It’s not often that Chris Waller gets it wrong but when he does, he is very quick to make it right. Realising he pulled the wrong rein by running Pictor over 1100m first-up when he finished down the track at Canterbury, Waller stepped the Written Tycoon colt straight to 1400m for Wednesday’s The… Read More »
Clayton Douglas and his star sprinter Giga Kick will almost be strangers when the Caulfield Cup Carnival kicks off on Saturday. In two of the past three years, Douglas and Giga Kick have been in Sydney preparing for The Everest which the gelding won in 2022 and finished second in last year… Read More »
Gringotts will be on a mission to put an interrupted campaign back on track when he takes his place in the $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes at Rosehill. The Group 1 winner has missed scheduled starts in the 7 Stakes (1600m) and Shannon Stakes (1500m), both times due to poor blood… Read More »
The Chris Waller stable may have the two leading fancies for the Caulfield Guineas, but the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is not conceding defeat. Price knows only too well that the Guineas can throw up an upset having prepared Mighty Boss at $101 to take out the coveted 1600m race… Read More »
Chris Waller won the most famous small-field The Might And Power there has been, but don’t think that means the champion trainer is a fan of small fields. But he has another one to deal with this weekend at Caulfield. Waller’s classy gelding Buckaroo is one of just five acceptors for the… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and Craig Williams will team again in a bid to claim back-to-back wins in The Everest after Godolphin named Tempted would run in its slot. Bella Nipotina provided Maher and Williams with victory in the Group 1 The Everest (1200m) at Randwick last year. This year’s race will… Read More »
Opinions were divided on Ka Ying Rising’s first and only official trial in Australia less than two weeks out from The Everest, but trainer David Hayes is confident his sprinting star will be ready. In a star-studded heat at Randwick on Tuesday morning, Ka Ying Rising finished third under Zac Purton who… Read More »
Kate Brideoake joked her marriage to trainer Matt Laurie is safe for the time being despite Vinrock drawing out in the Caulfield Guineas. The Laurie stable has three runners in Saturday’s Group 1 for three-year-olds over 1600m and Brideoake made the trip from Mornington to represent the stable at Tuesday’s draw. Her… Read More »
Mick Price has not overestimated Globe’s ability by considering a start in this Saturday’s The Might And Power at Caulfield, but the trainer sees advantages in the $1 million Group 1 for his gelding. The seven-year-old son of Charm Spirit was one of just nine entries for the 2000-metre weight-for-age… Read More »
Private Harry, one of the first horses locked away for this year’s The Everest, will not be at Randwick for the $20 million race on October 18 after having the curtain prematurely drawn on his spring campaign. The Nathan Doyle-trained four-year-old, who won his first five starts, was unplaced for… Read More »
Asfoora helped herself to another slice of history, overcoming drama in the process, when a winner of the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp on Sunday. The Henry Dwyer-trained mare became the first Australian-trained horse to win in France when she won the feature sprint race on the Arc De… Read More »
Sepals will be after a piece of history when he chases a second Group 1 handicap victory at Caulfield. The Cliff Brown-trained four-year-old took out the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) on September 20 and will head to the Toorak Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. The last horse to win the… Read More »
All eyes will be on Hong Kong champion Ka Ying Rising at the Randwick barrier trials but the session will also provide an important hit-out for Group One winner Linebacker. Originally being targeted at Saturday’s Epsom Handicap (1600m), the four-year-old was ruled out of the feature after a setback caused… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher-prepared Royal Supremacy ($7.50) could be on a Melbourne Cup path following a strong win in the Group 1 $750,000 Metropolitan at Royal Randwick. In a stirring go, the five-year-old gelding held off race favourite Soul Of Spain ($4.80F) by 3/4 of a length. Stablemate to the winner… Read More »
Top jockey Kerrin Mcevoy isn’t prone to outlandish claims but he has been moved to declare Autumn Glow a potential champion after partnering the unbeaten mare to her first Group One win in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick. Autumn Glow ($1.75 fav) had several hurdles to overcome on Saturday with… Read More »
Imported stayer Sir Delius has leapt to the top of markets for the Melbourne Cup after disposing of a class field of horses in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday is a race regarded as one that shapes the future of… Read More »
Valiant King has raced his way into Melbourne Cup calculations with a strong staying performance in The Bart Cummings (2520m) at Flemington. The Bart Cummings provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 4. Valiant King ran in the Melbourne Cup last year,… Read More »
His Everest slot was confirmed some time ago, and that decision has been franked with Briasa ($2.25F) taking out a key lead-up in the $1 million Group 2 Premiere Stakes. Conditioned by the Hawkes training partnership, the son of Smart Missile let down with a withering burst to hold out… Read More »
Michael Freedman has trained his share of talented horses but none has ever excited him as much Flight Stakes winner Apocalyptic. The three-year-old rubber stamped her position as Sydney’s benchmark filly with another dominant performance in the final leg of the four-race Princess Series, adding Saturday’s Flight Stakes (1600m) at… Read More »
Mark Zahra generally avoids getting on early-season juveniles, but he makes an exception when the call comes from Lindsay Park. Teaming up with Ben, Will and J D Hayes, Zahra guided Eurocanto to victory in Victoria’s first two-year-old race of the season, the Listed Maribyrnong Trial (1000m) at Flemington on… Read More »
