Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood has been longing for the opportunity to try Oscar’s Fortune over a slightly longer trip. The opportunity will become reality on Saturday when Oscar’s Fortune runs in the Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. To date, all of Oscar’s Fortune’s 16 starts, which has seen him… Read More »
A major redevelopment of Warwick Farm is at the forefront of the Australian Turf Clubs’s plans in its outline for the distribution of funds from a potential sale of Rosehill racecourse. The ATC is pledging to spend $802 million on racing and training facilities at the Western Sydney venue, including… Read More »
Trainer Dan Meagher is set to unveil the second highest horse he brought back from Singapore in a 1400m contest at Caulfield. Meagher elected to keep Lim’s Saltoro in Melbourne for a 1400m benchmark 100 contest at Caulfield on Saturday rather than make the eight-hour journey to Adelaide to contest the Group… Read More »
Naval College has a couple of stablemates kicking off Queensland Winter Carnival campaigns this weekend and he is on trial to join them when he runs at Gosford. The Annabel and Rob Archibald-trained import will contest Saturday’s $300,000 Gosford Gold Cup (2100m). The Listed event will be the second start of… Read More »
Michael Kent Jnr is under no illusions as to the task of beating a horse like Giga Kick in The Goodwood on Saturday but believes his pair are the right contenders. Kent Jnr, who trains in partnership with Mick Price, will saddle up a pair of last-start winners, headed by Group… Read More »
Just Folk’s hopes of going one better in this year’s Hollindale Stakes hinge on the Gold Coast’s weather. The eight-year-old was on Monday declared as one of 16 entries for the $500,000 Group 2, but trainer Gavin Bedggood said there would need to be a serious downpour for him to run… Read More »
It will be Gosford’s turn to host a stand-alone Saturday meeting this weekend and trainer Peter Snowden is hoping the card can act as a winter carnival springboard for Xidaki. The four-year-old is set to take his place in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Gosford after resuming with an encouraging effort… Read More »
In racing terms, not too many things are a struggle nowadays for Max Whitby as his strong investment is often rewarded with feature race success, but coming into the first million-dollar running of the The Archer, he was struggling to find a horse to fill his slot. It turned out… Read More »
For all of the trainer’s success, which includes three Group One wins, one solely under his name, he’s never been successful in one of the four majors in South Australia. When in partnership with Leon MacDonald, the training duo won the 2011 Caulfield Cup with Southern Speed and the 2014… Read More »
Tony Gollan is not expecting a Toorak Handicap-like performance from Antino this Saturday at the Gold Coast, but he is holding out hope for one later in the campaign. The classy Redwood gelding will round out his preparations for the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on May 24 in the… Read More »
Peter Snowden has once again added to his impressive record in the Hawkesbury Guineas, with Media World narrowly holding off a late surge from Just Party to secure his fifth victory in the Group Three contest. Guided by jockey Tyler Schiller, Media World ($9) showed determination to push forward and… Read More »
One of just two fillies in the race, Femminile has relished the quick turnaround from last week’s Oaks to take out the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday for trainer Phillip Stokes. Under a cool Lachlan Neindorf, the daughter of Dundeel didn’t have to go around a… Read More »
Noel Callow recorded his biggest win in eight years when he made the most of a call-up to land the first leg of a Group 2 double for Annabel and Rob Archibald at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The 49-year-old steered Depth Of Character to a dominant win in the $350,000 Queensland… Read More »
Crowd favourite Pride Of Jenni booked herself a trip to Queensland with a bounce-back win at Caulfield on Saturday. The reigning Horse of the Year put the disappointment of a below-par showing in the Group 1 Australian Cup on March 29 behind her with a trademark win in the $175,000… Read More »
Competing on three consecutive Saturday’s is a big ask of any horse but Punch Lane has made it look easy, backing up his dominant win at Randwick seven days ago with another emphatic effort at Hawkesbury. The superior wet track performer started a $2.30 betting sites favourite and relished the heavy… Read More »
City Of Lights was always going to be a valuable broodmare but the half-sister to Winx put the icing on the cake with an important black-type win in the Hawkesbury Crown. As well as being related to a champion, City Of Lights is by former top Japanese stallion Deep Impact, who… Read More »
Lindsay Park did not have to wait long to register its first winner with one of itsBallymore Stables recruits and that’s just the way Ben Hayes liked it. Hayes, in partnership with his brothers Will and JD, are now in charge of Per Incanto gelding Oak Hill, who won Saturday’s… Read More »
A Brisbane winter carnival raid is on the agenda for unbeaten two-year-old Aerodrome after he added his name to the Clarendon Stakes honour roll at Hawkesbury. Prepared by Michael Freedman, who won this year’s Golden Slipper with filly Marhoona, Aerodrome ($2.10 betting fav) was having just his second start and ploughed… Read More »
The Spring Carnival might seem a way off, but Kaleo has given Ciaron Maher and the Southern Cross Syndications team cause to at least start thinking about it. The two-year-old son of Churchill broke his maiden in Saturday’s $150,000 Remembering Margaret McDonald Handicap at Caulfield. The 1400-metre event was just his second… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown is banking on a trip to Caulfield to determine the direction he takes with Rogan in coming months. Rogan runs in the Evergreen Turf Handicap (2000m) on Saturday with hopes a forward performance may lead to a trip north to Brisbane for the gelding for some bigger races…. Read More »
