Trainer Andreas Wohler has faith in Articus to produce a top four finish in the 2016 Caulfield Cup. Articus has pleased Wohler ahead of Saturday’s 2400m handicap since the German horseman arrived in Melbourne at the weekend. The five-year-old will be having his second start for Wohler after being bought… Read More »
Multiple Group One winning jockey Larry Cassidy believes he will know exactly how his comeback is going after he tests himself with seven rides at Eagle Farm. Cassidy was sidelined for more than a year with recurring knee problems which needed surgery. He has worked hard to come back and… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will fight a reckless riding ban which rules him out of three key spring carnival meetings. Oliver’s appeal against the 20-meeting suspension will be heard on Friday morning. Stewards said Oliver’s actions were reckless at the 700m mark of Wednesday’s Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield on… Read More »
The race that stops the nation could now stop the world with Twitter to broadcast the Melbourne Cup live to its global audience. The social media giant is using Australia’s richest horse race to continue its push into live video, following its broadcasting of this season’s NFL season from the… Read More »
New Zealand Oaks winner Fanatic has been scratched from the Caulfield Cup, giving first emergency De Little Engine a start. De Little Engine is trained by Danny O’Brien who won the 2007 Caulfield Cup with Master O’Reilly who beat stablemate Douro Valley. Apprentice Ben Thompson will ride De Little Engine… Read More »
In-form Hartnell has re-acquainted himself with Moonee Valley ahead of what trainer John O’Shea has described as a vintage Cox Plate. Hartnell was one of four Cox Plate 2016 contenders to gallop at Moonee Valley on Thursday morning, working solo over 1400m as did his stablemate Hauraki. Queen Elizabeth Stakes… Read More »
Damien Oliver is expected to appeal a reckless riding suspension which will keep him out of three key spring carnival meetings. As it stands, the 20-meeting suspension for his winning ride on Flying Artie in Wednesday’s Blue Sapphire Stakes, means he will miss the ride on French horse Vadamos in… Read More »
The Champion Stakes will be run on the normal outer track after Ascot scrapped plans to run the 10-furlong (2000m) showpiece on the inner course. Officials decided to switch the race back to the normal course following the latest weather forecast that suggests less rain is expected than previously forecast… Read More »
Damien Oliver’s spring carnival has been dealt a severe blow with the champion jockey hit with a 20-meeting suspension for reckless riding at Caulfield. Oliver won the main race of the day, the Group Three Blue Sapphire Stakes on Flying Artie, but was later outed for his actions passing the… Read More »
Keen Array’s affinity for the 1200m at Caulfield has continued with the talented sprinter winning a dramatic Listed race. Keen Array had to pass a veterinary examination after lunging forward in the barriers before he was able to take his place in Wednesday’s Italktravel Stakes. He then controlled the race… Read More »
Star jockey Brenton Avdulla will miss the Manikato Stakes meeting on Cox Plate eve but will be free to ride in the weight-for-age championship after being suspended for careless riding. Avdulla was given a four-meeting suspension for his winning ride aboard Kentucky Miss in the last race at Warwick Farm… Read More »
Flying Artie has made his spring return a winning one in the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield, but his trainer Mick Price is concerned the colt is still ring-rusty heading to a Group One assignment in 18 days. Ridden by Damien Oliver, Flying Artie was sent out the $1.85 favourite… Read More »
Hawkes Racing has pulled the right rein by scratching Palladian from the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield in favour of a lesser race at Warwick Farm. After Palladian drew barrier 12 of 13 he was withdrawn from Wednesday’s Group Three race in Melbourne and instead broke his maiden in Sydney’s… Read More »
Lightly raced filly Meadow has taken the first step towards a double Oaks campaign with her impressive win at Doomben. It may have only been a midweek maiden but Meadow ($4.60) could not have been more impressive, beating In Kobe ($6) by 2-1/4 lengths over 1630m. Trainer Desleigh Forster has… Read More »
Katelyn Mallyon will chase her third 2400 metre-win at Caulfield in a week when she partners Go Dreaming in the Caulfield Cup. Following her win in the Group Two Herbert Power Stakes aboard the Lloyd and Nick Williams-owned Assign on Saturday, Mallyon was victorious aboard stablemate Our Century in the… Read More »
Mick Price has won 28 Group One races and is considered among the country’s elite trainers. He has prepared an Australian Horse of the Year in Lankan Rupee and been close to winning Australasia’s weight-for-age championship, the W S Cox Plate, when Pompeii Ruler was beaten in a three-way photo… Read More »
Seaburge is not certain to back up in a Group Two race seven days after his Caulfield Guineas second with trainer David Hayes considering waiting another week. The talented colt headlines a field of 14 for Saturday’s $500,000 Caulfield Classic (2000m) for three-year-olds after his narrow defeat by Divine Prophet… Read More »
South Australian trainer Grant Kluske has to pinch himself to make sure it’s not a dream he has a runner in the Caulfield Cup. The Kluske-trained Go Dreaming snuck into the Caulfield Cup 2016 as number 18 in a 20-horse field which has two emergencies. That doesn’t matter to 55-year-old Kluske… Read More »
A midweek win by In Times of War may have booked the filly a shot at a stakes race during the Melbourne spring carnival. Trainer Chris Waller’s racing manager Charlie Duckworth said a fillies race at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup carnival would be the next step for the three-year-old… Read More »
Ferro Nero could have earned himself a shot at a rich country Cup with victory in a midweek race at Caulfield. The Nigel Blackiston-trained gelding defied his $41 quote as he finished strongly to win Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Handicap (2000m) by a head over Data Point. Blackiston said the drop in… Read More »
