Cox Plate entrant Trade Storm has boosted his chances of an invitation to Australia with victory in the Woodbine Mile in Toronto. Moonee Valley Racing Club officials will consider giving the David Simcock-trained horse an automatic berth in the $3 million Cox Plate (2040m) on October 25. The six-year-old, owned… Read More »
Golden Rose winner Hallowed Crown will not run in the Caulfield Guineas with the Coolmore Stud Stakes his next Group One target. The colt maintained his unbeaten record when he collared Scissor Kick close to the line in Saturday’s $1 million at Golden Rose at Rosehill. James Cummings, who trains… Read More »
A sparkling barrier trial from Terravista has reinforced trainer Joe Pride’s opinion he has a Group One winning sprinter on his hands. Hugh Bowman had Terravista under a strong hold in Friday’s 807m heat at Warwick Farm and he flashed home for a close second to the Jason Coyle-trained Dettori…. Read More »
A horse which could not get to the races in Sydney has found a new lease of life in Queensland. Coworth Park scored his fifth win and his first in Saturday company in the Sky Racing Hcp (2100m) at Doomben. The gelding is raced by Vicki Heathcote and trained by… Read More »
Trainer Paul Messara will put the heartbreak of Scissor Kick’s second in the Golden Rose behind him to concentrate on stablemate Panzer Division in the George Main Stakes. Scissor Kick was claimed late by Hallowed Crown in Saturday’s Group One race for three-year-olds after carting the winner into the race…. Read More »
Dissident could back up in the Underwood Stakes as trainer Peter Moody plots the best path towards the Cox Plate. The four-year-old moved to Cox Plate favouritism when he added Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes win to his Memsie Stakes victory, giving him the first two Group One races in Melbourne… Read More »
Injury has halted Washington Heights’ spring campaign but trainer Gerald Ryan still has plenty to look forward to with his new season three-year-olds. Washington Heights will have surgery to remove a bone chip after pulling up sore at trackwork on Thursday. “He was sore after working the reverse way at… Read More »
We take a look at each of the runners in the Makybe Diva Stakes and give our rating for their performances in the race as well as which runners to follow and which to sack heading into the Spring. FREE BET OFFER: Register via this link for a $250 FREE BET at… Read More »
Promising gelding Chautauqua looks set for a profitable spring carnival after an emphatic first-up win in the Group Three Bobbie Lewis Quality. Last season’s Hawkesbury Guineas winner resumed in Saturday’s 1200-metre sprint against a classy field and made the race a one-act affair to post a 2-1/2 length win over… Read More »
The fourth generation of the Cummings family has etched his name on the Group One honour roll after a thrilling win by Hallowed Crown in the Golden Rose. James Cummings, who works in partnership with his famous grandfather Bart, is the son of multiple Group One winning trainer Anthony and… Read More »
Dissident has enhanced his reputation as a top-class weight-for-age racehorse with a gritty win in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes. On a day when champion Black Caviar delivered her first foal, trainer Peter Moody’s latest stable star Dissident came to the party with his third Group One win and… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys has already knocked back substantial offers for Rich Enuff and the colt has repaid his connections’ faith with a Group Two win in the Danehill Stakes at Flemington. Keys has never won a Group One race and believes Rich Enuff could be the best horse he has… Read More »
Hallowed Crown has continued an unbeaten sequence to win the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill. Taking his record to four wins from four starts, Hallowed Crown ($6.50) wore down Scissor Kick ($13) to claim the Group One race for Bart Cummings and his grandson James. It is the first… Read More »
The road to an elusive Group One win has started smoothly for Catkins who has begun her spring campaign with an easy win at Rosehill. The odds-on favourite for Saturday’s Group Three Sheraco Stakes (1200m), Catkins ($1.90) travelled sweetly for Hugh Bowman who had the race in his control. The… Read More »
The Peter Moody-trained Dissident made it back-to-back Group One wins when he fought off Fawkner to win the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. In a close finish to the weight-for-age race, Dissident, the $2.70 favourite, added the mile feature to his Memsie Stakes win at Caulfield two weeks… Read More »
Import He’s Your Man emerged as a major carnival contender while the spring credentials of La Amistad and Greatwood suffered blows in Saturday’s Kingston Town Stakes at Rosehill. He’s Your Man became the latest member of trainer Chris Waller’s team to earn consideration for Group One races this spring when… Read More »
Talented four-year-old Cluster has continued his march towards fulfilling his Group One potential with a barnstorming win in the Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill. One of several horses to join the new training partnership of Peter and Paul Snowden this season, Cluster has gone from a provincial maiden win in… Read More »
Trainer Bryan Guy admitted he got special satisfaction out of the win of Platinum State at Doomben on Saturday. Platinum State ($6.50) scored his first win in nine starts at Doomben when he held on to win the Novotel Brisbane Airport Handicap (1350m). Guy had been planning to run Platinum… Read More »
Merion has lowered the colours of boom colt Chivalry by the barest of margins at Flemington to put himself in the Caulfield Guineas picture. The Mike Moroney-trained Merion, who is tracking the same path towards the Caulfield Guineas as last year’s winner Long John, held off favourite Chivalry by a… Read More »
A late call to send Turquoise King to Sydney paid dividends for Hawkes Racing and underlined the benefits of their two-state operation. A drying track at Rosehill convinced the Hawkes training team to roll the dice and run the last-start Melbourne winner in Saturday’s Sportsyear Sprint (1200m). Turquoise King stalked… Read More »
