Trainer Charlotte Littlefield and the team behind Big Swinger have lowered their expectations with the three-year-old and are hoping to open his city winning account at Caulfield. The Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1200m) on Saturday will be Big Swinger’s sixth career start with the gelding successful on three occasions on provincial courses,… Read More »
Given his long-term aspirations for juvenile Queen Of Clubs, Gary Portelli isn’t expecting her to win at Rosehill on Saturday. However, he is anticipating a competitive performance when she steps up to 1300 metres for the first time in the Schweppes Handicap. Portelli eventually hopes Queen Of Clubs can develop into… Read More »
The last time Tom Dabernig made the trek from his Warrnambool stable to race at Morphettville, it proved a winning exercise. Cleo Cat provided the Dabernig team with victory in the Group 3 Proud Miss Stakes (1200m) on Goodwood Day. The Dabernig stable is returning to Morphettville on Saturday looking to bag… Read More »
A mare who became the first of Greg Hickman’s horses to break the $1 million prizemoney barrier continues to have an impact on his stable in the form of her daughter, Private Legacy. Private Secretary was placed in four stakes races but the bulk of her career earnings stemmed from her… Read More »
Champion Hong Kong galloper Romantic Warrior has undergone surgery following his return from the Middle East where he raced with distinction. The Hong Kong Jockey Club released a veterinary update on Thursday after Romantic Warrior had surgery on his left front leg. The gelding, who won the Group 1 Cox Plate… Read More »
Irish trainers Dermot Weld and Willie Mullins have had hurdlers run in the Melbourne Cup with mixed success. Weld had Vintage Crop win Australia’s greatest race last century while Mullins has been down to Flemington with Vauban and Absurde in the past two years after those geldings went jumping. Another Irishman, who trains… Read More »
The beginning was perfect, and the end was just as good if not better for The Boss Lady. After winning the Roma Cup (1100m) first up at Ascot, Michael Lane’s classy mare capped an outstanding campaign of racing with a second weight-for-age victory in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint (1400m)… Read More »
Tommy Berry is the new rider for BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes favourite Gallo Nero, replacing the injured Tyler Schiller. Jockey Tyler Schiller will be sidelined for at least six weeks after it was confirmed he had suffered a fractured vertebrae in a race day incident at Canterbury. The senior Sydney hoop… Read More »
Yulong Investments did some Extreme Choice prospecting at this week’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, buoyed by the condition of the colt of his who won this year’s Blue Diamond Stakes for them. Devil Night, who this year carried Yulong’s green and white colours to victory in Victoria’s only two-year-old… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn may be forced to sit out the rest of the season after injuring a foot at the Cranbourne jump-outs on Monday. Shinn has undergone a number of tests and consultations with medical professionals in recent days which concluded he is suffering heavy bone bruising in his left foot…. Read More »
After making a promising start to his Australian career, former French galloper Don Diego De Vega failed to set the world on fire during his most recent campaign. However, co-trainer Rob Archibald is predicting a different scenario this time round as the five-year-old prepares to resume in the Listed Lord Mayors… Read More »
With several of Sydney’s top jockeys in Brisbane, Dylan Gibbons gets another opportunity to shine. A recent move to Sydney is starting to pay dividends for Dylan Gibbons as he looks to capitalize on the exodus of riders to Queensland for the winter carnival. Gibbons was sidelined for several months after… Read More »
The Tom Dabernig stable is gang tackling a Stakes race at Caulfield with three mares at different stages of their preparations. Cleo Cat, a winner at her two starts this preparation, heads the trio with Romantic Choice looking for a breakthrough win for the campaign while Fickle makes her return to racing in… Read More »
Mick Bennett has our Sydney Specials as racing returns to Rosehill. Open betting races are the order of the day at Rosehill on Saturday, before scratchings at least. Not a day for ‘good things’ but a couple at nice each-way odds are worth a look. The first comes in Race… Read More »
It’s been anything bar a conventional leadup for Chris Waller’s trio of runners in the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The master trainer has won the race on three occasions, including with Kovalica and Kukeracha in the past four years and will saddle up three… Read More »
Call Di entered the ring almost 300 lots into the marathon session, but the blueblood mare proved worth the wait when she topped the second day of Magic Millions’ National Broodmare Sale. The daughter of Frankel was one of 10 seven-figure lots on the day dedicated to mares in-foal but the… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club will break with tradition and run a New Year’s Eve meeting at Flemington, replacing the meeting held on the first day of the New Year. Wednesday December 31 will see Flemington host a twilight meeting to finish at 7.30pm, a meeting that will see the Listed… Read More »
Top jockey Tyler Schiller has been taken to a Sydney hospital with a suspected back injury after being dislodged from his mount in the opening race at Canterbury. Schiler was aboard debutante Rockabye Roxy for Gary Portelli when the filly bucked shortly after going onto the track, tossing Schiller over her neck…. Read More »
Mother-and-daughter training partners Lyn Tolson and Leonie Proctor are hoping Melbourne’s cooler weather will help Curran when he steps out at Caulfield. However, a poor showing in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) on Saturday may spell the end of the seven-year-old’s racing career that has netted five wins from 39 starts… Read More »
Track conditions will play an important role for Benedetta when she chases a second Group 1 career victory. Successful in The Goodwood at Morphettville last year, Benedetta is chasing victory in the Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Trainer Jason Warren specifically bypassed another shot at The Goodwood… Read More »
