The Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington was never in the planning for Zakouma until his last start effort at Flemington After three successive wins, Zakouma went to Flemington on Anzac Day and was expected to take out the benchmark 100 2000m contest in which he was a heavily backed favourite. But the race turned into… Read More »
The Carnival has left town and Nichole Searle would like to think it can result in a deserved victory for Tosen Water when racing returns to the Parks track at Morphettville this Saturday. The six-year-old mare will look to go one better than her past two runs in the $65,000… Read More »
Chris Waller will have a typically robust team for the two-day carnival at Scone but among the horses he is most looking forward to seeing step out is the resuming Sun God. The five-year-old will be among up to 18 runners for the champion trainer when he kicks off his… Read More »
A week after landing a feature race double at the stand-alone Gosford meeting, jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be hoping for a similar haul at Scone where he has rides in all six black-type races over the two-day carnival. McEvoy, who captured the $500,000 The Coast (1600m) aboard Athantos and the… Read More »
The well performed, Grant and Alana Williams trained Western Empire will resume at Belmont in the Group 3 Belmont Sprint over 1400m on Saturday. It was a case of âno cigarâ for the son of Iffraaj over the Summer Carnival at Ascot, but there was plenty to like about Western… Read More »
Young horseman Nacim Dilmi continues to make inroads for Domeland with I Am Carrot bringing up his 30th win for them courtesy of an impressive performance on the Randwick Kensington track. Dilmi, who formerly worked for Godolphin, took over the role as private trainer for the racing and breeding operation… Read More »
Warwick Farm trainer Gregory Hickman has been entrusted with preparing Future History for a start in the Melbourne Cup. Future History will have his first start for the Hickman stable in the Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) as he builds for Australia’s most famous race later in the year. A… Read More »
Just under a year ago Angela Jones and Zarastro were cut down, literally in the final stride, by a flying Joliestar with James McDonald urging the then four-year-old to the narrowest of victories in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup over 1300m, denying both Jones and Zarastro a first Group… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Private Eye will be Joe Pride’s headline horse at Doomben, but he expects stablemate The Black Cloud to prove a more than handy understudy. Evergreen campaigner Private Eye tackles the $1.5 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m), while The Black Cloud will join him on the float trip north in… Read More »
He fetched a record price at the breeze-up sales, and now Tron Bolt appears set for a Group 1 bid following his comprehensive midweek win at Randwick’s Kensington track. A $900,000 buy for Hermitage Thoroughbreds – the highest price paid for a colt at an Inglis Ready2Race sale – Tron… Read More »
Last week Pride Of Jenni slapped her opposition into submission in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes. She did that as an eight-year-old so, apart from all of the other hype which came with the win, she scored one for the older brigade ⊠and the two eight-year-olds, Private Eye and… Read More »
The adage of a jockey having a saddle will travel does not sit with South Australian trainer Garret Lynch who uses the motto ‘have horse float, will travel’. Lynch racks up thousands of kilometres a year travelling around South Australia from his base at Murray Bridge and currently sits on top of the state’s trainers’… Read More »
Wayne Hawkes is confident Blue Diamond winner Devil Night will take some beating in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) on Saturday. The colt by Extreme Choice burst onto the scene, becoming the second horse since Redoute’s Choice to win the Blue Diamond at their second start but has gone winless… Read More »
The Coolmore-owned unbeaten colt St Gotthard, the brother to the breeding giantâs Group 1-winning stallion Switzerland, wonât race again as a two-year-old. A winner at Warwick Farm in April in maiden company, St Gotthard was sent north by trainer Chris Waller with the Snitzel colt demonstrating an electrifying closing sectional… Read More »
Racing Victoria has reversed its decision to appoint Dr Glenn Robertson-Smith as its next chief veterinary officer just 24 hours after the announcement was made public. The abrupt backdown follows media reports relating to incidents from 2018, in which Robertson-Smith was charged over threatening messages directed at a former Melbourne… Read More »
Ethan Brown and Zac Purton will both make their way from Hong Kong to Doomben this week to ride in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 which will be contested over 1200m at the city track on Saturday. The background stories to the participation of these two riders have taken different… Read More »
Ethan Brown and Zac Purton will both make their way from Hong Kong to Doomben this week to ride in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 which will be contested over 1200m at the city track on Saturday. The background stories to the participation of these two riders have taken different… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is acutely aware of the task confronting Jimmysstar every time he steps out. The New Zealand-bred galloper is regarded one of Australia’s best, but his racing pattern means he can be vulnerable. Jimmysstar has an enviable record, 11 wins from 26 starts and more than $8.5 million in prize money which… Read More »
Star mare Lady Of Camelot will miss Saturdayâs Group 1 Doomben 10,000 and her planned Royal Ascot campaign after a bizarre encounter with a stingray during a beach session in Queensland. Co-trainer Adrian Bott reported to stewards that the mare suffered wounds to her near foreleg after making contact with… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is looking to repeat history when sprinter Title Fighter heads to Flemington. Title Fighter is down to run in the Listed Straight Six (1200m) on Saturday as he bids to win the race for the second successive year after he lowered the colours of Deekay. Last year Title Fighter came… Read More »
