Encap produced a career-best performance off a quick back-up into the Doncaster Mile and trainer Gary Portelli has had no hesitation using a similar formula for his Epsom Handicap tilt. The gelding finished an eye-catching third to Stefi Magnetica in the feature Randwick mile off a four-day turnaround and Portelli is hoping Encap… Read More »
An outside barrier has done little to dent stable confidence in Birdman’s Metropolitan claims with the stayer’s light weight expected to offset his difficult draw. Birdman has gate 17 in Saturday’s 2400m feature but Chris Waller’s assistant trainer Charlie Duckworth doesn’t feel the wide alley changes his ranking as the… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg concedes Royal Insignia is not as well suited as he heads back to Flemington for the third start of his campaign. Royal Insignia lines up in the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) on Saturday and has a middle gate in the field of 16, plus one emergency. At his… Read More »
A trainer predicting they would train the trifecta in a Stakes race would normally be considered outlandish, but not when it is Gai Waterhouse talking about the Breeders’ Plate. The Hall of Fame trainer, who prepares her team in partnership with Adrian Bott, has achieved the feat the past two seasons…. Read More »
Imported galloper and expensive purchase Sir Delius will further the Melbourne Cup dreams of one of his owners Sir Owen Glenn when he lines up in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Sir Delius, the current favourite for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 4, is one of… Read More »
Gordon Richards will unveil close relations to two of the best horses he’s ever trained at Morphettville Parks on Saturday. Gwyllgi, a son of Gytrash’s half-sister Outlaw Miss, and Bold Star’s full-sister Bold Starlet will make their respective debuts in the 1250m maiden. Richards said both three-year-olds have talent, although… Read More »
The task for Autumn Glow’s first foray into Group 1 company hasn’t been made any easier with the unbeaten mare drawing barrier 14 of 14 in the Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. Autumn Glow will be aiming to become just the fourth mare in the past fifty years… Read More »
Peter Snowden is confident Raging Force can still be a player in the Coolmore Stud Stakes and is set to take an unconventional path to the $2 million Group 1 at Flemington on Derby Day. The Randwick trainer is considering tackling the older horses in Saturday week’s Group 2 Schillaci Stakes at… Read More »
Things didn’t go to plan for either Via Sistina or Aeliana in the Makybe Diva Stakes, but Chris Waller saw enough over the weekend to convince him they can hit back this week. The star mares will stage their third clash of the season in the $750,000 Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington…. Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is weighing up the pros and cons of a Caulfield Cup start for Golden Path. If it is decided the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) is the race for Golden Path, then Saturday’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) will be the next step towards… Read More »
Good horses can scare off their opposition but in the case of unbeaten mare Autumn Glow, she is all but scaring off her own stablemates. A dominant $1.90 favourite for next Saturday’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), Autumn Glow is likely to be one of only “two or three” starters… Read More »
A start in the Epsom Handicap isn’t off the table for Group Two Shannon Stakes winner Waterford but it is unlikely with trainer Chris Waller favouring sticking to his original plan of the Alan Brown Stakes. The victor of Saturday’s Shannon Stakes (1500m) is exempt from a ballot and penalty… Read More »
Godolphin has celebrated its first Group One success under a public training model with Beiwacht adding to the global superpower’s incredible Golden Rose record with a scintillating win in track record time. One of four starters for trainer Chris Waller, Beiwacht ($9) took up the running for Adam Hyeronimus and… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes was left shaking his head after Evaporate held on to score in a Stakes race at Sandown. The Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday was Evaporate’s first run since finishing fifth in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month…. Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman and jockey Tommy Berry have combined for a feature race double at Rosehill with Marhoona defying the so-called Golden Slipper curse in the Heritage Stakes before Manaal made it two successive victories in the Golden Pendant. The latter added Saturday’s 1400m feature to her victory in the… Read More »
Phillip Stokes says missing a start a week ago may be a blessing in disguise as Ferivia presses ahead toward a Group 1 race at Caulfield. Ferivia was a race morning scratching from the Listed Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last week after a stable mishap and was instead… Read More »
Charm Stone has upstaged her more fancied opponents to claim a second Group 1 victory when resuming from a spell. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained mare won the Sangster Stakes against the mares last campaign when resuming but took on all-comers to claim the Manikato Stakes (1200m) first-up… Read More »
A large crowd turned out at Moonee Valley and roared themselves hoarse in the return victory of Pride Of Jenni. In scenes reminiscent of last year’s Group 2 Feehan Stakes, a roar went up over the Moonee Valley track on Friday night when Pride Of Jenni began to extend her… Read More »
With seven of the nine runners marked at $16 and under, the $1 million Golden Rose is shaping as one of the more open in recent years and that is precisely the way Skyhook’s trainer Gerald Ryan views it. “It wouldn’t surprise me if any of them won it,” Ryan… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes will rely on Evaporate as their major chance in a Stakes race at Sandown. Rise At Dawn was also an acceptor for the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday but instead will head to Sydney to contest the… Read More »
