Taking on the likes of Tropical Squall and Amelia’s Jewel in the Golden Pendant is Plan B for Adrian Knox Stakes winner Good Banter, with connections hoping she can kick of her spring campaign on a softer note. The mare is safely in the field for Saturday’s Group 2, 1400m feature, but… Read More »
Victoria’s leading jockey Blake Shinn sees race experience being invaluable for the future of Plymouth after the gelding’s maiden win at Bendigo. Having his second race start, the Mike Moroney and Glen Thompson-trained gelding took out the AVIS Bendigo Maiden Plate (1500m) on Wednesday. Despite wanting to lay-in after striking the… Read More »
A change to Spring Carnival dates has delayed the return to the racetrack of the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained filly Matisse. The Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on November 16 is the race the father-and-son training operation has circled as the filly’s spring goal. After campaigning as a… Read More »
Jamie Kah is now free to ride on the day that offers more prizemoney than any other in Australian racing after altering the dates of her suspension handed down by the Victorian Racing Tribunal last week. Kah was outed for three weeks for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures… Read More »
Father-and-son training combination Tony and Calvin McEvoy are at the stage where they cannot wait to see Veight make his return to racing. Meticulous planning has gone into the preparation of Veight’s return run in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Soon after his victory… Read More »
There will be an air of serendipity if Victorian raider Daggers can upstage Godolphin’s two high-profile colts, Broadsiding and Traffic Warden, to win the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill. By I Am Invincible, Daggers is out of Omei Sword, who finished runner-up to Godolphin’s Astern in the 2016 renewal of the… Read More »
Each race in Evaporate’s winning streak has been a new test and Lindsay Park will take his education to a new level this Friday night. The son of Per Incanto will chase a fourth-straight win in the $300,000 Group 2 Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. The Valley has been the… Read More »
Joliestar won’t line up in the Golden Pendant and will instead go straight into The Everest without another run after the Chris Waller stable confirmed her for its slot in the $20 million showcase. Waller issued a statement on Wednesday confirming Joliestar as his group’s Everest representative, and their decision to take… Read More »
Saturday’s meeting at Belmont features the $125,000 Listed Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m), named in honour of one of WA racing’s durable and successful gallopers. After he was bought for a relatively modest sum of $20,000 by senior part-owner, Kim Renner at the 2012 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale, the… Read More »
Sydney trainer Gary Portelli is content with the decision to send Kimochi to Melbourne for a tilt at a Group 1 sprint. The Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night will be the mare’s second trip to Melbourne as she bids to land a first win at Group 1… Read More »
James Mcdonald will be looking to repeat his heroics of nine years ago when he partners Broadsiding in this Saturday’s Golden Rose at Rosehill. The star duo will start from the inside alley in the $1 million Group 1, which has drawn a field of 11. McDonald won the 2015 Golden Rose… Read More »
When Mitchell Freedman began planning the Spring Carnival assault for Attrition, he was not banking on the presence of two of Australia’s best weight-for-age performers in an early preparation Grand Final. Attrition runs in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night, looking to overturn his second… Read More »
Annabel Neasham is still learning about high profile mare Amelia’s Jewel but believes the five-year-old Group 1 winner is right on track for some lofty Spring goals. She will line up in Saturday’s Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m) against her own sex at Rosehill having finished second to Royal Patronage in the Group… Read More »
Warwick Farm horseman Gregory Hickman is confident he has all the boxes ticked as he heads to Taree on Tuesday with two leading chances set to go around. he trainer has booked Aaron Bullock to ride both horses he has going around at Taree, with Snitzaroo ($4.40 on TAB) down to… Read More »
Sydney’s first official two-year-old trials of the season rarely pass without Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott making a statement and the country’s premier juvenile stable again did so on Monday. Tulloch Lodge won three of the eight 850-metre trials, including one with a colt who put up the equal fastest time… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Sunlight shone brightly under the lights at Moonee Valley and Blake Shinn is hopeful her son Dawn Service can do the same on Friday night. Sunlight took out the Group 1 William Reid Stakes at The Valley under lights in 2019 and her colt by Justify, Dawn Service,… Read More »
Trainers Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman will leave a little in the tank of I Wish I Win as he heads to his final lead-up race before his Grand Final in Sydney. After an eye-catching first-up fifth in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) on September 7, I Wish I Win returns to Moonee… Read More »
Trainer Mick Nolan has been around racehorses the majority of his life. He has had a couple of stints as a trainer while also working as foreman, come assistant trainer, for some of the biggest stables in Australia. Nolan is a realist and doesn’t want to start dreaming big, despite Stylish… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien has his eyes fixed on the Spring staying three-year-old filly races after Hurry Curry opened her city account at Flemington. Hurry Curry took out the Crown Oaks Preview (1800m) on Sunday to give O’Brien and the filly’s connections hope for a feature race win during the Melbourne Spring Carnival…. Read More »
Switzerland is unlikely to take his place in the Group 1 Golden Rose with trainer Chris Waller leaning towards re-routing his spring path towards the Roman Consul Stakes. The Group winner disappointed first-up when failing to beat a rival home in the Run To The Rose (1200m) won by Godolphin’s Traffic Warden and… Read More »
