Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s highly-priced import, Sir Delius, will make his Australian debut at Doomben this Saturday, marking the start of his Spring Carnival campaign. The four-year-old, a son of Frankel, previously raced in France under Jean-Claude Rouget, winning a Group 3 at Chantilly and placing third in the… Read More »
Rhys Archard is relocating his training operation to the private Mangalore Park facility near Seymour in the coming weeks. A lifelong Cohuna resident, Archard has spent most of his career training from Echuca. He spent time in Adelaide, where he won the SANFL Magarey Medal, and now aims to expand… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Travis Doudle is making the first of what he hopes will be a number of raids in Melbourne during the winter months. Recent stable acquisition Showrunner lines up in the Sir Henry Bolte Handicap (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday which will give Doudle a gauge as to whether he is… Read More »
Eagle Farm belonged to the Annabel and Rob Archibald stable when the Queensland Winter Carnival officially kicked off on May 3. Two Group races were on offer that day … both at Group 2 level … and the Archibald yard claimed both of them, staying in favour with punters and… Read More »
A recent operation is being looked upon as the catalyst to prolong the racing career of The Astrologist. The rising nine-year-old will line up for start number 52 when he runs in the Listed Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained gelding underwent a… Read More »
John Thompson knows the type of filly it takes to win the Woodlands Stakes having captured it four years ago with Xtremetime and the Randwick trainer believes Vingt Neuf Noir is in a similar mould. French for ‘twenty-nine black’, Vingt Neuf Noir will resume in Saturday’s 1100m Scone feature, a race with a… Read More »
A conscious decision to dodge the best three-year-old fillies in Sydney and wait for a softer assignment could pay dividends when Shohisha chases black-type success in the Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone. The Gosford Guineas runner-up took on the best of her age group at the start of the autumn and… Read More »
The last time the Mornington-based stable of David Brideoake and Matt Jenkins stable took Rogue Rocker on a trip to Adelaide, they had a pleasant drive home. The team is heading back to the ‘City of Churches’ looking to replicate that victory when Rogue Rocker lines up in the Frank White’s 80th Birthday… Read More »
Group 1-winning jockey Daniel Moor is aiming to return to the saddle soon after receiving positive news following a fall at Bendigo on Wednesday. Moor was dislodged from his mount en route to the barriers and was taken to hospital after experiencing pain in his hip, prompting initial concerns about… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has declared exciting filly Biologics a spring prospect after she delivered an eye-catching last-to-first win on debut at Pakenham. A $700,000 buy at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Dean Hawthorne on behalf of Jonathan Munz, the daughter of I Am Invincible unleashed a powerful finish… Read More »
Beaten, but not bowed. Overpass has licked his wounds, but he’ll be back in Perth. A return engagement for the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in November has been penciled in. After he negotiates the Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Brisbane on Saturday, Perth’s premier sprint race is very much back… Read More »
Chris Gangemi is excited by the return of stable pin up, Repossession on Saturday, a three-year-old that he rates highly and views as a future feature race contender. Repossession validated Gangemi’s high opinion and gave a sign of things to come when he led from barrier to post to win the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight who was preparing for a winter campaign in Brisbane has been retired. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained import won a 1500m trial at Caulfield Heath on Thursday morning, but soon after the call was made to retire the gelding. Without A Fight won the 2023 Caulfield… Read More »
Harry’s Yacht will attempt to extend his winning sequence to three when he steps out down the straight at Flemington. Prepared at Flemington by Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin, Harry’s Yacht has yet to race at his home track, but will look to make it three on the trot… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg does not know what the ceiling is for King Zephyr who takes an important step into Stakes company at Flemington on Saturday. A veteran of six races, for five wins, and a run of four straight in his current campaign, King Zephyr heads to the Listed Straight Six (1200m)… Read More »
Champion stayer Without A Fight has been official retired from racing as announced on X by training partnership Anthony & Sam Freedman. The Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup winner has been official retired following a trial this morning which the horse indeed won by a small margin. In 2023, he… Read More »
Age Of Kings might be down on confidence, but Chris Waller hasn’t given up hope of helping him rediscover some of his European form, even if it doesn’t happen this weekend. The winner of the 2023 Group 3 Jersey Stakes (1408m) at Royal Ascot, Age Of Kings was purchased with that year’s… Read More »
Born and bred in Scone, Peter Snowden is a regular supporter of the town’s annual two-day carnival and he is again set to have a strong hand this year with six runners. Two-year-olds Akaysha and Miss Freelove head his squad in the Listed Woodlands Stakes (1100m), the pair on the second and third… Read More »
West Of Africa already has one Cup win in the bag this campaign and he will be bidding to add another when he heads to Scone chasing qualification for the Big Dance. The gelding was a devastating winner of the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast in January when… Read More »
Being on the wrong side of a photo finish in a feature race is nothing new to trainer Brad Widdup but he remains hopeful Jeidbeel can bury memories of his narrow last start loss by winning the Doomben 10,000. The sprinter went down by a short half-head to Libertad in the Victory… Read More »
