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 »
Some good luck has finally fallen the way of Larimer Street in the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm with the two-year-old drawing the inside gate. After a delayed trip from Sydney, the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained colt had his final gallop for Saturday’s 1100m Inglis Millennium on… Read More »
War horse Bodega Negra will join a small club when he runs his 100th race on Saturday and trainer Bruce Hill is hoping it will be on the gelding’s preferred wet surface. On a dry track Bodega Negra would be one of the outsiders in the Canadian Club Handicap (1600m)… Read More »
A field of 12 is set to contest the first Group One race of the year, the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday’s weight-for-age CF Orr Stakes over 1400m will see six Group One winners, Avilius, Hey Doc, Scales Of Justice, Fierce Impact, Kings Will Dream and Begood Toya Mother,… Read More »
The emergence of female jockeys in Queensland was emphasised with twice as many as their male counterparts riding at the Kilcoy meeting. It is believed to be the first time women riders have outnumbered men at a major Queensland TAB meeting. There were 20 women riders ranging in experience from… Read More »
The prospect of a heavy track at Warwick Farm is the unknown factor for trainer Tony McEvoy as he prepares stakes-winning filly Xilong for the $1 million Inglis Sprint. Xilong has won four of her six starts including the Listed Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) at Sandown at the end of… Read More »
Bill Vlahos built an elaborate betting system for horse racing and it was a multi-million dollar lie. The Melbourne racing identity used fake betting and results sheets and even invented an international betting expert called “Max” to make sure his 71 victims kept handing over money. From 2008 until 2013,… Read More »
Favourite Cellsabeel has shortened to $1.50 after drawing barrier five for the $2 million Inglis Millennium for two-year-olds at Warwick Farm. The filly is one of a host of winning two-year-olds in the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable and is the favourite for next month’s $3.5 million Golden Slipper…. Read More »
Tony McEvoy is looking forward to seeing Hey Doc step out to 1400 metres in the C F Orr Stakes as the multiple Group One-winning gelding bids to overcome a Caulfield hoodoo. Hey Doc competes over the distance in Saturday’s CF Orr Stakes for the first time since finishing fourth… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup win by Prince Of Penzance catapulted Michelle Payne and her brother Stevie to stardom. Michelle Payne became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup and Stevie gained fame as his strapper, helping to showcase the capabilities of people with Down syndrome. They now work closely together… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has high hopes for the younger brother of Caulfield Cup winner Jameka who has made his first public appearance in a Cranbourne trial. Two-year-old Grandslam, ridden by Mark Zahra, finished third in Tuesday’s 800m-trial giving Maher confidence for the future. Maher said there were many similarities between Jameka… Read More »
