Trainer Stephen Brown has a circle around a Stakes race in July that he is aiming his talented mare Lady Jones at. The Listed VRC-CRW Winter Championship Series Final (1600m) at Flemington on July 4 has been in Brown’s planning since Lady Jones returned to work this campaign. The Rod Griffiths… Read More »
Twelve months ago, Touristic captured the Lord Mayors Cup on a wet track from a low draw, and he will get an almost identical set-up for his attempt to go back-to-back at Rosehill this weekend. Successful from barrier five on a heavy 8 surface last year, the gelding has gate… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dabernig is not shying away from the task confronting him with recent stable acquisition Aberfeldie Boy. A former member of the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable before Griffiths had sole control of the stayer, Aberfeldie Boy will line up for his second run for Dabernig in the JRA Handicap (2000m)… Read More »
Regardless of whether drawing in or out proves advantageous in the heavy conditions at Rosehill, Gary Portelli will have his bases covered with Mother Goose and Thames. The two Godolphin mares have drawn barriers one and 15 respectively for their clash in Saturday’s Vale Sandro D’Amore Handicap (1200m), and Portelli… Read More »
Tyler Schiller is set to have his second Stradbroke Handicap ride for trainer Rob Heathcote after being booked to partner Abounding in next month’s Group 1 showpiece. The mare secured her place in the field with a BRC Sprint (1200m) victory last weekend and Schiller is rapt to have picked… Read More »
Trainer Andrew Noblet knows he is saddling a longshot in a Stakes race at Caulfield, but he also knows there are positives for his runner. Taunting will be having his second outing for Noblet when he lines up in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) on Saturday. The rising eight-year-old started… Read More »
A horror barrier draw might have dampened confidence about Skyhook’s chances in the Fred Best Classic at Eagle Farm â but only marginally. In a race that will gift the winner an automatic start in the Stradbroke Handicap (1400m), the Group 3 sprint has attracted a deep field led by… Read More »
Widden Stud emphasised its belief in Group 1 winner Startantes when it went to $1.4 million for the Group 1 winner on Wednesday’s second and final day of this year’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. The famous Hunter Valley farm won the battle for the 2022 Tattersall’s Tiara winner, whom… Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Freedman hopes the debut win of Farmelia at Caulfield Heath will be the precursor to a Group 1 win in Brisbane. Farmelia stepped out for the first time in the Sportsbet Fastform Plate (1000m) on Wednesday and was well supported in landing a narrow victory. Ridden by Dean Yendall ,Farmelia ($3.30) scored by a short-neck from Tennessee Spirit ($4.20)… Read More »
A win in a four-horse barrier trial shed little light on what connections of Pin Up Sheila could expect from her on race day, but they were pleasantly surprised when the debutante led throughout to take the opening race at Canterbury. A $50,000 buy at the Inglis Classic Sale, the… Read More »
Just a week after starring at Randwick with a winning treble, Siena Grima will head to Rosehill for a solid book of eight rides as she continues her quest for the apprentices’ premiership. Indentured to champion trainer Chris Waller, Grima’s trio of victories has taken her to 19 Sydney metropolitan… Read More »
Horses can be creatures of habit and so to can their trainers. Adelaide trainer Andrew Gluyas has followed the same program with Watchme Win as 12 months ago in the lead up to the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Watchme Win finished fifth in the Group 3 R… Read More »
The Queensland Derby has been a long-range plan for emerging stayer Beauty Swift, and further down the track, a shot at the Hong Kong version beckons. The three-year-old is raced by the Kwok family, who has a strong presence in the Asian racing centre where they’ve enjoyed tremendous success with… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is set to unveil its latest European import at Caulfield. See That Storm will run in a benchmark 100 contest over 1600m on Saturday. The Price and Kent Jnr team produced Boniface for the first time in Australia last Saturday at Sandown… Read More »
It didn’t even take half-an-hour for the Magic Millions Gold Coast sale ring to fall silent at this year’s National Broodmare Sale, with Legarto living up to her billing as one of the headline acts of the sale. Less than 15 minutes into the race fillies and mares section of the… Read More »
Rob Archibald is hoping a gelding operation and extended break has done the trick with talented three-year-old Hillier as he prepares for the Group 3 Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The son of Zoustar, a $500,000 purchase at the 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sale didn’t manage… Read More »
Peter Moody will chase a third win in the Queensland Derby when former Perth galloper Buthelezi lines up at Eagle Farm. Buthelezi has been aimed specifically at the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman after the three-year-old arrived at their Pakenham stable earlier… Read More »
Ciaron Maher main sprint focus this weekend will be on Jimmysstar’s Kingsford Smith Cup quest, but around the same time that Group 1 race is run a stable stalwart will build towards another winter campaign at Caulfield. Recommendation will embark on what has been a familiar path in recent seasons when he… Read More »
Zambardo did not make it to the race that was pencilled in as his Group 1 target this preparation, but co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr remains optimistic he can land a big payday this campaign. Last year’s Champions Stakes runner-up will get the chance to push his claims for a start… Read More »
Former Perth galloper Bustling will head to a Stakes race at Caulfield for his second start after a long lay-off. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding galloped between races at Sandown on Saturday in preparation for the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on May 30. Bustling… Read More »
