Trainer Andrew Balding is at a loss to explain how the injury which will prevent Side Glance defending his Mackinnon Stakes title occurred. Fourth in the Cox Plate behind Adelaide at Moonee Valley last Saturday, Side Glance has been withdrawn from Saturday’s Group One race with a wrenched fetlock. Balding… Read More »
Robbie Laing has not given up on back-to-back Victoria Derby wins while fellow trainer Mark Kavanagh is hoping to go one better than he did with his two previous runners in the Classic. Laing won last year’s Victoria Derby with the now-retired Polanski and has Cuban Fighter and The Mighty… Read More »
Promising stayer Bring Something has kicked off a potentially big week for trainer Ken Keys with victory in the $250,000 Bendigo Cup. The four-year-old scored a determined win in Wednesday’s 2400m provincial feature, only days before Keys hopes to play a starring role on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington. Boom… Read More »
Trainer Matt Dunn has continued to put his slow start to the season behind him with a winning double at Ipswich on Wednesday. Dunn trained 106 winners last racing term including 56 in the city and finished second to Tony Gollan in the Brisbane trainers’ premiership. His double with Lucky… Read More »
Marksmanship has given his new owners a great ride since they paid $120,000 for him at a Lloyd Williams dispersal sale. And it’s not over yet. The horse is now just a win away from a start in Australia’s richest race with his eight starts for trainer Ciaron Maher yielding… Read More »
VICTORIA DERBY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: * First run in 1855 when won by Rose Of May, the Victoria Derby is six years older than the Melbourne Cup and one of the oldest races in the world NOTABLE WINNERS: * Manfred (1925), Phar Lap (1929), Skipton (1941), Comic… Read More »
It’s been almost 20 years since Gai Waterhouse won the Victoria Derby and bookmakers agree with the trainer that this will be her year again. Waterhouse has found herself without a Melbourne Cup runner and is disappointed Derby favourite Hampton Court won’t be able to back up in the race… Read More »
COOLMORE STUD STAKES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: * Formerly known as Ascot Vale Stakes and upgraded to Group One in 2006 * The Ascot Vale was first run for three-year-olds with set weights and penalties in 1969 when won by Vain. Prior to that it was a race… Read More »
Chris Waller rated Quick Strike as a potential Rosehill Guineas horse after the three-year-old made it back-to-back wins at Warwick Farm. With the autumn in mind, Waller said he would spell Quick Strike immediately despite the horse’s half-length win in the Shop With The TAB App Handicap (1600m) on Wednesday…. Read More »
A Melbourne cameo goes on the line for Best Case when one of the hardluck stories of the Sydney spring carnival lines up at Rosehill. Seemingly on target for a Group One appearance after a promising return in an unsuitably run race in August, Best Case’s spring was derailed when… Read More »
Apprentice Travis Wolfgram heeded the advice of trainer Matthew Dunn to guide short-priced favourite Lucky Lucre to victory at Ipswich on Wednesday. Wolfgram has been one of Brisbane’s form riders in recent weeks but he was caught out when second on Lucky Lucre at the gelding’s previous start at Ipswich… Read More »
Luck has deserted Scissor Kick in recent starts but trainer Paul Messara is adamant the colt has the quality to win at Group One level. He is hoping that can happen as soon as Saturday in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington. Messara says Saturday’s 1200m sprint looms as the… Read More »
A lack of suitable races will result in smart Brisbane stayers Brave Ali and Amexed being given short summer campaigns. The pair, who are both resuming, will be among four runners for trainer Tony Gollan in the Padua College Handicap (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday. The duo both performed admirably… Read More »
Sydney colt Hampton Court has drawn barrier 11 for the $1.5 million Victoria Derby at Flemington on Saturday which has attracted a capacity field. Part-owned by businessman James Packer and Sydney radio’s Alan Jones, Hampton Court rocketed into Derby favouritism with a brilliant last-start win in the Spring Champion Stakes… Read More »
Four Cox Plate runners will back up in Saturday’s Group One Mackinnon Stakes including reigning titleholder Side Glance. The well-travelled gelding has drawn barrier seven for his rematch with Moonee Valley rivals Happy Trails (barrier 13), Foreteller (10) and Criterion who has drawn the inside gate. Brambles is the only… Read More »
A crack field of 16 three-year-olds will line up in Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington headed by Caulfield Guineas runner-up Rich Enuff and the in-form Rubick. The top fancies have drawn across the track in the straight race with Rich Enuff to jump from gate 10 while Schillaci Stakes… Read More »
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Rich Enuff is sharp enough to handle a drop in distance as he pursues the Group One win his jockey thinks should already be on his record. Michael Rodd was aboard when the Ken Keys-trained Rich Enuff was narrowly denied as favourite in the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) last start. He… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse is without a Melbourne Cup runner after withdrawing The Offer from the race she won for the first time with Fiorente. Waterhouse was unhappy with The Offer’s action after trackwork and announced the former favourite’s defection on Tuesday, a week out from Australia’s most famous race. The Offer… Read More »
A decision to end the Melbourne Cup campaign of The Offer has all but cemented Araldo’s place in the field for the $6.2 million race. His trainer Mike Moroney will weigh up all options before deciding whether Araldo needs to run in either the Lexus or the Mackinnon Stakes at… Read More »
