One trainer happy to see racing back at Seymour is Murray Johnson, although he won’t be there for the return meeting. Seymour hosts it’s first meeting on Saturday, 13 months after undergoing a renovation following last year’s Cup, but Johnson will be 200km away, saddling Take Pride in the Isuzu… Read More »
Trainer Kelly Doughtyhas produced a potential star this week and hopes stable favourite Flamboyer can complete a good few days by winning the Listed Keith Noud Quality. The Doughty-trained three-year-old filly Benfica Princess was an impressive Sunshine Coast winner on Wednesday after coming from last with a storming run. Doughty… Read More »
Trainer John Moloney is hoping Liberty Song has more luck at Ballarat than he did at his previous start. Liberty Song heads to Ballarat for Saturday’s $100,000 Magic Millions 3&4YO Classic (1100m) after a fast-finishing fifth at $101 in a 1000m sprint for three-year-olds down the straight at Flemington on… Read More »
Despite Rising Romance and Pilote D’Essai being well established, Lindsay Park still hopes to learn more about their two Ballarat Cup runners. The pair represent David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig in the $300,000 Listed race on Saturday. After a good start to her spring when second to Black… Read More »
One-time Epsom Handicap prospect Marenostro will use his home track at Rosehill as the setting to kick off a campaign aimed at the Group Two Villiers Stakes. Trainer Chris Waller decided to lower his sights to the summer feature after Marenostro performed admirably but failed to make his case to… Read More »
An Australian stakes winner who has more recently been Group One-placed in Singapore will be out to continue Tulloch Lodge’s run of Ballarat Cup day success. Five-year-old Believe Yourself makes her return to Australian racing in Saturday’s City of Ballarat Tonks Plate (1200m), having been away for the past two… Read More »
Comeback jockey Larry Cassidy is set to continue his run of success with leading trainer Rob Heathcote on Kaiser Franz at Eagle Farm. Cassidy, a multiple premiership winning jockey in Sydney and Brisbane, missed more than a year of riding with knee problems. But he has been in fine form… Read More »
After considering a Flemington start during Melbourne Cup week for Garrard, trainer Trent Busuttin has opted to start the filly’s career at Ballarat. The Cranbourne-based Busuttin, who trains in partnership with Natalie Young, was swayed by the $200,000 prize money in Saturday’s Magic Millions Clockwise Classic. As well as the… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has called on the stable’s veterans as he bids to repeat last year’s domination of Queensland’s summer feature races. Gollan, who won 10 feature races last summer, has had a relatively low key start to the season, trailing Robert Heathcote on the Brisbane trainers’ premiership… Read More »
After drawing the widest barrier, Lady Le Fay’s penchant for finding bad luck during spring could be on display again in the $300,000 Ballarat Cup. The Chris Waller-trained mare has drawn barrier 22 for Saturday’s Listed race over 2200m, which has a full field of 18 with four emergencies. On… Read More »
Jockey manager Glen Courtney, the rider’s agent for Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy, has been charged by police with drug offences. The Brisbane-based Courtney, who is also the agent for high profile Queensland riders Michael Cahill and Tegan Harrison, is due to face court on December 1. Racing Queensland has… Read More »
While her three-year-old stakes campaign was stymied by a worse-than-expected injury, Heartlings is ticking all the boxes to make a sound return to racing at four. Trainer Kerry Parker says she has put her injury issues behind her ahead of Saturday’s Fugen Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill. Parker still holds Heartlings… Read More »
The Bryan and Daniel Guy training partnership is hoping lightning can strike twice with the promising Starcourt. The gelding will be having his second start for the Guy stable in the Colts and Geldings Three-Year-Old (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. At his first start for the Guys two weeks… Read More »
Greg Eurell could dominate the undercard to the Ballarat Cup with three of the trainer’s four runners early favourites in their respective races. Eurell has targeted Saturday’s $100,000 Vobis Gold Eureka Concrete (1400m) with Urban Ruler since the three-year-old won his most recent start in Adelaide in September. “Based on… Read More »
A taste of the pinnacle of Australian racing has sparked Blake Spriggs’ desire to make a return to the elite level sooner rather than later. Three years of hard work for Waratah Thoroughbreds paid off for Spriggs when he won his first Group One race on Sir John Hawkwood in… Read More »
One of racing’s longest friendships will be seen in a different light when two-year-old Hey Doris races at Eagle Farm. Hey Doris was bred by Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Larry Olsen who races the filly in partnership with members of his family. He sent Hey Doris to be trained by his… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler has an eye on the future with new recruit Observational which is why he has chosen to run him in the Ballarat Cup. Sadler is keen to test him at a distance and has opted to run him over 2200 metres at Ballarat on Saturday rather than… Read More »
A trip to the Gold Coast for two Lindsay Park three-year-olds hinges on their performances at Ballarat. Dam Ready and Highland Beat run in the Magic Millions 3&4YO Classic (1100m) on Saturday to try to earn a spot in the Magic Millions Guineas or Magic Millions Sprint in January. “Both… Read More »
Chris Waller’s first trip to Perth six years ago dented his confidence that he could plunder a West Australian Group One race. But any doubt is now a distant memory as the champion trainer prepares to chase three successive years of elite level victories at Ascot with Good Project and… Read More »
The Group One Doomben 10,000 appears likely to remain at Doomben but at an earlier date. There has been much discussion in Queensland after it was suggested the 10,000 be moved from Doomben to Eagle Farm on May 27. The move was one of two proposals regarding the 10,000 put… Read More »
