Deposed jockey Tye Angland was among the first people to congratulate Chris Waller after Press Statement made a one-act affair of the Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill. Angland, the horse’s regular rider, was replaced by Hugh Bowman on Saturday after Press Statement’s unlucky Golden Rose fifth. Waller said a desire… Read More »
Jockey Dwayne Dunn and his son Dylan have brought up an early family double at Caulfield with victories in consecutive races. After 20-year-old apprentice Dylan Dunn started Saturday’s Underwood Stakes meeting with victory aboard the David Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained Afleet Esprit, Dwayne got on the board a race later… Read More »
Mr One Eleven’s first win for almost a year won’t change trainer John Sargent’s slow and steady approach with the stayer. The five-year-old came from last at the top of the straight to beat the favourite Dance Of Heroes ($5.50) by three-quarters of a length in the Rydge’s Parramatta Handicap… Read More »
Apprentice Dylan Dunn felt the wrath of stewards before atoning with a well-judged ride aboard Afleet Esprit at Caulfield. Dunn received an eight-meeting suspension at the Moonee Valley meeting on Friday night but bounced back to claim the Pancare Foundation Plate at Caulfield. Co-trainer David Hayes praised the ride of… Read More »
Champion stallion Zabeel will be buried alongside his sire Sir Tristram at Cambridge Stud with his tail facing the sunrise and his head towards the setting sun. Stud proprietor Sir Patrick Hogan announced the death of the breed-shaping horse on Saturday. The 29-year-old was retired from active service in late… Read More »
Champion stallion Zabeel has died at New Zealand’s Cambridge Stud. The stud’s owner Sir Patrick Hogan said on Saturday the 29-year-old had died peacefully in his paddock overnight. A son of the great Sir Tristram, Zabeel was retired from active duty in 2013 and will be buried at Cambridge Stud… Read More »
Three-time runner-up Red Cadeaux is on his way back to Australia for another shot at the Melbourne Cup. The popular Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux will be one of 12 horses to arrive in Melbourne on Saturday ahead of his fifth attempt at Australia’s richest and most famous race. Local star… Read More »
Flamingo Star has forced Chris Waller to make a gear switch the trainer didn’t think was possible for a race he didn’t expect the German import to be running in. After unplaced runs in the Tramway Stakes and Cameron Handicap, Flamingo Star will wear blinkers for the first time in… Read More »
The Cranbourne Turf Club is offering a million dollar inducement for potential Cox Plate runners to compete in the Cranbourne Cup. With the backing of Tabcorp, the club is offering the $1 million if the winner of the Cranbourne Cup on October 11 can also win the Cox Plate 13… Read More »
New Zealand trainer Murray Baker won his first Underwood Stakes with The Phantom a quarter of a century ago. Lion Tamer (2011) and It’s A Dundeel (2013) have added two more Underwood wins for Baker in the past four years and dual Derby winner and Cups contender Mongolian Khan will… Read More »
Bruce Hill’s horses make up a third of the Stan Fox Stakes field and the Gold Coast trainer isn’t hesitating to talk up their chances of a surprise result. Winning Accord and Man Of His Word are outsiders at $41 and $17 respectively in the six-horse race but Hill says… Read More »
Thousand Guineas aspirations with Super Cash will be put to the test when the lightly raced filly takes on a strong field in the Prelude at Caulfield. The Andrew Noblet-trained Super Cash resumed from a seven-week let-up in the Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington two weeks ago and… Read More »
Spieth’s on-again, off-again Caulfield Guineas campaign can take another twist on Saturday. The lightly raced Spieth lines up in the Group Three Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) in a race that will decide if he continues to step up in distance or comes back to sprinting. An original entry for the… Read More »
One of the modern-day greats is providing a spring template for Chris Waller to help put Press Statement at the forefront of his bid for a breakthrough Cox Plate win. Waller trains the Cox Plate favourite Kermadec but Press Statement is at prohibitive odds to at least stay on course… Read More »
The Australian Guineas at Flemington and the Randwick Guineas will again be run on the same day this season with officials saying there is no alternative. The Australian Pattern Committee said despite efforts by Racing NSW and Racing Victoria the issue could not be resolved within the current programming constraints… Read More »
A switch from weight-for-age to handicap company is the spark David Hayes is looking for with Petrology ahead of his Group One contest at Caulfield. After three weight-for-age runs to begin his campaign, Petrology faces up to a tough handicap contest in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on Saturday. But… Read More »
Two Blue’s front-running pattern would frustrate many trainers, but not Kristen Buchanan. The seven-year-old natural leader has been pipped at the post in four of her past five starts, all in stakes races. The mare heads into Saturday’s Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill as a $21 chance with Catkins the… Read More »
Since Criterion moved on from his stable, David Payne has been looking for his next star and is hoping Over The Air can stamp himself as the heir apparent. The gelding is aiming to break his maiden in the Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill and his trainer says although it is… Read More »
It’s unlikely there was anyone happier than apprentice Jye McNeil to learn Ninth Legion had been scratched from the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes to run in Sydney. Ninth Legion’s withdrawal from Saturday’s Group One Sir Rupert Clarke at Caulfield paved the way for first emergency Petrology to gain a start…. Read More »
Champion mare Black Caviar has given birth to her second foal overnight in the Hunter Valley. The foal is a colt out of Golden Slipper winner, Sebring, who also sired group one winners Criterion and Dissident. This is Black Caviar’s second foal, after giving birth last year to a filly… Read More »
