From Wednesday, it will be back to normal for horses going out onto the track at race meetings at Eagle Farm. On Monday, stewards gave the all clear to end a protocol which has required riders to take their horses down to the home turn to see and, in theory,… Read More »
The task for Autumn Glow’s first foray into Group 1 company hasn’t been made any easier with the unbeaten mare drawing barrier 14 of 14 in the Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. Autumn Glow will be aiming to become just the fourth mare in the past fifty years… Read More »
Defending Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice has been ruled out of this year’s race after being caught in the Macedon Lodge quarantine. The Queensland star, who stunned the field at $91 last spring, is among horses restricted after an unraced stablemate tested positive for the infectious disease strangles. Trainer John… Read More »
Beiwacht has invited comparisons with his sire Bivouac after his rout in the Group 1 Golden Rose on Saturday. Godolphin now hopes the colt can emulate Bivouac by producing his very best down the Flemington straight later this spring. At Rosehill, Beiwacht smashed the clock and his rivals by more… Read More »
Baraqiel will head to the paddock for a brief freshen-up after his gritty second in the Manikato Stakes, with trainer Troy Corstens confirming the Group 1 winner pulled up jarred following last Friday’s run. The Bennett Racing-owned sprinter, a late starter who did not debut until age five due to… Read More »
Walsh Bay, who demolished her opposition in arrogant fashion in Saturday’s Toowoomba Cup, will now target the Listed Queensland Cup at Eagle Farm on October 11. The Toowoomba Cup victory was the four-year-old mare’s fourth successive win and her fifth win in six starts in her near perfect latest preparation… Read More »
Peter Snowden is confident Raging Force can still be a player in the Coolmore Stud Stakes and is set to take an unconventional path to the $2 million Group 1 at Flemington on Derby Day. The Randwick trainer is considering tackling the older horses in Saturday week’s Group 2 Schillaci Stakes at… Read More »
Things didn’t go to plan for either Via Sistina or Aeliana in the Makybe Diva Stakes, but Chris Waller saw enough over the weekend to convince him they can hit back this week. The star mares will stage their third clash of the season in the $750,000 Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington…. Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Grahame Begg is keeping hopes alive that his star mare Magic Time could secure a slot in the $20 million The Everest at Randwick on October 18. With only three slots still available, Magic Time shapes as an appealing contender. The six-year-old boasts two Group 1 victories, including… Read More »
The prospect of the $10 million Melbourne Cup hosting its first-ever American-trained runner is now a genuine possibility, with Parchment Party among six international contenders cleared for quarantine ahead of their trip to Melbourne in mid-October. Parchment Party, winner of the G2 Belmont Gold Cup (3200m) in New York in… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is weighing up the pros and cons of a Caulfield Cup start for Golden Path. If it is decided the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) is the race for Golden Path, then Saturday’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) will be the next step towards… Read More »
Good horses can scare off their opposition but in the case of unbeaten mare Autumn Glow, she is all but scaring off her own stablemates. A dominant $1.90 favourite for next Saturday’s Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), Autumn Glow is likely to be one of only “two or three” starters… Read More »
The Mark Currie trained Tavs took no prisoners when he trounced his opposition in the Weetwood, Toowoomba’s signature race, in the Garden City on Saturday evening. The fact that the five-year-old son of Dundeel won by 4.60 lengths in track-record time says it all! He simply produced a performance which… Read More »
A start in the Epsom Handicap isn’t off the table for Group Two Shannon Stakes winner Waterford but it is unlikely with trainer Chris Waller favouring sticking to his original plan of the Alan Brown Stakes. The victor of Saturday’s Shannon Stakes (1500m) is exempt from a ballot and penalty… Read More »
Godolphin has celebrated its first Group One success under a public training model with Beiwacht adding to the global superpower’s incredible Golden Rose record with a scintillating win in track record time. One of four starters for trainer Chris Waller, Beiwacht ($9) took up the running for Adam Hyeronimus and… Read More »
Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes was left shaking his head after Evaporate held on to score in a Stakes race at Sandown. The Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday was Evaporate’s first run since finishing fifth in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month…. Read More »
Here’s what the jockeys had to say about their rides following the $1 million Yulong Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens. Adam Hyeronimus (Beiwacht) : “He’s a talented horse. He was always going to win a good feature race like this. “Not only Chris but the whole Godolphin team and James… Read More »
Trainer Michael Freedman and jockey Tommy Berry have combined for a feature race double at Rosehill with Marhoona defying the so-called Golden Slipper curse in the Heritage Stakes before Manaal made it two successive victories in the Golden Pendant. The latter added Saturday’s 1400m feature to her victory in the… Read More »
Phillip Stokes says missing a start a week ago may be a blessing in disguise as Ferivia presses ahead toward a Group 1 race at Caulfield. Ferivia was a race morning scratching from the Listed Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last week after a stable mishap and was instead… Read More »
Charm Stone has upstaged her more fancied opponents to claim a second Group 1 victory when resuming from a spell. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained mare won the Sangster Stakes against the mares last campaign when resuming but took on all-comers to claim the Manikato Stakes (1200m) first-up… Read More »
