Grahame Begg is crossing his fingers Mossin’ Around can have a trouble-free summer preparation which is set to begin at Caulfield. The mare suffered boils early in her preparation for her last campaign which was terminated before Melbourne Cup week. On Saturday Mossin’ Around makes her return in a Fillies… Read More »
Beaten Standish Handicap favourite Divine Mr Artie is unlikely to back up within a week at Caulfield but his stablemate Murt The Flirt will be out to earn a trip to the Gold Coast when he takes his place on his home track. Trainer Brendan McCarthy has nominated Divine Mr… Read More »
Veteran Tasmanian star Geegees Blackflash has been officially retired by his owner Paul Geard. A multiple Group Three winner, Geegees Blackflash earned almost $1.2 million without leaving Tasmania, a state record. The 10-year-old bows out after 69 starts which reaped 22 wins and 27 minor placings in a career stalled… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Raymond Mathews has spent a lifetime around horses and is hoping lightly raced Indrik can give him a rare city win at Sandown. On Wednesday, Mathews saddles up Indrik in Thebigscreencompany.com.au Handicap (1400m) in which he will be ridden by apprentice Nathan Punch. Mathews has been training for… Read More »
After being a late withdrawal at Randwick on Boxing Day, Group One-winning former New Zealander Dal Cielo is scheduled to head back to town for the Summer Sprint at Warwick Farm. The winner of the Diamond Stakes at Ellerslie as a juvenile and a dual Group placegetter as a spring… Read More »
New Zealander Turn Me Loose is on track to make his return in the Group Two Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley later this month. Murray Baker, who trains the Group One winner in partnership with Andrew Forsman, says the five-year-old will be aimed at a defence of the Futurity Stakes… Read More »
Destiny’s Kiss is on the cusp of a racing milestone that even his most ardent fan probably thought was impossible after the veteran claimed the $150,000 Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick. One of the smallest thoroughbreds in training, Destiny’s Kiss gave his four rivals a start and a beating in… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Ryan Balfour is returning to Melbourne with last-start Moonee Valley winner Mystified chasing bonus money at Caulfield. The filly will be joined by stablemate Balf’s Choice on Saturday chasing $30,000 in Super VOBIS bonus money on top of the first prize of $44,000. Balfour said Mystified, a scratching… Read More »
Two sets of racing silks made famous in two different eras of Australian racing have left their mark on Sydney’s first race meeting of the year. Nepean and Cassadee both produced wins on Monday that had their respective stables tipping bright futures for the three-year-olds. The James Cummings-trained Nepean carried… Read More »
Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes may have been disappointed with Oscietra’s third at her Flemington debut but he’s happy in the knowledge the stable has two ready-made replacements. Tulips and Catchy, both debut Moonee Valley winners last month, are on a path to next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes at… Read More »
Blue blood High Wind has continued the good run for owner Linda Huddy and trainer Tony Gollan by breaking his maiden status at Doomben. High Wind is by High Chaparral out of Pentamerous making him a full brother to the Huddy-owned 2010 Australian Derby winner Shoot Out. The gelding had… Read More »
Promising two-year-old Single Bullet will be a Sydney acceptor this week, but trainer Gary Portelli is still prepared to play a Magic Millions waiting game with the colt. Rated unlucky on debut when runner-up in the Wyong Magic Millions, Single Bullet sits just outside the field for the $2 million… Read More »
Brad Parnham will replace the suspended Damien Oliver for Western Australia in the final State of Origin jockeys’ series heats on Saturday. Oliver was to be the star of the Gold Coast meeting on Saturday which will have two heats of the State of Origin series. But he was suspended… Read More »
If David Hayes can take a positive out of the debut defeat of Black Caviar’s daughter Oscietra at Flemington it is that he won’t have to push her to run in the rich two-year-old races during the autumn. Instead the filly, who was beaten into third place in the New… Read More »
While star colt Winning Rupert has yet to run over 1400 metres, his jockey has no doubts he will handle the distance in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas. Jeff Lloyd has dashed the hopes of his rivals by saying he is confident the colt will keep his unbeaten record… Read More »
Bought as a potential jumper, Annus Mirabilis is now a stakes race winner at Flemington which may force a rethink on future plans. Having his fourth start for Caulfield trainer Stuart Webb, Annus Mirabilis added Sunday’s Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) to his victory at Sandown eight days earlier. Webb had… Read More »
Australian Associated Press racing journalist Mark Oberhardt has been crowned Queensland’s best tipster. Oberhardt was one of 16 racing journalists from print, radio, television and website media selected to take part in the competition – UBET Queensland’s Best Tipster. It was sponsored by UBET and involved $1 being placed on… Read More »
Odyssey Moon has scored an important win for his future career as a stallion in a stakes race at Flemington. The Robert Smerdon-trained four-year-old took out Sunday’s Group Three Standish Handicap in a turnaround in form. At his previous start at Flemington on December 17, Odyssey Moon finished at the… Read More »
Start Wondering has completed his homecoming with victory in New Zealand’s premier sprint, the Railway Stakes at Ellerslie. After three wins in Sydney last summer in the care of Chris Waller, Start Wondering was sent back to New Zealand after a bleeding attack and is now trained by father and… Read More »
Some of the connections of Black Caviar’s daughter Oscietra have had a consolation win with Snitzson at Flemington. Jill and David Taylor along with Neil Werrett are part-owners of Snitzson and share in the ownership of Oscietra who finished third on debut in the opening race on Sunday. Lindsay Park… Read More »
