Knight’s Choice is poised to become the first Melbourne Cup winner to run in an All-Star Mile after impressing in a trial at the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday morning. The five-year-old made his first public appearance since winning last November’s Melbourne Cup in the 1000-metre hitout and accelerated impressively along the… Read More »
Trainer Jason Miller is confident Bonjoy can take the next step towards bigger goals against the big guns later in the year after enjoying a golden run with the emerging star mare. Bonjoy will be on show one more time in the Listed Detonator Stakes (1800m) and Miller hopes she can bow… Read More »
Sydney-bound stayers Warmonger and Lastotchka are set to kick off their campaign at Caulfield on Saturday. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained pair are slated to compete against each other in the Group 3 JRA Plate (1600m). Both Warmonger and Lastotchka are on a path to the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m)… Read More »
Matthew Smith is taking it one run at a time with three-year-old filly Idle Flyer, who is an odds-on favourite in the Precise Air benchmark 68 (1400m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. A last-start benchmark 64 winner over 1250m at Randwick Kensington, the daughter of Dundeel will step up in trip… Read More »
The only thing missing from the CV of Schwarz is a Group 1 victory which his trainers John OâShea and Tom Charlton hope to rectify as early as Saturday. Schwarz has yet to try his hand at Group 1 company but will get that opportunity in the C F Orr Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
Ultra-consistent sprinter Maharba is set to kick off his autumn campaign, one that his trainer hopes will lead to a Group 1 victory. Maharba has had two starts at the highest level previously, finishing midfield as a two-year-old in Sydney while at his last start he finished second in the Winterbottom… Read More »
Treasurethe Moment took the most significant step of her path towards a shot at more Group 1 success with a trial at Cranbourne on Monday. The Matt Laurie-trained filly, whose most recent public appearance came when winning the VRC Oaks at Flemington in November, had a low-key hitout in a 1000-metre trial… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic was happy with what he saw from Pinstriped in a Cranbourne barrier trial in preparation for a Group 1 return at Caulfield. Pinstriped is scheduled to contest the C F Orr Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The gelding is one of 13 horses entered for the race that includes Angel… Read More »
North England served a reminder that he should not be left out of Golden Slipper discussions with a slick trial win over a couple of leading contenders for the $5 million Group 1 at Rosehill on Monday morning. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt proved far too speedy for Bel… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic will give his Group 1 winner Pinstriped a trial at Cranbourne in preparation for his racing return at Caulfield. Pinstriped is earmarked to resume in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) on Saturday and is down to trial over 800m at Cranbourne on Monday. The trial is one… Read More »
James Mcdonald will partner debut winner Rivellino in the $2 million Inglis Millennium in a booking trainer Kris Lees says is a significant confidence boost. While Lees’ stable apprentice Benjamin Osmond rode the colt to victory at his lone start in a two-year-old maiden in January, McDonald subsequently tested him in a Randwick… Read More »
Trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton have had a long-range goal in place for Schwarz to win a Group 1 race and stamp his potential future as a sire. Right from the start of Schwarz’s four-year-old season, the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) has been the target contest for the… Read More »
WIN OF THE DAY Quality mare Bonjoy made it look easy in winning her third straight race in a row. Today it was the Ascot mile and later in the year there’s another Ascot race that’s a lot more prestigious and carries more prizemoney that she will target: the Group 1 Railway… Read More »
He cost $7000 and has one leg held together by pins, but it is Willaidow’s tough-as-nails demeanour on the racetrack that has trainer Marc Conners dreaming big. The six-year-old’s courage was again to the fore at Rosehill on Saturday when he dug deep to fend off all challengers in Saturday’s Group… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge will consider setting The Playwright on the same path Lady Of Camelot blazed 12 months ago after the filly emulated her Golden Slipper-winning stablemate by claiming the Widden Stakes. Lady Of Camelot took out the fillies’ feature last year before going on to beat all but Haysugi in the Group… Read More »
Hard work riding in jump-outs at various centres where the majority of jockeys would not ride over the past couple of months has paid a dividend for Daniel Moor. While not initially booked for the ride on Inkaruna in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday, Moor was… Read More »
Gerald Ryan is lukewarm on pursuing a Golden Slipper start with Blitzburg despite the colt outsprinting his rivals to post an all-the-way win in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill. The most experienced youngster in Saturday’s field of seven, Blitzburg ($4.80) gave a strong kick at the top of the straight… Read More »
New York Lustre will always hold special thoughts for Jamie Melham after scoring a nail-biting win at Sandown. The Enver Jusufovic-trained New York Lustre provided Melham with her first winner since marrying fellow jockey Ben Melham last month when taking out the John Moule Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. “It’s so weird to hear… Read More »
Cranbourne conditioner Enver Jusufovic has a lot of time for New York Lustre who will look to register a winning hat-trick for the campaign at Sandown. Sent for a spell after opening her winning account last July, New York Lustre runs in the John Moule Handicap (1200m) on Saturday looking to add… Read More »
Herarcomesthestar will be racing for more than prize money when she lines up in a Stakes race at Sandown. While any prize money for finishing in the top three in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) on Saturday would be nice for connections, ‘Black Type’ is more important. Trainer John… Read More »
