No one knows Magnus progeny as well as Robbie Griffiths and that is what gives the Cranbourne trainer confidence to believe that Rey Magnerio can take the step required to become a Group 1 sprinter. The five-year-old gelding resumes in this Saturday’s $300,000 Group 2 Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield. The 1100-metre event… Read More »
The start will shape the finish for three-year-old Just Party when the backmarker kicks off his latest campaign in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. Just Party has had a tendency to be sluggish out of the gates and at times it has proved costly. While it is anticipated he will… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has taken some important learnings from Yolo’s first two starts, and they are hoping the horse has as well. The juvenile will chase his first win in Saturday’s Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick after finishing less than three-quarters of a length from one of his weekend rivals,… Read More »
Glen Thompson is confident Certain Rise has the talent to win Saturday’s Peter Le Grand Stakes at Caulfield, but he’s not convinced she has had the preparation to do it off the cards she has been dealt. The daughter of Written Tycoon has been kept fresh for the $200,000 Group 3… Read More »
Jamie Melham rides one of the leading chances in Australia’s first Group 1 of the year at Caulfield on Saturday, but she took time out on Friday morning to test out her ride in next week’s feature event. Melham partnered Traffic Warden to win an 800-metre jumpout at Flemington that contained a… Read More »
Encouraged by the strength of her progress towards a first-up outing this weekend, co-trainers Dan Clarken and Oppy MacGillvray are setting South Australia’s headline stayer The Map on the same path to the Adelaide Cup beginning on Saturday. The now six-year-old began her campaign a year ago in successful fashion in the… Read More »
Next month’s Bunbury Stakes (1400m) is the primary target for Oly’s Choice, but co-trainer Ben Pearce doesn’t discount the son of Demerit winning first up at Ascot on Saturday. After a few hiccups, Pearce and his brother Dan are relieved to have Oly’s Choice back at the races, launching his return… Read More »
A last start win signalling a return to form at just the right time could be the recipe for Victorian visitor Dazzling Lucy to upset the local favoured hopes at Hobart on Friday. Though it took the six-year-old mare three years to find herself in the winners’ circle since her victory… Read More »
Jamie Melham’s quest for a second-straight Blue Diamond Stakes success ramps up this weekend at Caulfield. The recently-married jockey, who won last year’s $2 million Group 1 on the late Hayasugi as Jamie Kah, will team up with untapped Godolphin colt Aleppo Pine in the colts and geldings Prelude and Gin Spirit… Read More »
Noted fresh performer World Alliance will spearhead Matthew Smith’s team for Randwick in what is shaping as a busy weekend for the trainer. Smith will spread his squad across three states this weekend in a quest to continue his strong start to the year, which leading into Thursday’s Scone meeting has… Read More »
Mr Brightside will forever be a special horse in the careers of Ben, Will and JD Hayes, but he is presented with a chance to break new ground for Lindsay Park at Caulfield this Saturday. The seven-year-old son of Bullbars will chase a ninth Group 1 win when he resumes in… Read More »
A form reference behind Golden Slipper favourite and Sydney’s benchmark two-year-old Wodeton is giving connections of Sanctified cause for optimism heading into the $2 million Inglis Millennium. The colt finished third to Wodeton on debut at Rosehill last month and while he was beaten seven lengths, co-trainer Sterling Alexiou felt the youngster… Read More »
Blue-blooded filly Kerber is on target to make her debut in stakes company at Randwick and nobody is more surprised than her trainer. A $1.15 million purchase, the daughter of champion stallion I Am Invincible out of multiple black-type winner Eloping unequivocally boasts a pedigree for success. But she also… Read More »
Top jockey Tim Clark says Mayfair only needs to reproduce his spring form to put himself in pole position for a first-up win in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. The colt is a $4.40 third pick in early markets for Saturday’s Group 3 contest, behind $2.70 favourite Gatsby’s and the newly… Read More »
Palm Angel has almost six lengths to make up on My Gladiola from the Blue Diamond Preview, but trainer Jason Warren sees enough in his filly’s favour this weekend to bridge that gap significantly. The daughter of Starspangledbanner will round out her preparations for the $2 million Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in… Read More »
The Darby Racing team is spending the back end of this week scouring Inglis’s Riverside Sales Complex in search of more Classic Yearling Sale stars and if its 2025 team turns out as good as last year’s cohort it will have done well. The Scott Darby-led operation is inspecting the… Read More »
Starting as a humble dairy farm, Darling View Thoroughbreds has blossomed into one of the most prominent stud farms in the State through the committed ambition of father-son duo Clive and Brent Atwell. “The business has been in the blood for a long time, my great grandfather Walter Atwell actually… Read More »
The Phillip Stokes-trained Tom has scored an emotional breakthrough victory for his connections at Sandown. Tom, who is named after a close friend of part-owner Jeremy Payne, did the right thing by his large legion of supporters in taking out the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Plate (1200m) on Saturday. Perfect record for… Read More »
Zac Lloyd and Tim Clark both made the trip to Warwick Farm for one ride apiece and they ensured it wasn’t wasted by taking out the opening two races. Lloyd worked hard for his pay cheque aboard the Matthew Smith-trained Idle Flyer ($1.35), the filly taking an age to reel in Metaphoricallly ($3.50)… Read More »
She’s taking on a giant challenge against a crack field of rivals, but don’t tell trainer Dan Morton that his Perth mare Super Smink is just making up the numbers in her interstate debut on Saturday. Daniel Morton is not sure if Super Smink can win the Group 1 C.F.Orr Stakes (1400m)… Read More »
