Compelling Truth is the rank outsider of the JRA Plate field while stablemate Crown Legend is at similar odds for the Highway Handicap, but trainer Mack Griffith is adamant both horses will perform better than markets suggest. A 12-time winner, Compelling Truth is the only one of the eight runners in Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths will be able to gauge how much improvement Invincible Son has made when the colt steps out for the second time at Caulfield. A debut third to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Unit Five at Caulfield Heath last month, Invincible Son heads to the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. Griffiths said there… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg believes a ring-rusty Samangu is now ready to put her best foot forward with a return to the winner’s circle imminent. Samangu heads to the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday third-up having been off the scene for nine months. The five-year-old missed a spring campaign after a training… Read More »
A week can be a long time in racing, but luckily for the Richard and Chantelle Jolly stable their two runners from a delayed race at Morphettville have escaped the Adelaide heat unscathed. Klabel and Great Maximus will take their place in the Listed Durbridge Stakes (1100m) on Saturday, a week later… Read More »
A cooler day at Caulfield will see two-year-old Jadzia make her debut a week later than anticipated. Trainer Grahame Begg elected to scratch the filly from a division of the Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) at Caulfield last Saturday with the extreme heat in the back of his mind. With cooler temperatures… Read More »
Mornington based horseman Michael Mehegan considers himself lucky to still have the best horse to pass through his hands in his care. Bossy Benita put a scare through the Mehegan stable last year when she dumped her rider at trackwork and went on a path of destruction that could have resulted in… Read More »
The rapid progression Pearl Of Dubai made at her first campaign has given Peter Snowden reason to be optimistic ahead of the well-bred filly’s return at Rosehill. Not only did the youngster manage an encouraging second at her only start in the Kirkham Plate (1000m) in October, but she did it off… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is looking forward to again seeing his star sprinter Giga Kick on centre stage at Flemington during the upcoming Autumn Carnival. Giga Kick is set to resume in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) on February 14, his first outing since taking out the Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m)… Read More »
Tommy Berry has served a note of caution ahead of Enriched’s resumption at Rosehill, putting the sprinter on notice to prove he is the same promising galloper he was last autumn. The entire beat all but star filly Autumn Glow in the Darby Munro Stakes (1100m) in March before going on to… Read More »
The Canonbury Stakes will be a carnival litmus test for Tulloch Lodge colt Eviction Notice as he strives to turnaround a disappointing performance at his only start in the spring. After posting an emphatic win at the first official two-year-old trials, Eviction Notice started high in the market for the Breeders’… Read More »
Trainer Lloyd Kennewell has bigger autumn goals in mind for Loud Charlie after his breakthrough victory at Sandown. Having his second race start, Loud Charlie took out the Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Plate (1300m) on Wednesday and Kennewell is already dreaming big with the Melbourne Autumn Carnival fast approaching. “I’m still not sure if he’s the full version of himself yet,” Kennewell said…. Read More »
Keen to give Fire Star another black-type opportunity before the carnival big guns return, Peter Snowden will back him up in the JRA Plate at Rosehill where a distance drop is key. Fire Star extended to 1400m for the first time in the Carrington Stakes last weekend and after looming up at… Read More »
Aviatress has been a mainstay of the sprint races in Melbourne over summer and will get another chance to add to her record when she reverts to mares’ company at Caulfield. A flag-bearer for South Australian trainers Richard and Chantelle Jolly’s Flemington stable, Aviatress is likely to be given a freshen… Read More »
Golden Slipper equal favourite Incognito will take an important step on the road to the world’s richest juvenile race when he resumes in the Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill. A smart winner of the Breeders’ Plate (1000m) in the spring, Incognito has prepared for his return with two trials, the most recent… Read More »
With two trials under the belt for Marhoona, Apocalyptic and Manaal, Michael Freedman has started working out where his three Group One winners will head for their first up assignments. The trio trialled at Randwick on Tuesday with Golden Slipper winning mare Marhoona leading throughout to score over unbeaten star Autumn Glow. 1⣅ Read More »
It took 476 days and Adrian Bott was pleased to see former import Newfoundland find the winning post first in the Listed Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm, albeit narrowly. The son of Japanese sire Deep Impact made enough of an impression during his short career in Ireland to see the likes… Read More »
Star three-year-old fillies Tempted and Apocalyptic are unlikely to clash until the Surround Stakes with the former expected to take on the colts and geldings first-up. Runner-up to Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising in The Everest (1200m), Tempted will make her first public appearance of the year in a 1000m Group… Read More »
One of the top fillies and mares of 2025 will have her first public outing this week as Treasurethe Moment begins her short autumn feature race campaign. Matt Laurie could not be happier with the four-year-old whose stellar string of four wins included the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) in November 2024… Read More »
It has taken some effort and patience to get Future History back to the winners’ list but now that the former import is in a richer vein of form, Ciaron Maher hopes he can make is four-in-a-row on Australia Day. The former French import takes his place in the Listed Australia Day… Read More »
Resilient gelding Sandpaper has notched his second black type win for trainer Bjorn Baker and syndicator Darby Racing, defying all challengers to lead throughout in the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick. Rated beautifully by Nash Rawiller, Sandpaper was heavily backed to start a $2.70 favourite and held on by a long neck… Read More »
