Daniel Bowman expects the Group One C F Orr Stakes to answer an important question about stable star Begood Toya Mother over his pet distance at a course where he excels. Bowman has had Saturday’s weight-for-age Orr (1400m) at Caulfield as a target for Begood Toya Mother who gave the… Read More »
Paul Gillard will return from north Queensland to take over as senior steward on the Gold Coast. The previous long-term Gold Coast head steward Ian Brown resigned last year to take up a position as racing manager with the Gold Coast Turf Club. The Gold Coast senior steward is a… Read More »
Edward Cummings has a surname famous in racing circles but it was a different kind of family knowledge that led him to buy $2 million Inglis Millennium hopeful Sunborn Having just dissolved his training partnership with father Anthony, Cummings was taking his first steps as a trainer in his own… Read More »
Few horses have a more appropriate name than Bellissimi Amici who runs at Eagle Farm. Bellissimi Amici will be having her second start in the QTIS Two-Year-Old (1200m) on Saturday when she will be ridden by Robbie Fradd. The Italian translation of Bellissimi Amici is beautiful friends and is often… Read More »
The lure of a future as a stallion against money offered in a sales-restricted race has contributed to Tagaloa contesting the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield. Connections had to weigh up a start in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast last month, or chase victory in the… Read More »
Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick is planning a Sydney campaign for stakes horse Eric The Eel but another three-year-old Playthefield carries the stable’s hopes at Eagle Farm. Kendrick entered Playthefield for the Sunshine Coast on Friday night and the QTIS Three-Year-Old (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The likelihood of a… Read More »
Queensland’s leading jockey Les Tilley has been suspended for seven days for failing to make his allocated weight at Kilcoy. Stewards opened an inquiry after Tilley was overweight for his rides at 54 and 54.5kg in four races on Thursday. The last three races at the meeting were abandoned because… Read More »
On Saturday at Caulfield, a massive and rather impressive milestone will be reached by everybody’s horse they love to hate: SO SI BON. Or will it? So Si Bon, who right from when he was a 2YO promised sooo much as a racehorse, faces his 11 rivals in the Gr… Read More »
The Doomben twilight meeting has been abandoned after around 60mm drenched the track in three hours. Course manager Jim Roberts and stewards inspected the track and decided racing was not possible and officially abandoning Thursday’s meeting at 7am. “We had 53 mils from 3.45am until we inspected the track but… Read More »
Ben Melham is the new rider for South Australian-trained galloper Dalasan when the three-year-old continues his autumn campaign. Melham replaces Craig Williams on the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained colt following a first-up third as a short-priced favourite behind Super Seth in the Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield last Saturday…. Read More »
A step up to 1400m for the first time since winning last season’s Group One ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes is expected to suit Godolphin-owned colt Microphone when he chases his first win as a three-year-old. The James Cummings-trained Microphone is the early favourite for Saturday’s Group Two Autumn Stakes at… Read More »
Racehorse trainers come from many varied backgrounds but few as unusual as former radio star Kim Mothershaw who was in the winners’ circle at Kilcoy on Wednesday. Mothershaw was for many years one of Brisbane’s leading radio breakfast announcers but when he retired a decade ago it gave him a… Read More »
Rosehill Racecourse is on stand-by to host the rich Inglis Millennium meeting if Warwick Farm becomes waterlogged. Racing NSW says it has been monitoring the forecast for western Sydney and will continue to do so in the lead-up to Saturday. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting the following rainfall for… Read More »
Godolphin holds sway in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Warwick Farm with the three most favoured runners in the eight-horse field. Punters are favouring Pandemic in Saturday’s 1200m-Group Three Eskimo Prince Stakes despite the wet-track credentials of his James Cummings-trained stablemate Kiamichi. Pandemic has been posted at $2.30 ahead of… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths is looking to enhance his claims for Blue Diamond Stakes honours when he runs two promising colts in a lead-up race at Caulfield. Saturday has two divisions of the Blue Diamond Preludes, one for colts and geldings and one for fillies, with both having a major bearing on… Read More »
Star Queensland three-year-old Alligator Blood is settling into Melbourne ahead of a planned three-run campaign including the Group One Australian Guineas and All-Star Mile. Trained by David Vandyke at the Sunshine Coast, Alligator Blood arrived in Melbourne early on Wednesday morning after being flown from Queensland before heading to the… Read More »
Mirage Dancer will take a step back in time when he runs first-up in the Group One CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s race over 1400m will be the first time Mirage Dancer has raced shorter than 2000m since his debut win in the UK in 2016. That two-year-old race… Read More »
The one thing missing from Te Akau Shark’s resume is a Group One win and the star New Zealander gets the chance to put that right at Te Rapa. Placed in the Epsom Handicap and Cox Plate in the spring, Te Akau Shark runs in Saturday’s BCD Group Sprint (1400m)… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is raising the bar again with progressive sprinter Bold Star who could earn a crack at the Group One Oakleigh Plate if he steps up in the Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield. Bold Star has done all of his racing in Melbourne during his current campaign, notching… Read More »
Australia’s best known and most successful horse racing identity, Lloyd Williams, has put his state-of-the-art racehorse training, Macedon Lodge – the training ground for four Melbourne Cup winners – on the market. The 300 acre facility which has been run by Mr Williams and his son Nick since 2005, was… Read More »
