The adage of keeping your horses in the worse company and yourself in the best has been paying off for former Singapore trainer Tim Fitzsimmons. Now based at Bendigo, Fitsimmons scored his second winner for the week when Greatham Boy took out the Roll The Dice Racing Handicap (1000m) at Bendigo… Read More »
Chris Waller is set to rely on an untapped filly in his quest to capture a first win in the Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone with top weight Amelita an unlikely starter. A Group 2 victor at Flemington during the spring carnival, Amelita will almost certainly be saved for a race… Read More »
Juvenile Just A Journey will be considered for a winter carnival tilt after stringing together her second consecutive win when leading throughout on Randwick’s Kensington track. From the yard of Golden Slipper-winning trainer Michael Freedman, the daughter of Justify broke her maiden at Kembla Grange last start and brought that form… Read More »
A trip to Brisbane for a Group 1 race for three-year-olds is up for grabs for Politely Dun when he heads to Flemington. Politely Dun was being aimed at the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on May 3, but a bad blood picture put a stop to those… Read More »
Not one eyebrow would have been raised had Immediacy been directed towards the Group 1 Doomben Cup, but Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are maintaining a conservative approach with the rejuvenated gelding. The four-year-old son of Tarzino runs in this Saturday’s $200,000 Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) at Doomben. Immediacy has comfortably… Read More »
Watch out for Bustler! Bustler’s return to racing is imminent after the classy five-year-old sailed through an important Ascot trial on Monday The 2023 Railway Stakes champion gave Ain’t No Other Man a couple of lengths head start but quickly gathered him up with a sharp sprint late in his 1000m… Read More »
It has been a case of trial and error but Michael Freedman believes he is beginning to work out what makes import Givemethebeatboys tick and he is hoping the proof will be in the pudding at Scone. Group 1 placed in Ireland, Givemethebeatboys turned in his best effort in three Australian starts… Read More »
Former French galloper Athabascan will be reacquainted with the Flemington racecourse in a bid to secure a start in the Melbourne Cup. The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained galloper heads to the Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) on Saturday with the victor of the race earning a ballot exemption into the Melbourne… Read More »
The father-and-daughter training team of Richard and Chantelle Jolly are looking to expand their presence in Melbourne with a small number of boxes at Flemington. The pair have had six boxes at ‘headquarters’ since March and hope to have a bigger operation in place in Melbourne in 12 months’ time…. Read More »
South Australian trainers Dan Clarken and Oopy Macgillivray have not given up hope of The Map contesting another Melbourne Cup. The Map 12 months ago won the Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington which paved the way for a Cup start last November. While The Map will not be contesting the Andrew Ramsden… Read More »
Tony Mcevoy admits the decision to geld Group One winner Veight was a tough one but hopes it will be vindicated ahead of a trio of Queensland feature races. The George Ryder Stakes winner is set to resume in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) on Saturday, and McEvoy, who trains in… Read More »
It might have taken Just Too Fly a little longer than anticipated to shed his maiden status, but for managing owner, Kim Doak, the end justifies the means after he clinched the final big race of the two-year-old season at Ascot on Saturday. Denied feature juvenile wins previously when runner-up… Read More »
A recent stable acquisition will head the Scone squad of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton in what is shaping as a big weekend for the training partners. Along with their team for the two-day NSW racing carnival, O’Shea and Charlton will also have Group 1 aspirations in Brisbane where Schwarz is set… Read More »
Bankers Choice already has a ballot exemption for one of this year’s spring majors in the bag and he could be given a shot at securing another at Flemington this weekend. The Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained Mongolian Khan seven-year-old is among the nominations for the Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m). The… Read More »
It has been almost 18 months since the most recent of Rothfire’s 10 career wins, but Robert Heathcote has no interest in taking the easy route with the veteran gelding. The seven-year-old will make his Group 1 return in this Saturday’s $1.5 million Doomben 10,000. The Doomben event will be his… Read More »
West Star is aptly named. Heâs a three-year-old on the rise. If further proof was required, evidence came in the Northam Stakes (1300m). He was the best backed runner in the Group 3 feature and duly saluted like one. Trapped wide and forced to do things the hard way, it… Read More »
Former Singapore trainer Dan Meagher held hopes of tackling The Goodwood at Morphettville first-up with his best horse Lim’s Kosciuszko. But instead of heading straight to Group 1 level for Lim’s Kosciuszko’s Australian debut, Meagher has instead selected a race down the Flemington straight to kick him off in. The Listed… Read More »
Another piece of the Australian Turf Club’s (ATC) proposal puzzle to members on the potential sale of Rosehill racecourse was unveiled on Sunday with a memorandum of understanding signed with Penrith Golf Club over the purchase of land for a new alternative racing and training facility in Sydney’s west. The… Read More »
Antino backed up Tony Gollan’s faith in his stable star’s ability to be a feature-race force beyond a mile with a brilliant win in Saturday’s Hollindale Stakes on the Gold Coast. Last year’s runaway winner of the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) issued a 3-1/2-length spanking to a quality field of… Read More »
It was the third richest race on the Gosford stand-alone program but the Listed Takeover Target Stakes proved the most competitive with just half a length separating the first five horses across the line. Former Godolphin gelding Barber ($8) was the one who got his head down when it mattered, out-bobbing… Read More »
