Jason Attard says a wide Epsom Handicap barrier for Sons Of John isn’t ideal – but it isn’t the end of the world either. Sons Of John will make his Group One debut in the Epsom, pitting his credentials against Chris Waller’s race favourites Winx and Silverball and the Kris… Read More »
Jockey Mark Zahra has been cleared of serious injury after being thrown from a horse and will be right to take important Group One rides this weekend. Zahra was taken to hospital for back X-rays after falling from a horse when returning to a stabling area at Caulfield on Tuesday… Read More »
Maurus’ first day at the races after a serious health scare couldn’t have turned out any better for trainer David Vandyke. Down and out as a spring prospect less than a month ago, Maurus will go into the $750,000 Metropolitan at Randwick having made a spectacular recovery from a severe… Read More »
Stablemates Flying Achilles and Land’s End will take different paths towards a clash in the Group One Spring Champion Stakes. Gerald Ryan entered both for the Listed Dulcify Quality (1600m) at Randwick but will instead run Flying Achilles over 1800m at Rosehill on Wednesday. Flying Achilles led all the way… Read More »
Epsom Handicap favourite Winx has drawn barrier 13 in the 15-horse field for the Group One mile at Randwick. Winx is one of three runners for premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller in the $1 million race on Saturday with Silverball drawing gate five and Sadler’s Lake three. Provincial star Sons… Read More »
A field of 15 will take part in the $1 million Epsom Handicap at Randwick. Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller will have three runners headed by the favourite Winx as he attempts his third successive win in the famous mile on Saturday. Waller will have five runners in the Metropolitan,… Read More »
Happy Trails will have to give weight to all his rivals in his bid for a second Turnbull Stakes win at Flemington. The Paul Beshara-trained Happy Trails is among the 24 nominations for Sunday’s 2000m-Group One race and will carry 59kg. A three-time Group One winner, Happy Trails won the… Read More »
Craig Williams has already started his homework for the Moir Stakes as he prepares to partner exciting filly Fontiton in what the jockey expects to be a cracking Group One race. Fontiton was Melbourne’s top filly during her juvenile season, winning her debut by six lengths at Moonee Valley last… Read More »
The winning Turnbull Stakes combination from two years ago will be reunited in this year’s running of the Group One race at Flemington. Happy Trails will be lining up for his fourth Turnbull Stakes start on Sunday with Dwayne Dunn to ride. Dunn rode Happy Trails to win the 2013… Read More »
The two international races in Singapore have been scrapped with officials saying they have achieved their purpose. In a surprise announcement on Monday, the Singapore Turf Club said the Singapore Airlines International Cup and the KrisFlyer Sprint had been discontinued. “The Singapore Airlines International Cup (SIA Cup) and KrisFlyer International… Read More »
Earlier this year is seemed Solicit’s future lay in the broodmare barn but the five-year-old will be given another season to try to snare a Group One win. Owners David Moodie and Nick Psaltis sent Solicit to Gerald Ryan in Sydney in February hoping a change of environment from her… Read More »
Kirramosa has firmed in Epsom Handicap markets with trainer John Sargent deciding the mare can be a force at the Randwick mile. Sargent was originally going to step her up to 2000 metres for the fourth run of her campaign but the Epsom attrition rate and the likelihood of a… Read More »
The stewards’ report says Perignon might have had an excuse for her last-start fifth in the Tea Rose Stakes but her trainer still expected more from the filly. Perignon gets the chance to live up to Gerald Ryan’s expectations in Saturday’s Group One Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. After the… Read More »
Group One winner Fenway will get the opportunity to press her claims for a Cox Plate start when she makes her Moonee Valley debut in the Stocks Stakes. Co-trainer Shannon Hope was at Moonee Valley on Monday morning to watch Fenway in a familiarisation gallop at the track ahead of… Read More »
Five three-year-olds are among the 20 nominations for the Group One Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Classy fillies Petits Filous and Fontiton could be joined in their age group by male counterparts Furnaces, Haptic and Headwater in Friday night’s 1000m-dash. Sydney trainer Joe Pride has siblings Terravista, Tiger Tees and… Read More »
Glen Boss has picked up the plum ride on unbeaten filly Petits Filous in the A J Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. The ride in Friday night’s feature sprint was up for grabs after Kerrin McEvoy decided not to appeal a careless riding suspension from Saturday’s Caulfield meeting. The Ciaron… Read More »
Trainer John Sadler is banking on Bengal Cat’s residual fitness as the lightly raced filly prepares for a tilt at the VRC Oaks. A veteran of four race starts, Bengal Cat hasn’t raced since finishing fourth behind Automatic Choice at Flemington in July. The daughter of Bernadini will return to… Read More »
Tony McEvoy is excited about getting Alpine Eagle out to 2000 metres in what will be a crucial spring carnival race for the promising horse. McEvoy plans to start Alpine Eagle in Sunday’s Turnbull Stakes Flemington which is run under set weights and penalties conditions. The four-year-old will also be… Read More »
Golden Rose runner-up Speak Fondly will spearhead a team of up to four runners for Gai Waterhouse in the Group One Flight Stakes. A dominant winner of the first two legs of the Princess series, Speak Fondly will go into the fillies feature at Randwick on Saturday three weeks after… Read More »
A recent throat operation has literally breathed new life into Rebel Dane who continues the second phase of his career in the Premiere Stakes. In the two years since he won the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Rebel Dane has run well at the top level, but not well… Read More »
