The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable were to the fore with fit and in-form horses Persan and Al Galayel supplying them with an early double at Caulfield. Emerging stayer Persan took out the 2400 metre open handicap and Al Galayel the 2000 metre equivalent and both horses have booked… Read More »
Improving mare Dancing Gidget has relished a return to a dry track to take out the opening race at Rosehill and remain in the running for the $7.5 million Golden Eagle. Trainer Chris Waller confirmed Dancing Gidget was among a group of horses the stable had entered for the rich… Read More »
A week after snow and bitter winds lashed parts of the central tablelands, astute Mudgee trainer Mark Milton will make the trip over the mountains for a two-pronged attack on the Tab Highway Handicap at Rosehill. Milton, who recently moved his stables from Gulgong onto the track at Mudgee, brings… Read More »
Chris Munce is banking on the stellar form of Skate To Paris to offset a drop back in distance at Eagle Farm. Skate To Paris has won her past two starts at the track, the latest at the mile circuit on August 15, but has to contend with dropping back… Read More »
West Australians Grant and Alana Williams will be out to raid the Caulfield coffers with a quintet of runners, including two Group One Memsie Stakes contenders and a pair of Golden Eagle hopefuls. The husband and wife training partners prepare the quality string raced by prominent Perth owner-breeder Bob Peters,… Read More »
The Group One Caulfield Guineas is the ultimate target for Holyfield this spring but whether he heads there via the $1 million Golden Rose remains a point of contention. Co-trainer Ciaron Maher is keen to see how Holyfield fares in the Group Three Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) at Rosehill on… Read More »
Adam Trinder knew he would be kept well informed on the progress of Mystic Journey by his stable foreman Steff Waugh but he didn’t expect their host Peter Moody to also be giving him regular updates. Trinder stayed at his Tasmanian stables to supervise the rest of his team and… Read More »
The form around unbeaten colt Peltzer has been standing up and Kerrin McEvoy says that is an encouraging signal that the three-year-old can be a spring force. Peltzer will bid to deliver the newly minted training partnership of Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou its first black-type success when he contests… Read More »
Shea Eden can’t seen any reason why his in-form mare Bless Her can’t stretch her winning sequence to six in the Cockram Stakes at Caulfield. Eden said Bless Her was again being underestimated but that was something he had become accustomed to during her winning streak. “She’s flown under the… Read More »
Racing Victoria officials have been amazed with the quantity and quality of nominations for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups despite uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Entries for the features were announced on Thursday and the 2020 Caulfield Cup, which will be run on October 17, attracted 177 nominations, an… Read More »
At nine, Grey Lion has entered the veteran bracket but trainer Matt Smith says the stayer is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, Smith feels the gelding is in the best shape of his career as he prepares to take on a talented field in the Group Three… Read More »
A trip to Sydney for the spring carnival hinges on how Kisukano adapts to her latest gear change in a bid to curb her headstrong nature. Trainer Michael Nolan was forced to go back to the drawing board when stewards imposed another sanction on the filly following her unruly behaviour… Read More »
Leading trainer Ciaron Maher has unveiled plans to expand his presence in Sydney as he seeks to transition the operation from a satellite stable. The Victorian-based horseman spent two weeks in a quarantine facility, which he exited on Friday, to oversee a changing of the guard in Sydney. With Annabel… Read More »
James Cummings has assessed the Memsie Stakes as Savatiano’s best opportunity to break her maiden status at Group One level. Cummings said he had often thought Savatiano had the potential to win in elite grade and referred to her as “a bottled-up talent”. “Now she has the chance to live… Read More »
Grahame Begg thought long and hard about kicking off his exciting staying prospect Nonconformist in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield but reasoned it would be a tough way for him to start a spring campaign. Instead, he has taken a softer option and the horse will run in a 1400m… Read More »
Danny O’Brien won his first Fred Hoysted Medal for Victorian trainers after his stellar season which included victories in the Melbourne Cup with Vow And Declare and Miami Bound in the VRC Oaks. He trained 100 winners for the season at a strike rate of more than 17 per cent…. Read More »
Champion sprinter Nature Strip was voted Victorian Racehorse of the Year after winning the Moir Stakes and VRC Sprint Classic, giving trainer Chris Waller his fourth consecutive win in the category after claiming it with Winx for the past three years. Nature Strip received 62 votes from the panel, which… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has won his third Scobie Breasley Medal in a row and his eleventh in the award’s 26-year history with a ten-vote victory at a televised ceremony. Oliver polled 61 votes with Dwayne Dunn his nearest rival and Craig Williams, who won the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership, finishing… Read More »
Full brothers Criaderas and Suave have posted victories on the same midweek card at Randwick to contribute to a winning day for racing powerhouse Godolphin. The duo are by Lonhro out of grand producer Youthful Presence whose nine foals to race are all winners, including Group One performers Hauraki and… Read More »
The dream for country – trained mare Super Girl to gain a start in the Melbourne Cup has moved a step closer with her first-up victory at Sandown. After watching Super Girl’s win in Wednesday’s benchmark 70 race over 1500 metres, her Bendigo-based trainer Josh Julius said the focus of… Read More »
