Ninja proved too good for a small but select field in Sydney’s first stakes race of the new season, the Group 2 $300,000 Missile Stakes (1200m). The Michael Freedman-trained Ninja ran a race record 1m 08.28s – a time which would have won most Everests. It should also be pointed… Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren would not mind finding another suitable Stakes race before Flyer is retired to the life of being a broodmare. Flyer scored a long-priced victory in the MSC Signs Handicap (1200m) at Caulfield Heath on Saturday with Warren revealing the mare is booked to be served by Toronado… Read More »
Eight-year-old Eliyass has turned back the clock with a determined all-the-way win at Randwick, giving apprentice Shannen Llewllyn a timely appetiser as she prepares to transfer her indentures to his trainer, Ciaron Maher. The Newcastle-based Llewllyn will join Maher on a three-month loan from August 17 and wasted no time… Read More »
Prima Bella appreciated the fast tempo and finished powerfully to win the Ranvet Handicap (1000m). One of the most improved horses in training, Prima Bella has struck a rich vein of form and scored her third win from five starts this winter preparation. “Prima Bella’s airborne,” Smith enthused. “When you… Read More »
Cavalry Girl has continued her consistent form with an explosive win at Caulfield Heath. Breaking through for her maiden win at Black Type level last start in Adelaide, Cavalry Girl rose to open company on Saturday and treated her rivals with contempt in taking out the Sweeney Estate Agents Handicap… Read More »
Jockey Jye McNeil says Stakes is his own worst enemy despite his victory in the The Valley @ Caulfield Handicap (1200m) at Caulfield Heath. Stakes, successful on debut at Bendigo last month, took out The Valley @ Caulfield Handicap (1200m) on Saturday, his second success from three starts. Sporting blinkers… Read More »
Ready To Rush, the race mare who has had such a lengthy list of injury issues some joke she has kept a veterinary practice viable, scored an impressive win in the TAB Highway (1000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Trainer Matthew Dale has kept Ready To Rush in his system… Read More »
Trainer Paul Messara will look to go to the well one more time with improving mare Avista after she made a successful transition to metropolitan company with a last-stride win at Randwick. Sent out a $2.25 favourite for Saturday’s Precise Air Handicap (1400m) off the back of three victories in… Read More »
John Thompson has extended his strong start to the season with Melanite’s Midway Handicap victory at Randwick giving him his third metropolitan win this week. After producing a double at Canterbury on Wednesday, Thompson parlayed it into a Saturday success at headquarters with Melanite ($6.50) scooting along the rails to… Read More »
Dan Clarken and Oopy MacGillivray have spring aspirations for their mare Mating Call who kicks off her campaign at Morphettville. And Clarken is looking forward to again seeing Mating Call step out over six furlongs when the mare runs in the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The only time Mating Call has raced over 1200m… Read More »
Trainer Jason Warren says Palm Angel has been a victim of her early two-year-old form. Palm Angel will be lining up for start number 12 when she runs in the Drummond Golf Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield Heath on Saturday. In her previous 11 starts, Palm Angel registered two wins, the only time the… Read More »
The decision to geld Watson at the end of last year has already been vindicated, and jockey Tim Clark sees no reason the Tulloch Lodge galloper can’t continue on his winning way at Randwick. Placed just once from three starts as a juvenile colt, the four-year-old was cut prior to… Read More »
Now Bendigo based trainer Tim Fitzsimmons bought a number of his Singapore gallopers back to Australia when racing ceased in the island nation almost two years ago. While those former Singapore horses are gradually coming to the end of their racing careers, Fitzsimmons has a soft spot for Black Storm who runs in the Ladbrokes Mega Multi… Read More »
Apocalyptic, Green Spaces and Savvy Hallie, three of the most outstanding three-year-olds of their generation, look set to be major players in the spring carnival after impressive barrier trial efforts at Rosehill Gardens this morning. The Michael Freedman-trained Apocalyptic wasn’t put under any real pressure in her trial but was… Read More »
Race fitness will be the key ingredient Midnight Dynamite takes into his Missile Stakes clash against more highly lauded sprinters Angel Capital and Napoleonic, albeit that advantage will be offset by a distance drop. One of the form horses of the Sydney winter, Midnight Dynamite posted Listed wins in the… Read More »
After missing her autumn three-year-old season, Magenta Skies will be out to make up for lost time as she prepares for her first race day appearance in ten months. The daughter of Frankel showed enough promise in her first two starts to earn a shot at last year’s Group 1… Read More »
Dan Meagher says it will be like getting the old band back together when Lim’s Saltoro runs in Adelaide. Lim’s Saltoro heads to Morphettville on Saturday to run in the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) where he will be partnered by Noel Callow. Meagher, the son of Melbourne Cup winning trainer John Meagher, spent considerable time… Read More »
Tom Dabernig and the connections of Cavalry Girl will try to continue the successful campaign of Cavalry Girl when she heads to Caulfield Heath. Cavalry Girl captured an important victory in Adelaide last start and is down to run in the Sweeney Estate Agents Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The now four-year-old took… Read More »
Toby Edmonds says that the best of Fire Bomber is still to come but that does not mean the gelding cannot strike again at Ipswich on Friday. At his eighth career start, Fire Bomber takes on the $28,000 TAB QTIS 3&4yo Benchmark 68 Handicap (1350m) in search of his third… Read More »
Having got the season off to a flying start with a winning treble at Rosehill, Tim Clark is turning his attention to claiming the first Sydney stakes race of the new term aboard Gangsta Granny. Clark will reunite with the Hawkes Racing mare in Saturday’s Group 2 Missile Stakes (1200m),… Read More »
