The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and Jd Hayes are always looking for those little one percenters in bringing out the best in their gallopers. While not pinning down the victory of Tycoon Star in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday entirely to a subtle… Read More »
Improving gelding Travolta is in line to join several barn mates in the Wyong Cup with the Chris Waller stable keen to back him up following his classy win at Rosehill. Lumping 59.5kg after the three kilo claim of apprentice Siena Grima, Travolta ($6.50) settled back in the field and… Read More »
The Memsie Stakes would not be the same without the presence of Mr Brightside. The Lindsay Park-trained galloper lines up in Saturday’s Group 1 contest over 1400m for the third time, having won in 2023 and finishing second last year. Longevity has been the key with Mr Brightside who will… Read More »
Sculpting late-blooming juveniles into Group One-performing three-year-olds has been part of Chris Waller’s playbook for years and Providence has the profile to suggest he might become the latest. While still a maiden, the colt has shown promise in all three starts with a Randwick placing on debut in May and consecutive… Read More »
In one way, Matt Laurie has already done his job with Vinrock. The Mornington trainer snapped up the colt for $300,000 at last year’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, turned him into the first son of I Am Invincible to win a juvenile Group 1 race in Australia after which Yulong bought… Read More »
Peter Snowden will rely on emerging talent Raging Force after scratching filly Memo from the San Domenico Stakes and is excited for the three-year-old’s return to Group company. One of the finds of the winter, Raging Force strung together a hat-trick of wins, culminating in an impressive performance at Rosehill in early July… Read More »
Right from the time Deakin headed to the spelling paddock after a successful first campaign in Australia, trainer Phillip Stokes had the Group 1 Memsie Stakes as the starting point for the stayers’ spring campaign. What Stokes didn’t realise was there happened to be another suitable 1400m on the same card at… Read More »
Trainer Charlotte Littlefield is hopeful the rain forecast to fall at Caulfield does not eventuate ahead of the return run of She’s Bulletproof. The mare is scheduled to kick-off her campaign in the Group 3 Heath 1100 (1100m) on Saturday. But Littlefield warned if the track rating was much worse than… Read More »
The presence of stablemate Raging Force in the San Domenico Stakes has prompted trainer Peter Snowden to take a different route with Grand Prairie, who will also undergo a key gear change. Snowden contemplated running the pair over the shorter 1100m San Domenico course but felt Raging Force would have Grand Prairie’s… Read More »
The first Group 1 race of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival is set to be run at Caulfield, and while it has brought together one of the best editions of the race for many years, it is far from the Grand Final for most of the combatants. The Memsie Stakes… Read More »
The decision to run Golden Slipper placegetter Wodeton first-up in the San Domenico Stakes has been made with the big picture in mind as trainer Chris Waller plots the colt’s path towards an early Group One target. While Waller is lukewarm on Wodeton’s chances of resuming with a win on Saturday, he… Read More »
Buoyed by a successful midweek raid, Tony and Calvin Mcevoy will unveil a pair of Metropolitan hopefuls at Rosehill including the pre-post favourite for the Group One staying feature. The McEvoys produced Prestar for a win at Wednesday’s Randwick Kensington meeting and will saddle up 2024 South Australian Derby heroine Coco Sun and relatively… Read More »
Victorian-trained colt Prestar has given Tony and Calvin McEvoy a pleasant conundrum as they consider whether to keep him in Sydney for some of the better three-year-old races. Having his first start since placing in juvenile company on the Caloundra Cup program in July, Prestar ($3.40) upset odds-on favourite Johnny by… Read More »
Tyler Schiller’s hopes of snaring his first Group win of the new season hinge on where Team Hawkes opt to launch the carnival campaign of Blue Diamond Stakes winner Devil Night. The colt is an acceptor for Saturday’s Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill, as well as the… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie is aware of the task confronting Treasurethe Moment when she makes her seasonal debut in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. The nine-time winner from 11 starts will tackle the older horses for the first time in the Group 1 contest over 1400m on Saturday. Treasurethe Moment has strung together… Read More »
European stayer Al Riffa will attempt to give Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien a third win in the Melbourne Cup having been purchased by Australian connections. But Al Riffa will not remain in Australia post the Melbourne Cup and will chase lucrative prize money targets on the world stage. Al Riffa has been… Read More »
Some of Australia’s highest-profile three-year-olds colts return to the races this weekend, but the one considered the horse to beat in two of that age-group’s most significant events is still a couple of weeks away from resuming. Nepotism will launch his spring campaign in the $300,000 Group 2 Run To The… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller made a special trip to Caulfield to watch Fangirl go through her paces ahead of the Group 1 Memsie Stakes. Fangirl was scratched from the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick last Saturday and floated to Melbourne that night to run in the Memsie Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
The racing career of triple Group 1 winner Sunshine In Paris is over following an injury sustained at trackwork on Tuesday morning. Training partners Annabel and Rob Archibald broke the news on social media after consulting with the six-year-old’s owners John and Deb Camilleri. “Our stable star Sunshine In Paris has unfortunately picked… Read More »
Antino will be tackling a much stronger Memsie Stakes that the version he was unplaced in last year, but Tony Gollan is convinced his veteran stable star is a more seasoned horse in 2025. The seven-year-old son of Redwood resumes in the 1400-metre Group 1 that is the spring kick-off point for… Read More »
