Emma-Lee and David Browne will now wrap Basilinna in cotton wool after the mare won a Golden Ticket into the Melbourne Cup. Success in the Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday provided Basilinna with a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November. Handling the Soft 7… Read More »
Lightly raced filly Summer Flame has landed a boilover win in the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone and picked up some valuable black-type for owners Rosemont Stud along the way. Sent out a $61 chance, the three-year-old was making her NSW debut after three starts in Victoria which had yielded… Read More »
Prominent owner-breeder and Torryburn Stud supremo John Cornish looks to have a nice filly on his hands in Woodlands Stakes winner Stardom. A former Australian Turf Club chairman who bred the likes of Hong Kong stars Hot King Prawn and Voyage Bubble, Cornish also raced Stardom’s dam, the 2017 P… Read More »
Stakes races in Brisbane are now on the agenda for Highvol after the Nick Ryan-trained galloper maintained his perfect record at Flemington. After a debut win at Flemington on Anzac Day, Highvol added the Trevor Clarke Handicap (1400m) to his record with a solid win on Saturday. Holding a booking for… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young team is expecting a change of fortune when two of their three-year-olds meet in a race at Flemington. Nostringsattached and Daggers will face off against each other in the K A Morrison Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. While it is not ideal for the stablemates to be clashing,… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Travis Doudle is making the first of what he hopes will be a number of raids in Melbourne during the winter months. Recent stable acquisition Showrunner lines up in the Sir Henry Bolte Handicap (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday which will give Doudle a gauge as to whether he is… Read More »
A recent operation is being looked upon as the catalyst to prolong the racing career of The Astrologist. The rising nine-year-old will line up for start number 52 when he runs in the Listed Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained gelding underwent a… Read More »
John Thompson knows the type of filly it takes to win the Woodlands Stakes having captured it four years ago with Xtremetime and the Randwick trainer believes Vingt Neuf Noir is in a similar mould. French for ‘twenty-nine black’, Vingt Neuf Noir will resume in Saturday’s 1100m Scone feature, a race with a… Read More »
A conscious decision to dodge the best three-year-old fillies in Sydney and wait for a softer assignment could pay dividends when Shohisha chases black-type success in the Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone. The Gosford Guineas runner-up took on the best of her age group at the start of the autumn and… Read More »
The last time the Mornington-based stable of David Brideoake and Matt Jenkins stable took Rogue Rocker on a trip to Adelaide, they had a pleasant drive home. The team is heading back to the ‘City of Churches’ looking to replicate that victory when Rogue Rocker lines up in the Frank White’s 80th Birthday… Read More »
Beaten, but not bowed. Overpass has licked his wounds, but he’ll be back in Perth. A return engagement for the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in November has been penciled in. After he negotiates the Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Brisbane on Saturday, Perth’s premier sprint race is very much back… Read More »
Chris Gangemi is excited by the return of stable pin up, Repossession on Saturday, a three-year-old that he rates highly and views as a future feature race contender. Repossession validated Gangemi’s high opinion and gave a sign of things to come when he led from barrier to post to win the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight who was preparing for a winter campaign in Brisbane has been retired. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained import won a 1500m trial at Caulfield Heath on Thursday morning, but soon after the call was made to retire the gelding. Without A Fight won the 2023 Caulfield… Read More »
Harry’s Yacht will attempt to extend his winning sequence to three when he steps out down the straight at Flemington. Prepared at Flemington by Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin, Harry’s Yacht has yet to race at his home track, but will look to make it three on the trot… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg does not know what the ceiling is for King Zephyr who takes an important step into Stakes company at Flemington on Saturday. A veteran of six races, for five wins, and a run of four straight in his current campaign, King Zephyr heads to the Listed Straight Six (1200m)… Read More »
Age Of Kings might be down on confidence, but Chris Waller hasn’t given up hope of helping him rediscover some of his European form, even if it doesn’t happen this weekend. The winner of the 2023 Group 3 Jersey Stakes (1408m) at Royal Ascot, Age Of Kings was purchased with that year’s… Read More »
Born and bred in Scone, Peter Snowden is a regular supporter of the town’s annual two-day carnival and he is again set to have a strong hand this year with six runners. Two-year-olds Akaysha and Miss Freelove head his squad in the Listed Woodlands Stakes (1100m), the pair on the second and third… Read More »
West Of Africa already has one Cup win in the bag this campaign and he will be bidding to add another when he heads to Scone chasing qualification for the Big Dance. The gelding was a devastating winner of the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast in January when… Read More »
Being on the wrong side of a photo finish in a feature race is nothing new to trainer Brad Widdup but he remains hopeful Jeidbeel can bury memories of his narrow last start loss by winning the Doomben 10,000. The sprinter went down by a short half-head to Libertad in the Victory… Read More »
The adage of keeping your horses in the worse company and yourself in the best has been paying off for former Singapore trainer Tim Fitzsimmons. Now based at Bendigo, Fitsimmons scored his second winner for the week when Greatham Boy took out the Roll The Dice Racing Handicap (1000m) at Bendigo… Read More »
