The team that propelled star filly Houtzen into the spotlight will unveil their Magic Millions spearhead in the Phelan Ready Stakes at Eagle Farm. Toby and Trent Edmonds will saddle up Alpine Edge in the Phelan Ready from the coveted rails barrier with Robbie Fradd aboard. The son of Better… Read More »
Less than two months after snapping up Turboart at a Ready To Race sale, Annabel Neasham will saddle up the youngster in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery. A son of first season sire Flying Artie, Neasham paid $140,000 for the half-brother to stakes winner Petits Filous and says he has done… Read More »
Leading jockey Michael Cahill’s decision to stick with Princess Bojack in the Listed Calaway Gal Stakes at Eagle Farm has boosted the confidence of trainer Michael Nolan. Cahill partnered Princess Bojack when she scored a stylish win on debut at Eagle Farm on October 3 before a let-up. “I’m more… Read More »
Godolphin has captured feature races around the globe but incredibly, the royal blue silks are yet to cross the line first in a Villiers Stakes. In fact, the prestigious Randwick mile has proven somewhat of a bogey race for some of Sydney’s biggest stables. Chris Waller’s only victory came in… Read More »
Trainer Simon Ryan was taken aback by the dominance of his sprinter Grandview Avenue during his recent success at Moonee Valley. The Warrnambool trainer thought Grandview Avenue was a chance in the Listed Carlyon Stakes based on his win at the same track over 955 metres a week earlier but… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie is excited about the potential of his two-year-old colt Ranveer, who will make his debut at Flemington, but he is already rueing the race that got away. That race was the Clockwise Classic at Ballarat on November 21 when Ranveer was backed into favouritism. Even astute rival… Read More »
While the majority of trainers are heading north for the Brisbane summer carnival, Michael Costa is bucking the trend and sending Purffect Deal in the opposite direction. The Queensland mare is due to arrive in Sydney late this week ahead of her assignment in the Listed Christmas Cup (2400m) at… Read More »
Zac Purton has edged out arch rival Joao Moreira to claim the International jockeys’ championship at Sha Tin in a dramatic finish but it was English rider Hollie Doyle who stole the show. Doyle became the first female to win a leg of the annual jockeys’ challenge on Wednesday night… Read More »
The countdown to the Magic Millions carnival will begin in earnest at Eagle Farm where trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace start one of their leading juvenile contenders. I Am Invincible filly Fake Love will make her Queensland debut in Saturday’s Calaway Gal Stakes (1000m), which the stable took out… Read More »
Long considered one of the three big Randwick miles, the Villiers Stakes guarantees the winner a Doncaster Mile start but it has been left languishing in terms of prize money. With the introduction of a raft of $1 million races during the back-end of the Sydney spring, the $250,000 Villiers… Read More »
After a failed distance experiment, Perth mare Fabergino will be back in action over her preferred trip of 1000 metres when she runs at Flemington on Saturday. Trainer Tiarnna Robertson said she was happy to have given Fabergino an opportunity at the highest level in the VRC Sprint Classic over… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is among a group of industry experts offering their input as part of a wide-ranging review into the large number of international horse deaths during the Melbourne spring carnival. Racing Victoria’s investigation was sparked following the fatal injury suffered by Irish raider Anthony Van Dyck during… Read More »
Clarry Conners may have scaled down his business in recent times but his passion and desire to compete on the big stage remains. The four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer will be back in the feature race fold at Randwick on Saturday when he starts debutante Shocking Force in the Inglis Nursery… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O’Brien has some valid reasons why he will set Russian Camelot for the All-Star Mile first up at Moonee Valley. O’Brien pointed out that Russian Camelot raced well fresh in the spring when second in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington over 1600 metres, the same… Read More »
High-class New Zealanders The Chosen One, Quick Thinker and Aegon are set to campaign in Australia during the autumn with their trainers targeting feature races in Sydney and Melbourne. The trio returned to the stables of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman this week and were reported to be in top… Read More »
Trainer Mitch Beer is hoping his first overseas purchase, Perfect Illusion, can develop into a potential Tasmanian Cups candidate over the summer. At Sandown Hillside on Wednesday, Beer will give the former European a chance to take a significant step towards those races when he lines up in the Clanbrooke… Read More »
Talented filly See Marie faces her first middle-distance test in The Eagle Way but trainer Desleigh Forster believes she is equal to the challenge. See Marie steps up from a mile to 1820 metres in the Eagle Farm assignment after she unleashed a barnstorming finish to win at Doomben on… Read More »
Grahame Begg’s smart galloper Nonconformist has returned to work ahead of the autumn where he will be targeted at one of Flemington’s feature Group Ones. Begg said the son of Rebel Raider would be set for the Australian Cup and would also be nominated for the All-Star Mile. Two starts… Read More »
Grahame Begg has had a happy knack for finding a top two-year-old since he returned to training in Victoria and he’s certain he has another one in Dosh. Begg produced Dosh to win the Group Three Ottawa Stakes at Flemington on Oaks Day against her own sex, following in the… Read More »
Outrageous will attempt to become the first horse in almost a decade to claim the Festival Stakes-Villiers Stakes double when he takes his place in the feature Randwick mile. Co-trainer Michael Hawkes confirmed Outrageous had come through his Festival win in top order and was on target to replicate the… Read More »
