Amelia’s Jewel is off to the United States after being purchased by Coolmore at Thursday night’s Chairman’s Sale. Tom Magnier went to $3.8 million to secure the Group 1 winner at the Inglis auction in Sydney, with the express aim of matching her to their banner American stallion Justify. That Triple… Read More »
While most trainers would be rapt with an inside draw in a Group 1 feature, Phillip Stokes said it was far from ideal for his two mares in The Goodwood at Morphettville. Stokes saddles Stretan Angel and Climbing Star in the 1200m set weight plus penalties contest on Saturday with the mares drawing… Read More »
In the end, it came down to a business decision. For Ryan Hill, it was head over heart. It won’t lessen the emotion, but Hill will part company with London’s Image, a filly that kick-started his training career when she’ll be offered for sale at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in… Read More »
Drawing the outside barrier in a field of 16 at Gosford is not on anybody’s wish list but connections of Awesome Wonder are likely to grin and bear it with a bigger picture in mind. Tom Charlton said a lack of suitable options the following week had he and co-trainer John O’Shea… Read More »
The Danny O’Brien stable has selected a Stakes race at Morphettville in preference to a race at Caulfield in a bid to gain a maiden win for Brave Design. Placed twice at Stakes level from his two previous starts, Brave Design will contest the Group 3 David Coles AM Stakes (1200m)… Read More »
A desire to set up Les Vampires for a potential Big Dance campaign in the spring has convinced connections to focus on a Gold Cup bid at Gosford. The gelding was an acceptor for both the $500,000 The Coast (1600m) and the $300,000 Gosford Gold Cup (2100m) on Saturday’s stand-alone… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths concedes there is not a lot in favour of running I Only Wish at Caulfield. I Only Wish will be chasing a third straight win when she lines up in the GMH Fire & Safety Australia Handicap (1600m) on Saturday where the filly tackles the ‘boys’ from barrier 13…. Read More »
Clayton Douglas would have loved to have been a part of the Sydney Autumn carnival with Giga Kick, but the chance to take up what could prove a once-in-a-career opportunity has proven too good to resist. The 2022 The Everest winner will therefore resume in this Saturday’s The Goodwood (1200m) at… Read More »
Markets have Buckaroo as the top pick of Chris Waller’s quartet of Hollindale Stakes runners but the trainer isn’t sure it is so clear-cut. The champion horseman will also be represented by Lindermann, Militarize and Kovalica in Saturday’s Group 2 contest at the Gold Coast and believes all are genuine contenders. “If we… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young -trained Forgot You will make his reappearance at Caulfield following a second long lay-off through injury. Forgot You lines up in the Thoroughbred Club of Australia Handicap (1400m) on Saturday, his first run since March last year. The rising seven-year-old spent his four-year-old year on the… Read More »
Stakes winner Barber is the latest in a string of ex-Godolphin gallopers to join the Richard Litt stable and he might just prove one of the most astute acquisitions yet. The 2023 Blue Diamond Prelude winner was purchased for $215,000 by Jason Micallef’s Monarch Bloodstock through Inglis’ December digital sale. Monarch… Read More »
Chris Waller will saddle up to five runners in his quest for a fourth win in the Gosford Gold Cup but in a rare position for the champion trainer, all are set to start at double-figure odds. Waller has First Light ($101), Etna Rosso ($26), Scarlet Oak ($15), Medatsu ($13) and Mr Waterville ($41) in Saturday’s… Read More »
It hasn’t been the smoothest of preparations for Deltason, but Meryl Hayley thinks it can end on a positive note when her promising juvenile tackles the final big race of the two-year-old season at Ascot on Saturday. After a late scratching in the Perth Stakes (1100m), Deltason missed out on a… Read More »
Ascot trainer Simon Miller is under no illusion of the task facing Generosity in Adelaide but says the Perth mare deserves her chance of striving for Group 1 glory in the Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Generosity takes on the much-anticipated return of dual group 1 champion and Everest winner… Read More »
Let a fast horse be fast worked out perfectly for debutant Frostnip at Caulfield Heath with the filly showing great speed to lead throughout. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained two-year-old took out the MRC Foundation Gala May 8 Plate (1000m) on Wednesday in a brilliant display of speed. Despite… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are hoping history can repeat with well-bred filly Agarwood, who has all but earned herself a trip to Queensland with a stylish debut victory at Warwick Farm. The two-year-old was a comprehensive 2-1/2 length winner of Wednesday’s Schweppes Plate (1000m), a race… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will look to get the maiden win out of the way with Rosangela when she lines up at Caulfield. The daughter of Too Darn Hot is down to run in the Next Payments Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. Rosangela has shown promise in her only two outings… Read More »
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 »
