Ballarat trainer Mitchell Freedman has headed to Perth to put the finishing touches on Attrition ahead of a Group 1 assault at Ascot. Attrition is set to run in the Northerly Stakes (1800m) on Saturday, his first run since finishing fourth in the Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill on November 9. Freedman… Read More »
With the Magic Millions carnival less than six weeks away, Tulloch Lodge duo Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are beginning to tighten the strings on their Gold Coast squad. While they lost early fancy and Breeders’ Plate victor King Kirk in a tragic drowning accident at Randwick this week, the pair are… Read More »
Spicy Martini looks to be a filly with a bright future after winning the Mode Stakes at Doomben and maintaining a perfect record in her two starts to-date. The listed feature over 1200-metres rounded out her Queensland Summer Carnival campaign and co-trainer Toby Edmonds is now looking to the wintertime and the… Read More »
Joe Pride has been at a loss to explain the efforts of Private Eye this spring and he is no closer to figuring it out following the gelding’s inexplicable return to form in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. While the Group 1 winner hasn’t been racing poorly – he was beaten 1-1/2… Read More »
Sydney jockey Rachel King wondered if she would make it to Caulfield in time for her ride on Arapaho in the Zipping Classic. King was forced to miss two of her earlier rides on the Caulfield card after being stranded in Sydney on Saturday due to a delay with flights because of… Read More »
Gerald Ryan was beginning to question his assessment of Eagle Nest when she was marked at double-figure odds for the Starlight Stakes, but the Rosehill horseman had the last laugh as the mare ran her rivals ragged. Posted the second roughest of the nine contenders at $20, Eagle Nest led under Tom… Read More »
Snitzanova has continued the run of success for fillies in the Sandown Guineas since the race was transferred to Caulfield with a stylish win on Saturday. Having done her early racing in Sydney, Snitzanova made her Melbourne debut with victory in the Group 2 race over 1600m. Snitzanova emulated See You… Read More »
Former champion Sydney apprentice Zac Lloyd has wasted no time making an impact as a senior rider, posting his first win as a fully-fledged jockey aboard the Chris Waller-trained Ring Me Up at Rosehill. Lloyd, who started his career in country Queensland before serving the latter part of his apprenticeship under Godolphin… Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren is already looking ahead to the rich autumn two-year-old races after the debut win of Palm Angel at Caulfield. The daughter of Starspangledbanner registered an all-the-way victory in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) on Saturday with Warren immediately swinging his thoughts towards the Group 1 Blue Diamond… Read More »
Debutante The Playwright has provided a bright spot in a tough week for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, putting her hat in the ring for a Magic Millions tilt with a game win at Rosehill. The stable lost Breeders’ Plate winner King Kirk in a drowning accident at Randwick on… Read More »
Leading Perth jockey Chris Parnham is confident Bravo Centurion has the Perth locals covered in Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot, the only query is will that be good enough against quality interstate opposition, headed by Overpass. Bravo Centurion has been brilliant this campaign, reeling off six straight wins… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has a quartet of stayers engaged in the Zipping Classic as he bids to win the race for a second time. Maher teamed with David Eustace to win the 2400m Group 2 race with Southern France in 2019 when the race was run at Sandown. The last three… Read More »
Mornington trainer Jason Warren is hoping he won’t have the same amount of frustration with Palm Angel that a filly bred on the same cross caused during her racing career. Palm Angel makes her debut in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday, entering the contest a three-time… Read More »
The Mike Moroney and Glen Thompson stable is set to return to Caulfield in search of a Stakes race victory with two horses looking to rebound of disappointing last start efforts. Buffalo River and Run Harry Run line up in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, with both horses dropping back… Read More »
Placement is the key to success as the Richard and Chantelle Jolly stable can attest. Unfortunately, there are occasions when stablemates are forced to face off against each other, such is the case with Deepfloat Diva and Vintage Star in the Winning Edge Presentations Handicap (1000m) on the inner Morphettville Parks track on… Read More »
Content that his decision to bypass The Gong with Xidaki has been a blessing, Peter Snowden is quietly confident the gelding is poised to make his presence felt in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. Last weekend’s The Gong (1600m) was firmly on Snowden’s radar but after Xidaki took time to recover from… Read More »
A seasoning campaign against some of the country’s top sprinters has laid the foundations for Our Kobison to make his mark over the summer, starting in the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. The talented galloper had the bar raised to Group company during the spring where he finished a game second to… Read More »
Bravo Centurion is the new kid on the block, raw, exciting and a gelding with x-factor that has shot to prominence with a string of wins since the middle of the year. Luke Fernie’s trajectory in the training ranks has been just as impressive, emerging as one of the hottest young… Read More »
Iron filly London’s Image will get one last chance to score another valuable blacktype win in Saturday’s TABtouch-Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot. Already a blacktype winner in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) earlier this month, London’s Image lines up for the third consecutive week in Saturday’s Listed feature. The… Read More »
The Grahame Begg-trained Nonconformist is set to have his first Victorian start in 13 months when he lines-up at Caulfield. The Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) on Saturday will be Nonconformist’s first start in Victoria since finishing fourth to Alligator Blood in the Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield… Read More »
