Group 2 winner Too Darn Lizzie will race on under the training of Ciaron Maher after being purchased for $2.4 million at the recent Inglis Chairmanâs Sale. The mare will now carry the familiar bottle green and white silks of Yulong. The talented daughter of Too Darn Hot, who previously… Read More »
Racing third-up from a spell, New Zealand-bred gelding Tavi Time delivered a dominant performance in Fridayâs $200,000 Listed Darley Scone Cup (1600m), giving trainer Kris Lees a satisfying result and the horse his first win since the Group 3 Summer Cup (2000m) last campaign. Jumping from the inside barrier, jockey… Read More »
The bang-in-form Chris and Corey Munce stable will be looking to add to their feature race resume when their last start Dalrello winner Cool Archie attempts to take another step up the ladder of success in the Group 2 Spirit Of Boom Classic at Doomben on Saturday in a set… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young team is expecting a change of fortune when two of their three-year-olds meet in a race at Flemington. Nostringsattached and Daggers will face off against each other in the K A Morrison Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. While it is not ideal for the stablemates to be clashing,… Read More »
On August 9, Melbourne Cup winning jockey Robbie Dolan will have the pleasure and privilege of taking part in the Shergar Cup at Ascot in England. An annual event, the Shergar Cup is a team competition for jockeys spread over a six-race card featuring prize money of 500 000 pounds…. Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bottâs highly-priced import, Sir Delius, will make his Australian debut at Doomben this Saturday, marking the start of his Spring Carnival campaign. The four-year-old, a son of Frankel, previously raced in France under Jean-Claude Rouget, winning a Group 3 at Chantilly and placing third in the… Read More »
Rhys Archard is relocating his training operation to the private Mangalore Park facility near Seymour in the coming weeks. A lifelong Cohuna resident, Archard has spent most of his career training from Echuca. He spent time in Adelaide, where he won the SANFL Magarey Medal, and now aims to expand… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Travis Doudle is making the first of what he hopes will be a number of raids in Melbourne during the winter months. Recent stable acquisition Showrunner lines up in the Sir Henry Bolte Handicap (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday which will give Doudle a gauge as to whether he is… Read More »
Eagle Farm belonged to the Annabel and Rob Archibald stable when the Queensland Winter Carnival officially kicked off on May 3. Two Group races were on offer that day ⊠both at Group 2 level ⊠and the Archibald yard claimed both of them, staying in favour with punters and… Read More »
A recent operation is being looked upon as the catalyst to prolong the racing career of The Astrologist. The rising nine-year-old will line up for start number 52 when he runs in the Listed Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained gelding underwent a… Read More »
John Thompson knows the type of filly it takes to win the Woodlands Stakes having captured it four years ago with Xtremetime and the Randwick trainer believes Vingt Neuf Noir is in a similar mould. French for ‘twenty-nine black’, Vingt Neuf Noir will resume in Saturday’s 1100m Scone feature, a race with a… Read More »
A conscious decision to dodge the best three-year-old fillies in Sydney and wait for a softer assignment could pay dividends when Shohisha chases black-type success in the Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone. The Gosford Guineas runner-up took on the best of her age group at the start of the autumn and… Read More »
The last time the Mornington-based stable of David Brideoake and Matt Jenkins stable took Rogue Rocker on a trip to Adelaide, they had a pleasant drive home. The team is heading back to the ‘City of Churches’ looking to replicate that victory when Rogue Rocker lines up in the Frank White’s 80th Birthday… Read More »
Group 1-winning jockey Daniel Moor is aiming to return to the saddle soon after receiving positive news following a fall at Bendigo on Wednesday. Moor was dislodged from his mount en route to the barriers and was taken to hospital after experiencing pain in his hip, prompting initial concerns about… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has declared exciting filly Biologics a spring prospect after she delivered an eye-catching last-to-first win on debut at Pakenham. A $700,000 buy at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Dean Hawthorne on behalf of Jonathan Munz, the daughter of I Am Invincible unleashed a powerful finish… Read More »
Beaten, but not bowed. Overpass has licked his wounds, but he’ll be back in Perth. A return engagement for the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in November has been penciled in. After he negotiates the Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Brisbane on Saturday, Perth’s premier sprint race is very much back… Read More »
Chris Gangemi is excited by the return of stable pin up, Repossession on Saturday, a three-year-old that he rates highly and views as a future feature race contender. Repossession validated Gangemi’s high opinion and gave a sign of things to come when he led from barrier to post to win the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight who was preparing for a winter campaign in Brisbane has been retired. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained import won a 1500m trial at Caulfield Heath on Thursday morning, but soon after the call was made to retire the gelding. Without A Fight won the 2023 Caulfield… Read More »
Harry’s Yacht will attempt to extend his winning sequence to three when he steps out down the straight at Flemington. Prepared at Flemington by Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin, Harry’s Yacht has yet to race at his home track, but will look to make it three on the trot… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg does not know what the ceiling is for King Zephyr who takes an important step into Stakes company at Flemington on Saturday. A veteran of six races, for five wins, and a run of four straight in his current campaign, King Zephyr heads to the Listed Straight Six (1200m)… Read More »
