Lovemetender has broken her maiden impressively fashion contesting the Heineken Plate (1100m) at Kensington on Wednesday. The Anthony Cummings-trained filly led from start to finish, kicking away in the straight to win by 1.16 lengths. The daughter of Testa Rossa had debuted in the Group Three Gimcrack Stakes and also… Read More »
Norm Gardner is using this Saturday’s Rosebud as a stepping stone for Miss Ostend to launch towards a berth in the Magic Millions in January. Miss Ostend showed plenty of ability through her first racing campaign, narrowly missing placings in the Listed Magic Millions two-year-old at Wyong, the Listed Lonhro Plate and… Read More »
Danny O’Brien has yet to determine a spring starting point for Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare. But one thing O’Brien is sure of is Vow And Declare will need racing leading into this year’s Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 2. Vow And Declare was among the nominations for the Melbourne Cup, the Caulfield… Read More »
Wet weather has forced the transfer of another meeting in Victoria. For the second time in as many days, a race meeting in Victoria has needed to be transferred. Thursday’s meeting at Warrnambool will now be run at Coleraine following a Racing Victoria stewards’ inspection on Wednesday. The Warrnambool track… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Johnny Get Angry makes a long-awaited return in the Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. If it was good enough for Bart Cummings, then it is good enough for Dennis Pagan to start the 2021 Melbourne Cup campaign of Johnny Get Angry in the Aurie’s Star Handicap. Cummings, along… Read More »
Imported galloper Durston is set to kick off his campaign at Flemington that his trainers hope will lead to a start in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace -trained son of Sea The Moon is topweight in the VRC Member Justin Hoy Trophy (2000m) on Saturday. Durston has not… Read More »
A whiff of spring is in the air with Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup nominations being taken. The reigning winners of last year’s spring majors have been entered to defend their titles which feature a reduced list of internationally-trained horses. Entries closed on Tuesday for the Caulfield Cup,… Read More »
Racing Victoria’s General Manager International and Racing Operations Paul Bloodworth held concerns as to how many international horses would be entered for the three major races across the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Nominations for the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup closed on Tuesday with nine, four and 15 international entries… Read More »
Paige Kenney hopes Tabtouch has got it right rating two of her runners at Belmont on Wednesday. Beaux Banovic-Edwards In-form mare Poker Face and luckless four-year-old Starlift hold favouritism in current Tabtouch markets. Poker Face is $2.60 for the Tabtouch-Better Your Bet Handicap (1000m) and Starlift $3.60 for the All Flags Signs… Read More »
Racing Victoria has made the call to move the Cranbourne meeting on Wednesday to Moe. Following a RV stewards’ inspection on Tuesday, they deemed a wet patch between the 650m and the 500m to be unsafe for racing. With more rain forecast and the affected part of the track being… Read More »
Trainer Richard Laming has been fined $5000 while also apologising to champion jockey Damien Oliver for comments made in an audio recording. Laming had posted comments on the online platform miStable for the ownership group of Cecil Street Lad which failed to run a place at Sandown on Sunday. Stewards at Sandown on Sunday did… Read More »
Brett Dodson-trained Parksville is set to resume in the Vinery Stud Handicap (1100m) at Kensington on Wednesday, with the hope of attracting a Kosciuszko ticket holder. The lightly raced son of Vancouver is only in his second racing preparation but showed plenty of ability stringing together a hat-trick of wins… Read More »
Ballistic Boy is another Queensland horse being aimed at an interstate carnival tilt after making a pleasing return at the Doomben trials on Tuesday. The five-year-old has not raced since he was given a torrid run in January’s Magic Millions Subzero. That completed a frustrating end to a campaign that had… Read More »
Rob Heathcote has put Everest slot holders on notice that his star sprinter Rothfire is back and ready to prove he is a worthwhile entry in the world’s richest turf race this year. After sustaining injuries in last year’s Golden Rose, Rothfire made his first official public appearance in a… Read More »
Having secured their first metropolitan success at the season opening meeting at Sandown, Ben and Jd Hayes hope to claim their first stakes win at Flemington. Lightly-raced, but stacked with ability, Mr Brightside scored his second career win on Sunday while at Flemington on Saturday Aysar steps out in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star… Read More »
Jessie Philpot and Nicole Bruggerman have captured the biggest win of their respective careers with Highly Decorated winning the Darwin Cup (2050m). The five-year-old carried only 56kg in an all-the-way victory in the $200,000 feature. It was the son of Epaulette’s seventh win in-a-row, with Philpot being aboard for all… Read More »
Missayter has already had her fair share of injuries, but she will finally face the starter for the first time under race conditions on Wednesday. It has been a long journey already for three-year-old Missayter, but Jacqueline Greentree will finally see her debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. Missayter is the first foal… Read More »
Nick Ryan is looking forward to the first feature race of the season when he runs Regardsmaree up the straight at Flemington. An addition to training ranks at Flemington in April, Ryan ended the season with a winner at The Valley on Saturday with Mahamedeis then followed up with the first city flat race of… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown is close to starting Singapore star The Inferno but is concerned about the gelding’s fitness leading into his Australian debut. Racing as Inferno in Singapore, the son of Holy Roman Emperor came to Australia with Brown after the trainer decided to base himself at Mornington earlier in the year…. Read More »
Premier Darwin trainer Gary Clarke will look to add to his trophy cabinet with two live chances in the Great Northern Darwin Cup on Monday. Eight going on nine-time successive premiership winning trainer Garry Clarke is confident his two horses Paghman and Reserve Street are more than capable of taking… Read More »
