While the Ciaron Maher stable has three runners entered in the Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington, it is expected only two will take their place. Sayedaty Sadaty and Jennivamoose will head to the Group 3 The Archer (2500m) on Saturday, a race that provides the winner a ballot exemption into… Read More »
The anticipated clash between two of the Yulong Stud mares in the Cox Plate may still be on after a positive report from Sam Fairgray on Treasurethe Moment. Fairgray, the Chief Operating Officer of Yulong Stud, said Treasurethe Moment was back at trainer Matt Laurie’s stable after being hospitalised following… Read More »
For the third time in the past week, Via Sistina has had a change to her spring program and will now contest this Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. The 1600-metre event was identified as a likely next step for Via Sistina after her Winx Stakes win, but… Read More »
A head-scratching barrier trial prompted a slight change of plan for dual Group-winning colt North England but he is set to chime back into the three-year-old features at Rosehill. The Kindergarten Stakes winner turned in a lacklustre trial effort behind T J Smith Stakes winner Briasa at Canterbury on August 18 when… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising showed his quest for The Everest is on track with an effortless win at Sha Tin on Sunday. The horse rated the world’s best sprinter made light work of his opposition in the Chief Executive’s Cup, cruising to victory under Zac Purton in the traditional feature event… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are in a quandary as to the best way to get Mr Brightside to his Group 1 target of the spring. The King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on October 18 has been earmarked for the nine-time winner at… Read More »
Injury prone galloper Baraqiel has put all his ailments behind him to become a Group 1 winner in a mad dash at Moonee Valley. The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained sprinter burst through a narrow gap late in the race to take out the Moir Stakes (1000m) on Saturday…. Read More »
Bjorn Baker has delivered a milestone for the new-look Godolphin operation with Pericles providing the global powerhouse with its first Group win since moving to a public training model. Making his debut for the stable, Pericles ($9.50) burst between runners in the straight to comfortably take out Saturday’s Group 2 Tramway Stakes… Read More »
Consistent sprinter Headwall has put his name in lights for an Everest slot with a barnstorming Concorde Stakes win but the performance of runner-up Lady Shenandoah has almost overshadowed it. A dual placegetter at Group 1 level in the autumn, Headwall returned in the vein he left off, settling back in the… Read More »
Trainer Clinton Mcdonald’s heartbreak at watching Angel Capital land the prize in the Chautauqua Stakes at Moonee Valley was eased 35 minutes later with the debut win of Rosberg. McDonald had prepared Angel Capital to win last year’s Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m), but after a further three starts the colt was… Read More »
Michael Freedman claimed the Golden Slipper with Marhoona but for a long time Apocalyptic was the filly he rated his top seed for the juvenile showpiece. On Saturday at Randwick she showed why with a stunning return in the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m). A luckless second at her only other start in… Read More »
Angel Capital has made a stunning return to racing claiming a Stakes race at Moonee Valley in his first outing for Chris Waller. Purchased by Yulong Stud after starting his career with Clinton McDonald, Angel Capital was joined Waller soon after winning the Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in… Read More »
Australia’s No 1 feature-race trainer/jockey combination, Chris Waller and James Mcdonald, teamed up to score another Wyong Cup success on Friday. Saltcoats carried McDonald to his fourth win in the $250,000 Listed event, all of which have come for Waller, who has now won the race nine times. It was a bounce-back… Read More »
A trip to Horsham for a barrier trial has got the program of Attrition back on track after a first-up unplaced effort at Caulfield. Attrition was the meat in the sandwich and suffered severe interference when last in the Group 2 Lawrence Stakes (1400m) on August 16, but trainer Mitchell… Read More »
Controversy marred Ceolwulf’s return in the Winx Stakes but trainer Joe Pride has taken a philosophical view of Chad Schofield’s ride, backing horse and jockey to make amends at Randwick. Schofield was criticised on social media for scouting wide on Ceolwulf around the home turn as eventual winner and runner-up,… Read More »
Co-trainer Tom Charlton has a novel take on Linebacker being dealt an early slice of bad luck by drawing an outside gate for his Tramway Stakes return at Randwick. “One way of looking at it is we’d rather get it out of the way early,” Charlton said. “It’s his first-up… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes concede the Moir Stakes will not be an easy assignment for Oak Hill, but the stable is confident the sprinter can turn around his form. A first-up winner over the 1000m journey at Moonee Valley last month, Oak Hill… Read More »
Star mares Via Sistina and Treasurethe Moment will be kept apart until they clash in the Cox Plate. Yulong announced on Thursday the pair are Cox Plate bound with minor tinkering to their original programs. The Chris Waller-trained Via Sistina will bypass the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at… Read More »
The late Mike Moroney had a belief that The Pendragon could win a good race in Australia. After a Group 2 success in New Zealand and then chasing home high-class mare Orchestral in the Karaka Millions, The Pendragon was sent to Melbourne for a shot at the Group 1 Australian Guineas. The… Read More »
More starting point than destination race for stablemates Vauban and Sir Delius, the Chelmsford Stakes is still expected to provide important insights for their trainers as they plot the pair’s respective paths towards the Melbourne Cup. The duo will resume in Saturday’s 1600m feature at Randwick, the shortest distance either… Read More »
