One of the colts earmarked to chase back-to-back Victoria Derby wins for trainer James Cummings will be out to stamp his credentials in the Caulfield Classic. Last-start Dulcify Quality winner Ataraxia makes his Melbourne debut in Saturday’s $350,000 Group Three Caulfield Classic (2000m) for three-year-olds. Cummings, who became the head… Read More »
Sin To Win is making enough progress as stayer that Lindsay Park is thinking about a Cups campaign. That won’t be on the agenda this year after the five-year-old won the Ladbrokes Up For The Challenge Handicap at Caulfield on Wednesday, his first try at 2400m. But the 2018 Caulfield… Read More »
Last-start stakes winner Cool Passion will be on trial for the Group One Myer Classic when she backs up in the Tristarc Stakes at Caulfield. The former Perth sprinter notched her first stakes win in last Saturday’s Group Three Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, her third start since joining… Read More »
Ron Quinton is staying close to home with gun mares Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms as they finalise their preparations for the Myer Classic in Melbourne. Quinton had considered taking the pair to Caulfield for the first time for Saturday’s Group Two Tristarc Stakes (1400m) after they fought out the… Read More »
Canberra trainer Nick Olive believes Single Gaze has had the perfect grounding as he prepares himself and his stable star for the biggest race of their careers. Single Gaze races on a seven-day back-up in Saturday’s $3 million Caulfield Cup and Olive is looking forward to seeing what the mare… Read More »
Glen Boss has had three meetings shaved off a careless riding suspension, allowing the leading jockey to ride in a Group One race in Singapore. The Singapore-based jockey was suspended for causing interference aboard Riven Light in the Group One Caulfield Stakes last Saturday. Boss, who pleaded guilty to the… Read More »
Former top trainer Greg Bennett is set to return to racing as a horse-breaker and pre-trainer at a Gold Coast hinterland property. Bennett trained about 450 winners from his Scone base in NSW before joining the Aquis Group in Queensland as director of racehorse development in February. His decision saw… Read More »
Chris Munce has reached some milestones as a trainer in the past week and he is about to roll out some of his big names for the summer. Munce sailed over 100-career Queensland winners with a treble at Caloundra on Sunday. He now has 105 winners on all Australian tracks… Read More »
Queensland trainers are confident there will be a change to the state’s controversial two-year-old race balloting system. There has been criticism of the current system which is an all-in for all first starters. It means on occasions horses which have trialled well and are high in early betting markets have… Read More »
The outstanding performance by topweight Tosen Stardom in Saturday’s $500,000 MRC Toorak H. 1600m G1 has strengthened the case for backing the Deep Impact sire-line in Australia. Arrowfield stands the only two Group 1-winning sons of Deep Impact available to breeders outside Japan: Real Impact, whose first Australian foals are… Read More »
Hugh Bowman’s recent trips to Werribee to partner his Caulfield Cup mount Marmelo have boosted the champion jockey’s the horse will be competitive. The Hughie Morrison-trained stayer runs for the first time in Australia in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. Bowman has been a regular visitor to the quarantine station at Werribee… Read More »
Trainer Darren Weir says the next 72 hours are crucial for Admire Deus who is being treated at a veterinary clinic for a serious leg injury suffered in a track gallop at Warrnambool. Admire Deus had shortened into favouritism for Saturday’s Caulfield Cup on Monday night, but less than 12… Read More »
The Ipswich midweek meeting has been lost because of continuing rain in south east Queensland. Officials had been confident despite three days of rain, Wednesday’s meeting could go ahead. Ipswich has had 110mm since Saturday and was rated a heavy 10 on Tuesday morning. Stewards walked the track late on… Read More »
Irish horse Johannes Vermeer has firmed to $4.60 favourite to give Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien a world record-equalling 25th Group One win for the year in the Caulfield Cup. Johannes Vermeer, who will jump from gate two in Saturday’s $3 million handicap, stormed home for second in Saturday’s Group One Caulfield… Read More »
