The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable has elected to keep Storm Season in Melbourne for her return run. Storm Season was an acceptor in the Petaluma Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday, but the stable has elected to instead start the mare in the Sportsbet Race Replays Handicap (1400m) at Sandown. A lightly… Read More »
It is a good thing Archie Alexander used his time wisely the past two Saturdays, because there will be little opportunity for household chores or family time this weekend. The Ballarat horseman has four runners engaged this Saturday, at four different venues spread across three states. Alexander will be represented… Read More »
Transatlantic came agonisingly close to overcoming a wide gate in a spring feature, and Tommy Berry is banking on the horse’s toughness and stamina to help him go one better from another difficult draw in the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap. Transatlantic jumped from the outside barrier in the Five Diamonds… Read More »
Matt Smith remains in two minds over whether Portland will contest The Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Rosehill with the trainer not keen to run him on a firming track. Portland was nominated for Saturday’s race and the Q22 (2200m) in Brisbane, but Smith opted not to accept for the… Read More »
Emerging gelding Nobler is in line to book himself a spot on Chris Waller’s spring carnival team if he can stretch his brilliance to 2000 metres and notch his third successive win at Rosehill. The former Irish galloper is in his first Australian campaign but has been quick to make… Read More »
Emerging stayer Straand Deal could make a play for an interstate trip if successful at Sandown. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained galloper runs in the Sportsbet Same Race Multi Handicap (2400m) looking to potentially earn a trip to Queensland. The Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) at the Sunshine Coast on July 4 will… Read More »
Alalcance’s last-start return to the winner’s list has come as no surprise to jockey Tim Clark, who believes the Tulloch Lodge mare is going as well as she was when dominating the Sydney autumn carnival staying races 12 months ago. The six-year-old will tackle 3200m for just the second time… Read More »
Racing NSW stewards have adjourned an inquiry sparked from recent comments made by jockey Tommy Berry in relation to disqualified trainer John O’Shea. Led by chief stipe Tom Moxon, stewards questioned both parties regarding post-race comments made by Berry following his victory on the Tom Charlton-trained Hovland at Warwick Farm… Read More »
It wasn’t until 9.25am on the morning of acceptances that Rhys Archard decided to bite the bullet and accept with Boltsaver at Sandown. There were just seven acceptors at that stage on Wednesday morning for the ive> Handicap (1400m) on Saturday when Archard reasoned his galloper would appreciate the heavy… Read More »
The hopes of Victorian trainer Cliff Brown winning one of Australia’s biggest handicaps were dealt a blow by the barrier draw. Brown saddles Sepals (barrier 21) and Von Hauke (19) in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday and concedes the pair’s chances from those barriers does not… Read More »
Connections of improving stayer Thebudgiesmugla have until Thursday afternoon to decide whether he remains in Sydney for a stakes assignment or faces a two-mile test in the Group 2 Brisbane Cup. The Bjorn Baker-trained five-year-old is a $2.60 favourite for The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) and a $5.50 chance… Read More »
Beautifully bred filly Jarrito has put her career back on the right trajectory with a barnstorming return at Randwick’s Kensington track. By super sire I Am Invincible out of 2019 Robert Sangster Stakes winner Spright, the three-year-old was having her first start since failing to beat a runner home as… Read More »
Having captured three of the past six renewals of the Winter Cup, Chris Waller is confident Caboche has the right profile to add his name to the honour roll at Rosehill on Saturday. While the seven-year-old isn’t the classiest horse in the master trainer’s stable, he has been a wonderful… Read More »
It may have taken to start number seven for Tisseyre to break through for her maiden victory, but the Ken and Kasey Keys stable has always had faith in the filly. Tisseyre led throughout under the guidance of Ben Allen to take the Thelma Coster â Life Member Maiden Plate (1400m) at Sale… Read More »
Smokin’ Romans has undergone a course of jumping that the Ciaron Maher stable hopes will rejuvenate the Group 1 winner. The rising 10-year-old recently ran second in a hurdle school at Traralgon in preparation for his second-up run of the campaign in the Quayclean Handicap (1800m) at Sandown on Saturday. Victorious in the… Read More »
Peter Snowden is ruling a line through King Of Roseau’s Kingsford Smith Cup performance saying the race was a disaster for the horse from start to finish. But the trainer anticipates a much more suitable set-up in Saturday’s $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) and if that transpires, it will give… Read More »
Calvin McEvoy says dual Cups winner Half Yours is finally in a race that is going to suit. And McEvoy said the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups winner will relish the presence of Pride Of Jenni in the Group 2 Q22 (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained galloper… Read More »
From the start of the racing career of Martist, trainer Tony Gollan has had his eyes on the Queensland Winter Carnival. And the major race on the Queensland Winter Carnival calendar for two-year-olds comes up on Saturday with the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Martist is one of 13 runners in… Read More »
Trainer Rob Heathcote was not unhappy to see the rain falling in Brisbane as Rothfire prepares for the Stradbroke Handicap. Rothfire worked at Eagle Farm on Tuesday ahead of Saturday’s Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) in which the ‘old marvel’ drew barrier 13 in the 23-horse field that has a capacity of 18 runners plus five emergencies. The rising nine-year-old will jump from… Read More »
Not often is a trainer spoilt with two suitable wintertime staying options on a Saturday but it will be rain that determines where Matthew Smith sends Portland this weekend. The last start Listed Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m) winner has nominations for both the Group 2 The Q22 (2200m) at Eagle… Read More »
