Star New Zealand filly Alabama Lass has made a successful hit and run mission to Melbourne with victory up the straight at Flemington. A winner of five of her eight starts on home soil, with a further three seconds, Alabama Lass led throughout to claim the Listed HKJC World Pool… Read More »
The Group 1 Tancred Stakes meeting will go ahead on Tuesday after persistent rain prompted officials to postpone the 10-race card. The track was rated a slow 7 on Saturday morning but with 50mm of rain forecast to fall throughout the day, an early call was made to move it…. Read More »
Racing officials have postponed the Group One meeting at Rosehill due to the state of the track and a forecast for persistent rain. Chief steward Steve Railton said while it was likely the surface would hold up for a race or two, the prediction of a further 50mm of rain… Read More »
Persistent heavy rainfall across Southeast Queensland has led to the cancellation of Saturday’s scheduled races at Doomben Racecourse. The downpour has rendered the track unsafe for racing, prompting officials to call off the event to ensure the safety of participants and horses.â This cancellation is part of a series of… Read More »
Casino Bay trounced her opposition in the Pat OâShea Plate at Toowoomba. The supporting feature race on the King Of The Mountain card has traditionally been run as the first two-year-old race of the season in September but it, along with The King Of The Mountain itself, were both moved… Read More »
The conditions were not in Steady Ready’s favour, but the father and daughter training team of Tony and Maddysen Sears had the confidence in their enduring trier to win their second King Of The Mountain feature at Toowoomba and for the gelding victory at his third attempt. Steady Ready finished second… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths and connections will bid to keep the winning run of Enxuto going when he steps out at Flemington. Following dual victories at Sandown and a last start success at Flemington, Enxuto will take the next step when he runs in the Curragh Handicap (1600m) on Saturday. Griffiths concedes it will… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has applauded Racing Victoria and the Victoria Racing Club with their programming of the HKJC World Pool Sprint Classic. The Listed race for three-year-olds over 1100m on Saturday carries $500,000 in prize money and has attracted 18 runners. Begg said it was the perfect lead-in race towards the… Read More »
Godolphin and James Cummings will chase a third straight win in the Australian Cup when Zardozi steps out in the Group 1 contest on Saturday. Cascadian won the 2000m weight-for-age contest in 2023 and again last year, both times with Ben Melham in the saddle. This year Jamie Melham chases her second… Read More »
Wide barriers are the order of the day for Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald’s team at Rosehill and that might not be a negative. Heavy rain is predicted on Saturday and Archibald is hoping that if it does eventuate, the deteriorating track conditions will favour horses drawn out. “We’ve got… Read More »
Peter Vâlandys is contemplating stepping down from one of his two high-profile positions, either as chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission or CEO of Racing NSW. Having played a pivotal role in expanding rugby league and revolutionizing the NSW racing industry, Vâlandys suggested he has “nothing left to prove.”… Read More »
Trainer Thomas Carberry is set to unveil exciting two-year-old filly Strictly Business in Saturdayâs VOBIS Gold Plate at Flemington. The filly is a half-sister to stablemate Kicking King and will carry the colours of breeder Martin Falvey, previously worn by Carberryâs retired sprinter, Scuderia. Unlike her sprinting predecessor, Strictly Business… Read More »
James Mcdonald is almost without peer as a jockey but his judgement of horseflesh will be put to the test when he partners River Of Stars in the Tancred Stakes at Rosehill. One of six runners for trainer Chris Waller in the staying feature, River Of Stars is among two Yulong-owned, European… Read More »
The Phillip Stokes stable is chasing some blacktype for a couple of fillies in the Clare Lindop Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville this Saturday. Stokes saddles up Comanche Miss and Pelevecchio as the pair try and achieve ‘Black Type’ status before there is an influx of fillies for the bigger races in coming… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes hope their two sprinters Joyful Fortune and Acromantula do not bring each other undone in a Stakes race at Flemington. The pair meet in the Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) on Saturday with each drawing on opposite sides of the track… Read More »
Michael Kent Jnr admits he isn’t quite sure what to expect from former Irish mare Sakti when she makes her local debut in the Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill, but he is confident she can forge a good career in Australia. The lightly raced four-year-old, a Listed winner and multiple stakes placegetter overseas,… Read More »
Atishu may not be mentioned in the same breath as some of Chris Waller’s champions past and present, but the mare is far from a spent force on the racetrack. The seven-year-old will be chasing a third Group 1 win at Flemington and her fourth in total when she lines up… Read More »
The decision to back-up Ceolwulf in the Neville Sellwood Stakes is part of a bigger campaign picture as Joe Pride looks to give his star galloper the best possible grounding for his ultimate goal. Having identified the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) as the race they want to win, Pride says Saturday’s Rosehill… Read More »
Classy New Zealand filly Alabama Lass has conquered racing right and left-handed, now she must take to straight racing at her Australian debut. Alabama Lass has arrived in Melbourne to contest the Listed HKJC World Pool Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday after showing her ability in New Zealand. Trainers… Read More »
Former hurdler Vauban proved surprisingly sharp in his first-up win and that has only fuelled his stable’s confidence as he prepares for a much more suitable assignment at Rosehill. The former European had never raced over a distance less than 2200m but showed another string to his bow when charging late… Read More »
