The aptly named Refreshing has given champion jockey Damien Oliver his first winner back since a golfing holiday in the US. Oliver and a group of golfing tragic mates had a two-week break in the US playing some of that country’s best, and exclusive, golf clubs. The champion jockey said it was… Read More »
An extra week between a Stakes race at Flemington and one at Caulfield is expected to play into the hands of lightly raced mare Sigh. The Peter Moody-trained four-year-old was scratched from the Listed Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final (1200m) at Flemington last week to be saved for the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m)… Read More »
The nation’s capital is set to have its first $1 million race day with the Canberra Racing Club moving to condense its annual carnival into a single showcase meeting, headlined by the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes. The two-year-old feature will be one of four stakes races on a bumper… Read More »
Benaud is more accustomed to Group 1s than Class 1s and it showed at Wyong on Tuesday when the grey gelding beat up on four hapless rivals in the $40,000 Happy Retirement Isorich Class 1 & Maiden Plate. The John O’Shea-trained four-year-old recorded his first win since debut victory at Nowra… Read More »
Priceless has a way to go to scale the heights of her older half-sister, but co-trainer Troy Corstens is confident the three-year-old filly’s first win might not be too far away. The younger sibling to Roch ‘N’ Horse resumes in the 1200-metre maiden that kicks off Wednesday’s Sandown program. The set-weights event will… Read More »
Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker is sending Malkovich to Melbourne looking for redemption in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. Malkovich was run down late in the 2021 Group 3 race over 1100m by Red Can Man, but a stronger version will head to the start on Saturday. Baker said he was looking forward to running… Read More »
Knight’s Choice proved in Saturday’s Winx Guineas just why John Symons has had such a big opinion of him, but the questions around the gelding don’t end with what to do with him next. There is a chance it might not be the Sunshine Coast trainer’s decision to make with… Read More »
Oakland Park Stud’s head honcho Neville Duncan had to be at his persuasive best to keep the state’s best jockey interested in riding his staying talent, Ihts Closing Inn. There was some early hesitancy from William Pike, but since he was legged aboard the filly for the first time at… Read More »
Caulfield is back hosting group action and the G3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) has some promising horses entered. Sigh ($9) for Peter Moody and Flying On A Limb ($9) bring in strong winning form angles so will be tough to beat. But there is a horse who contested an Everest in… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes will attempt back-to-back wins in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes with Mileva, but this time for a new ownership group. Mileva was purchased for $700,000 at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in May by Kia Ora Stud with Saturday’s Group 3 sprint over 1100m at Caulfield potentially the mare’s last race. The daughter of Headway… Read More »
Albury based Mitchell Beer has landed his first Stakes winner since branching out on his own as a trainer when Mnementh led throughout to score at Flemington. Beer has been training in his own right since 2018 and moved his operation from Mornington to Albury when he saw a market for an aspiring trainer. While Beer… Read More »
Exciting country sprinter Mogo Magic has underlined his claims as a serious Kosciuszko contender, showing speed, grit and class to extend his unbeaten run to four with a scintillating performance at Rosehill. Lumping 60kg and giving weight to more seasoned rivals, the $1.75 favourite was pressured in the lead but shook… Read More »
A plan hatched during the Adelaide Carnival has paid off for Godolphin with Renosu taking out the A R Creswick Stakes at Flemington. Godolphin trainer James Cummings picked out Saturday’s 1200m Listed race for three-year-olds after Renosu was withdrawn from a Stakes race at Morphettville following a wide barrier draw. Returning to Melbourne and running well against older horse at Flemington on May… Read More »
Apprentice Zac Lloyd has celebrated an important first at Rosehill, booting home a winner at his maiden ride for the powerful Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott yard. The Tulloch Lodge trainers have been keen to secure Lloyd’s services for some time but given he is indentured to Godolphin and also has a… Read More »
The Leon and Troy Corstens -trained Dolphin Skin has boosted her value as a potential broodmare with a narrow victory in a Stakes race at Flemington. A $13,000 purchase at the New Zealand Ready To Run Sale last year, Dolphin Skin has recouped that outlay while adding Black Type to her pedigree with victory in the Taj… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have unearthed another talented import in Chorlton Lane, who they hope can continue to surge through the grades after his classy Rosehill win. The UK import made his Australian debut in Saturday’s Kia Ora Farnan Handicap (1300m) and despite getting a long way out of his… Read More »
The TABtouch-Pinnacles may still be almost five months away, but two key contenders are back in work ahead of big campaigns. Super Smink and Ripcord, who won and finished third respectively in the Group 2 Amelia Park-Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot in April, have started their build ups to the lucrative… Read More »
Trainer Jeremy Easthope said backing from champion jockey William Pike gave him a confidence boost that Upper Limits could land a feature breakthrough at Belmont on Saturday. Upper Limits is hunting for a first major win in the Aquanita Stakes after a run of listed placings in the Belmont Guineas (1600m),… Read More »
Michael Lane has sounded a warning to Rusty Dreams’ rivals that the exciting filly is at her peak as she strives to end her campaign on a winning high at Belmont on Saturday. After a brilliant last-start win in the Belmont Guineas (1600m), Michael Lane says Rusty Dreams is spot on to… Read More »
As a team, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, are yet to win the Listed VRC-CRV Winter Championship Final at Flemington. Maher won the race in 2014 with Akavoroun, but since joining forces in 2018 it has not been a race that the stable has always targeted. That changes this year when they saddle three runners – Charterhouse, Junipal and Unusual… Read More »
