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 »
Newcastle’s annual stand-alone Saturday meeting has become a calendar fixture, but for jockey Dylan Gibbons, it holds added significance. Not only was Gibbons born and raised in Newcastle where he served his apprenticeship under leading local horseman Kris Lees, it was also the scene of his his first black type… Read More »
Having made his name rejuvenating the careers of inherited horses, Joe Pride has gone on to prove his diversity with a succession of stars he has managed from the outset. Recent Group 1 winners Ceolwulf, Think About It and Private Eye have done all their racing for the Warwick Farm trainer and… Read More »
Regally bred filly Plaintiff has got her career off to a perfect start with an impressive win at Rosehill and connections believe she has the scope to develop into a carnival contender. By top stallion Zoustar out of Group 1 winner Prompt Response, Plaintiff’s $2.2 million price tag made her… Read More »
Claire Patterson celebrated a breakout moment at Caulfield on Wednesday when Blaze Away had her in the winner’s stall at a metropolitan venue for the first time. The Flemington trainer teamed with Lachlan King to get the star of her six-horse stable home in the $50,000 The Big Screen Company… Read More »
Pat Webster is a firm subscriber to the theory that a debut winner has a harder task win at the next start for which his galloper Dr Farthing has ahead of him at Ipswich on Thursday. Dr Farthing won at his first outing on home turf at Toowoomba on October 25, and… Read More »
It is not the biggest success at Caulfield for the family, but Sketch scored a significant win in the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Plate that kicked off Wednesday’s meeting on The Heath track. The daughter of Brazen Beau registered the first win of her career in the 1600-metre event for three-year-old maiden… Read More »
It took the colt many now consider Australia’s best three-year-old sprinter to beat My Gladiola in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes and Jamie Mott is understandably upbeat about her chances in Saturday’s Thoroughbred Club Stakes. The John Mcardle-trained daughter of I Am Invincible drops back to fillies grade for… Read More »
Melbourne Cup Day was a life-changing one for Jamie Melham, but it had a costly post-script with the star jockey suspended for a ride late in the meeting. Melham was on Wednesday handed a 30-meeting suspension for her part in the incident that saw Blake Shinn fall from She’s Got Pizzazz in… Read More »
Co-trainer Paul Messara is hoping his decision to bypass a start in the Hot Danish Stakes pays dividends when emerging mare Clear Thinking chases a breakthrough black-type victory in the $1 million The Hunter. The six-year-old has won five of her seven starts, culminating in a brilliant Kosciuszko (1200m) performance last time… Read More »
Clayton Douglas expected Top Reward to justify his short quote and win on debut, but so impressed was the Mornington trainer that he has elected to take the colt straight to Group 2 level. The son of Shamus Award will have his second start in this Saturday’s $400,000 Sandown Guineas at Caulfield…. Read More »
If last year’s edition is anything to go by, Saturday’s feature at Newcastle, the Group 2 The Hunter (1300m) is certainly worth keeping an eye on. Now in its seventh year, the race was won by subsequent Group 1 winner Briasa last year, and while trainer Bjorn Baker may not have one… Read More »
Angel Capital has had more starts at Caulfield than any other racecourse, but that did not stop Chris Waller returning with him on Tuesday morning. The explosive four-year-old rounded out his preparations for this Saturday’s $1 million CF Orr Stakes with a course proper gallop at the scene of the 1400-metre Group… Read More »
Inkaruna will be given the chance to round out the Spring Carnival with a big payday for connections when she steps out at Caulfield this Saturday. The Sam and Anthony Freedman-trained filly, who was runner-up to classy stablemate Point Barrow in last Thursday’s Group 3 Red Roses Stakes at Flemington, will contest… Read More »
