ALL AGED STAKES HISTORY * Standard weight-for-age * Before 2004 run over 1600m * First run in 1866 when won by Falcon * Outstanding winners include: Tim Whiffler (1870-71), Carbine (1889-90), Wakeful (1902), Chatham (1934), Peter Pan (1935), Ajax (1938-39-40), Bernborough (1946), San Domenico (1952), Tulloch (1958), Lord (1959), Sky… Read More »
Joe Pride is the first to admit Terravista didn’t perform to expectation in the TJ Smith Stakes. Sent out favourite, Terravista wasn’t disgraced in finishing third, but he also wasn’t the horse that claimed the Darley Classic in the spring. A wide run from an outside draw and a three-week… Read More »
The nation’s key racing services have been merged to form Racing Australia. The group replaces The Australian Racing Board, Racing Information Services Australia and the Australian Stud Book, in hopes of cutting costs and giving the industry the convenience of dealing with a single organisation. Racing NSW chairman, John Messara,… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy will mark his return to Europe as captain of the Rest of the World team at Royal Ascot’s Shergar Cup. The freelance rider has been announced for the premier jockeys’ challenge on August 8, alongside big names Frankie Dettori, Jamie Spencer and Emma-Jayne Wilson. As a retained jockey… Read More »
The emergence of Peeping as a stakes-class filly has come as no surprise to her trainer Ron Quinton. “One of the first things I said to (owner) Tom Kelly when I first got her going was that she’s a racehorse,” Quinton said. Since resuming with a victory in a midweek… Read More »
A poor draw is the only negative trainer David Brideoake can find for Self Sense at Caulfield on Saturday. The $5 favourite for the Gallagher Bassett VOBIS Gold Mile has drawn the third deepest barrier in the 17-horse field. The race, restricted to qualified horses, has been target for Self… Read More »
A throat operation has smart sprinting mare Gregers back in stakes-winning form. That’s the consensus from Lindsay Park as Gregers prepares to add another black-type win to her record in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Gregers charged home late in a 955m race on March 27… Read More »
An early education in Sydney has given Pasadena Girl the perfect foundation for a Group One bid in the final leg of the juvenile triple crown at Randwick. The filly has been backed into $3 favouritism for the $400,000 Champagne Stakes on Saturday following an eye-catching Sydney debut when fourth… Read More »
Trainer Doug Harrison is confident promising three-year-old Tudor is back to his best for a $150,0000 race at Caulfield. Tudor battled a cold before his most recent race at Flemington on March 14, a setback that was exacerbated due to a temperature. But a barrier trial victory on Tuesday has… Read More »
Trainer Roger James will decide on Saturday if top staying mare Silent Achiever returns to Australia to race during the Queensland winter carnival. James spoke with Brisbane Race Club officials on Monday and confirmed a Queensland visit was on the cards for the six-year-old mare. Silent Achiever is expected to… Read More »
Jon Walk was often a giant killer as a jockey and he is hoping he can carry the tag through to training Whatalovelyday to win a Group One race. Whatalovelyday makes a return from a short break in the Sprite Handicap(1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. The Domesday filly cost only… Read More »
Trainer Liam Birchley has one reservation about Syn City continuing his dream run with two-year-olds at Doomben. Birchley has had nine individual juvenile winners this season including the Karaka Million winner Hardline and the Magic Millions runner-up Pepperano. Syn City will be one of the favourites in Saturday’s Coca Cola… Read More »
A key spring racing carnival meeting will be shifted to avoid a clash with this year’s AFL Grand Final, Racing Victoria has confirmed. The AFL Grand Final will be held on Saturday, October 3 and in a one-off move, the Group One Turnbull Stakes meeting at Flemington will be shifted… Read More »
Fast `N’ Rocking will have to wait for another chance to snare a Group One win after connections decided to bypass an All Aged Stakes start in favour of a Group Three assignment. The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained sprinter will take his place in the Group Three Hall Mark… Read More »
Star young jockey Chad Schofield will head to England with an open mind and the determination to make the most of a three-month riding stint. Melbourne-based Schofield will travel to the UK after riding at the Hollindale Stakes meeting at the Gold Coast on Saturday week. He will be based… Read More »
Trainer Barry Baldwin’s confidence in experienced jockey Larry Cassidy was rewarded when Glendara recorded an impressive win at the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday. Glendara, the $2.50 favourite, defied a weight rise when he led throughout to give Cassidy the second leg of a double in the Higgins Coatings Hcp (1600m)…. Read More »
Gary Moore can’t give Takedown enough credit for helping him get back into Sydney racing. But the trainer’s admiration for the two-year-old will go to another level if Takedown can stretch a winning sequence in the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The winner of eight Macau training… Read More »
Chris Waller will use a proven template to give Counterattack his chance at an end-of-season Group One race. Waller announced Brisbane plans for Counterattack after the richly bred two-year-old scored a first-up win in the TAB Place Multi Handicap at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. It will put the late bloomer… Read More »
If attention to detail goes a long way in Group One races, Shooting To Win has been given every chance to add an All Aged Stakes victory to his Caulfield Guineas triumph. Thanks to a meticulous rehabilitation program since a George Ryder Stakes disappointment, Shooting To Win will chase a… Read More »
Under The Louvre will chase back-to-back stakes wins at Caulfield on Saturday in a race also designed to provide a solid grounding for his main aim next month. Under The Louvre was runner-up in the Group One Oakleigh Plate first-up and was a dominant last-start winner of the Listed Hareeba… Read More »
