Verry Elleegant has exacted revenge on English gelding Addeybb with a tenacious Ranvet Stakes victory, prompting Chris Waller to rate her as “world-class”. In a case of dĂ©jĂ vu, the pair made their runs coming to the turn and where Verry Elleegant looked to be coasting, Tom Marquand felt for… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy walked away from his first ride on Favorite Moon with sore legs but he had no such dramas after the English visitor’s stunning win in the N E Manion Cup. The top jockey recently tested the William Haggas-trained stayer in a trackwork gallop and the horse was so… Read More »
Starry Legend has followed up an impressive debut Sandown victory with another strong performance in the VOBIS Gold Rush at Bendigo. The casting of a plate pre-race could stop Starry Legend keeping his record intact with another explosive victory at Bendigo. A debut winner at Sandown last month, Starry Legend… Read More »
Tony Gollan’s stellar autumn carnival has continued with exciting filly Isotope upstaging a talented field to win the opening race on Golden Slipper day. The leading Queensland trainer is yet to saddle up a loser in Sydney this autumn with Krone snaring the Guy Walter Stakes–Coolmore Classic double and Isotope… Read More »
Emerging young stayer Sacramento will take the next step towards his Sydney Cup goal when he lines up at Rosehill. Patience and precision have been the vital ingredients to Sacramento’s 2021 Sydney Cup campaign, which will finally ramp up a notch at Rosehill. Last year’s VRC St Leger winner, Sacramento… Read More »
The Darby Munro Stakes might be overshadowed by five Group One races but the Listed sprint has attracted a heady field of emerging talents. The barrier draw hasn’t been as kind the second time around, but Annabel Neasham is still expecting last-start Newmarket Handicap fourth placegetter Prague to be hard… Read More »
John Sadler believes Starry Legend could be something special and is looking forward to the two-year-old stepping out in the VOBIS Gold Rush (1000m) at Bendigo on Saturday. Starry Legend, owned by Hong Kong-based Everest slot holder Boniface Ho, was successful on debut at Sandown last month in impressive fashion…. Read More »
The extra week has done little to diminish the confidence trainer Tony Gollan has in Isotope ahead of her delayed Sydney debut in Saturday’s Listed Darby Munro Stakes. Isotope faces what looks a tougher field compared to the original Darby Munro acceptors, with impressive first up winner Marboosha and Group 1 Thousand Guineas winner Odeum now among… Read More »
Peter Snowden regards Wild Ruler as a Group One horse in the making and he is hoping the proof will be in the pudding when the three-year-old contests The Galaxy. Lightly-weighted horses have a wonderful record in the Group One Galaxy and Wild Ruler will be bidding to add to… Read More »
American In Paris has won a qualifying race into Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup over 4600m at Warrnambool in November. Local trainer Symon Wilde has qualified two horses for Australia’s longest flat race after American In Paris took out the Road To The Jericho Cup (3300m) at Warrnambool… Read More »
A drop in distance has called on a gear change for Air Defence who will be chasing another healthy pay day in the Listed Bendigo Guineas. Shane Fliedner had a plan that paid off handsomely when Air Defence was successful at The Valley, but now the trainer is hoping for… Read More »
In career approaching 30 starts, The Candy Man will run for the first time in Victoria when he contests a Listed race at Bendigo. A lack of suitable races in Queensland has resulted in trainer Barry Baldwin sending The Candy Man to Victoria ahead of the Winter Carnival. The Candy… Read More »
Six years after his sire Contributer won a Group One race for trainer John O’Shea on the Golden Slipper program, Lion’s Roar will be striving to do the same. John O’Shea is hoping it will be a case of like father, like son when Lion’s Roar chases a Group One,… Read More »
The highly anticipated Ranvet Stakes rematch between Addeybb and Verry Elleegant is in doubt after the William Haggas-trained galloper was found to be mildly lame. The team around Ranvet Stakes titleholder Addeybb remain confident he will be passed fit to start despite a lameness scare a day out from the… Read More »
Twelve months after winning their first Golden Slipper as training partners, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are back to hunt successive trophies. Tulloch Lodge will rely on improving filly Swift Witness in its quest for successive Golden Slipper wins and co-trainer Adrian Bott is hoping her barrier draw is an… Read More »
The belated running of the Golden Slipper is expected to suit one of Team Snowden’s runners, but it has presented some challenges for the other. The rain delay has been a blessing and a burden for trainers Peter And Paul Snowden as they prepare to saddle up 2021 Golden Slipper… Read More »
The Festival of Racing, which took in nine Group 1 races and 17 country cups in addition to The All-Star Mile, concluded last Saturday, 20 March with the Mornington Cup after commencing with the C.F.Orr Stakes meeting on 6 February. The third annual The All-Star Mile, in which New South… Read More »
“A boy that has turned into a man.” That’s Kieran Mcdonagh’s assessment of Lord Lonsdale. The Ascot trainer expects the four-year-old to go on to bigger and better things when he launches his return to racing at Ascot on Saturday. McDonagh hopes that with maturity the Maschino gelding will progress… Read More »
Tommy Berry has tuned up for the postponed Golden Slipper meeting with a juvenile double on the Kensington track, although it wasn’t enough to peg back the premiership lead of archrival James Mcdonald. Berry made a clean sweep of the two-year-old races, taking out the opening event aboard Chris Waller-trained… Read More »
John Sadler has always had a healthy opinion of Mozzie Monster but he is wary of getting too far ahead in his planning for the filly. What Sadler wants is to collect a ‘black type’ prize for Mozzie Monster before he decides on what carnival riches he would like to… Read More »
