Eight years after dual Group One placegetter Spieth was retired to stud, his trainer Bryce Heys has celebrated a stakes win at Rosehill with one of the stallion’s daughters. Flying For Fun returned from a two-start campaign in Melbourne to take out Saturday’s Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) and Heys said… Read More »
Tony and Calvin McEvoy are interstate preparing for the latter’s wedding, but it did not stop them signing off from a watershed spring with another feature success at Caulfield on Saturday. The father/son training team won the $250,000 Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) with Motorsports. The McEvoys watched the… Read More »
Chris Waller’s first two-year-old winner of the season invariably proves to be a handy horse, and he expects that to ring true for Snitzel colt Fireball. The youngster made a dashing debut to take out Saturday’s Schweppes Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill, following in the footsteps of former stablemates Brazen Beau… Read More »
It might not have been a particularly popular result with the majority of punters, but Eternal Warrior got his career off to the perfect start with a blowout win in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Caulfield. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained colt defied his $41 starting price to score a… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes have their eyes on a second win in a Victorian slot race with one of their stable favourites Here To Shock. But first, Here To Shock heads to the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday which the stable… Read More »
Yorkshire’s return to the races didn’t go according to plan, and his trainers are fully prepared for that to make him vulnerable when he steps out next in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. The five-year-old was found to be suffering from cardiac arrhythmia after trailing the field home first-up in… Read More »
Import Unspoken hasn’t quite reached the heights he once promised, but he has been showing signs he is close to ending a two-year hiatus from the winner’s list. Unbeaten in four starts during the spring of 2023, highlighted by his $2 million Five Diamonds victory, his only placing in 10 subsequent… Read More »
Nursing fractured ribs and recovering from a punctured lung, trainer Clinton Mcdonald is buoyant about the prospects of a couple of two-year-old fillies in his stable. Simply Steffi and Tears Of Happiness both make their debuts at Caulfield on Saturday in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m). While McDonald is expecting the pair… Read More »
Consistent performer The Great Baby is set to make his racetrack return in a sprint contest at Morphettville Parks. A four-time winner from 25 starts with a further 10 placings, The Great Baby lines up in the Winning Presentations Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The Wayne Francis and Glen Kent-trained galloper has not raced since finishing fifth… Read More »
The Lindsay Park training team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are hoping a step up in trip will see Alenquer break through for his maiden victory in Australia. French-bred Alenquer came to Australia at the end of 2022 to join the stable of Mike Moroney having been a Group 1 winner in Ireland…. Read More »
Kicking off the career of a stakes-class thoroughbred in provincial and midweek company is often a case of smart placement by a trainer. The more races a horse can win on their way through the grades, the less expenses incurred by their owners. However, in the case of Saturday’s Starlight… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys has been around horses long enough to know a good one, especially a youngster. Not that many have gone through Keys’ hands, although he has high hopes for Alibaba who is set to make his debut in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday for the Ken and Kasey Keys stable. Keys’… Read More »
Less than a month after Half Yours’ historic Melbourne Cup triumph, his sire St Jean has died. The son of Teofilo was euthanised on Tuesday morning owing to injuries sustained in a paddock accident. Brackley Park operator Grant Dwyer, who stood St Jean on behalf of a syndicate of owners… Read More »
Gerald Ryan is adamant Arctic Glamour’s first-up win was no fluke, although he admits an outside gate has added a layer of difficulty to her next task as she bids to back up the performance in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. The mare started $41 when taking out the Hot… Read More »
David Vandyke has enjoyed racing Tuff Tu Mus through his grades, but the Sunshine Coast trainer realises the time has come to raise the bar with his winning machine. The five-year-old son of All Too Hard will chase an eighth-straight win in this Saturday’s $160,000 Listed Recognition Stakes at Doomben. The 1350-metre event… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths says his latest Group 1 contender Rey Magnerio has thrived on his first trip away from home. Rey Magnerio lines up in the Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday, bidding to give Griffiths a second Group 1 victory. Griffiths won the 2016 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington with The Quarterback and is… Read More »
Filly Tigroni is set to make her debut in the opening event at Rosehill, although co-trainer John O’Shea is quick to point out the race isn’t his first choice. Saturday’s Schweppes Handicap (1100m) was Plan B, O’Shea having been keen to run the youngster in a juvenile event at Wyong on… Read More »
After watching lightly raced mare Vestas work at Caulfield, trainer Clinton Mcdonald jokingly exclaimed can we arrange a wide draw for the mare. Unfortunately for McDonald, Vestas has barrier two in the in the Listed Doveton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday, but the trainer is hoping the addition of blinkers will change the… Read More »
A lacklustre campaign from Xidaki during the autumn and winter left Peter Snowden scratching his head, but the top trainer is satisfied his charge has regained his spark. A winner of the Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) at three, Xidaki trained on to place in last year’s Silver Eagle (1300m)… Read More »
Annabel and Rob Archibald are drawing confidence from jockey Jamie Mott’s decision to relinquish riding at a feature Melbourne meeting in favour of partnering Libertad in the Group One Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot. Mott is bypassing Zipping Classic Day at Caulfield on Saturday, which boasts seven black type races, to make… Read More »
