Jake Bayliss, who partnered Lubrication to a stunning upset win in the $1 million The Archer at Rockhampton on Sunday, has been very much a work in progress in recent months since linking up with riding mentor Robbie Fradd. Fradd enjoyed a highly successful career worldwide in the saddle himself,… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths concedes there is not a lot in favour of running I Only Wish at Caulfield. I Only Wish will be chasing a third straight win when she lines up in the GMH Fire & Safety Australia Handicap (1600m) on Saturday where the filly tackles the ‘boys’ from barrier 13…. Read More »
Champion jockey Mark Zahra is closing in on a career milestone as he prepares to partner star sprinter Giga Kick in Saturday’s Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville, with the chance to claim a sixth Group 1 victory for the 2024–25 season. If successful, Zahra will eclipse his previous… Read More »
Group 2 winner Forgot You is poised to make a long-awaited return to the racetrack this Saturday at Caulfield, stepping out in the Thoroughbred Club of Australia Handicap (1400m) after more than a year on the sidelines. The now five-year-old, trained by the Cranbourne-based partnership of Trent Busuttin and Natalie… Read More »
A promising New Zealand-bred two-year-old, Engine Of War, is the latest exciting addition to the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr training partnership, after the colt was snapped up following an eye-catching debut. The son of Circus Maximus impressed with a strong third-placing at Waverley for Cambridge-based trainer Andrew Forsman,… Read More »
Clayton Douglas would have loved to have been a part of the Sydney Autumn carnival with Giga Kick, but the chance to take up what could prove a once-in-a-career opportunity has proven too good to resist. The 2022 The Everest winner will therefore resume in this Saturday’s The Goodwood (1200m) at… Read More »
Markets have Buckaroo as the top pick of Chris Waller’s quartet of Hollindale Stakes runners but the trainer isn’t sure it is so clear-cut. The champion horseman will also be represented by Lindermann, Militarize and Kovalica in Saturday’s Group 2 contest at the Gold Coast and believes all are genuine contenders. “If we… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young -trained Forgot You will make his reappearance at Caulfield following a second long lay-off through injury. Forgot You lines up in the Thoroughbred Club of Australia Handicap (1400m) on Saturday, his first run since March last year. The rising seven-year-old spent his four-year-old year on the… Read More »
Stakes winner Barber is the latest in a string of ex-Godolphin gallopers to join the Richard Litt stable and he might just prove one of the most astute acquisitions yet. The 2023 Blue Diamond Prelude winner was purchased for $215,000 by Jason Micallef’s Monarch Bloodstock through Inglis’ December digital sale. Monarch… Read More »
The Group 2 A.D. Hollindale Stakes will take pride of place at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The race has belonged to trainer Annabel Archibald (formally Neasham) for an incredible four years in a row … courtesy of her superstar performer Zaaki in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and Numerian in… Read More »
October, a four-year-old gelding, scored an eye-catching win at Eagle Farm today in his first start in Australia since relocating to the Tony And Maddysen Sears stable, after formerly racing in Singapore. Contributing to the merit of the son of Ocean Park’s fifth career win was the fact that he… Read More »
Chris Waller will saddle up to five runners in his quest for a fourth win in the Gosford Gold Cup but in a rare position for the champion trainer, all are set to start at double-figure odds. Waller has First Light ($101), Etna Rosso ($26), Scarlet Oak ($15), Medatsu ($13) and Mr Waterville ($41) in Saturday’s… Read More »
It hasn’t been the smoothest of preparations for Deltason, but Meryl Hayley thinks it can end on a positive note when her promising juvenile tackles the final big race of the two-year-old season at Ascot on Saturday. After a late scratching in the Perth Stakes (1100m), Deltason missed out on a… Read More »
Ascot trainer Simon Miller is under no illusion of the task facing Generosity in Adelaide but says the Perth mare deserves her chance of striving for Group 1 glory in the Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. Generosity takes on the much-anticipated return of dual group 1 champion and Everest winner… Read More »
Let a fast horse be fast worked out perfectly for debutant Frostnip at Caulfield Heath with the filly showing great speed to lead throughout. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained two-year-old took out the MRC Foundation Gala May 8 Plate (1000m) on Wednesday in a brilliant display of speed. Despite… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are hoping history can repeat with well-bred filly Agarwood, who has all but earned herself a trip to Queensland with a stylish debut victory at Warwick Farm. The two-year-old was a comprehensive 2-1/2 length winner of Wednesday’s Schweppes Plate (1000m), a race… Read More »
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will look to get the maiden win out of the way with Rosangela when she lines up at Caulfield. The daughter of Too Darn Hot is down to run in the Next Payments Handicap (1100m) on Saturday. Rosangela has shown promise in her only two outings… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood has been longing for the opportunity to try Oscar’s Fortune over a slightly longer trip. The opportunity will become reality on Saturday when Oscar’s Fortune runs in the Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. To date, all of Oscar’s Fortune’s 16 starts, which has seen him… Read More »
A major redevelopment of Warwick Farm is at the forefront of the Australian Turf Clubs’s plans in its outline for the distribution of funds from a potential sale of Rosehill racecourse. The ATC is pledging to spend $802 million on racing and training facilities at the Western Sydney venue, including… Read More »
The competition is heating up for Queensland’s lucrative winter features, with 127 contenders entered for the $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) set to be held in Brisbane next month. Group 1 nominations officially closed at midday Tuesday for seven major races, ranging from the Doomben 10,000 on May 17 to… Read More »
