In her quest to become an international jockey, Mickaelle Michel has ticked off another bucket list item with a victory at Flemington The French jockey’s win on Southern Fire in the Tour d’ Horse Trophy (1200m) was a blowout for punters with the Stephen Brown-trained galloper sent out an $81 chance… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney is keen to give Bermadez another try at 2000m after his win at Flemington. Following three consecutive placings at Flemington, Caulfield and Geelong, Bermadez broke back into the winner’s circle in the Howden Australian Guineas Day, 2 March (1600m) on Saturday. Sent out the betting sites $2.05 favourite under Jye… Read More »
With the Autumn Carnival about to swing into action, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable are in for a quiet weekend. While it may be a quiet week on the racing front, a lot of work is going on behind the scenes, preparing horses for their autumn goals. Maher and… Read More »
On the corresponding weekend 12 months ago, syndicator Wylie Dalziel and his main trainer Peter Moody experienced a successful day. Moody prepared a treble at the Saturday meeting at Moonee Valley with Dalziel and his syndication group combining with Dance To Dubai and Pounding. That day also coincided with Riot And Rose winning… Read More »
Like most two-year-olds, debutant Ride The River is still on a steep learning curve, but connections are hoping he has enough race smarts to be competitive in Sydney grade. The Bjorn Baker-trained youngster is in the mix for the Ned Australian Whisky Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday, while also… Read More »
Kris Lees is hoping jockey Tommy Berry has made a rare dud call in opting to ride a rival runner, rather than his in-form mare Yankee Hussell at Rosehill. Berry has guided Yankee Hussell to wins at Gosford and Canterbury at her past two starts but has opted to partner the Chris… Read More »
It may still be 10 months away, but trainer Jeremy Easthope is already eyeing off a Railway Stakes (1600m) start with stable star Upper Limits. Last year’s Aquanita Stakes (2000m) winner will be looking to enhance his credentials for a start in the Group 1 feature when he lines up… Read More »
The Bjorn Baker stable is keeping a lid on expectations for new recruit Caballus, despite the colt posting a brace of impressive barrier trial wins in the lead up to his Rosehill return. A $1 million yearling, the I Am Invincible three-year-old was originally raced by an ownership group led by Coolmore before he… Read More »
James Mcdonald was always the man Angela Davies wanted in the saddle aboard Our Kobison, but she made the champion hoop work for it â at least a little. McDonald partnered the promising sprinter to a Warwick Farm victory in August and Davies was keen to continue the partnership when Our… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden will have at least one son of Capitalist lining up in the two-year-old race at Rosehill in debut winner King Of Roseau, but they are still debating whether stablemate Customized joins him. A stylish third behind subsequent Magic Millions winner Storm Boy in the B J McLachlan Stakes at his… Read More »
The early part of the New Year is invariably about getting two-year-olds ready for the upcoming Group 1 races like the Blue Diamond Stakes and Golden Slipper. But it is also the time when trainers put in the work of getting their jumpers ready for upcoming season with the Warrnambool Carnival… Read More »
Mornington horseman Dean Binaisse does not have the stable strength of the bigger teams like Lindsay Park, Chris Waller and Ciaron Maher who are all regulars in the winner’s circle at Flemington. It took Binaisse more than 23 years and 67 runners to notch his first Flemington winner when Empressive Enuff scored over… Read More »
The rain that fell at Sandown early on Wednesday was a blessing for the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable and their lightly raced three-year-old Immediacy . Having only his second race start, Immediacy backed up a debut maiden win at Cranbourne with a more impressive victory in the Thoroughbred Club Australia Handicap (1800m)…. Read More »
Mark Minervini is banking on the renowned horsemanship of Nash Rawiller to help extract the best from budding stallion Meritable when the pair team up at Rosehill. Group 1 placed in the New Zealand 2000 Guineas at three, Meritable hasn’t quite gone on with the job in his handful of starts since arriving… Read More »
A gelding operation looks to have turned around the fortunes of high-priced yearling Amigo who landed his second race win at Sandown. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained galloper took out the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday to remain unbeaten following a gelding operation. Amigo was a $975,000 yearling purchase… Read More »
Irish-born trainer Robert Quinn is quickly becoming a convert to the Australian two-year-old scene and his enthusiasm will go up another notch if Bronco Revolution can put herself in the picture for next month’s Inglis Millennium. The daughter of exciting stallion Russian Revolution was a $35,000 Classic sale pick-up and put the… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew De Kock stable is looking forward to getting back to Flemington where they will saddle Rey Magnerio in the VRC Super Saturday, 9 March Handicap. Griffiths and de Kock prepared a winner at the final Flemington meeting for 2023 before Magnapur got the ball rolling for the stable on New Year’s… Read More »
Trainer Luke Fernie expects the postponement of the Miss Andretti Stakes (1200m) to tomorrow’s Pinjarra card to enhance the winning prospects of exciting mare Wild Belle. The Listed event was originally scheduled to be run at Ascot on Saturday but was postponed to tomorrow’s card due to warm weather. Wild… Read More »
Jockey Luke Currie says the new Caulfield Heath track felt like carpet as he and fellow riders partnered two-year-olds in four jump-outs on Tuesday morning. The jump-outs, for two-year-olds entered in next month’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes, were the second serious test for the track after the Ciaron Maher and David… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie has had to rethink the starting point for the autumn program of his two-year-old Coleman after a setback brought on by a virus. The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 24 remains firmly in Laurie’s mind, but the son of Pierata is likely to have a delayed… Read More »
