After a few near misses in recent seasons, Let’s Make Adeal is back on a mission to secure a start in one of the major spring Cups. It is a dream of Let’s Make Adeal’s owner-breeder Dennis Marks for a descendant of 1991 Caulfield and Melbourne Cups winner Let’s Elope… Read More »
Ready For Victory is the new favourite for the Group One Caulfield Guineas with Exosphere to be kept to sprints this spring. The Mick Prince-trained Ready For Victory is at $4 in the TAB’s Caulfield Guineas market ahead of Press Statement ($4.40) with Exosphere now at $6.50 and listed as… Read More »
An injury-free Kirramosa is ready to reclaim her Group One form in the George Main Stakes after a frustrating couple of years. Trainer John Sargent has kept faith with Kirramosa who has had just six starts since she won the 2013 VRC Oaks because of a hamstring injury followed by… Read More »
After carefully weighing up his options, Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has decided on the Testa Rossa Stakes at Caulfield as the next mission for exciting sprinter Fell Swoop. Fell Swoop passed his first stakes test last Saturday week at Moonee Valley, winning a Listed 1200m sprint by 1-1/2 lengths to… Read More »
Speak Fondly’s second in the Golden Rose bodes well for Perignon as she heads to the Tea Rose Stakes. The Gerald Ryan-trained Perignon has twice finished second to Speak Fondly who has begun the new season in style with wins in the Silver Shadow and Furious Stakes before beating all… Read More »
The Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes will be the next target for unbeaten filly Petits Filous. Petits Filous made it four wins from as many starts with another impressive display in Saturday’s Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) against her own age and sex at Flemington on Saturday. It was her… Read More »
A year after an injury suffered in the George Main Stakes almost ended his career, Teronado will continue his comeback at Doomben. Trainer Bruce Hill and managing owner Steve Foster considered a return trip to Sydney for the Group One George Main on Saturday but opted to keep him in… Read More »
Epsom Handicap favourite Winx will carry 53 kilograms in her bid to win the $1 million race in which her Chris Waller-trained stablemate Boban is topweight. Boban, who claimed the first of his five Group One wins in the 2013 Epsom (1600m), will carry 58kg, half a kilogram more than… Read More »
Winx has assumed favouritism for the Epsom Handicap with her scintillating win in the Theo Marks Stakes. The Chris Waller-trained mare came from second last to nail Sons Of John on the line in Saturday’s Group Two race, her first start since her Queensland Oaks success in May. She is… Read More »
Hardline has made a triumphant return to the track with a soft win at the Sunshine Coast. The winner of New Zealand’s richest race, the $1 million Karaka Million in January, Hardline underwent minor knee surgery after that victory. Trainer Liam Birchley chose to race him in Sunday’s benchmark race… Read More »
Charmed Harmony will be given his chance to win a Group One race before he heads for a well-earned spell. Trainer John Sadler had been considering running him at Caulfield on Saturday but has decided to give him his chance in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) on September 26…. Read More »
The spring carnival hopes of Big Memory are on hold with trainer Tony McEvoy hopeful he can get his preparation back on track. Big Memory was withdrawn from the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes on race morning because of lameness. McEvoy immediately sent the gelding to the Ballarat Equine Centre… Read More »
The Hill Stakes will be a defining race for a host of Chris Waller’s spring carnival contenders. As he did in the Chelmsford Stakes, Sydney’s premier trainer will provide most of the field for Saturday’s Group Two race at Randwick. Waller sent out 11 runners in the Chelmsford (1600m) but… Read More »
The Hill Stakes will be a defining race for a host of Chris Waller’s spring carnival contenders. As he did in the Chelmsford Stakes, Sydney’s premier trainer will provide most of the field for Saturday’s Group Two race at Randwick. Waller sent out 11 runners in the Chelmsford (1600m) but… Read More »
Fawkner’s first-up win in the Makybe Diva Stakes has signalled he is on target to give prominent owner Lloyd Williams a first Cox Plate win. Second to Adelaide in last year’s Cox Plate, Fawkner has claimed $8 favouritism for next month’s $3 million feature at Moonee Valley with his win… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse’s spring carnival will step up a gear as the Randwick trainer assembles a strong team for George Main Stakes day at Randwick. Cox Plate hopeful Pornichet will represent Tulloch Lodge in the Saturday’s Group One race, his final start in Sydney ahead of a Melbourne campaign. Pornichet was… Read More »
Wicked Intent will be trainer Chris Munce’s first interstate runner, confirming a trip to Sydney with his third under a big weight at Doomben. Wicked Intent had to lump 60kg when third to the flying filly Blue Desert Moon and Secret Saga in a three-year-old handicap over 1050m on Saturday…. Read More »
A furious Glen Boss will appeal a suspension that threatens to rule him out of the ride on Kermadec in the George Main Stakes, and has taken a swipe at a fellow jockey. Boss was banned for 10 meetings after stewards ruled he caused Craig Williams’ mount Boston Light to… Read More »
God’s In Him has snared his third successive win, returning from a winter freshener to beat Nevagotavote in a photo finish at Rosehill. The Jason Deamer-trained Nevagotavote led from the start at Rosehill despite flying under the bookies’ radar ($20), and looked to have Saturday’s 1400m race locked down until… Read More »
Godolphin trainer John O’Shea has asked stewards to swab Holler and Shards following their sub-par performances in the Golden Rose won by stablemate Exosphere. Shards and Holler finished second last and last respectively in the Saturday’s $1 million Group One race. O’Shea told stewards Holler in particular was nervous in… Read More »
