Although Tagaloa won the Blue Diamond Stakes,Trent Busuttin has always maintained he would be a better horse over more ground and the trainer gets to test that theory for the first time in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. It will be Tagaloa’s eighth start but his first in a race… Read More »
Seven slots remain up for grabs in the $15 million The Everest after Tofane became the latest sprinter to secure her place in the field. The Mike Moroney-trained mare has been announced as the representative for Yulong Investments, joining Nature Strip, Gytrash, Classique Legend and Rothfire as confirmed runners. Tofane… Read More »
Three-year-old Cambourne has kept his undefeated record intact, and the possibility of a start in next month’s Caulfield Guineas alive, with an easy win at Bendigo. Co-trainer Mick Price stamped him as a “black-type horse coming soon” after he toyed with his rivals to win Wednesday’s 1300m race. Price’s dilemma… Read More »
The trainer-jockey combination of Mark Newnham and Tommy Berry have teamed up for a midweek win with speedy filly Deniki but they will be in opposing corners at Randwick. Berry will partner Dame Giselle in the Group Two Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, the filly bidding to remain undefeated… Read More »
Trainer Daniel Bowman only has to look at Begood Toya Mother’s last start to know he has got the right form to fo back-to-back in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. In his final lead-up run 12 months ago, Begood Toya Mother finished sixth in the Memsie Stakes and… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman and co-trainer Adrian Bott have been asked to attend Racing NSW headquarters for the resumption of a stewards’ inquiry into the first-up flop of Farnan. Led by chief stipe Marc Van Gestel, stewards grilled Bowman and Bott during a race day inquiry into Farnan’s unplaced performance in… Read More »
English trainer Charlie Fellowes is not in a rush to decide which jockey will ride dual Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran this spring after Michael Walker told him he was unavailable for the ride. Fellowes, speaking on Melbourne radio station RSN, said he was surprised when Walker informed him… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller will again have a strong hand in the Group One feature the George Main Stakes at Randwick this weekend with four of the seven runners, headed by star mare Verry Elleegant. She spent four days at the farm to recover from her enormous effort to win… Read More »
Chris Waller has gone back to the drawing board with Kolding and it has delivered the champion trainer an important epiphany. A perfectionist by nature, Waller was perturbed by the gelding’s loss of form during the autumn when he failed to place in five starts and again when he resumed… Read More »
Gun sprinter Bivouac heads nominations for the Group Two The Shorts (1100m) and last season’s Golden Rose and Newmarket Handicap winner is primed for a big return. “He’s done everything right and has come to hand beautifully. He’s strong and fit and looks ready to run a really good race.” Cummings said. Nominations for this year’s… Read More »
The powerhouse Godolphin team is poised to play a major hand at Randwick with Avilius and Colette tackling the George Main Stakes and sprint star Bivouac making a much-anticipated return in The Shorts. Triple Group One winner Avilius produced an eye-catching run when he resumed in the Chelmsford Stakes and… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s international recruiter Paul Bloodworth got the result he had been dreaming about when Irish master trainer Aidan O’Brien told him he would put six high quality horses into quarantine. At the top of Bloodworth’s list was last year’s English Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck, who would become the… Read More »
Champion jockey James McDonald has been booked to ride Standout when he resumes in an important renewal of The Shorts at Randwick. The sprinter will be out to showcase his claims to a slot in the $15 million The Everest when he takes on a top field that includes Classique… Read More »
Mike Moroney is sweating on emerging galloper Buffalo River gaining a start in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Buffalo River has a relatively low rating and the trainer has some concerns as to whether he can get a berth in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes field with his… Read More »
The lure of a Magic Millions windfall will keep brilliant sprinter Zoustyle to only a brief cameo appearance during the spring. Trainer Tony Gollan is mindful the racing career of Zoustyle hangs by a thread after the gelding suffered a bleeding attack when he finished a first-up seventh in the… Read More »
Tom Marquand, who has enjoyed several successful riding stints in Australia, has won his first classic race in England aboard Galileo Chrome. The Joseph O’Brien-trained colt was a late pick-up ride for Marquand after regular jockey Shane Crosse became unavailable because of a positive test for Covid-19. With Crosse forced… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien couldn’t have be any happier in the return of star stayer Russian Camelot who was gallant in defeat in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. “He’s been beaten a neck by a horse who is now a three-time Group One winner,” O’Brien said. “He had… Read More »
James McDonald touted Haut Brion Her as an Everest candidate during the week and Chris Waller did nothing to dispel that theory after the mare ‘s Group Two Sheraco Stakes win. Having her first start since she pulled up lame following a Flemington victory last spring, Haut Brion Her showed… Read More »
Exciting three-year-old colt Doubtland has rocketed back to form with a powerful finishing burst to win the Danehill Stakes, vindicating the stable’s lofty opinion of him. “He’s a smart horse. He’s a serious colt,” co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said after Doubtland’s victory in Saturday’s Group Two race for three-year-olds over 1200… Read More »
The Group One Epsom Handicap is on the Team Hawkes radar after Wild Planet bounced back from a luckless first up run to claim the Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. Co-trainer Michael Hawkes admitted to a few anxious moments turning for home before Tommy Berry got Wild Planet into the… Read More »
