-year-olds at Caulfield having had only one start, for a win, at Moonee Valley on January 27. Blondie was due to contest… Read More »
Gold Coast jockey Luke Rolls has been suspended for six weeks at a reopened inquiry into his handling of a runner earlier this month. Stewards opened an inquiry into Rolls’ ride on American Diva at Eagle Farm on February 8 but adjourned it to this week. At the resumed inquiry… Read More »
A capacity field of 18 runners has been declared for the Group One Oakleigh Plate with star colt Extreme Choice to jump from a middle barrier. Dual Group One winner Extreme Choice, who won the Blue Diamond Stakes at the corresponding meeting a year ago, has barrier nine for Saturday’s… Read More »
Premier Victorian trainer Darren Weir will saddle up almost half the field in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield which has attracted a field of nine. Weir has four runners in Saturday’s 1400m weight-for-age race with multiple Group One winner Black Heart Bart drawing barrier six, Lucky Hussler four,… Read More »
Champion Winx has drawn barrier four in a 10-horse field for the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick in her bid for a 10th Group One win. She is the odds-on favourite to extend her winning streak to 15 on Saturday with her main rival Hartnell to jump from the widest… Read More »
Numbers have been reduced following first declarations for three feature races at Flemington. A total of 31 horses remain in contention for the 2017 Newmarket Handicap on March 11 including the first three home in last Saturday’s Lightning Stakes in which Terravista defeated Spieth and Star Turn. Trainer Mick Price… Read More »
Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Thistlecrack has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a tendon tear. He is the latest high-profile name to be ruled out of next month’s famous Cheltenham Festival through injury. The dominant force in the staying hurdle division last year, the Colin Tizzard-trained… Read More »
Lasqueti Spirit didnt trouble Winx or Hartnell last time they met and her trainer Lee Curtis doesn’t expect her to give them too much grief in the 2017 Chipping Norton Stakes. What Curtis wants is for the VRC Oaks winner to keep showing him she is on target for the… Read More »
Connections of two-year-old Sheer Madness are playing a waiting game to see whether the gelding gains a start in the $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes. The John Salanitri-trained Sheer Madness is the only emergency for Saturday’s Group One race at Caulfield. Sheer Madness has been scratched from a 1300m race… Read More »
The QEII Cup in Hong Kong has emerged as another international possibility for Caulfield Cup winner Jameka if she heads overseas after the Australian autumn. Trainer Ciaron Maher has already flagged the prospect of Jameka heading to Europe later this year to target some feature races, depending on her form… Read More »
Shortly before Za Zi Ba runs at Rosehill, her high profile stablemate Chauffeur will be given a work-out on their home track. Za Zi Ba was scratched from a two-year-old race at Hawkesbury on Tuesday in which her stablemate, Didn’t Mention It, finished third. Instead, Za Zi Ba runs in… Read More »
The barrier draw has had an impact on betting for the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes with the Robert Smerdon-trained Property now equal favourite. After Craig Williams elected to ride the Lindsay Park-trained Catchy following her win in the Blue Diamond Prelude on February 11, she became the $5 favourite for… Read More »
The daughter of former champion jockey Greg Childs has escaped serious injury following a trackwork fall at Caulfield. Tayla Childs was reportedly knocked unconscious in the fall on Tuesday morning before being transported to hospital complaining of hip and lower limb soreness. The sister of apprentice Jordan Childs, Tayla was… Read More »
A midweek city race for juveniles was a strong pointer towards the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 12 months ago and the corresponding race could do likewise this year at Sandown. Wednesday’s meeting includes the Moorookyle Park Stud Handicap (1300m) for two-year-olds which has a field of 11 including Eshtiraak from… Read More »
The nomination list for the 2017 Futurity Stakes has been extended by three for the Group One race at Caulfield. There were only seven entries for Saturday’s 1400m contest when nominations closed on Monday. Entries were extended until 10am on Wednesday with Attention, Fast ‘N’ Rocking and Tavago joining Black… Read More »
Mick Price wants to see a quick load and getaway for Extreme Choice ahead of the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. With two prized three-year-olds in his care, Price saw the fortunes of Extreme Choice’s stablemate Flying Artie unravel in the barriers ahead of the Lightning Stakes at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
A full field of 16, plus one emergency, has been declared for the Blue Diamond Stakes for two-year-olds at Caulfield. Favourite Catchy, who Craig Williams chose after agonising over two other potential rides, drew barrier 13 in a bid to give Melbourne’s leading rider his first win in the Group… Read More »
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Charismatic has died unexpectedly aged 21. Charismatic, whose bid for the 1999 Triple Crown ended when he fractured his leg near the finish line in the Belmont Stakes, died on Sunday at Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky. Charismatic was found dead in… Read More »
The daughter of former champion jockey Greg Childs has been taken to hospital following a trackwork fall at Caulfield. Tayla Childs was initially unconscious following the fall on Tuesday but was alert when taken from the track. She was complaining of hip soreness.
