Axiomatic has a family reputation to live up to and the filly has shown she is on the way with a strong win at Warwick Farm. The Chris Waller-trained three-year-old is a half-sister to New Zealand Group One winner Xtravagant and multiple Group One placegetter He’s Remarkable. She was sent… Read More »
Michelle Payne hopes to one day ride a horse she trains in the Melbourne Cup. The 2015 Melbourne Cup winning jockey will head to Europe in the middle of next year looking for a horse to fulfill that dream. She said she might follow the lead of recent internationally bred… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce’s run of success with two-year-olds has continued at Eagle Farm and he is looking to maintain the momentum over the weekend. Munce brought up his sixth juvenile win of the season when first starter Sir Cass ($6) fought back after being headed at the 150m mark to… Read More »
South Australian trainer Will Clarken has one concern as he prepares to travel to Melbourne for a stakes race at Flemington with Cavaloce. On previous trips to Flemington to contest races down the straight course his horses have under-performed. On Sunday, Clarken has Cavaloce primed to contest the Group Three… Read More »
It’s more than 20 years since Wayne Kerford has ridden in a metropolitan race in Sydney. The Adelaide-based jockey will make a rare visit to partner former Alice Springs sprinter Sirbible in the Listed Canterbury Classic on Saturday. The 44-year-old has been based in Adelaide for 22 years and hasn’t… Read More »
The most expensive yearling sold at this year’s Magic Millions sale will be out to live up to his price tag and heritage when he runs at Canterbury. Chauffeur, who cost $1.6 million, won on debut at Rosehill earlier this month and is safely in the field for the $2… Read More »
Injury has kept former Hong Kong galloper Divine Ten away from the racetrack for more than two years but that’s about to change at Moonee Valley. A winner of five of his eight starts, Divine Ten hasn’t raced since September 2014 and resumes in the William Hill Handicap (1000m) on… Read More »
Too Good To Refuse and Cylinder Beach have lived up to predictions they would be major players in the Brisbane summer but trainer Desleigh Forster believes the best is yet to come. The Brisbane summer carnival ends on Saturday at Eagle Farm before action moves to the Gold Coast and… Read More »
Perth Cup favourite Kia Ora Koutou will start from barrier eight in the Group Two race with his main danger Perfect Reflection to start from six. To be ridden by Joseph Azzopardi, Kia Ora Koutu is the TAB’s $3.20 favourite ahead of Perfect Reflection, a $4.20 chance who will have… Read More »
Having rewound the clock at his most recent start, Decision Time will step back up to stakes company at Canterbury. Just a few months ago, trainer Clarry Conners was talking about retirement for the nine-year-old but after his last-start win at Flemington those thoughts are on the back burner. Second… Read More »
Injury and a problem with ibuprofen has resulted in Cosmic Lights having an interrupted racing career. Now a six-year-old, Cosmic Lights has faced the starter on just five occasions, registering three wins and a second. His one “miss” came after he finished third in a restricted race at Bendigo earlier… Read More »
The first foal of champion mare Black Caviar is among nominations for two races in Melbourne as she prepares to begin her racing career. Oscietra has been entered for two-year-old races at Moonee Valley on Saturday and at Flemington on Sunday. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes says he prefers… Read More »
Twenty years after Merlene beat Paint in the Golden Slipper, the runner-up’s trainer has high hopes for one of the winner’s sons. Merlene didn’t race again after winning the 1996 Sires’ Produce Stakes so was never tested over a distance. Gerald Ryan, who trains Gothenburg, says the colt will be… Read More »
Just how many runners Darren Weir will have at the rich Magic Millions race day is still to be decided. Lucky Hussler will return to defend his crown in the Magic Millions Cup on January 14, one of two races Victoria’s premier trainer won at this year’s carnival. Mahuta won… Read More »
Thistlecrack has produced an incredible performance to run out a brilliant winner of the prestigious King George VI Chase at Kempton. The dominant force in the staying hurdle division last season and unbeaten in three previous starts over fences, the Colin Tizzard-trained eight-year-old was sent off the 11-10 favourite to… Read More »
Darren Weir will consider freshening Kenjorwood for a trip to the Gold Coast after his narrow win in a stakes race at Caulfield. Sent out the $2.45 favourite, Kenjorwood took out the Listed Lord Stakes on Monday under the steadier of 60kg. Ridden by Brad Rawiller, Kenjorwood scored by a… Read More »
The Christmas Stakes at Caulfield is a race trainer Henry Dwyer will always remember fondly. On one of his first trips to the races as a youngster, the eventual Group One-winning trainer backed the trifecta of the Listed race. Eighteen years on and Monday’s victory by Lucky Liberty has given… Read More »
Consensus has won the Zabeel Classic in New Zealand to give her trainer Stephen McKee another welcome win at the top level and her jockey Alysha Colllett a first. McKee is best known for training champion Sunline in partnership with his now-retired father Trevor but has had a quiet year…. Read More »
For a trainer who has made a name for himself with young bloodstock, Gerald Ryan admits there is a special place in his stable for Red Excitement. A rising eight-year-old with a history of leg issues, Red Excitement shaped up for a 2000m run for the first time in his… Read More »
Two Australian Bloodstock-owned imported horses have given trainer Darren Weir and apprentice Ben Allen a race-to-race double at Caulfield. Big Duke took out Monday’s Dennis Hanrahan Handicap before Plein Ciel won the Allan Wicks Handicap. They may have been restricted races but the pair both indicated better wins are in… Read More »
