The recent spate of wet weather in Brisbane prompted Peter Snowden to rejig Tuileries’ build-up to the Tattersall’s Tiara, but he remained confident it wouldn’t impact her winning chances. The four-year-old was scheduled to tackle the Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) two weeks ago but was scratched due to the heavy… Read More »
A minor placing in midweek grade might not seem like an ideal form reference for the Stayers Cup, but Adrian Bott is banking on natural improvement and fitness helping Centenario make the transition. The former New Zealander finished third over 2400m on the Kensington track last start and with the… Read More »
The Tattersall’s Cup has been the winter target for Future History all campaign, and if the gelding can win it, a start in the Melbourne Cup will become a realistic goal. The eight-year-old, who contested Australia’s most famous race in 2023, has been competing in great heart this season, stringing together… Read More »
A below par result last start might look like the effects of a busy preparation, but Peter Snowden is adamant Touristic remains bright and well, and he expects the horse to prove it at Rosehill. Having kicked off his campaign in the Festival Stakes (1500m) in November, Touristic will line… Read More »
Andrew Bobbin looks pretty clever given what Miracle Spin is doing this time in, but he concedes he hasn’t always felt that smart. The Stawell trainer wondered after a winless three-run spring campaign, which concluded with a 23-length last placing in the Penshurst Cup, whether Miracle Spin would even have… Read More »
Consistency has been a key focus for Dylan Gibbons this season, and it will continue to be his mantra into the next. But winning Group 1 races is what every jockey dreams of and if he can add the final major of the 2025-26 racing term aboard Infancy in the Tattersall’s… Read More »
Kelvin Southey doesn’t regret holding Bazaball Rewarded back from city racing until this campaign, but he’s glad she is now getting the chance to prove she’s up to it. The four-year-old’s only three runs this year have been at Caulfield, resulting in wins either side of a fifth placing in… Read More »
The weekend stocks of Gary Portelli will hinge on Sydney’s weather with up to half his Rosehill team unlikely to take their place if the track deteriorates. Portelli is preparing to saddle up six runners on Saturday, including lightly raced three-year-old Performance. But she will only run in the Kia… Read More »
A black-type race at the back end of the spring carnival is on the table for Pin Up Sheila after the youngster made it two wins from as many starts at Warwick Farm. By versatile sire Pinatubo, the filly followed a determined on-speed victory at Canterbury last month with another… Read More »
Chris Waller is set to rely on God’s Window in his bid to win a second W J McKell Cup at Rosehill with stablemate Rotagilla all but certain to race in Queensland. The latter has remained in Brisbane since finishing third at Eagle Farm earlier this month and Waller’s assistant… Read More »
Alex Rae knows his brilliant run of form will end at some point, but he’s hoping the horse who kick-started it all can do her bit to keep it going a little while longer. I’m Foxing will chase a fourth-straight win in Saturday’s $150,000 MRC Membership Made Of Moments 3YO… Read More »
After a start at Eagle Farm that was seen as not much more than a morning outing, Michael Morrison has Venom Rush set to redeem at Ipswich on Thursday. Finishing last of 17 in the Listed Queensland Day Stakes (1200m) on June 6 was not the result the stable had… Read More »
The Tattersalls Tiara is proving a battle of attrition and Grahame Begg has his fingers crossed for a safe week with his representative, Splash Back. The imported mare will chase a maiden Group 1 success in Saturday’s $700,000 event for fillies and mares at Eagle Farm. Splash Back was promoted… Read More »
Asfoora might not have secured the fairytale farewell from the Royal Ascot meeting at which she made her name, but trainer Henry Dwyer saw enough in last week’s King Charles III Stakes to extend her career. Whether she gets a crack at a fourth European Group 1 success, though, will… Read More »
Tom Charlton has a Group 1 winner heading to the feature race at Rosehill this Saturday, but it is a stablemate engaged in a support race could prove the stable’s best staying prospect. King Pedro will get out to 2400 metres for the first time this campaign in the $160,000… Read More »
Michael Kent Jnr is optimistic Think Giant will end up in bigger races than the one he will find himself in this Saturday at Caulfield, but the Cranbourne trainer considers it a good starting point. The imported four-year-old will make his Australian debut in the $130,000 benchmark 78 over 1700 metres…. Read More »
Bright, shiny, dappled, and if you were able to list golden as a colour of a horse’s coat, Abounding looked just that when paraded at Robert Heathcote’s stable before the Stradbroke Handicap. That race, though, was not to be the one as the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle… Read More »
Biologics might have been beaten almost 10 lengths when second-last at her most recent outing, but it wasn’t a completely wasted run to Grahame Begg. It proved to the Cranbourne trainer that three-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible does not perform on Heavy tracks. The Pinecliff Racing-owned filly took no… Read More »
This time last year Coeur Volante was being readied for the Tattersalls Tiara and while her days as a Group 1 contender might be past, there is still money to be made. The daughter of Proisir, a last-start winner at Sandown, will chase more of it in the $150,000 open… Read More »
While the Ipswich Cup was within his grasp and well in the market, co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have decided that a trip back to Sydney this Saturday is a better option for Golden Path. The six-year-old will be in the nominations for the Listed WJ McKell Cup… Read More »
