Fit front-runners have underpinned the dazzling success of Gai Waterhouse’s training career and Arbeitsam has reinforced her winning formula. The three-year-old gelding was $8 into $6.50 and never looked like getting beaten in Saturday’s three-year-old handicap (1400m) at Warwick Farm. “It’s a cliche – the bone and muscle of the… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn has proven his steadfast belief that Chosen Prayer would win another race in Sydney. Saturday’s Highway Handicap (1100m) at Warwick Farm was the first time since a midweek win at the same track almost two years earlier the horse had won a race in the metropolitan area…. Read More »
A horse thought to be a doubtful racing proposition has brought up a hat-trick of wins this summer as he continues to defy the early predictions. The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Crystal Dreamer backed up wins at Werribee and Sandown last month with a hard-fought victory as $2.80 favourite… Read More »
Houtzen has displaced From Within as favourite for the 2017 Magic Millions Classic with her easy qualifying win at the Gold Coast. Her jockey Jeff Lloyd rode the filly in trackwork on Tuesday and told trainer Toby Edmonds she could go around on the outside fence and win Saturday’s Two-Year-Old… Read More »
Trainer David Payne has earmarked Colesberg as a Group One contender after the two-year-old gelding scored an upset debut win at Warwick Farm. The victory continued a golden run for part-owners Wilf Mula and Paul Whelan who in the past 18 months have seen Flying Artie stamp himself as a… Read More »
Classy two-year-old Catchy has continued her march towards the 2017 Blue Diamond Stakes, remaining unbeaten with a comfortable win at Caulfield. Catchy was sent out the $1.80 favourite in Saturday’s Peter Siggins Plate (1100m) after an impressive debut at Moonee Valley last month and she backed it up with a… Read More »
Magic Millions Classic 2017 favourite From Within has moved closer to confirming a start with a strong gallop at Rosehill seven days out from the $2 million race. Trainer Chris Waller has been cautious about plans for the two-year-old filly since her winning debut at Canterbury a week ago which… Read More »
David Hayes already holds the training record for the most wins in the Blue Diamond Stakes and his stable of juveniles look poised to play a prominent role again this year. Hayes, who now trains in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, has won Victoria’s premier race… Read More »
Not being able to sell No Tan Tat is now looking like a blessing in disguise for trainer Greg Eurell and the breeder of the lightly raced three-year-old filly. No Tan Tat makes her city debut at Caulfield on Saturday after breaking her maiden with an all-the-way win at her… Read More »
Bryan Guy rarely has pre-race nerves but he is edgy about the performance of promising three-year-old Good Luck Malela at the Gold Coast. Good Luck Malela will probably be having his last run for this campaign in Saturday’s QTIS Three Year Old (1800m). If Good Luck Malela races well he… Read More »
The new weight scale in Sydney has caused some headaches but has worked in favour of the Gary Portelli-trained Cosmic Cameo in the Summer Sprint at Warwick Farm. While much of Portelli’s focus on Saturday will be on two-year-old Single Bullet, he is happy to see Cosmic Cameo get his… Read More »
Royal Applause has made a habit of finishing second this preparation and trainer Symon Wilde believes the mare deserves to break through for a city win. Wilde is hoping that will be at Caulfield on Saturday when Royal Applause steps beyond 1600m for the first time in the Ian Morrison… Read More »
Bruce Hill has trained hundreds of horses but he struggles to think of one tougher than Bodega Negra. The six-year-old will be lining up for his 54th race start and his 13th this season in the Open Handicap (1800m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Hill has a lot of… Read More »
Damian Lane will be free to ride at the Gold Coast’s rich Magic Millions raceday despite incurring a careless riding ban at Werribee. Lane was suspended for seven meetings on Thursday and will begin the ban after racing at Caulfield on Saturday and will return the following Saturday at the… Read More »
Handy filly Sista Act will sport blinkers for the first time as she chases a place in the Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic field. Sista Act is currently a long way out of the final field for the $2 million Classic on January 14 but a win in Saturday’s 1100m race… Read More »
Ertijaal has produced a blistering performance to give champion British jockey Jim Crowley his biggest winner since joining forces with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum on the opening night of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan. Having his first start since finishing second to Australian sprinter Buffering in the Group… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable has unveiled another promising two-year-old filly with Formality racing to a dominant win on debut at Werribee. The well-bred Formality was sent out the $1.40 favourite in Thursday’s 1100m maiden for two-year-old fillies and strode clear in the straight to win by 4-1/4 lengths. Formality is… Read More »
Cindy Alderson is looking forward to testing the in-form Rewarding Effort beyond a mile for the first time at Caulfield, convinced it can open up the options for the promising gelding. Rewarding Effort clashes with another in-form horse, import Plein Ciel, in Saturday’s Swettenham Stud Summer Championships Heat 7 (1800m)…. Read More »
The rain which has soaked the Gold Coast this week is music to the ears of trainer Kelly Doughty. The Gold Coast has had a mixed bag of weather this week with heavy rain early and then good drying weather on Wednesday and Thursday. The track was rated in the… Read More »
Apprentice jockey James Innes and the Chris Waller-trained Hogmanay have developed a good understanding. At Warwick Farm on Saturday the pair team up again in the TAB Handicap, chasing a third straight win. After victories at Rosehill in December and again last month, Waller has credited Innes with turning around… Read More »
