Grahame Begg’s first attempt at Melbourne Cup glory with a winner of the Andrew Ramsden Stakes ended in heartbreak, but he is hoping to have better luck in 2026. Zakouma ensured the Cranbourne trainer can start planning a path towards this year’s edition of Australia’s greatest race after winning the… Read More »
The horse at the centre of trainer John O’Shea’s four month disqualification has posted his biggest win with a tenacious effort in the Listed Ortensia Stakes at Scone. Bev’s Nine was a late scratching from a race at Rosehill in February when Racing NSW veterinarians ruled him to be lame,… Read More »
Star jockey Rachel King decision to take the shortest route home near the inside rail provided Miss Freelove proved a winning move in the Listed $200,000 Denise’s Joy Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday. In another tight finish, less than a length separated the top four finishers with Miss Freelove… Read More »
There was of repeat of the Anzac Day gap-job, but Concord Connie reinforced her status as one of the Victoria’s most promising female gallopers with another Flemington on Saturday. The Charlotte Littlefield-trained daughter of Contributer cruised to a 1-1/4-length win in the $150,000 K A Morrison Handicap (1400m) for three-year-olds…. Read More »
The Group 3 Winx Guineas is the winter carnival goal for Autumn King after the progressive colt banked his third career victory in the Highway Handicap at Scone. The three-year-old has been competitive in stakes company at his past two starts, finishing fifth in both the South Pacific Classic (1400m)… Read More »
A filly unwanted in the sale ring and betting ring caused a monumental upset as a $151 rank outsider in the Listed $200,000 Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday. Rags to riches filly Queen Regent caught everyone by surprise except trainer Blake Ryan and jockey Jay Ford when she… Read More »
Hellsing, trained by Annabel and Rob Archibald, has struck a rich vein for form and scored a career-best win in the Listed $200,000 Arrowfield Scone Cup (1600m) at Scone on Friday. Despite having his 10th start in a preparation stretching more than six months, Hellsing is going better than ever… Read More »
With each campaign has come some improvement and trainer John Moloney is hoping for a touch more fromĀ HearcomesthestarĀ when she lines up at Flemington. HearcomesthestarĀ has won six of her 28 starts with a further eightĀ placings butĀ has fallen short when competing at Stakes level. The rising six-year-old has one Listed placing to… Read More »
TheĀ South AustralianĀ family training team of Gary and Nichole Searle and daughter Brianna Callanan have their sights set on a Melbourne Cup start with Sir Kingsford. A trip to Flemington for the Listed Andrew Ramsden (3200m) on Saturday secures the winner a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption into November’s showpiece. Nichole Searle… Read More »
Joe Pride isn’t sure how Estadio Mestalla has been allocated two kilos more than a Group 1 winner in the Luskin Star Stakes, but he does know the consistent gelding will give his all. The seven-year-old posted his most significant win in last year’s Listed Winter Stakes (1100m) and has… Read More »
Filly Sequista has often been her own worst enemy, but trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are convinced she has the quality to win at black-type level. Already stakes placed in the 2024 Inglis Nursery (1000m) and finishing on the heels of the placegetters in Tempted’s Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m),… Read More »
Charlotte Littlefield wants to see her exciting filly Concord Connie produce a repeat performance beforeĀ allowing herself to dream bigger. Concord Connie produced a stunning performance to win at her third race start at Flemington on Anzac Day, recording aĀ six-lengthĀ win in slick time. The filly returns to Flemington on Saturday to… Read More »
Harlem Queen hasn’t quite followed the career trajectory she appeared to be on at three, but off the back of a smooth build-up to her latest preparation, trainer Nathan Doyle is optimistic she can regain some consistency to her form. The mare resumes in Saturday’s Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) at… Read More »
The Queensland Derby aspirations for Different Gravy will go on the line when he steps out at Flemington. Trainer Henry Dwyer set his sights on the northern states Derby after Different Gravy scored in a Listed raceĀ over 1800m at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day last year. Dwyer had originally planned… Read More »
The nervous wait to see if Napoleonic would sneak into the Doomben 10,000 is over with the scratching of Abounding paving the way for the colt to take his place in the Group 1 sprint. Connections have endured an anxious week after the three-year-old was originally named second emergency for… Read More »
With a bevy of stakes-class sprinters currently in the stable, Peter Snowden is in the enviable position of juggling his team between a rich variety of feature races. A fortnight ago, he took out the Hawkesbury Gold Rush (1100m) with Zealously, while last week King Of Roseau and Beadman delivered… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington was never in the planning forĀ ZakoumaĀ untilĀ his last start effort at Flemington After three successive wins, Zakouma went to Flemington on Anzac Day and was expected toĀ take outĀ the benchmark 100 2000m contest in which he was a heavily backed favourite. But the race turned into… Read More »
The Carnival has left town and Nichole Searle would like to think it can result in a deserved victory for Tosen Water when racing returns to the Parks track at Morphettville this Saturday. The six-year-old mare will look to go one better than her past two runs in the $65,000… Read More »
Chris Waller will have a typically robust team for the two-day carnival at Scone but among the horses he is most looking forward to seeing step out is the resuming Sun God. The five-year-old will be among up to 18 runners for the champion trainer when he kicks off his… Read More »
A week after landing a feature race double at the stand-alone Gosford meeting, jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be hoping for a similar haul at Scone where he has rides in all six black-type races over the two-day carnival. McEvoy, who captured the $500,000 The Coast (1600m) aboard Athantos and the… Read More »
