Two-time Group One placegetter Mamaragan has been given a final chance to perform this autumn or face the likelihood of becoming a gelding. John Thompson has taken a fresh approach to Mamaragan’s training regime and while the initial signs are good, he says the proof will be in the colt’s… Read More »
James Cummings watched as the Royal Blue colours of Godolphin were carried to victory by Bivouac in last year’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap and is hoping that colt’s stablemate Flit can achieve the same result at Flemington on Saturday. Bivouac was entered to repeat his victory of 12 months ago,… Read More »
Newmarket Handicap hope Celebrity Queen will undergo a veterinary examination before scratching time on Saturday after pulling a front shoe during the week. A $13 chance in TAB markets for the Group 1 1200m sprint on Saturday, Celebrity Queen will race in bar plates on Saturday. Co-trainer Grant Williams reported… Read More »
Unbeaten colt Stay Inside will be one of the headline acts in what is shaping as a vintage edition of the Todman Stakes at Randwick. It has been billed as a vital 2021 Golden Slipper preview but trainer Michael Freedman won’t be disappointed if Stay Inside loses his unbeaten tag… Read More »
The Kewney Stakes at Flemington will provide Personal the required fitness base ahead of her tilt at a Sydney campaign. Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes is hoping that the class of Personal will see her rise to the top in the Group 2 TAB Kewney Stakes and in turn set… Read More »
Daily Bugle will fly the flag for the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew De Kock stable in the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes. Trainer Robbie Griffiths believes he has the ideal replacement for Glenfiddich who after a successful two-year-old campaign with the stable was transferred to Peter Moody. Griffiths, who is now… Read More »
After almost 18 months sidelined by a tendon injury, Samadoubt will bid to resurrect his career, starting at Randwick on Saturday. There was a time when trainer Bjorn Baker feared Samadoubt ‘s racing career might be over but the gallant gelding has fought his way back to fitness and into… Read More »
Dual Group winner Positive Peace will be out to build on her outstanding second-up record in the Wenona Girl Quality at Randwick. In-form trainer Bjorn Baker will rely on some girl power when he saddles up four horses at the Randwick Guineas meeting, three of them mares. Frontrunner Positive Peace… Read More »
Paulele, Micro and Alegron will attenpt to add to Godolphin’s haul of two-year-old winners in the Group 2 Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington. Godolphin trainer James Cummings knows what it takes to win the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes and will have three representatives in the Group 2 race over 1400m… Read More »
Stakeswinner Purple Sector has never been successful first up but that statistic could be about to change when he resumes in the Newcastle Newmarket. Having claimed the $1 million The Hunter with Sweet Deal, trainer John Thompson has set his sights on pilfering another of Newcastle’s premier races. Thompson will… Read More »
Godolphin look to have a stranglehold on the Group One Canterbury Stakes with three runners, headed by outstanding sprinter and race favourite Bivouac. The two best sprinters in the country will be in action at Randwick on Saturday, albeit in different races. Nature Strip and Bivouac clashed first up in… Read More »
Trainers Richard and Michael Freedman have given stable apprentice Jean Van Overmeire a vote of confidence by sticking with him to partner Prime Star in the Group One Randwick Guineas. Michael Freedman said they were happy to give the young jockey another big race opportunity and felt he had formed… Read More »
Co-trainer Simon Zahra expects Zoutori to acquit himself well in the Newmarket Handicap but holds fears with the 57kg. The raising of weights for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap has made the task for Zoutori a little tougher according to his co-trainer Simon Zahra . Training in partnership with Mathew… Read More »
Talented staying mare Rondinella will take the next step towards her Sydney Cup goal when she lines up at Randwick. Trainer John O’Shea will use a tried and tested formula as he plots a Sydney Cup path for former New Zealand-trained mare Rondinella . The Randwick trainer claimed the 2010… Read More »
Dual Australian Cup winner Harlem will be fronting the starter for the final time when he lines up in the Group 1 race at Flemington. Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes has warned punters not to dismiss Harlem in the Australian Cup despite saddling up race favourite Fifty Stars in the… Read More »
Singapore-based New Zealand trainer Stephen Gray has a happy knack of landing a good horse, but he may have unearthed his best yet in Oxley Road who chases a third straight win when he runs at Flemington. Oxley Road contests the Listed Incognitus Stakes (1100m) on Saturday for which he… Read More »
James Mcdonald has described Lost And Running as “pure speed” after the promising sprinter kept his unbeaten record intact with another impressive display at Warwick Farm. Lost And Running was returning from a knee operation after winning his first two starts by a combined total of almost eight lengths. He… Read More »
First-up in Melbourne and off the back of a Group 1 triumph on his home track at Ascot last November, Elite Street suffered internal bleeding and finished an underwhelming last behind Nature Strip in the Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington. It was the worst performance of Elite Street’s nine start… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Julius Sandhu and the connections of Lofty Star have received some minor consolation at missing a Group 1 start with victory in a midweek race at Sandown. While the first prize of $27,500 for winning the Thoroughbred Club Handicap (1600m) on Wednesday was way short of the prize… Read More »
Life has come full circle for English jockey Tom Marquand as he prepares to reunite with the horse that launched him into the international spotlight. Marquand took Sydney racing by storm last autumn, landing the first Group One win of his career aboard Addeybb in the Ranvet Stakes and adding… Read More »
