A cracking field has come together for this running of the Group 1 Lightning Stakes, the highlight of the Flemington meeting this Saturday. Smart mares Samaready and Snitzerland head the market at $3.50 and $4.50 respectively but with promising Bernbeu ($6.00) entered, along with two 2yo’s – Boomwaa ($9.00) and… Read More »
Three very promising fillies come together here with each searching for their first victory at Group level. Scratchy Bottom, Sensibility and Solicit all appear to have more than average ability and not surprisingly, they dominate the market here at $3.60, $3.80 and $4.50 respectively. The only other runner given a… Read More »
A small but select field of mares will line up for the Breeder’s Classic, the feature race at this weekend’s Rosehill meeting. Heading the markets is John O’Shea’s unbeaten mare White Sage at $2.70, just in advance of last year’s winner of this race Steps In Time and Catkins, both… Read More »
A good field will gather this Wednesday for the running of the Listed Mornington Cup and rightly so. It is Australia’s richest country cup race with a total purse of $350,000.00 on offer but the big carrot at the end of the stick, is that the winner also is granted… Read More »
A full field of sixteen (plus two emergencies) will line up for the Blue Diamond Prelude for colts and geldings this Saturday at Caulfield. Among them are six individuals winners including Blue Diamond Preview winner Mohave however, all the attention will be on boom colt Rubick. He dominates the market… Read More »
The Darley operation has already won this race twice (Guelph, Camarilla) and took out the colts and geldings Blue Diamond Preview last fortnight with Mohave. Here they hope to add another Blue Diamond feature to their tally as Earthquake lines up the short priced favourite for Saturday’s race ($1.70). Favourites… Read More »
Moment Of Change ($2.40), favourite for this Saturday’s Group 1 Orr Stakes at Caulfield, is returning to the course and distance of his most recent win, 2012’s Rupert Clarke Stakes. Since that victory, Moment Of Change has contested ten race, all at Group 1 or 2 level and registered six… Read More »
The Autumn Stakes sees the return to racing of VRC Derby winner Polanski. He is the current favourite ($3.30) for Saturday’s feature but comes up against a progressive bunch of 3yo who, at this early stage of the autumn, are hard to assess. A host of changes sit on or… Read More »
Sydney’s feature race at Randwick’s meeting this Saturday, is the G2 Expressway Stakes. It sees the return to racing of Boban, who put himself firmly in the centre of the Australian racing spotlight last spring with five consecutive victories including the G1 Epsom and Emirates Stakes. He has opened up… Read More »
After saddling up Nayeli, favourite in the G3 Chairman’s Handicap and Bull Point in the Manfred Stakes earlier in the day, Gai Waterhouse’s will be hoping to cap off a big day by winning the final race on the Caulfield program with her promising stayer, Laidback Larry. Winner of his… Read More »
The quality 2yo racing continues at Caulfield this weekend with the running of the G3 Chairman’s Stakes. Gai Waterhouse’s Nayeli, an impressive winner at her only start in Sydney, is tipped to keep her unbeaten record intact here and is the $3.00 favourite. Her danger according to the market comes… Read More »
A small but smart field has gathered for the running of the Manfred Stakes, a race which has been promoted to Group 3 status after being run as a Listed event last year. All bar one of the runners will be returning from a spell and early markets suggest it’s… Read More »
All eyes will be on promising sprinter Lord Of The Sky here. He ran a very good time on a substandard track at his last start and his trainer Robbie Laing is aiming to have him make the G1 Oakleigh Plate field in a few weeks time. He dominates the… Read More »
The feature race at Canterbury’s Friday night meeting this week is the Canterbury Classic, a scamper of 1000m. The race sees the return to racing of several handy performers including G2 winner Howmuchdoyouloveme and Pentasia, two of the leading contenders in the race. Also sure to attract her share of… Read More »
As is the case with the filly’s edition, the colts and geldings Blue Diamond Preview is a hotly contested affair. Peter Moody, who trained Dissident to success in this race last year, will be hoping for back-to-back victories with Ducal Castle, the early favourite for the race. He holds the… Read More »
Peter Moody’s Moment of Change gets his chance to visit the winner’s stall for the first time since he claimed the G1 Rupert Clarke in September 2012 when he lines up in the G2 Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley this Friday night. The five year old gelding has finished 2nd… Read More »
A fortnight ago Midsummer Sun, Brigantin and I’m Imposing ran 1st, 2nd and 4th respectively in the Gosford Cup and whilst all figure prominently in betting here, it’s Gai Waterhouse’s Travolta who held favouritism when markets first opened Wednesday. He ran second in this race and is in the right… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing, who watched his colt Boomwaa run a narrow second last week in the Inglis Classic, is hoping to go one better in this 2yo feature with his filly Golconda. She is the early favourite at $3.70 just in advance of Fontein Ruby ($4.00) and Eloping ($4.20) but… Read More »
A $250k race for 2yo colts, gelding and fillies run over 1200m that is restricted to horses sold or passed in at the Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale: Summer and Winter Books. The early favourite is Robbie Laing’s Boomwaa at $2.50. Laing has booked the services of Hugh Bowman who… Read More »
A competitive field of eleven will take part in the feature race at Flemington this Saturday, the Kensington Stakes. Early favourite is Kaiser Sun who will be shooting for his third consecutive win but he comes against some proven performers at this level and will not find it easy. First… Read More »
