Gai Waterhouse and Adrain Bott will be well represented in the nations capital’s biggest day of racing, headlined by unbeaten two-year-old colt Fully Lit in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes (1200m). The stable are enjoying an unprecedented two-year-old season with 19 total wins, including Fully Lit, with the Hellbent colt set… Read More »
A rising star of the three-year-old ranks and a colt that has already stamped himself among the best of his generation will clash for the first time in a tantalising rendition of the Randwick Guineas. The Group 1 race features a small but select field of 11 runners but it… Read More »
Missing the spring could prove a blessing in disguise for Godolphin sprinter Aft Cabin, who will be looking to make some immediate autumn inroads when he resumes in the Challenge Stakes at Randwick. The four-year-old has been off the scene since finishing midfield in the Stradbroke Handicap in June, trainer… Read More »
A trip to Flemington for a jump-out consisting of horses in the Newmarket Handicap provided Magic Time with the ideal lead-up to the Group 1 handicap. Trainer Grahame Begg took advantage of giving Magic Time a look at the straight 1200m course over which the mare will race first-up on Saturday. Magic… Read More »
Chock-full of confidence, Luke Fernie believes his outstanding training form can continue when one of his former proteges resumes at Albany on the weekend. Fernie is excited by the return of Laced Up Heels and has high expectations the mare can return with a bang and add to his haul… Read More »
Following another disappointing performance on the weekend, Bustler has been ruled out from the remainder of Melbourne’s autumn carnival. Perth’s top five-year-old hasn’t been able to reach the heights of last November when he claimed Group 1 honours in the Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot. Bustler flopped at his first Melbourne… Read More »
The $150,000 Bunbury Cup is returning to the state-of-the-art Bunbury Racecourse this weekend for the first time in three years, with up to 8000 racegoers expected to attend. The past two Bunbury Cups were held at Ascot during the $30 million upgrade of the South West’s premier thoroughbred track. Racing… Read More »
With hot weather expected for Super Saturday at Flemington, the meeting will be shortened to eight races with the potential of an early start. The change has been brought about with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting the temperature to reach 39 degrees at Flemington on Saturday. Racing Victoria and the… Read More »
If an adrenalin rush from riding racehorses is not enough, then try bull-riding. Not content with a lower-level past-time like golf, New Zealand trainer Chad Ormsby has had a crack a bull-riding for a change of pace, with some success. Ormsby, in Melbourne with his sprinter Master Fay for the Group 1… Read More »
When New Zealand trainer Chad Ormsby sold Master Fay to Hong Kong, he was expecting the horse to potentially develop into a champion sprinter. Ormsby was over the moon when Master Fay scored at his Hong Kong debut on New Year’s Day in 2021 and was eagerly awaiting to see when the… Read More »
Private Eye won’t seek to settle the score with Imperatriz from their Lightning Stakes clash with Joe Pride opting to bypass the Newmarket Handicap and favour the Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday. It sets up a big day in Sydney for Pride, who will also have The Everest winner Think… Read More »
Peter & Paul Snowden have elected to concentrate on the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes with Fearless after his last start eye-catching run at Caulfield. Fearless flashed home from near last on the home turn in the Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) which had the run of a VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes contender, run… Read More »
Phillip Stokes as long had this year’s Adelaide Cup in mind as a season goal for Amade, but he didn’t expect it would be the continuation of a campaign that started in September. The 10-year-old will be given the chance to go two spots better than last year’s third placing when… Read More »
Chris Waller will study the weights for this Saturday’s Newmarket Handicap before deciding whether Espiona runs in the $1.5 million event at Flemington or returns to Sydney. The daughter of Extreme Choice caught the eye late when steaming home into third placing in the 1000-metre Black Caviar Lightning, won by Imperatriz. The… Read More »
Jestajingle enhanced her status as one of the best producers the Inglis Premier sale has seen when she had a filly stand tall on Day 2 of this year’s offering. The Lonhro mare’s daughter of Snitzel sold to Dean Hawthorne on behalf of Jonathan Munz’s GSA Bloodstock for $925,000. It made… Read More »
The Northern Hemisphere horses targeting riches at this year’s Autumn Carnival in Sydney have started arriving with five horses landing in Australia at the weekend. Three Group 1 winners are included among the batch of horses who have taken up residence at the Canterbury Park Quarantine Centre, several of which… Read More »
Like most, Clinton Mcdonald was impressed with Storm Boy’s win in the Skyline Stakes, but the Blue Diamond-winning trainer is not conceding the Golden Slipper 2024 to the unbeaten colt. McDonald will chase further glory with his untapped filly Hayasugi in the $5 million event at Rosehill on March 23. Storm… Read More »
Peter Moody reinvested in a family he has not only had success with, but great faith in when he went to $650,000 for a daughter of Snitzel on Day 1 of this year’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale. The filly is out of the Lonhro mare Charleston Dancer, whose only foal to… Read More »
Trainer Nick Ryan registered his biggest win when Munhamek provided Damien Oliver with victory at his last ride in Perth late last year. Straight after that race, Ryan began planning for an even bigger prize with the former Hong Kong galloper and got the call up a week ago that Munhamek had been… Read More »
Chris Waller has issued an ominous warning to Militarize’s Randwick Guineas rivals, declaring they will need to be at their peak to topple the colt in the Group One feature. The star three-year-old tuned up for next weekend’s showpiece with a solo workout over 1000 metres between races on Saturday, striding… Read More »
