Defending titleholder Homesman has drawn the outside barrier in a field of 13 for the Group One Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. Sunday’s 1800m weight-for-age feature has 10 Group One winners among the field including grand campaigner Hartnell, who has barrier one. Field 🏆: View the Field for the Underwood Stakes… Read More »
Favourite Nature Strip has drawn the inside barrier in a full field of 15 for the $1 million Group One Moir Stakes at Mooney Valley. The Chris Waller-trained gelding, to be ridden by James McDonald, is one of five Group One winners among the field for Friday night’s 1000m weight-for-age… Read More »
The little sister to Champion mare Winx will not be sold with connections opting to keep her. Winx’s mum Vegas Showgirl gave birth to a filly by Deep Impact last month in which connections were undecided whether she would go through the ring or not but the decision has been… Read More »
The absence of four-time winner Winx has kept the Cox Plate dream alive for a larger number of horses after the second round of acceptances were taken for the $5 million race. In total 68 horses remain in contention for the weight-for-age Cox Plate at The Valley on October 26,… Read More »
A race which offers an Everest spot to the winner features in the spring program for Oakleigh Plate winner Booker who will first chase her second Group One in the Moir Stakes at The Valley. Booker has the second start of her spring campaign in Friday night’s 1000m weight-for-age Moir… Read More »
Chris Waller cannot separate his two Golden Rose runners, believing both Kubrick and Yes Yes Yes have taken the necessary steps from their two-year-old to three-year-old season. One thing in Kubrick’s favour is his close second in the J J Atkins Stakes, the final Group One race of 2018/19 for… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan says there will be no excuses as Zoustyle bids to return to winning form at Caulfield. Unbeaten in his first six starts, Zoustyle finished last in the Concorde Stakes, a 1000m lead-up to The Everest on September 7 won by Redzel. Days after that defeat,… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is convinced Miss Siska has taken the necessary improvement since her season return to make her mark in the Group Two Stocks Stakes at The Valley. Begg is planning to head to Friday night’s Stocks Stakes (1600m) for mares with Miss Siska, who has also been nominated… Read More »
Apprentice Campbell Rawiller has taken little time to notch his first winner as he embarks on a career in the saddle. Competing at his second meeting on Tuesday at Moe in Victoria after making his race riding debut at a Jerilderie non-TAB fixture in the NSW Riverina on Saturday, the… Read More »
Queensland trainer David Vandyke is banking on an early morning trip to Caulfield to have a calming effect on Alligator Blood ahead of his Melbourne debut. Unbeaten in four starts in Queensland, Alligator Blood is set to run in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude on Sunday and was afforded an early… Read More »
Several outstanding cobalt inquiries in Queensland will be dealt with according to the current rules despite the Australian Trainers’ Association calling for a review of the science relating to the substance. Queensland Racing Integrity commissioner Ross Barnett said Racing Australia had advised him it had not resolved to review the… Read More »
Having secured one Group One prize in Melbourne, Perth trainer Darren Mcauliffe is eyeing off another with Gatting at Caulfield. Gatting runs in Sunday’s Underwood Stakes (1800m), another stepping stone towards his main target, the Cox Plate at The Valley on October 26. A shock $101 winner of the Makybe… Read More »
William Haggas plans to give Raheen House one race in Australia before a shot at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The English trainer has earmarked the Caulfield Cup on October 19 as his preferred target for the gelding with the 2019 Geelong Cup four days later an alternative option. The… Read More »
The first two-year-old race of the Australian season has attracted a field of eight at Flemington’s solitary midweek meeting. Introduced this year as a lead-up to the Maribyrnong Trial on October 5, the Darley Spring Preview will be run over the unusual distance of 900m. Wednesday’s race gives connections of… Read More »
After winning the Oaks Trial at Flemington a year ago with Greysful Glamour, Sydney trainer Mark Newnham and jockey Tim Clark are looking to repeat the feat with a sibling of the 2018 winner. Newnham has sent Celestial Falls to Melbourne for Wednesday’s Oaks Trial (1800m) for three-year-old fillies and… Read More »
Favourite Bivouac has drawn barrier six in a field of eight for the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill. The Godolphin colt will be tested over 1400 metres for the first time with the stable waiting for confirmation Hugh Bowman will be fit to ride on Saturday after breaking a… Read More »
Boom filly Libertini will not head towards the Flight Stakes or the Thousand Guineas after her defeat in the Tea Rose on the weekend. Libertini who started as the odds on favourite in the Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick on Saturday failed to run out a strong 1400m prompting trainer… Read More »
Brimham Rocks has escaped a Caulfield Cup penalty for his Naturalism Stakes win but the victory has earned him an extra two kilograms for the Metropolitan Handicap. Hush Writer, winner of Friday’s Newcastle Cup, received the same penalty and the two are both on 52.5kg for the Group One Metropolitan… Read More »
Youngsters from the Peter and Paul Snowden stable have won three of the nine official barrier trials for two-year-olds at Randwick. Godolphin juveniles won two heats while Chris Waller, Kris Lees, Richard and Michael Freedman, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Mark Newnham were the other trainers to post winners… Read More »
Defending titleholder Homesman is the early favourite to make it back-to-back Underwood Stakes victories after the release of nominations for the weight-for-age Group One race at Caulfield. The Lloyd Williams-owned Homesman, who made a winning start to his spring campaign in the Group Two Feehan Stakes earlier this month, was… Read More »
