With seven of the nine runners marked at $16 and under, the $1 million Golden Rose is shaping as one of the more open in recent years and that is precisely the way Skyhook’s trainer Gerald Ryan views it. “It wouldn’t surprise me if any of them won it,” Ryan… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes will rely on Evaporate as their major chance in a Stakes race at Sandown. Rise At Dawn was also an acceptor for the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday but instead will head to Sydney to contest the… Read More »
Trainer Michael Nolan will be looking to add a fourth Toowoomba Weetwood winner to his honour roll on Saturday when he sends out the smart mare Exotique Miss to contest Toowoomba’s signature race. Exotique Miss comes into the race off a three-month break since producing a valiant effort in the… Read More »
Encap produced a career-best performance on a quick turnaround into the Doncaster Mile and trainer Gary Portelli is using a similar recipe as he bids for an even better result in that race’s spring equivalent. Fourth in the Doncaster Prelude on April 1, Encap went on to run a slashing third behind… Read More »
One girl v’s eight boys is the Yulong sponsored $1m Golden Rose Stakes for 2025, with the Godolphin 3yo filly Tempted the $3 race favourite with Australian wide wagering agencies. “Tempted was magnificent in winning the Run to The Rose at Rosehill two weeks ago,” said Bill Picken, who established… Read More »
Skybird’s place in this year’s The Everest is secure after the explosive mare was on Thursday confirmed as a starter in the $20 million sprint. The Mitch Freedman-trained five-year-old will represent Inglis, the sales company who offered her as a yearling, in the October 18 event over 1200 metres at… Read More »
A poor blood reading ruled Gringotts out of the 7 Stakes but the timing of his revamped program might work out even better. Ciaron Maher scratched the George Ryder Stakes winner from last week’s Randwick assignment when routine tests showed his blood count to be slightly askew of normal. Assistant trainer Johann… Read More »
The Corey and Kylie Geran trained Nikau Spur will be looking to make it third time lucky when he steps out to contest the Toowoomba Cup on Saturday. The now nine-year-old finished second in the last two editions of the event, coming home just a length behind Military Ruler 2023… Read More »
Champion Hong Kong sprinter Ka Ying Rising is living every girls’ dream – he has arrived in Sydney several pounds lighter and to a new pair of shoes. Speaking from Hong Kong after the gelding had a look around Canterbury racecourse on Thursday morning, trainer David Hayes reported the Everest favourite had handled… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie and the Yulong team are leaving nothing to chance in their bid to win the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas with Vinrock. Rather than travel the colt interstate for the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday, the team has decided to stay closer to home for… Read More »
Brisbane father-and-son training partners Chris and Corey Munce are leaving nothing to chance as they chase a Group 1 victory with Payline. The sprinter lines up in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night, having finished fifth in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at the track… Read More »
Chris Waller believes the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree when it comes to Golden Rose hopeful Autumn Boy, who will be bidding to emulate his sire by winning the Group One feature seven years after The Autumn Sun. Like his dad, Autumn Boy was unbeaten at two before suffering… Read More »
Since the Mornington Cup was upgraded in 2013 to provide ballot-free entry into the Caulfield Cup, only four horses have attempted the double — and none have managed to place in the prestigious spring feature. Trainer Ben Hayes, however, is optimistic that 2025 Mornington Cup winner Bankers Choice might buck… Read More »
Bloodstock agent James Harron has locked in Angel Capital as his representative for the $20 million The Everest, securing the emerging sprinter for his 2025 slot. Harron finalised the deal with Yulong, who race the four-year-old, confirming the promising galloper as his contender for the world’s richest turf race. The… Read More »
Napoleonic has scored a timely win at Warwick Farm just a day after Coolmore confirmed the death of his sire, top shuttle stallion Wootton Bassett. Trained by John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, Napoleonic accounted for a handy field in Wednesday’s CHC Powering the Chase Handicap (1200m) to back up his maiden… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn was struggling to hold his emotions together after guiding Enchanted Jenni home at Sandown to provide his partner Lucy Yeomans with her maiden victory. Yeomans branched out on her own last month after ending her training partnership she had been in with Lloyd Kennewell and Enchanted Jenni was only her… Read More »
The field size may be the same for Tom Kitten’s second run for the Anthony and Sam Freedman stable, but they are expecting an entirely differently run race. Tom Kitten heads to the Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley having finished fifth first-up in the Group 1 Makybe… Read More »
Rivellino might be one of the outsiders of the select Golden Rose field but trainer Kris Lees is satisfied the colt has been building nicely towards his major spring targets. The first of those comes at Rosehill on Saturday in the $1 million showpiece where he arrives off a first-up fourth to… Read More »
Co-trainer Troy Corstens has the taste of Group 1 glory and would like to savoir that taste again. Baraqiel, prepared by Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin, won the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on September 6 and returns to The Valley on Friday night looking… Read More »
Michael Freedman is content with his decision to wait a week to kick off the spring campaign of Golden Slipper winner Marhoona as she prepares to return in the Heritage Stakes at Rosehill. The filly was scratched from The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick last Saturday, taken out impressively by Joliestar, and Freedman… Read More »
