The most talked about horse in the country is a step closer to her return with her trainer and jockey giving Winx the tick of approval. Race jockey Hugh Bowman put the champion mare through her paces in a course proper gallop at Rosehill on Tuesday morning ahead of her… Read More »
A midweek race meeting in Sydney would seem an unlikely place for Bruce McAvaney and and an Olympic sport to feature. But the leading broadcaster and the sport in which Australia won a bronze medal in Rio last week have ties to Canterbury on Wednesday. Bring A Secret’s trainer Nick… Read More »
Jockey Daniel Stackhouse has been taken to hospital after falling from his mount in a race at Pakenham. Stackhouse came down in the straight aboard Saint Jimmy in the fourth race on Tuesday. “Daniel Stackhouse has a possible lower leg fracture and has been transported to Dandenong Hospital for X-rays… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has taken the opportunity to give Shiraz a gallop around Moonee Valley before the sprinter’s bid to add another first-up victory to his record. Shiraz, the winner of four of six starts fresh, has yet to race at Moonee Valley but was among the horses to work… Read More »
Emoji has raced to a convincing maiden victory at Pakenham to give Grahame Begg his first win since relocating to Victoria and rejoining the training ranks. Begg trained successfully out of Randwick in Sydney for 25 years before closing his stables in December 2014 to take a break. A multiple… Read More »
Star Turn and Yankee Rose are the new $8 equal favourites for the Golden Rose with Capitalist to miss the $1 million race. The Golden Slipper winner finished fourth in Saturday’s San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill won by Star Turn and will now be aimed at the Coolmore Stud Stakes… Read More »
Alpine Eagle has taken another step towards his season return with a win in a barrier trial at Tatura and connections will decide this week when the horse steps out at the races. The five-year-old was taken to Tatura to trial on Tuesday and trainer Tony McEvoy was pleased with… Read More »
Star filly Yankee Rose will begin her ambitious spring campaign in the Group One Golden Rose without a lead-up race. Runner-up in the Golden Slipper and the winner of the ATC Sires’ Produce, Yankee Rose won a jump-out against two stablemates at the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday without over-exerting herself…. Read More »
Alpine Eagle has taken another step towards his season return with a win in a barrier trial at Tatura and connections will decide this week when the horse steps out at the races. The five-year-old was taken to Tatura to trial on Tuesday and trainer Tony McEvoy was pleased with… Read More »
A solid line-up of three-year-olds has been nominated for a stakes race at Moonee Valley as many kick off their Caulfield Guineas campaigns. Saturday’s Listed McKenzie Stakes has 16 entries including Awake In Grinzing, Baffert, Dam Ready, Derryn, Power Trip, Throssell and Verstappen. Among the 16 are four maidens who… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Highland Reel is the third favourite to win the Juddmonte International at York. Postponed heads the market at 6-4 from Hawkbill at 4-1 and Highland Reel, third in the 2015 Cox Plate behind Winx, at 6-1. Highland Reel’s trainer Aidan O’Brien also has 33-1 shot Sir Isaac… Read More »
As the curtain falls on Slots’ career, her trainer and owners are set to say an emotional goodbye. Their mighty mare will have her final start in the Listed Toy Show Quality (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday. “I told the owners last run was supposed to be it, but the… Read More »
Power Trip appears to be over the bellyache that caused his scratching from the Vain Stakes at Caulfield. The gelding has been nominated for the McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Power Trip will have a trot and canter on Tuesday morning and if he comes through that will… Read More »
As anyone travelling down Alison Road in Randwick is aware – Winx is coming. The Australian Turf Club is displaying banners saying just that ahead of the champion mare’s return at Randwick in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes. The highest rated horse in the country is blissfully unaware of the controversy surrounding… Read More »
Lyn Tolson and her daughter and training partner, Leonie Proctor, have fond memories of a Moonee Valley meeting last year when they almost pulled off a feature race double. The two horses involved, Well Sprung and Just Magical, return to the corresponding meeting on Saturday, one chasing a stakes race,… Read More »
The new season in Melbourne may only be three meetings old but apprentice jockeys are already to the fore. Michael Dee shares top billing with senior rider Nick Hall while fellow apprentices Ben Allen and Beau Mertens sit one win behind on three metropolitan winners apiece. Dee finished second in… Read More »
As premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan prepares to open his satellite stable in Sydney, Zelady’s Night Out will try to kick-start the new venture with a feature win in the Silver Shadow Stakes. Tommy Berry will ride the dual stakes-winning filly when she has her first start as a three-year-old… Read More »
Champion mare Winx headlines nine entries for the Group Two Warwick Stakes as she starts her quest for back-to-back Cox Plate wins. As she looks to extend her winning streak to 10, the Chris Waller-trained Winx is set to face Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Lucia Valentina in the Warwick Stakes… Read More »
Protectionist has won his first European Group One race, leading all the way in the Grosser Preis von Berlin at Hoppegarten. The 2014 Melbourne Cup winner is unbeaten this year since returning to trainer Andreas Wohler in Germany after an unsuccessful 2015 when he jarred up on hard tracks in… Read More »
Irish trainer Willie Mullins is hoping to continue the incredible story of Clondaw Warrior with a run in the Melbourne Cup. The nine-year-old came up just short in an ambitious tilt to land the Galway Hurdle and American St Leger in the space of just three weeks. Now Mullins is… Read More »
