Fresh from capturing the $1 million The Hunter with Coal Crusher, Joe Pride will look to parlay his success into the next provincial feature on the spring calendar. The in-form trainer is keen to back-up Estadio Mestalla in next weekend’s The Gong (1600m) following the gelding’s eye-catching sixth behind his stablemate… Read More »
Gringotts is likely to be Ciaron Maher’s sole representative in The Gong as Saturday racing next weekend again heads outside of the Sydney area to Kembla Grange. Maher has created plenty of history of his own through his training career but there would not be many ‘double-doubles’ among them. That… Read More »
Cranbourne based trainer Robbie Griffiths has decided to look outside his own backyard for Group 2 winning sprinter Rey Magnerio’s next run. A second tilt in the $1 million The Meteorite (1200m) at Cranbourne would have been an easy target, but the lure of a Group 1 has enticed Griffiths… Read More »
A Group One winner in New Zealand, Asterix has broken through for his first Australian success since joining the Chris Waller stable at the start of the year. After signalling he was close to a return to his best form with a solid fifth in the St Leger (2600m) at Randwick last… Read More »
Craig Williams attention to detail helped him make no mistake in snaring a new million-dollar event in winning the Thoroughbred Club Stakes at Caulfield worth seven figures for the first time. Three-year-old sprinting fillies have previously not had to chance to win a race of such value post-Melbourne Cup Carnival… Read More »
Coal Crusher isn’t the best horse in Joe Pride’s stable, but he might be the best loved. The eight-year-old carved a slice of history at Newcastle on Saturday when he became the first dual winner of the $1 million The Hunter (1300m), backing up his success in 2023. While he… Read More »
Rachel King admits she isn’t sure where the ceiling lays for Godolphin three-year-old Green Spaces after his barnstorming win in the Group Three Spring Stakes at Newcastle. Having just his sixth start, the colt was sent out a $4 chance and unleashed a blistering turn of foot over the final… Read More »
Jimmysstar has solidified his position as the best sprinter-miler in the country, successful in the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. With the race moved from early February to the end of Spring, this was the second running of the Orr Stakes in 2025, and trainer… Read More »
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman won the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m), but it may not have been with their best three-year-old filly. Sheza Alibi kicked off her preparation with a third-placing to Tentyris on the same day stablemate Ole Dancer won the Thousand Guineas, and has put her hand up as… Read More »
Andrew Gluyas has resisted the temptation to chase a lucrative Melbourne payday with emerging middle distance galloper Guru Warrior and will instead hope to see some continued improvement from the cantankerous gelding at Morphettville Parks on Saturday. Guru Warrior has won three consecutive races this campaign, albeit his tendency to lay out… Read More »
Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman have already won a Guineas with a filly at Caulfield this spring and they are favoured to land another this weekend. The Pakenham training team put the polish on Sheza Alibi, the $1.70 favourite for Saturday’s Sandown Guineas. The $400,000 event will be run four weeks… Read More »
As profitable as the Spring Carnival has been for Ethan Brown, one thing is missing, which he is keen to rectify this Saturday at Caulfield. The in-form jockey will chase his first Group 1 win of the season aboard Jimmysstar in the $1 million CF Orr Stakes. The Everest placegetter… Read More »
Lindsay Park is aiming to cash in on a late-spring opportunity with Roll On High at Caulfield this Saturday. The five-year-old will chase a drought-breaking win in the $200,000 Group 3 Summoned Stakes. The 1600-metre event will be run 11 days after Roll On High’s fast-finishing second placing in the Group… Read More »
A week after combining to snare the Champions Mile at Flemington with Ceolwulf, jockey Chad Schofield and trainer Joe Pride are hoping to repeat the dose in a feature event closer to home. The pair team up with Coal Crusher in The Hunter (1300m), the gelding striving to become the… Read More »
If veteran Huetor can win the The Beauford at Newcastle, not only will it mark an incredible training performance from Peter Snowden, but it will serve as testament to the resilience of the horse. The gelding’s journey has twice been marred by career-threatening setbacks, the first a serious eye infection… Read More »
It’s been almost a fortnight since Hedged’s luckless run in the Group 2 Rising Fast Stakes at Flemington, but the pain lingers for the gelding’s trainer Gavin Bedggood. The Cranbourne horseman fears the $240,000 event was the Group 3 that got away for the Roll The Dice Racing speedster. The… Read More »
Debutant Seeiaye is the early favourite for the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle, but trainer Peter Snowden will reserve an opinion on his chances until the colt enters the mounting enclosure. The youngster has twice trialled nicely in preparation for Saturday’s sprint, finishing runner-up at his initial hitout and taking… Read More »
Chris Waller stepped in to enhance Godolphin’s outstanding record in the Golden Rose earlier this spring and he will be out to reinstate their influence in this Saturday’s $400,000 Sandown Guineas at Caulfield. The Sheikh Mohammed-owned Burma Star is one of Waller’s two runners in the 1600-metre Group 2. The… Read More »
Zac Lloyd delivered Domeland head conditioner and good friend Nacim Dilmi his first win as a trainer and he is hoping to go one better at Newcastle by providing his maiden stakes success. Dilmi took over from Sara Ryan as Domeland’s private trainer this season after spending several years working under James Cummings at… Read More »
Lindsay Park could have saved the best for last in terms of stern tests for Evaporate this Spring, but Ben Hayes is convinced he can mix it with star sprinters Jimmysstar and Angel Capital in Saturday’s $1 million CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. The Per Incanto four-year-old basically demanded a… Read More »
