Bonny mare Red Tracer is poised to maintain her perfect record on slow and heavy tracks when she lines up in Saturday’s Group Three Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill. Placed behind Secret Admirer and Pinker Pinker in the Epsom Handicap last spring, Red Tracer is unbeaten in two runs on… Read More »
Like most thoroughbreds of his age, All Again takes a little while to find form but with the benefit of recent racing the veteran should be close to his peak for the $25,000 Quirindi Cup on Friday. Following three starts since a break, All Again is one of several chances… Read More »
Southern Speed’s Australian Cup campaign in on track with trainer Leon Macdonald declaring the four-year-old mare is peaking ahead of the Group Two Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield. Macdonald said the Caulfield Cup winner, who won the Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) first-up, had trained on from her eye-catching second… Read More »
As things stand, trainer Clarry Conners says he’ll need to pull a rabbit out of the hat if he’s to add a fifth Golden Slipper to his mantlepiece this year. Dear Demi, a two-year-old Conners hopes can get to the $3.5 million event at Rosehill in April, will step out… Read More »
Danny O’Brien is treating the upset win of Shopaholic over odds-on favourite Mosheen last week as a bonus on her path to Saturday’s Group Two Angus Armanasco Stakes at Caulfield. The Pins filly made it three wins from five starts for O’Brien since she was transferred from a New Zealand… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney is hoping to feed off a recent trend and score an upset with lightly-raced three-year-old African Pulse in the Oakleigh Plate. Seven of the last 10 winners of the Group One 1100-metre sprint at Caulfield have started at $10 or longer and Moroney believes African Pulse is… Read More »
Some facts about the Group One $400,000 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday:- * First run in 1884 when won by Malua. * From 1941 to 1944 inclusive it was run at Flemington, while in 1996 it was run at Sandown. * Notable past winners include: Malua (1884), Wakeful… Read More »
Exciting sprinter Rain Affair went up a notch in Corey Brown’s estimation last start and the jockey is looking for something similar on Saturday. Rain Affair produced an explosive Expressway Stakes performance two weeks ago to gap his rivals by four lengths to claim his ninth win from just 10… Read More »
Some facts about the Group One $500,000 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday:
The wheel has turned full circle for top galloper Wall Street who is after his fifth Group One win in the Futurity Stakes but his first for his original trainer Mike Moroney. Now a seven-year-old, the Montjeu gelding suffered a tendon injury before he had raced but after recuperating went… Read More »
Essington will head to Canberra for next month’s Listed National Sprint if trainer Tony Edmonds decides against a start at Eagle Farm. Essington has topweight of 59 kilograms in Saturday’s Listed Falvelon Handicap and will undergo two crucial gear changes if he runs in the 1200-metre feature. The five-year-old, who… Read More »
The Peter Snowden stable believes filly Applegate is worth another chance in Saturday’s $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield after having no luck when resuming. The stable won the race for the first time with star colt Sepoy last year and will saddle up Applegate, who will jump from… Read More »
Few are riding better than the irrepressible Jim Cassidy who has another quality book of mounts at Rosehill on Saturday. The grand slam-winning hoop was the toast of Warwick Farm last weekend, turning in dashing rides aboard the John O’Shea-trained pair of Steps In Time and Sea Siren to land… Read More »
Trainer Chris Heywood hopes to continue his success when he steps Rebu and Lightning Jo up in class at Goulburn on Friday. The former amateur jockey has been training for several years and thinks enough of the stablemates to test them against better-quality opposition. Rebu has won twice for Heywood,… Read More »
Brenton Avdulla’s big autumn hope, Secret Admirer, returns on Saturday but the young jockey is also upbeat about stablemate Cabernet gaining some valuable black type in the Triscay Stakes. Dual Group One winner Secret Admirer returns at Rosehill with Avdulla aboard in the Group Three Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) while… Read More »
Trainer Bryan Guy will let Oak Street decide his own fate as a potential winter carnival contender at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Oak Street, a Chris Munce mount, will line up for his second start this campaign in the Yatala Pies Handicap (1200m). The four-year-old was well supported in his… Read More »
Emerging talent Somepin Anypin will take the next step towards his autumn goals when he steps out in a Warwick Farm barrier trial on Friday.
Soundness issues have plagued Sainthood throughout his career but trainer Rick Worthington has made some key changes to help combat them.
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Partygoers and corporate types will be out in force with regular punters as Randwick prepares to host one of its biggest crowds of the year on Melbourne Cup day.
