All trainer Trent Busuttin wants from Tavago is to see him return in one piece after he has his first run in 18 months at Flemington. Tavago and stablemate Main Stage run in Saturday’s Group Two Blamey Stakes (160m) with a view to a possible Sydney trip. The winner of… Read More »
Kris Lees has been dealt a mixed bag ahead of the Group One Surround Stakes with the stable’s two fillies book-ending the field in the barrier draw. El Dorado Dreaming will start from the rails while Miss Fabulass will have to overcome the outside gate in the Surround Stakes field… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is putting the finishing touches to star mare Houtzen’s overseas campaign but first he hopes to get another of his favourites, Plucky Girl, back in winning form at Doomben. The 2017 Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Houtzen will fly to England on March 27 to be prepared… Read More »
While it would not have been his first choice, Adam Trinder says he is satisfied with the inside draw for stable star Mystic Journey who will strive to give the trainer a first Group One win in the Australian Guineas at Flemington. Mystic Journey has won her past four starts,… Read More »
Racing officials will monitor Melbourne’s forecast with a contingency plan to alter the race times at the Australian Guineas meeting with a top of 36 degrees expected. With a top of 39 degrees forecast for Friday, Racing Victoria has changed the Swan Hill meeting to start two hours earlier at… Read More »
Tasmanian filly Mystic Journey has drawn the inside barrier in a full field of 16 plus one emergency for the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington. Last-start Autumn Stakes winner Hawkshot has drawn the widest barrier in Saturday’s 1600m-race for three-year-olds while his Thousand Guineas-winning stablemate Amphitrite has drawn five…. Read More »
In-form Luke Dittman has joined a growing list of injured jockeys and is likely to be out of action for a month. Dittman rode a treble at the Gold Coast on Saturday to bring up 30 winners for the season. He has the second best strike rate of any jockey… Read More »
Happy Clapper will be the only horse from outside the Chris Waller stable to run against Winx in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. The champion will have six rivals as she bids to extend her winning streak to 31 and her Group One tally to 23 and she will… Read More »
Mark Newnham will walk away from Rosehill Gardens this afternoon a very, very happy man indeed. That’s if potential plays its rightful part. Newnham, former outstanding provincial jockey and one-time the seemingly heir apparent to the Gai Waterhouse stable, before Adrian Bott came along – a story in itself worth… Read More »
Connections of five-time New Zealand Group One winner Melody Belle will not take up any invitation to the $5 million All-Star Mile in Melbourne. John Galvin, manager of Fortuna Syndications, says he has been approached by Racing Victoria’s Greg Carpenter about a wild card into the race at Flemington on… Read More »
Defending title holder Happy Clapper has been given top weight of 59kg for the $3 million Doncaster Mile, two kilos more than he carried last year and one kilo more than fellow eight-year-old Hartnell. The two are also Epsom Handicap winners over the course and distance with Happy Clapper successful… Read More »
Lindsay Park will rely on Fundamentalist as its sole Group One runner at Randwick with the filly to run in the Surround Stakes. The stable had also entered Amphitrite, Cristal Eyes, Futooh, Qafila and Victory Kingdom in the 1400m Surround Stakes on Saturday but whittled it down to one. Senior… Read More »
Grunt is set to step out in the colours of Zhang Yuesheng when he makes his return to racing at Flemington. The Mick Price-trained four-year-old runs in the Shaftesbury Avenue (1400m) on Saturday on his way to a start in the All-Star Mile at Flemington on March 16. Yulong Investments… Read More »
Redkirk Warrior has been allocated equal top weight in the Newmarket Handicap as he bids to win the race for a third consecutive year. He joins Santa Ana Lane at the head of the weights with 58.5kg for the Group One Newmarket Handicap over the straight 1200m-course at Flemington on… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing says Stars Of Carrum’s opponents will need to be strong late in the Australian Guineas. Stars Of Carrum runs in the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday after an eye-catching run in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington on February 16. The colt finished… Read More »
Trainer Chris Meagher will take the soft approach with No Drama Darci as he attempts to build the record of the lightly-raced three-year-old. Meagher threw in a nomination for No Drama Darci in Saturday’s Saintly Handicap at Flemington, but instead the gelding runs over 1300m in the Spicer Thoroughbreds Handicap… Read More »
A slot in The Everest is up for auction with GPI Racing to offload the one it bought for Chautauqua. Auctioneer Inglis will manage the sale with those interested to submit expressions of interest over the next nine weeks. The successful bidder will act as ‘Slot Licensee’ (as referred to… Read More »
Group One winner Best Of Days will have to pass two barrier tests during the week if he is to take his place in the Blamey Stakes at Flemington. The James Cummings-trained Best Of Days refused to jump with the rest of the field in Saturday’s Group One Futurity Stakes… Read More »
Dual Everest winner Redzel has sparkled in a barrier trial at Canterbury ahead of his return in the Group Two Challenge Stakes. With his trademark red blinkers back on, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Redzel led all the way in Monday’s heat to beat Viridine by four lengths in 54.63… Read More »
Happy Clapper has finished second to Winx four times and his trainer Pat Webster will be content if it happens again in the Chipping Norton Stakes. First markets on Saturday’s Group One feature at Randwick indicate the result will be the same as it was in the Apollo Stakes last… Read More »
