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 »
Champion sprinter Lankan Rupee is still four weeks away from his highly anticipated return but trainer Mick Price is ready to unveil a few of his other spring carnival aspirants. Price has Group One-placed colts Jabali and Cornrow resuming in Saturday’s Vain Stakes and they will be joined in the… Read More »
Had it not been for tendon injuries, trainer Tony Noonan is convinced Zevada would have been a Cups contender. At Flemington on Saturday, the nine-year-old scored a satisfying win for his trainer and connections in his third start back from more than a year on the sidelines. Zevada is rated… Read More »
Attempting to force a passage on smart three-year-old Raposo has cost jockey Michelle Payne a 14-meeting suspension at Flemington. Raposo had plenty to give at the 300m of the Joyann Erskine & Philip Carroll Handicap but the Patrick Payne-trained galloper had nowhere to go. Payne decided to shift Raposo to… Read More »
Tiger Tees’ class proved the difference at the end of Saturday’s Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington. Tiger Tees won the Group One The Galaxy and finished third in the All Aged Stakes during the Sydney autumn carnival but trainer Joe Pride decided to start his season in Melbourne… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse and Tommy Berry have set the tone for the Sydney spring carnival in winning the first Group race with Sweet Idea. The tenacious mare led all the way under Berry to take out the Group Two Missile Stakes (1200m) in a close finish from Messene and Rebel Dane…. Read More »
Jockey Chris Munce had good news and bad news for Ferment’s connections after the gelding scored a runaway win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ferment ($6) charged home to score by 2-1/4 lengths to War Ends ($31) with a short half-head to Darci Be Good ($12) in the Ray White… Read More »
Benalla horseman Peter Smith’s superannuation plan returned another dividend when Play Master scored at Saturday’s Flemington meeting. Smith bought Play Master’s sire Masterprint out of a paddock after a serious foot infection curtailed any hope of a racing career but the stallion has been a profitable purchase for the trainer…. Read More »
Paul Messara is in the process of reducing his stable numbers but will be keeping a strong hold on Scissor Kick, winner of the Listed Rosebud at Randwick. Messara, who is taking control of the breeding arm of the family business, Arrowfield Stud, will keep a select group in work… Read More »
Fontein Ruby’s win against colts and geldings at Flemington has trainer Robert Smerdon considering feature spring fillies’ races for the three-year-old. Fontein Ruby was the only filly in Saturday’s Joyann Erskine & Philip Carroll Handicap but came away with the victory in the 1410-metre event. It was Fontein Ruby’s second… Read More »
A wide barrier put paid to Coffs Harbour Cup plans for Bouzy Rouge and mare was redirected to Randwick where she delivered on Saturday. Trained by Luke Griffith at Scone, Bouzy Rouge was all set to run in Thursday’s Cup won in her absence by Southern Shimmer. Griffith and her… Read More »
Apprentice Regan Bayliss has earned praise from leading trainer Peter Moody after continuing his promising start to his city riding career at Flemington. Bayliss celebrated victory with his first ride at Flemington in an apprentices’ only race on July 19 and kept his perfect record at the track in tact… Read More »
Trainer Darren Bell ended a frustrating run of luck when gelding Falino scored a comeback win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Falino, who wonthe 2011 Group Three BTC Classic as a three-year-old, has had a troubled career thanks to a throat operation. However, Falino ($17) showed no signs of a wind… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes will set a Melbourne stakes target for Couldn’t Agreemore after his first-up success at Flemington. Couldn’t Agreemore’s impressive fresh record prompted Stokes to bring the gelding to Flemington for Saturday’s Dean Palmby & Scott Millson Handicap (1000m) and the sprinter did his part with a one-length… Read More »
