Promising three-year-old Glenfiddich is out of the autumn carnival after suffering a career-threatening leg injury. Trainer Peter Moody confirmed the news on twitter this week and said connections would weigh up whether to retire the valuable son of Fastnet Rock, or press ahead with a rehabilitation program. “Disappointed to announce… Read More »
It has been a long and delayed wait for Heart Of Puissance to return to the racetrack but David Eustace is looking forward to the promising stallion getting his career back on track. The four-year-old will resume in the benchmark 70 race at Sandown Hillside over 1500 metres on Saturday…. Read More »
Talented colt Osamu has already won over his new trainer and he might just become the stable favourite if he can land a victory on the track. Osamu was Group Two placed in the Skyline Stakes as a juvenile and rounded out his three-year-old spring campaign with another stakes placing… Read More »
Trainer John Moloney will take four horses to Sandown without having to worry about how three of them handle the track as they have already tasted success there. The Moloney trio to have scored at the course are last-start Sandown Lakeside victor Imperial Lad, dual Hillside winner Sunday Pray and… Read More »
Top Singapore-based horseman Cliff Brown has joined the exodus of trainers and jockeys returning to Australia from the Asian racing centre. Following in the footsteps of Lee Freedman, who recently confirmed he was relocating to the Gold Coast, Brown has this week announced he will return to Australia. In the… Read More »
Mizzy took out the other Group and Listed heat in good style, defeating Prague who made late ground to edge out Dreamforce for second. New trainer Annabel Neasham will meet with owners Aquis to formulate a plan for Prague, who could return in the Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick… Read More »
An extended summer carnival campaign for Ligulate hinges on his performance at Doomben on Saturday. Trainer Cody Morgan is toying with the idea of Ligulate backing up in the Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m) seven days later if the gelding returns to winning form at Doomben. “He’d be backing up and… Read More »
A victory at Randwick on Saturday would give Strange Charm a hat-trick of wins but it would not rate as her biggest claim to fame. Last autumn, Strange Charm broke her maiden on the Kensington track, scoring a comfortable win over Toffee Tongue and Entente. Both placegetters emerged from that… Read More »
James Cummings was more than happy to change his plans for sprinter Viridine when he saw the strength of the Australia Stakes field. Initially, the Godolphin trainer had entered only Isaurian and opted not to put Viridine in Friday night’s event. But when the Moonee Valley Racing Club only received… Read More »
The lure of next month’s $2 million Inglis Millennium has convinced trainer Annabel Neasham to roll the dice and run juvenile Ashema at Randwick despite an outside draw. The filly will jump from barrier 13 in Saturday’s The Paul Hoffman Handicap (1000m) and while it isn’t ideal, Neasham believes it… Read More »
The Group One Galaxy will be the autumn goal for talented sprinter Splintex, who was among the standouts when a host of stars stepped out at the Randwick barrier trials. The Mark Newnham-trained entire comfortably took out the opening 900m heat, defeating Group One Empire Rose Stakes winner Shout The… Read More »
Glen Boss will base himself in Victoria for the start of their carnival to ensure he can ride Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet and star sprinter Bivouac when they kick off their autumn campaigns. The top jockey said he made the decision to head south to safeguard against any interstate… Read More »
A rise to a more suitable distance has Quackerjack poised to rediscover his best form when he tackles the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick. The baldy-faced gelding turned in a creditable first-up performance when finishing just over 2-1/2 lengths behind subsequent Magic Millions Cup winner Eleven Eleven in the Christmas… Read More »
Te Akau Racing will bid to continue its indomitable run in the Karaka Million 2YO at Ellerslie with five runners, led by undefeated youngster On The Bubbles. Trainer Jamie Richards has nominated On The Bubbles as the stable’s leading chance to claim a fifth successive win in New Zealand’s rich… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings is preparing two of his brightest talents for early autumn starts with Prince Fawaz and Mizzy poised to step out at a bumper barrier trial session at Randwick. The pair have been plagued by niggling issues which have restricted their racetrack appearances this season, Mizzy having competed… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols will be taking his brother and sister combination to The Valley on Friday night of Streets Of Avalon and Orlando Grove chasing the feature races. Nichols’s stable star six-year-old gelding Streets Of Avalon will run in the Group 2 $200,000 Australia Stakes and his younger three-year-old sister… Read More »
One arguably goes best in the wet and the other is an unknown at the trip but Tracey Bartley remains optimistic about the chances of Moana Jewel and McCormack who head to Randwick. Bartley acknowledged both horses would be facing individual tests but the astute Wyong trainer said he expected… Read More »
Star Tasmanian mare Mystic Journey will begin her 2021 All-Star Mile campaign at Launceston tomorrow night and according to betting markets a win is close to a formality. TAB fixed odds has Mystic Journey at $1.10 to win the 1200 metres, weight-for-age sprint. Her trainer Adam Trinder is setting Mystic… Read More »
Chris Waller said he hoped to have one or two starters in The All-Star Mile at The Valley on March 13 but the race had to fit into a horse’s program. He identified Verry Elleegant as an ideal horse for The All-Star Mile. “If I set Verry Elleegant for the… Read More »
Chris Waller’s two star sprinters Nature Strip and September Run will both resume in the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington next month. Waller said they had both come through their trial at Rosehill last Friday in great style and would kick off their autumn campaigns in the Group One 1000… Read More »
