After 46 days without a community transmitted COVID case in Victoria, the Victoria Racing Club has announced the removal of the segregated safe zones for their upcoming Anzac Day meeting at Flemington. Victoria presently has three COVID cases in hotel quarantine after international travellers were allowed to fly into Melbourne from last week…. Read More »
John Sadler says a lot hinges on the performance of Starry Legend in the $950,000 The Showdown at Caulfield on Saturday. Unbeaten in two starts, Starry Legend will be tackling the 1200m journey for the first time which is a concern for Sadler. Success on Saturday, after wins at Sandown… Read More »
Trainer Brett Pope is yet to decide on the immediate future of yesterday’s TABtouch-Pinjarra Cup winner Divine Shadow. Divine Shadow scored an effortless 3 Âľ length win in the $120,000 feature, his first at Listed level. Brett Pope said he wasn’t sure where he would send the gelding next but hinted at… Read More »
Trainer Simon Miller is looking forward to the return of Flirtini as the talented mare begins her countdown to dual Group 3 races in May. Flirtini is due to start in the Northam Stakes (1100m) on May 2 and will then target the Group 3 Roma Cup (1200m) at Ascot… Read More »
A start in Melbourne or Adelaide is on the cards for lightly-raced Capriccio this weekend after she was a recent withdrawal from a race at Caulfield. Warrnambool-based trainer Daniel Bowman is in two minds where he will head with promising filly Capriccio. But he knows the filly will be racing… Read More »
Good Idea will be attempting a rare Cups double when he runs in the Sydney Cup at Randwick. Phillip Stokes says he could not have Good Idea in any better shape as the gelding chases the Adelaide and Sydney Cups double. Good Idea is set to run in the Group… Read More »
Connections of Mr Quickie are considering a trip to Sydney for the galloper while he will also be entered for a race in Melbourne. Connections of Mr Quickie are on weather watch as they ponder where the multiple Group 1 winner will have his next start. Mr Quickie won the… Read More »
A luckless eighth at his first run back after a break has Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman enthusiastic for the future with Begood Toya Mother. Daniel Bowman says he was rapt with the return of Begood Toya Mother at Caulfield which showed the gelding still has the zest for racing. Begood… Read More »
The Sydney Cup campaign of Quick Thinker is back on track after he rebounded to form with a superior staying performance in the Chairman’s Quality at Randwick. The New Zealander had been winless since last year’s Australian Derby but he relished the soft conditions and genuine tempo to outlast Rondinella by a head. Andrew Forsman, who trains the… Read More »
Edward Cummings will decide early this week whether Adrian Knox Stakes winner Duais will take her place in the G1 Australian Oaks. The filly gave the young horseman his first stakes success as a trainer in his own right when she raced away with Saturday’s G3 feature at Randwick on Saturday. Hailing from one of racing’s… Read More »
Jamie Kah has become the first female in the world to win a G1 race for global powerhouse Godolphin. She has taken Melbourne racing by storm and on Saturday at Randwick, Jamie Kah brought her magic touch to Sydney to win one of Australia’s most prestigious races for one of… Read More »
Independent Road, the sole runner for Lindsay Park at Caulfield, recorded a fighting win over Grand Promenade. Lindsay Park is invariably represented with multiple runners at the majority of metropolitan meetings in Melbourne, but on Saturday at Caulfield Independent Road was their sole starter. Contesting the Promenade By Geoff Lindsay… Read More »
Nature Strip has returned to his best to land back-to-back wins in the G1 TJ Smith Stakes. Nature Strip has regained his mantle as Australia’s premier sprinter, making a one-act affair of the T J Smith Stakes for the second year in succession. But while he dictated terms and outsprinted… Read More »
Madeleine Wishart spent almost five months out of the saddle after suffering shoulder, elbow and knee injuries when falling from the Kevin Kemp trained Alert And Ready at Toowoomba last September. Dreamtimer was her first winner back from that injury layoff when he won a Doomben midweek event in February…. Read More »
Victorian-trained horses have dominated in a thrilling finish to the Australian Derby with Explosive Jack nailing Young Werther in a photo finish. Seven starts, three states and now two Derbys. Explosive Jack has taken his connections on the ride of a lifetime, culminating in his last-stride win in Saturday’s time-honoured… Read More »
Anamoe has destroyed his Sires’ Produce Stakes rivals to land an overdue G1 win. James Cummings was left wondering what might have been after Anamoe’s slashing second from a wide draw in the Golden Slipper, but the colt has swept that disappointment aside with a breathtaking performance at Randwick. The… Read More »
Terry Robinson has produced a training masterstroke to clinch the $500,000 Country Championships Final at Randwick with Art Cadeau at the horse’s first start in almost two months. Robinson admitted it had been a balancing act to keep the gelding in top order since his victory in a Goulburn qualifier… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Kiku has broken through for her first black-type success in the Carbine Club Stakes. Group One racing beckons for Kiku in the spring but just how much further she goes this campaign is yet to be determined. The Chris Waller-trained filly continued her form surge, racking up… Read More »
Missile Mantra looks set for a good campaign producing a barnstorming finish to record a first-up win at Caulfield. Having her first start since winning the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m) at Sandown last November, Missile Mantra returned victorious in the Neds Filter Form Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. Against four… Read More »
Hunnam has appreciated a return to racing in blinkers, breaking through for his maiden success at Caulfield. The Hawkes Racing-trained two-year-old Hunnam has appreciated a rise in distance and getting back into blinkers with an impressive all-the-way victory at Caulfield. Returning to Caulfield a week after running third in the… Read More »
