Buoyed by the early-season form of two of Harmony Rose’s autumn foes, Mark Newnham is optimistic the Group 1 placegetter can make her mark during the Sydney carnival. Placed behind Lion’s Roar and Mo’Unga in the Randwick Guineas and runner-up to Hungry Heart in the Adrian Knox Stakes, Harmony Rose will make her spring… Read More »
Godolphin trainer James Cummings is banking on Heresy dropping back to filly’s grade as being decisive at Caulfield. Heresy lines up in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday, her first test beyond 1200m while it will give the Godolphin team an insight into the filly for later in the spring. The daughter of Street Boss holds nominations… Read More »
David Harrison says Jericho Missile can prove himself worthy of a trip to the Goldfields when he tackles the Nicopolis Stakes (1200m) at Belmont on Saturday. If Jericho Missile can produce a top performance in the $100,000 event, David Harrison will set his sights on the Listed Hannans Handicap (1400m) in Kalgoorlie…. Read More »
The George Main Stakes has been a bogey race for Verry Elleegant but Sydney’s pin-up mare gets the perfect chance to right that record at Randwick. Market đź’°: View the Odds for the George Main Stakes Verry Elleegant finished fourth to Avilius in the corresponding race two years ago and filled the… Read More »
Queensland Oaks winner Duais is set to kick off her spring in the Cameron Handicap at Newcastle as trainer Edward Cummings plots a path to the 2021 Caulfield Cup. The mare is also among acceptances for the Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday, but Cummings says she will… Read More »
Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr. will wait and see whether I’m Thunderstruck will take his place at Caulfield. Currently the emergency acceptor in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), Price and Kent Jr were dealt a double whammy when I’m Thunderstruck drew the extreme outside barrier. While keen to run over… Read More »
How would three athletes respond to travelling in a car together for nine hours ahead of competing against one another in a big race. That is what faces three South Australian equine athletes who travel to Melbourne on Thursday evening in the same truck to run in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield… Read More »
Ayrton’s spring campaign is under a cloud after the boom four-year-old was found to be lame. Co-trainer Mick Price informed Racing NSW stewards on Thursday that Ayrton had swelling to his near hind leg but the extent of the issue was unclear. “Mr Price has advised that Aytron has been treated… Read More »
Chris Waller is taking a fresh approach to Nature Strip’s Everest campaign – literally. The multiple Group One winner is a surprise acceptor for the Group 2 Shorts (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday when he will clash with five other Everest contenders, including second favourite Masked Crusader and comeback galloper Rothfire. The… Read More »
Depending on the race shape, trainer Michael Moroney thinks he has the bases covered for a Group 1 handicap at Caulfield. Moroney will saddle Buffalo River and Poland in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) on Saturday with the former an on-pacer and the latter preferring to come from just off the speed. “If Buffalo River gets an easy time and… Read More »
The Everest raceday at Randwick racecourse on October 16th could be one of the first sporting events since the recent lockdowns in NSW to host crowds. Nine News has reported that the NSW government could allow up to 5,000 patrons to attend The Everest meeting at Randwick on October 16th…. Read More »
Racing’s habit of throwing up tales of unlikely heroes seems to be on a never-ending conveyer belt and that is so good for the industry. These feel-good stories are abundant, at all levels of the game, from Group 1 glory on crisp, well tended green grass to the dust choked… Read More »
The Group 3 MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield on Saturday will help shape the field for next month’s Caulfield Cup. Of the 19 runners accepted for Saturday’s 2000m contest, 18 remain in the hunt for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 16. Only 2019 Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare, runner-up… Read More »
Trainer Phillip Stokes is learning a little more each day about imported stayer Amade who has his return run at Caulfield on a path to the Melbourne Cup. Amade runs in the Group 3 MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) on Saturday, the same course and distance he started his Australian career in when fourth… Read More »
Jason Collett has finished Wednesday’s metropolitan meeting at Randwick-Kensington with a treble, taking his tally to 10 metropolitan winners so far this season. It was sense of dĂ©jĂ vu at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday, with Jason Collett riding the first two winners on the eight-race card. Collett rode a double through the… Read More »
Proven mares In Good Health and Never Listen will head to the Cameron Handicap on Friday after recently returning to the Ramsey stable. Scone-based trainer John Ramsey will line up with a two-pronged attack in the Group Three Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle on Friday. In Good Health headlines Ramsay’s… Read More »
Matthew Dunn has live chances across the weekend, including three of the seven feature races across Newcastle and Randwick. It could be a big weekend for Warwick Farm-based trainer Matthew Dunn, with live chances across feature races at both Newcastle and Randwick. British import Cepheus will take his place in… Read More »
Bendigo is known as the ‘Nursery of Champions’ and Mornington Glory stamped his potential with a debut win on Wednesday. The time may not have been spectacular, but the way Mornington Glory went about his work in the Bendigo Mazda Plate (1100m) indicated better wins are in store. Trainer Matt Laurie is now contemplating heading to Flemington with… Read More »
As a champion apprentice Nick Ryan could not snare a Group 1 win and in his time as an up-and-coming trainer his opportunities at the highest level have been rare. But in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday he will have dual representation in chasing a large… Read More »
Racing Victoria will become one of the first sporting organisations to mandate vaccinations for all of its participants. All participants; trainers, jockeys, stable staff and race day officials will be required to have at least one vaccination doses prior to Caulfield Cup day (18th October) to be allowed into race… Read More »
