A total of 45 horses remain in contention for the Caulfield Cup following the latest round of declarations. Second acceptances were taken on Tuesday for the $5 million Caulfield Cup over 2400m on October 19 with places for a start still up for grabs. The field limit for the race… Read More »
Godolphin-owned filly Flit is a clear-cut favourite for the $1 million Group One Thousand Guineas and jockey Hugh Bowman is confident only bad luck will beat her. Flit is the $2 favourite in a field of nine for Saturday’s 1600m-feature for three-year-old fillies at Caulfield and came up with barrier… Read More »
Cox Plate invitee Danceteria is set to kick off his Australian campaign in the Caulfield Stakes following a pleasing track gallop at Werribee. Danceteria clears quarantine on Saturday to run in the 2000m weight-for-age race later that afternoon ahead of the 2019 Cox Plate. The gelding’s English-based French trainer David… Read More »
Connections of Night’s Watch hope the decision to bypass the Turnbull Stakes with the gelding will be rewarded with a Group One win in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. The Chris Waller-trained Night’s Watch was taken to Caulfield early on Tuesday morning and turned in a sharp gallop over 1000m… Read More »
Dalasan has eased as Caulfield Guineas favourite after a wide draw but his Hall of Fame trainer Leon Macdonald remains confident the colt can still get the job done in the $2 million race. A field of 16 plus three emergencies has been declared for Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas (1600m) for… Read More »
Weight-for-age star Avilius has continued preparations for his next assignment in the Caulfield Stakes with a solo gallop at the venue of the Group One race. The James Cummings-trained Avilius has won his only two previous Caulfield races in February this year, the Carlyon Cup and Peter Young Stakes, and… Read More »
Star jockey James McDonald is confident Kubrick has what it takes to emulate his sire Shooting To Win in the Group One Caulfield Guineas. McDonald has won two Caulfield Guineas, his first aboard Shooting To Win for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden five years ago and the other a year… Read More »
Star Japanese mare Lys Gracieux will be given the opportunity to gain experience at The Valley before she runs in the Cox Plate. Sharing favouritism for the $5 million Cox Plate at $5 with Godolphin’s Avilius, Lys Gracieux will be taken to The Valley for a gallop and a look… Read More »
Star Godolphin sprinter Osborne Bulls will miss the remainder of the Spring Racing Carnival after pulling up lame in Saturday’s Premiere Stakes. Trainer James Cummings has opted to pull the pin on Osborne Bulls’ Spring campaign after Osborne Bulls continued to display lameness in the off foreleg following his run… Read More »
Jockey Tegan Harrison looks likely to avoid surgery after being injured in a fall at Doomben but could still be sidelined for up to three months. Harrison was one of four jockeys involved in a chain reaction fall on Monday. The other three Michael Cahill, Brad Stewart and Jake Bayliss… Read More »
Dalasan is an easing favourite for the Group One Caulfield Guineas after drawing the second-widest barrier in the field of 16 plus three emergencies. To be ridden by Hugh Bowman, the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Dalasan has moved from $2.40 to $2.90 for Saturday’s 1600m-race. Queenslander Alligator Blood, who… Read More »
The favourites for the 2019 Caulfield Guineas have all drawn wide barriers for the feature race on Saturday. The short priced favourite for the race Dalasan has drawn barrier eighteen with second favourite Alligator Blood to jump from thirteen and third favourite Kubrick to start from barrier seventeen. Market 💰:… Read More »
Favourite Flit has drawn barrier two in the Group One Thousand Guineas at Caulfield with Hugh Bowman to ride. The Godolphin filly remains at $2 in Thousand Guineas odds with her James Cummings-trained stablemate Tenley to start from seven for Kerrin McEvoy. Another Godolphin filly, Lyre from the Anthony Freedman… Read More »
Trainer Adam Trinder has confirmed Mystic Journey will press on to the $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley after her fifth placing in the Turnbull Stakes. Mystic Journey was tested over 2000m for the first time in Saturday’s Turnbull at Flemington and came from back in the field to… Read More »
After finishing a close second behind Kolding in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick last Saturday, Te Akau Shark will now begin preparations for the Cox Plate. Te Akau Shark’s owner David Ellis confirmed the news that he would head to the Cox Plate 2019 after pulling up well from his… Read More »
The online auction for Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup contender Mustajeer has gone live this morning on Inglis Digital. Arguably the platforms highest profile and biggest sale wen’t online this morning with bidders given until 5PM AEST on Wednesday to place their bids on the 25% share in imported stayer… Read More »
It would appear a young bloke named Tom Sherry might be well connected. He is a jockey, a 4kg kid to be exact, with just two rides under his belt thus far. And no winners! But that hasn’t stopped some big name trainers seeking him out for Goulburn races on… Read More »
Dual Everest winner Redzel has been given a strong hit-out to win a barrier trial at Gosford ahead of his bid for a third win in the $14 million race. With race jockey Kerrin McEvoy aboard, Redzel worked to the lead after a slightly slow start to take control of… Read More »
Brisbane jockey Tegan Harrison remains in hospital after coming off worst of the jockeys involved in a four-horse fall at Doomben. The latest update overnight is that Tegan suffered a bad concussion and has fractured her sternum, ribs and five vertebrae. Harrison was among four jockeys in the fall but… Read More »
Talented South Australian colt Dalasan is favourite for the Caulfield Guineas ahead of the declaration of the field field and barrier draw for the $2 million classic for three-year-olds. Dalasan will have a new jockey for Saturday’s 1600m Caulfield Guineas, with champion rider Hugh Bowman booked to partner the colt… Read More »
