Adrian Bott has been content to bide his time with former handy two-year-old Fully Lit, hoping his patient management will continue to reward the gelding’s owners into the future. The 2024 Inglis Millennium winner will line up for just his second start in 12 months when he steps out in… Read More »
The Civic Stakes wasn’t always the first choice for Grebeni’s next start, but co-trainer Sterling Alexiou believed it might just prove the right fit. The gelding was being aimed towards the Tattersall’s Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday week, however, Alexiou and training partner Gerald Ryan had a rethink… Read More »
Stephen Theodore’s career-best season shows no signs of slowing down with the reinvigorated trainer set to saddle up five horses at Morphettville on Saturday. A multiple Stakes winner when he trained successfully in Victoria, Theodore has hit the ground running since opening an on-course barn at Murray Bridge in mid-2024…. Read More »
The weather gods are smiling on Robbie Griffiths and Verdad. Scratched from a meeting at Flemington recently because of a wet track, Verdad is likely to get his preferred firm footing when he heads to The David Bourke (1620m) on Saturday. The Flemington circuit was rated a Good 4 on Friday…. Read More »
Trainer Jason Miller will attempt to shore up another slice of Strickland Stakes (2000m) history with a mare that came close to taking him to the top of the racing world last year. A fourth Strickland Stakes trophy is on the cards for Miller who holds no fears that Admiration… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is keen to try Millennium Blade at 1400m in a bid to extract a two-year-old win before season’s end. Millennium Blade is among the 11 horses down to run in the TAB We’re On (1420m) at Flemington on Saturday, however the stable may wait… Read More »
A drop back to mares’ company is expected to suit Mollynickers at Flemington. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable along with apprentice Luke Cartwright will attempt to keep their recent run of success going at Flemington. The combination secured a winning treble at Sandown on May 24 and had… Read More »
Triple Missile has been a highly efficient galloper throughout his career and still going; starting with Todd Harvey, through to Lindsey Smith, a period with maestros Grant and Alana Williams and currently under the gaze of Donna Riordan. With interstate wins and Group placings in Melbourne and a Listed delight… Read More »
The carnival campaign of Red Wave didn’t get off to a perfect start but co-trainer Maddysen Sears is confident the horse is where he needs to be ahead of his quest for back-to-back Ipswich Cup wins. The six-year-old was scheduled to resume in the middle of May but a bruised… Read More »
Plans to run in the Queensland Oaks didn’t come to fruition, but Millie De Lune can still earn a belated winter carnival opportunity with another win at Randwick. Trainer Matthew Smith had hoped to target the three-year-old at the Group 1 classic earlier this month but her prizemoney earnings weren’t… Read More »
Trainer Robert Hickmott says it would be lovely to win a race at Flemington with El Soleado having been entrusted with the training of the gelding following the death of Robbie Laing. El Soleado was Laing’s last starter before his sudden death less than a fortnight ago. Laing saddled El Soleado to… Read More »
Leading trainer Ciaron Maher has been granted a base at Randwick and will take over the facility formerly known as Leilani Lodge. Maher was one of three applicants for the boxes, along with Tulloch Lodge duo Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, and former Godolphin head trainer James Cummings, who subsequently withdrew… Read More »
Tim Clark has been winning Group One races for almost two decades and his desire to keep performing at the top level remains as strong as ever. Last weekend, he captured his 26th career major aboard War Machine in the Stradbroke Handicap, 17 years after his first in the 2008 The… Read More »
James McDonald has joined Mark Zahra on the Royal Ascot winners’ list with victory in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot aboard Crimson Advocate A winner of the opening Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes over 1000m on this card two years ago before finding life tough in… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani realises time is running out for Shadeelaa in his bid to win a city race before turning four. Shadeelaa heads to the Ken Cox Handicap (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday having banked victories at Ballarat and Werribee at his last two starts. Those wins have been over… Read More »
Team Hawkes is yet to decide if Brave One will compete in Sydney or Melbourne this weekend but whichever way they swing, the stable is confident he will be hard to beat. The three-year-old has drawn awkwardly in barrier 12 for Saturday’s Quayclean Handicap (1300m) at Randwick, while he has… Read More »
A stakes assignment in Queensland awaits expensive colt Central Coast after he managed to extricate himself from an awkward position to post a strong midweek win at Canterbury. A $1.4 million yearling purchase, Central Coast is by exciting stallion Wootton Bassett out of former top mare Sunlight and raced by a… Read More »
Knobelas has continued the winning form of OTI Racing with victory in a race at Sandown, hours after the colours were worn to success at Royal Ascot. Docklands gave OTI Racing one of their biggest victories when successful in the opening race of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting, the Queen Anne Stakes… Read More »
Trainer John Mcardle is hoping for third time lucky when Regal Zeus lines up at Flemington. The David Bourke (1620m) on Saturday will be the third time Regal Zeus has raced at Flemington. At the gelding’s first appearance at the track, Regal Zeus finished ninth over 1420m in July last year while… Read More »
Star jockey Chris Parnham is ready for racing riding action again when he returns to the saddle after an injury-enforced layoff at Bunbury on Wednesday. Chris Parnham has not ridden since sustaining serious injuries when he fell from Midnight Minstrel in the latter stage of a race at Pinjarra in April…. Read More »
