Over a long period of time, jockey Craig Williams has had considerable success in the Royal Blue, Lime Hoops, Hooped Cap of owners Colin and Janice McKenna. Williams will partner a couple of the husband-and-wife part-owned gallopers in two feature races at Caulfield on Saturday, firstly Modown in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas… Read More »
Race experience can be a telling factor in two-year-olds contests, but David Payne isn’t certain it will be enough for Trafalgar Square to upstage highly touted debutant Storm Boy when they clash at Rosehill. Storm Boy has opened an odds-on favourite for Saturday’s Kia Ora Prague Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill off the… Read More »
Consistent gelding Phearson will be entering unchartered territory when he extends beyond 1400-metres for the first time in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. However, trainer Brad Widdup is heading to the race with a theory that the extra journey could play into the hands of the horse’s racing style. The Group 2… Read More »
It would be fitting if Wendy Kelly’s next feature win came with a product of Maurice and she will be looking to achieve that feat this Saturday at Caulfield. The Cranbourne trainer will start Mauricio in the $300,000 Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m). Kelly was the original trainer of Hitotsu,… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are set to have two runners in the Listed Christmas Cup with the stable favouring running dual-state acceptor Serpentine in Sydney. Serpentine, who has been freshened since finishing down the track in the Melbourne Cup, is also in the Zipping Classic (2400m) but Bott says Military Mission is… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr went searching for answers following the disappointing first-up performance of South Of Houston during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The trainers could find nothing amiss with the mare, so they duly proceeded to Sandown on Wednesday where the mare blitzed her rivals in the Thoroughbred Club Australia Handicap (1200m). Taking advantage… Read More »
Returning for the first time as a gelding, Vomo Island has taken an important step towards fulfilling his potential with a maiden victory at Wyong. Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden have always had a healthy opinion of the three-year-old, who was competitive against the likes of stakes performers Inhibitions, Tannhauser and Celestial Legend as a… Read More »
Bart Cummings famously said patience costs nothing and it paid a winning dividend for the connections of Socks Nation at Sandown. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained filly strolled to an easy win under John Allen in the Ladbrokes Owners Incentive Scheme Plate (1500m) on Wednesday. The Maher and Eustace stable used the… Read More »
Jockey Pat Carbery says a favourable barrier draw enhances My Bella Mae’s chances to win the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. My Bella Mae came up with barrier five and with speed all around the Deep Field mare, Pat Carbery plans to utilise her best asset in Perth’s rich… Read More »
David Payne will bid to capitalise on Fox Fighter’s affinity for his home track when he starts the consistent sprinter in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. The five-year-old has raced at the circuit seven times for six top-three finishes, including a brace of wins. It is a statistic that isn’t… Read More »
Shawn Mathrick will be forgiven for feeling a little nostalgic when Regimental Lass carries his colours in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Caulfield. They are the same colours Regimental Lass’s dam, Gig, carried for the second half of her racing career. Regimental Lass is the first of Gig’s… Read More »
Pakenham-based trainer Charlotte Littlefield has not had many opportunities of success in ‘Black Type’ races and will miss her latest attempt at Caulfield. A planned trip back to England, booked six months ago, means Littlefield will miss out on seeing Modown line up in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. Littlefield has saddled… Read More »
The lucrative prizemoney purse for The Ingham has swayed connections of Detonator Jack to keep him in Sydney for the $2 million summer centrepiece. A brilliant winner of The Gong at Kembla Grange last Saturday, Detonator Jack was being considered for a start for the $500,000 Ballarat Cup (2000m) as several… Read More »
Sean Keogh described Anamoe as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of his time at Godolphin, so it is appropriate that his last feature meeting at the global giant includes a race that first showcased his talent. Anamoe broke his maiden in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes, a race in which Keogh’s… Read More »
Exciting galloper Ayrton has quickly adapted to his new surroundings in Perth, according to Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr’s stable representative Ben Elam. Ayrton arrived in Perth with fellow Pinnacles contenders last week and will line up in next month’s Damien Oliver Gold Rush By TABtouch (1400m) at Ascot. By taking… Read More »
Victorian jockey Brad Rawiller will attempt to win the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) for a second time when he partners Resortman in the $1.5 million feature at Ascot on Saturday. Brad Rawiller answered the SOS call from Bunbury trainer Michael Lane and will make a flying visit to Perth before returning… Read More »
When four-year-old mare Simply Xtravagant came into Brett Robb’s stable in Dubbo, he thought he’d be hard pressed to get any racing out of her, let alone win a race. Originally with Tony & Calvin McEvoy, the then three-year-old filly managed to win her maiden at Pakenham Synthetic at her fourth… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable considered they had found the right race for Junipal to add a nice amount of prize money to his connection’s coffers. That was until the rain came last weekend ahead of the Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m). Unfortunately for Maher and Eustace and the large group of owners,… Read More »
In William Pikeâs mind itâs the race that got away and heâs determined to claw back favour in Saturdayâs Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. Pike is as competitive a rider that is going around who doesnât take losses too lightly and Oscarâs Fortuneâs last-start defeat is one that… Read More »
Trainer Will Savage maintains Savatoxl is showing enthusiasm and a zest for racing as he prepares for a first up tilt at the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Alice Springs-based Will Savage is looking for further interstate success with Savatoxl, the well-travelled Kuroshio gelding a multiple black-type… Read More »
