Champion mare Autumn Glow was voted Australian Horse of the Year as her trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald dominated the prestigious Racing’s Night of Champions awards ceremony at Royal Randwick on Thursday night. Autumn Glow, Waller and McDonald were honoured several times during the evening which combined the… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher and the connections of Another Wil hope to get a confidence-boosting win at Caulfield. Instead of racing for a richer prize in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, Another Wil instead will line up in the Evergreen Turf Handicap over the same trip. It is… Read More »
Rejuvenating the careers of tried horses has been a pillar of Joe Pride’s journey as a trainer and Belle Detelle, a three-quarter sister to star galloper Verry Elleegant, is his latest project. The mare will have her second start for the Warwick Farm horseman in Saturday’s Merrylands RSL Handicap (2000m),… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood has the bases covered regarding track conditions with his two runners in the Heatherlie Stakes at Caulfield. Kingswood, which is first-up, and the race fit Just Folk will line up in the 1700m handicap at Listed level on Saturday. Bedggood wants drying ground for Kingswood while it is wetter the better for Just Folk. On Thursday the track… Read More »
In-form gelding Althoff is on the fourth line of early markets for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, although connections still need to be convinced he is a genuine miler. A winner up to 1400m, the Yulong family-owned five-year-old finished fifth in the 2024 Callander-Presnell at his only start over further,… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will be looking for a better result from Tom Kitten in the latest edition of the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. It was 12 months ago that Tom Kitten was scratched at the start of the Group 1 race over 1400m after becoming fractious in the barriers. The result played… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge prepares the top two horses in early markets for the Up And Coming Stakes and they could hardly be more different. Plagiarism is a well-seasoned three-year-old with five runs under his belt, while the untapped Savagram only made his debut earlier this month with a dominant all-the-way win… Read More »
Wild Atlantic will be attempting to emulate his sire Exceedance by winning the San Domenico Stakes, only he will be striving to do it at his first race start. Exceedance claimed the sprint at his third run for Team Hawkes in 2019, and if Wild Atlantic can follow in his… Read More »
Well bred colt Tenenbaum will be given the chance to target loftier goals this spring after stamping his class in the opening race at Canterbury. A full brother to 2025 Hong Kong Derby winner Cap Ferrat, the Snitzel colt is unlikely to be stretched to a staying journey this campaign,… Read More »
Races over such short trips like 800-metres are not seen that often in other places but Ipswich presents enough opportunities over the sprint distance for trainers like Pat Webster to make the most of. The training journeyman has two runners in the Barrier Reef Pools Benchmark 65 Handicap on Thursday… Read More »
Racing is never a straightforward equation as the punters who supported Custom in her most recent performance can attest. The Godolphin-owned four-year-old who is in the stable of Ciaron Maher, was sent out an odds-on favourite on the Caulfield Heath track at her most recent outing on August 8. That assessment… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club has received 124 nominations for its showpiece race, the Caulfield Cup. The Group 1 handicap which has been boosted to $6 million this year, will be run over 2400m on October 17. Of the 124 entries, there are 32 international entries representing trainers from Ireland, England and France. This year’s international entry is… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes will get a guide as to the chances of Cafe Millenium after a race earlier in Saturday’s program at Caulfield. Cafe Millenium runs first-up in the Evergreen Turf Handicap (1400m), two races after Mr Brightside makes his return off an injury enforced break in the Group… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable could have taken the perceived softer option with two of their resuming gallopers at Caulfield. The Evergreen Turf Handicap (1400m) on Saturday is run at benchmark 100 level and could have been the ideal starting point for Sabaj and Planet Red. It was the race Sepals won… Read More »
With promising colt Central Europe to be kept for another day, Group One placed stablemate Diameter is set to headline Chris Waller’s contingent for the three-year-old features at Rosehill. Part-owned by Coolmore, Central Europe holds nominations for the Golden Rose and Cox Plate but isn’t among acceptances for Saturday’s San… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller will rely on the ‘boys’ in his bid to claim a second Group 1 win of the season. Waller took out the opening Group 1 race of the season, the Winx Stakes at Randwick last Saturday relying on predominantly a team of mares while in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on… Read More »
Tom Dabernig had one sprinter book their spot in a Group 1 race last Saturday and he is looking forward to seeing another put up their hand for a crack at the top level this weekend. Untapped four-year-old Oliveanotherday will resume in Saturday’s $200,000 The Heath at Caulfield. The 1100-metre… Read More »
For Canberra based trainer Gratz Vella, three-year-old gelding Music Time has already provided the biggest thrill of his long training career. In his first campaign, the son of All Too Hard won the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m), Canberra’s premier two-year-old event, and backed up that form with a tough third… Read More »
Defiantly secured a ballot-exempt place in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) with an authoritative victory in the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay (3000m) at Deauville on Sunday, providing Joseph O’Brien with another serious candidate for a race in which he has already enjoyed considerable success. The Kergorlay carried a Melbourne… Read More »
Precisely how many runners Ciaron Maher has in this Saturday’s $200,000 H D F McNeil Stakes remains to be seen, but one colt who is a certain starter is Seraphox. The son of Harry Angel will launch a campaign that is being geared around the $3 million Group 1 Caulfield… Read More »
