Multiple Group One winner Moment Of Change will carry topweight in the Newmarket Handicap. The Peter Moody-trained sprinter, who has been given 58kg, will be chasing his third-straight Group One win after claiming the CF Orr Stakes and Futurity Stakes double. Moment Of Change was narrowly denied by Shamexpress in… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Laing has not closed the door on Polanski’s racetrack career just yet. The Victoria Derby winner suffered a serious leg injury in Saturday’s Group One Futurity Stakes but the damage was not as severe as Laing had first feared with the trainer originally believing the colt had fractured… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Fawkner could make his autumn return in a Group Three race at Flemington on Saturday. The Lloyd Williams-owned galloper has not started since his fast-finishing sixth in the Melbourne Cup last spring and is among 20 nominations for the TAB Rewards Stakes (1400m). Fawkner has topweight of… Read More »
Unlike the explosive Wests Tigers winger for whom he is named, Koroibete will be on a long-distance mission this campaign which is aimed at the Australian Derby. Named for Marika Koroibete, the Gerald Ryan-trained gelding begins his Derby preparation in Saturday’s Hobartville Stakes (1400m) for a group of owners which… Read More »
Hobart Cup winner Epingle will need to overcome a wide barrier if she is to claim Tasmania’s feature Cups double and earn her connections a lucrative bonus in Launceston on Wednesday. The Mick Kent-trained Epingle, dominant winner of the Hobart Cup last start, has barrier 12 in a field of… Read More »
Lee Curtis admits he is throwing Press Report in the deep end in the Silver Slipper but believes the filly has earned the chance to take on the blue bloods. Press Report, who Curtis bought privately for $15,000, recouped her price tag when second to Darley filly Memorial on debut… Read More »
Australian Guineas hopeful Rock Hero has geared up for his shot at Saturday’s Group One feature with a barrier trial win at Cranbourne. The David Payne-trained Rock Hero won his 1190m trial on Monday by two lengths with race jockey Michael Rodd aboard. Rock Hero will be joined by his… Read More »
James McDonald has given It’s A Dundeel a glowing report after steering him to a decisive barrier trial win at Randwick. The four-year-old worked home from midfield to put two lengths on Porcellanus, recording 1:11.3s for 1200 metres. “He’s definitely come back a stronger horse. It’s scary how much he… Read More »
A first Melbourne Group One is in sight for Adelaide jockey Dom Tourneur but he says favourite Hucklebuck still has to step up another notch to win the Australian Guineas. After partnering the gelding to a convincing win in the CS Hayes Stakes last start, Tourneur believes Hucklebuck can make… Read More »
Valuable colt Rubick will be closely monitored over the next two weeks before a decision is made whether he presses on to the Golden Slipper. Rubick finished fourth in Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield won by Earthquake after being flushed out and hitting the front sooner than anticipated. Trainer… Read More »
Oakleigh Plate placegetter Knoydart will get another crack at a Group One at his next start in the Newmarket Handicap. Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation has paid the $55,000 late entry for Saturday week’s Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The Peter Snowden-trained Knoydart has been in a rich vein of form… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote has reached another milestone with a double at the Sunshine Coast taking his career tally to 1000 winners. Damian Browne, who rode Darley filly Earthquake to win Saturday’s Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, returned to Queensland on Sunday to partner Kaiser Franz and… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price has warned punters Lankan Rupee is not a definite runner in the Newmarket Handicap for which he earned favouritism with his Oakleigh Plate win. Price said he had to give serious thought to missing the race on March 8 in favour of the William Reid Stakes and… Read More »
Veteran trainer Leon Corstens has admitted if it had been left to him, Sweet As Bro would not have been given the chance to win the $260,000 Kilmore Cup. Luckily for Corstens, he left the decision to the four-year-old’s owners who opted to run in Sunday’s rich race in preference… Read More »
While Melbourne has embraced the Relaxed Racing theme in recent weeks, it seems things have been a little too casual in the sunshine state. Brisbane Race Club chairman Neville Bell returned from a trip to Africa on Saturday in time to quell an uprising among members. During January and February… Read More »
Earthquake’s Blue Diamond Stakes win has brought back memories of Sepoy for trainer Peter Snowden who will give her a similar lead-up to the Golden Slipper. Sepoy completed the double in 2011 but suffered his first defeat in the Todman Stakes two weeks before the Slipper when beaten by Smart… Read More »
It’s A Dundeel has been replaced as the favourite for Sydney’s richest race but his mission to reverse the situation begins in earnest with a Randwick barrier trial on Monday. Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente deposed the New Zealander at the top of markets for the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes… Read More »
The first part of Paul Snowden’s Darley farewell wish list was ticked off on Saturday in the Blue Diamond Stakes. The second is likely to prove more difficult. Heading into his final carnival as Darley’s Melbourne foreman for his father Peter, Paul Snowden pinpointed the Blue Diamond Stakes and Australian… Read More »
One of Joe Pride’s biggest problems in coming weeks will be keeping his carnival hopefuls apart as they head to Group One racing. The Warwick Farm trainer was successful with the strategy on Saturday, sending Tiger Tees to Brisbane where he won the Listed Falvelon Quality a couple of hours… Read More »
Matt Dunn has made his mark on Brisbane racing this season but says the trainers’ premiership is out of his reach. The Murwillumbah-based Dunn and another young gun, Tony Gollan, are involved in a three-way battle for the premiership which is the closest in 40 years. With 31 wins apiece,… Read More »
