A longer-term plan will be at play when promising colt Theblade heads to an off-season race at Rosehill looking to keep his perfect record intact. A dominant winner by almost six lengths on debut at Randwick’s Kensington track in August, The Team Hawkes three-year-old will resume in the Petaluma Handicap (1200m)… Read More »
Wet weather thwarted Jason Deamer’s plans to run Hard To Say in last weekend’s Starlight Stake at Rosehill, but he might have found an even more suitable target in a Listed sprint at Eagle Farm. Hard To Say has been a regular visitor to Queensland throughout his career, competing there 10… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Grahame Begg is on weather watch with his two runners at Ballarat. What he does not want is the rain predicted on Friday and Saturday with up to 20mm a possibility on top of a track that was rated a Slow 6 on Thursday. Begg has Miraval Rose down to… Read More »
Daniel Stackhouse will look to parlay his recent good run of form into success in the Ballarat Cup. Stackhouse picks up the ride aboard It’s A Wild Night in the $500,000 Listed contest over 2000m on Saturday, taking over from Blake Shinn who is Hong Kong bound for Sunday’s international meeting at… Read More »
Another chapter in Northerly Stakes history will be written at Ascot on Saturday. Who can add their name to a bevy of stars to win the Group 1 feature since its inception in 1976. More than two decades ago it was the turn of Blevvo to join the likes of… Read More »
With the spotlight of world racing on Hong Kong with their international meeting coming up on Sunday, it was fitting Chosen Legend should score at Caulfield. Chosen Legend is owned by Boniface Ho, a Hong Kong-based owner who has had considerable success in Australia, including taking out The Everest with Classique… Read More »
A first-up winner at double-figure odds last campaign, Fox Fighter will be bidding to repeat the dose when he kicks off his latest preparation at Rosehill. The six-year-old was sent out at $41 when he bloused his rivals late to take out a benchmark 88 race over 1200m in August. On… Read More »
Carrying the colours of Stradbroke Handicap winner Stefi Magnetica, debutante Arriving Home has stamped herself as a filly with a bright future, overcoming her inexperience to post an impressive win. A daughter of I Am Invincible, Arriving Home ($20) didn’t have all the favours, buffeted wide on the corner before… Read More »
Ciaron Maher says Pharari will benefit from any rain before the Ballarat Cup meeting on Saturday. Trainer Ciaron Maher is hopeful the Ballarat Cup meeting will attract the rain just as it has in previous years. Lightly raced four-year-old Pharari heads to the VOBIS Gold Eureka Stockade (1200m) on Saturday, looking to… Read More »
While Lady In Pink snared a long-priced win during the Melbourne Spring Carnival, the Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained mare was always considered to be behind the eight-ball by her training partners. Troy Corstens believes the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday is where Lady In Pink will… Read More »
Stakes placegetter August Bloom is set to make a low key return in a benchmark race at Rosehill as trainer Peter Snowden looks to get her racing career back on track. Placed in the Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at two, August Bloom battled muscle issues during her three-year-old season, restricting her to… Read More »
Barrier one has provided the past two winners of the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) and Storyville has just edged into favouritism after drawing the inside gate in Saturday’s $1.5 million feature. Three-year-old fillies have dominated the race in recent years with Perfect Reflection, Arcadia Queen, Kay Cee and Amelia’s Jewel… Read More »
Group 1 winner Attrition is on target for more success at the top level in Saturday’s TABtouch-Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot, according to trainer Mitchell Freedman. The five-year-old enters the $1.5 million event off the back of a last start fourth in the Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill last month…. Read More »
Neville Parnham considered Zipaway and Bustler big winning hopes in the Railway Stakes, but was left lamenting after his two-pronged attack fell well short of the mark. Zipaway ran ninth while defending champion, Bustler, fared worse, finishing 13th behind Port Lockroy, but didn’t enjoy the best of runs when caught wide. After the… Read More »
Vin Cox knows it would be ambitious to think Caught U Looking could become the next Via Sistina, but Yulong is set to give its most recent high-profile purchase the chance to follow in the footsteps of this year’s Cox Plate winner. The emerging superpower, bidding under the name Willingham,… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and hometown Cups have not been a happy mix for the trainer. With his major Victorian bases at Cranbourne and Ballarat, to date only the Cranbourne Cup has gone his way with Dr Drill and Charterhouse being successful when in a training partnership with David Eustace. At Ballarat he is… Read More »
The final Group 1 of the year will feature a capacity line up after acceptances for Saturday’s $1.5 million Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot were released. A field of 16 plus two emergencies has accepted for the Northerly Stakes, featuring five interstate raiders who will look to continue their dominance… Read More »
Mick Price is keen to try and get Globe one more feature win before setting his sights on 2025 with the untapped gelding. The six-year-old son of Charm Spirit is part of a bumper set of 39 entries for this Saturday’s Ballarat Cup. Price, who trains in partnership with Michael Kent… Read More »
It is only a tick over three weeks since Bella Nipotina had her final run of a career-defining 2024, but the evergreen mare has already returned to work. Trainer Ciaron Maher reported that The Everest winner was back ‘ticking over’ after a fortnight break following her third placing in the Group 1… Read More »
Golden Mile will return to work as a gelding after one injury-interrupted season at stud. Just days before last year’s Caulfield Guineas winner Griff is put up for sale on Inglis Digital, the horse who precedes him on one of the most famed honour rolls in Australian racing has been announced… Read More »
