Trainer Tom Dabernig toyed with the idea of running Shadhavar in a Stakes race at Caulfield but in the end reasoned one last attempt against her own age was a better option. Shadhavar was entered for the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday but instead will contest the Tobin Brothers Celebrating… Read More »
Trainer Enver Jusufovic is not one to push his horses early and the benefits of that are starting to be seen in New York Lustre. About to turn six, New York Lustre will be lining up for her tenth start on Saturday when she runs in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes… Read More »
Jarred Magnabosco is slightly nonplussed at the long-odds move for Newlook at Caulfield this Saturday, but the Best Bloodstock boss is buoyed by the endorsement in the horse’s ability. The French gelding has been $16 into $7 equal second favouritism for the $150,000 Stow Storage Solutions BM100 Handicap (1600m), which will… Read More »
Brad Widdup has a healthy opinion of Nashville Jack but says it is up to the colt to do the talking on the track if he is to progress to the carnival races. The rising three-year-old returns in the Keenland September Yearling Sale Handicap (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday and if he… Read More »
Trainers Peter and Will Hulbert have been handed a $5000 fine and a 12-month suspended ban after one of their runners returned a cobalt reading above the allowed limit following a win at Eagle Farm. The import, Dillian, scored as the short-priced favourite in a 2400m Benchmark event on April… Read More »
A relationship that has spanned generations will have its latest instalment when Ron Quinton saddles-up Signor Tortoni at Randwick. The three-year-old is raced by Sandy Tait and his sister, Jill Nivison, whose families have been involved in racing and breeding for over half a century The siblings have enjoyed decades of success… Read More »
He only covered four mares during a short-lived tenure at stud but unheralded stallion Tamasa can become a Stakes-producing sire when his talented daughter Cicala tackles Saturday’s Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville. The Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea-trained filly has turned heads with an unbeaten start to her racing career,… Read More »
Talented stayer Mark Twain is preparing for a return to racing as he aims to secure another berth in the Melbourne Cup, with his first public outing in over a year scheduled for an exhibition gallop at Te Rapa this Saturday. The son of Shocking earned his spot in the… Read More »
Trainer David Vandyke is finishing off the 2024/25 season with a flourish which can only bode well for the stable for the new campaign when it gets under way on August 1. With no less than eight winners from his last seventeen runners … that is a stable that is… Read More »
James Cummings admits to having “mixed emotions” as he prepares to close the door on a significant chapter of his decorated career. In the helm as Godolphin’s Australian head trainer since 2017, Cummings will fulfil his final obligations in that role over the next eight days with Sheikh Mohammed’s operation moving… Read More »
If ever there was a filly bred to run a staying trip in Australia, Rotating Soul fits that bill. A daughter of Soul Patch from Carousel Queen in the Ken & Kasey Keys stable, Rotating Soul has to date only had one run short of 1800m in her 10 starts career. Rotating Soul heads… Read More »
The racing career of Black On Beauty will come full circle when she returns to Sydney for the first time in two-and-a half years. The daughter of Zoustar did her early racing for John O’Shea but has spent the bulk of the past two seasons with Tony Gollan in Queensland where she has won… Read More »
Trainer Michael Trotter has been heartened with the knowledge leading jockey Blake Shinn will ride Apache Song in her return to racing at Caulfield. Apache Song runs first-up in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) on Saturday with Shinn to continue his association with the mare. Shinn leads the Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership by… Read More »
Ciaron Maher is hopeful that promising filly Cherish Me can emulate the success of her stablemates when she resumes at Caulfield on Saturday following a solid two-year-old campaign. Cherish Me lines up in the opening event over 1200 metres, aiming to mirror the metro-level victories of fellow Maher-trained juvenile fillies… Read More »
Talented youngster Autumn Mystery impressed during his initial campaign, and trainer Rory Hunter is eager to see what the promising gelding can produce as he embarks on a spring campaign that may culminate in a shot at Group 1 glory. The rising three-year-old is scheduled to resume in Saturday’s Senet… Read More »
With Chris Waller about to move into a bigger stable complex at Flemington, Tony and Calvin Mcevoy are making a return to headquarters. The father-and-son training operation left Flemington to concentrate on their Ballarat stable in 2021 but have harboured ambitions of returning. That opportunity has arisen with James Cummings leaving… Read More »
Gimcrack Stakes victor Bel Merci won’t be seen this spring but trainer John Thompson is hoping another of his two-year-old winners can step up to the plate in her absence. The Randwick horseman expected Bel Merci to be off the scene until next year after she was struck down by a combination… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker has revealed that both the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup are firmly on the radar for his seasoned stayer Arapaho, with the rising nine-year-old set to resume racing next month. Arapaho, last seen dominating the Group 1 Sydney Cup over 3200m in April, is pencilled in to… Read More »
Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea will part ways as a training team at the conclusion of the current racing season, ending a successful partnership that delivered 131 winners at a strike rate of 15.8 per cent across three seasons. The duo, who secured three Group race victories including this year’s… Read More »
Peter Snowden is confidently eyeing bigger targets with Amreekiyah after the filly made a stunning start to her latest campaign with an outstanding performance at Canterbury. Lumping 61kg, Amreekiyah ($1.70 fav) settled worse than midfield and spotted the leader a big start at the top of the straight before unleashing a… Read More »
