The Pakenham stable of Emma-Lee and David Browne are looking forward to being spring contenders this year having assembled their best team of horses. They have Statuario, Scary and Basilinna entered in the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 18 with Scary also among Cox Plate (2040m) nominations a week later. But their… Read More »
Darryn Pateman, widely regarded as the ‘King Of Country Racing’ in Western Australia, is on the cusp of an historical milestone in Saturday’s Broome Cup (2200m). If successful with one of his four runners it will mark his 100th Cup victory in WA, a remarkable achievement that underscores his dominance and… Read More »
The first target Clayton Douglas set Blue Hotel was accomplished and now it is time to find out where the filly sits in the three-year-old hierarchy. Blue Hotel returns from a break in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday having won on debut in Adelaide. The Listed Dequetteville… Read More »
Attrition may not have a strong first-up winning record and the 1400m journey may be at the lesser end of his preferred journey, but trainer Mitchell Freedman is looking forward to the horses return at Caulfield. The Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes on Saturday will be Attrition’s spring return and Freedman… Read More »
Palmetto is a seven-year-old this season but trainer John Sargent believes the gelding might only just be starting to blossom. A dual Listed winner in New Zealand where he began his career, Palmetto broke through for his first black type success in Australia when taking out the Canberra Cup (2000m) in… Read More »
The horse Tommy Berry ranked as Michael Freedman’s best two-year-old colt is set for his seasonal return in the Rosebud and the top jockey is expecting Pallaton to make a statement. While Freedman went on to win the Golden Slipper with filly Marhoona, Pallaton was initially considered one of the yard’s leading… Read More »
Last season’s Cairns Trainer’s Premiership winner Stephen Massingham will be looking to claim a home town feature race success when he sends Lady Damus out to contest the Lightning Handicap over the 950m scamper at Cairns on Saturday. Whether there is any prophecy involved in the fact that the sire… Read More »
Maggie Collett is no stranger to the winners’ stall but the gifted horsewoman will chase her first win as a trainer at Morphettville Parks on Saturday. A winner of almost 150 races as a jockey, Collett recently completed her apprenticeship and immediately took out a dual-licence that will allow her… Read More »
Two of the biggest names in Australian racing, retired Everest hero Bella Nipotina and high-class Group 1 mare Via Sistina, have been announced among the 10 finalists for NSW Horse of the Year honours. The list was drawn up using a pointscore system, with NSW-trained gallopers earning points for top-three… Read More »
Having spent the best part of 12 months racing in Sydney, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Golden Path has returned to Melbourne for a spring campaign. That campaign kicks off in the Sportsbet Blackbook Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday and if everything goes to plan it could… Read More »
Tony Gollan recently joked about coming back from a three-day off-season, but it has been business as usual in no uncertain terms since the start of the new season which has already brought in thirteen winners over the first four metropolitan meetings of the season for the twelve-time Brisbane Metropolitan… Read More »
It might not be grand final day for Adelaide River at Rosehill but trainer Kris Lees is still looking forward to kicking off the 2023 Irish Derby placegetter’s campaign. The six-year-old has been off the scene since finishing fourth in the Caulfield Stakes (2000m) last October, his fifth run for Lees… Read More »
Jockey Craig Williams has timed his runs to perfection as he reunites with Signature Scent in a Stakes race at Caulfield. After failing to run down Blake Shinn and win the Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership late last month, Williams headed to Ukraine to catch up with his wife’s family while also distributing humanitarian… Read More »
He’s had three winners and four placings from his past 15 runners and Toowoomba-based trainer Lindsay Hatch is hoping to keep the ball rolling as the Cairns carnival commences this weekend. The features on the nine-race card include the $50,000 Belle Of The Daintree, the $50,000 Lightning Open and the $40,000… Read More »
Desert Lightning is set to kick off his latest campaign that could lead the gelding to a start in the Caulfield Cup. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained six-year-old is down to run first-up in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Desert Lightning is one of… Read More »
Bunbury trainer Peter Giadresco loves nothing more than a challenge-and he has certainly found that with seasoned eight-year-old gelding, Kaptain Kaos. A son of Demerit, Kaptain Kaos has been around the block a few times and displayed his best form under the direction of former trainer, Michael Grantham. Kaptain Kaos… Read More »
Bjorn Baker will take a couple of his anticipated spring stars to the Rosehill barrier trials on Friday, while several of his emerging gallopers will be given an opportunity to showcase their wares at the races a day later. Sydney Cup winner Arapaho will be Baker’s headline act when he steps out… Read More »
A memorable week could be about to get even better for apprentice Siena Grima when she heads to Rosehill to chase her second metropolitan win in the space of three days. Indentured to Melanie O’Gorman at Tamworth, Grima celebrated her maiden city success aboard the Chris Waller-trained Tazima at Randwick’s Kensington track meeting… Read More »
The Moloney clan will get a better guide as to where impressive debut winner Express Class stands in the pecking order when he contests a Stakes race at Caulfield. Trainer Gerard Moloney and his jockey son Patrick Moloney produced Express Class to win a two-year-old handicap at Sandown on the final day of… Read More »
A long-range plan to target the Rosebud first-up with Blitzburg will come to fruition when the Canonbury Stakes winner takes on a select field of colts in the opening three-year-old stakes race of the Sydney season at Rosehill. Along with Skyhook, Blitzburg will be one of two runners for trainers Gerald… Read More »
