Rarely has a midfield finish in the middle of winter inflicted so much torment on a trainer than the one belonging to Poetic Debate from her last visit to Sydney. Poetic Debate ran fifth in a race on the Kensington track at Randwick last month when fourth would have been… Read More »
Thiamandi will be in action at Caulfield on Saturday but not even trainer Lloyd Kennewell knows which race the mare will contest. Thiamandi scored an upset win in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield on July 26 at her first attempt at 1200m, providing Kennewell with multiple options for… Read More »
The fact Air Of Mystique is part of a terrific family won’t force trainers Bart and James Cummings to rush her into stakes company. Air Of Mystique is a half-sister to the six-time Group One winner Desert War while another half-brother Laser Hawk won the Group One Rosehill Guineas in… Read More »
Talented New Zealand galloper Cauthen has had a change of stable and a change of plans. New trainer Trent Busuttin said Cauthen would be on a flight to Melbourne on Wednesday, joining his spring carnival team which is headlined by dual Group One placegetter El Roca. Cauthen has had five… Read More »
The Qatar Bloodstock-owned Caravan Rolls On is one of the horses Craig Williams is booked to partner in the globetrotting jockey’s return to Australian racing at Caulfield on Saturday. Williams completed another Japanese riding stint and also embarked on a working holiday in Europe since he last competed in Australia… Read More »
Cox Plate markets have been reshuffled following the retirement of high-profile horse Carlton House. The seven-year-old, one of four $15 equal favourites in the TAB’s first market for the weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley on October 25, will join the stallion roster at Darley Stud next month. Dual Doncaster Mile… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy will ride Caulfield Cup-bound Dear Demi when she makes her return in the Toy Show Quality, her only Sydney appearance this campaign. Third in the 2013 Caulfield Cup, the John Singleton-owned Dear Demi tuned up for the Toy Show on August 23 with a 1000m barrier trial win… Read More »
Quality New Zealand galloper El Roca has settled into Melbourne ready to begin a campaign aimed at Group One success to boost his stallion prospects. El Roca resumes in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday with the Memsie Stakes at the same track later this month… Read More »
Fillies claimed four of the five juvenile Group One races last season and that quartet is favoured to fight out the Thousand Guineas. In markets released by the TAB on Monday for the Caulfield Group One on October 11, Blue Diamond Stakes winner Earthquake is the $4 favourite ahead of… Read More »
Breeders’ Plate winner Law will have his first start for the Chris Waller stable on Saturday with his preparation geared towards the $1 million Golden Rose. Zoustar gave the trainer his first win in the Group One race last season but Waller admitted he was still getting to know Law,… Read More »
A year ago, Puissance De Lune ran in the P B Lawrence Stakes as arguably the most talked about horse in the country leading into the spring carnival. He was the Melbourne Cup favourite and returned with a win in the early season Group Two weight-for-age race at Caulfield. It… Read More »
Injury-prone sprinter Better Than Ready will soon begin pre-training but spring racing is out of reach. Trainer Kelly Schweida is not giving up on getting him back for the summer features at home in Brisbane ahead of an autumn campaign. Schweida admitted he was a frustrating horse to train with… Read More »
The 2013 Cox Plate and Caulfield Guineas results brought mixed emotions for New Zealand trainer Andrew Campbell. Campbell trains Cauthen who beat subsequent Cox Plate winner Shamus Award and Guineas winner Long John in a Moonee Valley stakes race in August. Things went pear-shaped at his next start and the… Read More »
High-profile horse Carlton House has been retired from racing and will stand at Darley Stud this spring. Originally with Sir Michael Stoute in England, Carlton House was trained in Australia by Gai Waterhouse and had his final start when third in the race named for his owner, the Queen Elizabeth… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy will use the Up And Coming Stakes at Randwick to test Affirmation’s Golden Rose prospects. Affirmation was floated to from South Australia to McEvoy’s Hawkesbury base on the outskirts of Sydney after he scored a dominant win at Caulfield to end his juvenile season two weeks ago…. Read More »
Liam Birchley’s stable has been depleted in recent times with four of his promising young horses sold to Hong Kong. But it hasn’t slowed the popular trainer who likes to travel his horses and has produced two smart three-year-old winners in the past week. Gun Case went to Coffs Harbour… Read More »
Unless the rain comes, trainer Joe Pride is prepared to rest Tiger Tees despite his first-up Group Three win at Flemington. Pride entered the Group One winner in the Missile Stakes at Randwick and the Aurie’s Star in Melbourne on Saturday and chose the latter hoping for a softer track…. Read More »
Queensland Derby runner-up Pinstripe Lane has been gelded since his winter Group One placing and will have a staying target during the Melbourne Cup carnival. Troy Corstens, now training in partnership with his father Leon, said Pinstripe Lane was progressing nicely after a break and would trial in a couple… Read More »
Star colt Rubick’s spring campaign has been delayed but Gerald Ryan still has plenty of fire power for the early season three-year-old races. Among his team is Bachman who is being set for an audacious first-up bid at Group One glory in next month’s $1 million Golden Rose. A virus… Read More »
Michael Cahill got the perfect send off for his annual mid-year holiday with a win on NSW country galloper Solitaire Princess at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Cahill surrendered his Brisbane jockeys’ premiership to Tim Bell on the final day of last season but still rode 109 winners overall. He will… Read More »
