He’s a leading fancy in next month’s Karrakatta Plate (1200m) and is coming off a maiden Listed win, but Perth’s richest two-year-old race is no sure thing for Sir Dreamalot. The A Lot gelding shot to prominence with an all the way maiden victory at Bunbury and made another huge impression… Read More »
Ciaron Maher concedes he is stepping into unchartered waters with star mare Pride Of Jenni when she heads to the Australian Cup at Flemington. It will be the mare’s second run at 2000m in a career spanning 27 starts when she tackles the final Group 1 race of Melbourne’s Autumn Carnival on… Read More »
Cascadian won last year’s Australian Cup on the back-up from the All-Star Mile, but James Cummings is happy the imported gelding has an extra week between the two races this year. The nine-year-old will look to become just the third back-to-back winner of the race at weight-for-age when he runs in the… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy will be out of the saddle for up to two months due to injuries sustained in a fall at Rosehill on Saturday. The champion rider fell from Tintookie in the final event on the card and underwent medical attention on the track before being transported to hospital where he undertook… Read More »
The door remains open for Post Impressionist to back up in this Saturday’s Tancred Stakes after William Haggas on Monday nominated the classy stayer for the $1.5 million Group 1. The son of Teofilo dominates Sydney Cup betting after his stunning last-to-first win in the Group 3 Manion Cup (2400m) at Rosehill… Read More »
Impressed with what he saw from Queen Of Dragons in the Kembla Grange Classic, trainer Peter Snowden is now looking forward to giving the filly her chance in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. Queen Of Dragons brought up her second career win, and first at Stakes level,… Read More »
Star New Zealand filly Orchestral and VRC Oaks winner Zardozi dominate the early markets for the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes but trainer Gary Portelli is convinced Kimochi can give the race a shake. Portelli is planning to run Kimochi in Saturday’s 2000m feature for three-year-old fillies at Rosehill and is adamant the last-start… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes cannot ask much more of Mr Brightside. The gelding is the winner of 16 races and almost $13 million in prize money and has put the Lindsay Park stable and their own names out in the racing world as trainers of Group… Read More »
An incident in the final race has marred Golden Slipper day at Rosehill with Kerrin Mcevoy suffering a heavy fall when his mount, Tintookie, broke down rounding the home turn in the Birthday Card Stakes. McEvoy remained conscious and was treated by paramedics on the track before being transported to Westmead… Read More »
Zapateo was not considered the leading chance of the Godolphin-owned trio in The Galaxy at Rosehill but the mare has sprinted to a narrow win in the Group 1 race. Five-year-old mare Zapateo was sent out a $26 chance in Saturday’s 1100m dash with stablemate Aft Cabin the $6 second favourite and… Read More »
With six Golden Slipper runners, Adrian Bott didn’t know which horse to watch in the run, but at the finish the Tulloch Lodge trainer had eyes only for their lone filly Lady Of Camelot. In a year when most felt the colts had the edge, Lady Of Camelot ($6.50) upstaged the… Read More »
Imperatriz kept her unbeaten record at Moonee Valley intact when claiming a second win in the William Reid Stakes. It prompted the mare’s trainer Mark Walker to wish all Group 1 races were run at Moonee Valley. Imperatriz is a three-time winner at Group 1 level over Saturday’s 1200m course having also… Read More »
After having to settle for second in both the Caulfield and Australian Guineas’ this season, star colt Veight has broken through for a valuable Group One win in the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. Co-trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy opted to send Veight to Saturday’s George Ryder (1500m) after his last-start… Read More »
Victoria Derby winner Riff Rocket is now a Group One winner in two states after adding the Rosehill Guineas to his Victoria Derby triumph. Trainer Chris Waller had been keen to see if the three-year-old could bring his best form to Sydney as the bulk of his career had been spent in… Read More »
Jockey Michael Dee praised the training effort of New Zealander Stephen Marsh after the victory of Antrim Coast at Moonee Valley. Antrim Coast finished second in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) on March 2 before Marsh freshened the three-year-old for a tilt at the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) on… Read More »
A carefully laid plan to follow the successful template of UK trainer William Haggas has delivered an immediate reward, with Via Sistina claiming the Group One Ranvet Stakes at her Australian debut. Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller had been forced to watch from afar as Haggas plundered the Ranvet-Queen Elizabeth Stakes double with… Read More »
Eternal Flame will head to the paddock a two-time Stakes winner after taking out the Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley. The Mick Kent-trained mare added Saturday’s Group 2 contest over 1600m to win in the Group 3 Matron Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on March 9. Ridden by Ethan Brown, Eternal Flame ($9.50)… Read More »
Gun three-year-old Zipaway highlights Parnham’s interstate assault when he tackles the Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Zipaway runs his final race in Melbourne before coming back home to potentially target next month’s Group 2 WA Derby (2400m) at Ascot. Zipway is third up in Melbourne after he ran an… Read More »
Following an inspection by Racing NSW vets, all runners in the Golden Slipper field have been given the all-clear to run in the Group 1 race for two-year-olds at Rosehill on Saturday. Victorian colt Coleman and the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Espionage had been under an injury cloud earlier in the… Read More »
Peter Moody has chosen to run four-year-old Nunthorpe in Adelaide on Saturday in preference to Victoria’s Good Friday feature in the hope of notching valuable black-type merit for the mare. The $500,000 Country Discovery (1200m) at Yarra Valley was initially on Moody and co-trainer Katherine Coleman’s minds but the risk of not making… Read More »
