Accredited has been one of the form horses of the summer period so far in Sydney with three-straight city wins since the start of December as he has progressed through the grades. Two of those wins have been at Randwick, over 1300m and 1400m respectively, and Pride is planning to give… Read More »
The Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) winner Goldrush Guru could be seen in three different states over the Autumn, with South Australian based trainer Andrew Gluyas keeping his options open in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Goldrush Guru has been back in work and could be seen in the Group 3 C S… Read More »
Buoyed by Home Affairs’ amazing results at the first sale buyers had the chance to buy his progeny, Coolmore is excited about the prospects of the stallion-in-waiting they plan to send on a similar path. Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) winner Switzerland is well-advanced in his preparations for a campaign that is… Read More »
Feroce’s quest for Guineas redemption ramps up later this week with the Caulfield Guineas runner-up set to return to the jumpouts. Trainer Dom Sutton is thrilled with the way the son of Super Seth has come back from a late-spring break and is likely to keep him in Australia. The… Read More »
A start in the Listed Australia Day Cup on his home track is on the cards for Bullets High after the gelding raced to a determined victory at Wyong. With Alysha Collett in the saddle, four-year-old Bullets High produced a tough performance up on the pace to narrowly defeat Unlimited and Fulfilled in a… Read More »
A top ride from Alysha Collett has helped the Chris Waller-trained Waterford return to winning form in the inaugural running of the $500,000 The Lakes at Wyong. From a wide draw in Saturday’s 1600m feature, Collett was able to get Waterford into a nice position during the run, settling fourth one off… Read More »
It was a case of returning to his happy place for Danny O’Brien’s consistent sprinter It’Sourtime, who won his fourth black type event over the ‘straight six’ at Flemington, narrowly prevailing in Saturday’s Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m). Ridden by Billy Egan, It’sourtime ($4.60) held off the late challenge of Aztec… Read More »
Persistent heavy rain has claimed the last seven races on the Magic Millions Day card with the remainder of the program to be run under lights at Gold Coast on Friday night. After the jockeys gave their approval to race on the newly laid section at the 500-metres mark on… Read More »
Harry Davies has broken through for the first winner of his Australian summer riding stint, with the young English jockey steering two-year-old filly Kujenga to an all-the-way win on debut at Wyong. Davies began his Sydney stint last month and had notched five placings, including four seconds, in his first 29 rides… Read More »
The 2000m three-year-old race on this Flemington fixture has been a good pointer to Derbies in past years, and Thedoctoroflove could potentially target a staying feature in the coming months. Bold Soul and Dunkel have won this race in the past two years before winning next month’s Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m),… Read More »
The Magic Millions yearling record set on Thursday lasted little more than 24 hours with a filly out of Sunlight setting a new mark late on Friday’s ‘super session’. The daughter of Home Affairs got to $3.2 million before being knocked down to Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida. đšMagic Millions Yearling… Read More »
Former Hong Kong galloper and one-time Everest contender Joyful Fortune will return to the races on Saturday after more than two years off the scene, set to line up in the Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. Joyful Fortune started his career with Kim Waugh at Gosford but was sold… Read More »
This time last year, Adrian Bott was gearing up for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a hot favourite. Bott was co-trainer of Storm Boy, who confirmed his status as the star juvenile to that point of the season with a dominant win in the $3 million race on the Gold… Read More »
It was another frustrating defeat for Moravia at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, but Michael Freedman is keeping the faith with his talented four-year-old and hopes the blinkers going back on will be the difference in Saturday’s Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast. Twice Group placed as a three-year-old, Moravia… Read More »
Archie Alexander is hoping to secure a win in former import Prince Eric’s first Australian campaign when he lines up in a benchmark 84 over 1600m at Flemington on Saturday. The four-year-old son of Time Test has run third in all three Australian starts and Alexander has rued some misfortune, with… Read More »
There is no doubt that Kalasec is a consistent horse as far as Richard Jolly is concerned, if only he won more often. Jolly has, like many of his training peers, had a busy time on at the Magic Millions sales this week but he is looking forward to his team… Read More »
Tony Gollan will be aiming to win his second Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) in three years and will be represented by La Bella Boom, Hi Barbie and Formula Rossa. La Bella Boom is the market pick of the trio having won the Aquis Gold Pearl (1100m) on Saturday at the meeting… Read More »
A son of champion stallion Snitzel readjusted the record for the highest price paid for a yearling in the history of Magic Millions on Thursday’s third day of selling at the Gold Coast Yearling Sale. The colt out of Humma Humma got to $2.8 million before being knocked down to… Read More »
Whether Guru Warrior will be able to reach the heights of stablemate Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) winner Goldrush Guru remains to be seen, but Andrew Gluyas believes the relation has plenty of staying promise. Guru Warrior will tackle a 2000m race for three-year-olds on Saturday having won his maiden impressively at Murray… Read More »
Lee Curtis believes the barrier draw is irrelevant for promising three-year-old Bauhinia, with the fast-finishing filly drawn in 20 for Saturday’s $3 million Magic Millions 3yo Guineas (1400m). That will likely come into barrier 16 of 18 if the emergencies fail to get a run, but Curtis, who trains in… Read More »
