Glen Boss will be in the spotlight with Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance De Lune in the Group One Underwood Stakes and also has strong chances on Saturday’s undercard at Caulfield. But one of the horses Boss was most looking forward to riding has been ruled out with three-year-old filly The… Read More »
New Zealand horses have won the past two Underwood Stakes and punters have rallied behind another to cause an upset on Saturday. Multiple Group One winner It’s A Dundeel has firmed from $13 on Wednesday to $8.50 with TAB fixed odds with unbeaten mare Atlantic Jewel drifting slightly from $1.45… Read More »
The rising cost of barrier trials means Manawanui goes to his first-up assignment at Randwick on Saturday without a public outing but trainer Ron Leemon is happy he is fit enough for his return. Leemon has given the five-year-old a couple of jump-outs at Warwick Farm to ready him for… Read More »
Glen Boss expects a filly he first rode to victory at Caulfield earlier this year can announce herself as a genuine Thousand Guineas threat at the same track on Saturday. Boss will be aboard the Mick Kent-trained The Huntress in Saturday’s Group Two Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) and the jockey… Read More »
Tim Clark hasn’t given up on riding Dissident at the three-year-old’s proper weight in the George Main Stakes. Last week’s Golden Rose runner-up has 50.5kg in the weight-for-age race at Randwick on Saturday but Clark is allowed to ride the Peter Moody-trained galloper at 0.5kg overweight. Clark, however, rates himself… Read More »
Atlantic Jewel faces her acid test in Saturday’s Group One Underwood Stakes. And her jockey Michael Rodd is looking for the unbeaten star to answer the challenge like she has in every start so far. Rodd has unwavering confidence in Atlantic Jewel’s ability which has netted nine wins from as… Read More »
Shoreham, the flagship horse in Saab Hasan’s small Flemington stable, is being aimed at the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, but not at all costs. The four-year-old gelding has been consistent in strong company all year including a Group One third in the South Australian Derby. He won the Listed Sofitel… Read More »
Steve Englebrecht admits there have been times in recent years when he has considered an easier life than training racehorses but the emergence of Malavio has renewed his enthusiasm. The five-year-old continues his build-up to the Epsom Handicap in Saturday’s Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. Malavio’s win in the… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick has removed blinkers from Lightfeet Lady to help her cope with a stamina test at Eagle Farm on Saturday. In what could be her career swan song, Lightfeet Lady will attempt 1300m for only the second time in the Kirks Handicap. “She ran second in the Rocky… Read More »
Rival jockey Nash Rawiller is adamant the trainer tipped to give Jimmy Cassidy his 100th Group One winner is also the one who can deny him the milestone at Randwick on Saturday. Cassidy rides the Chris Waller-trained Hawkspur in the George Main Stakes in his bid for a century of… Read More »
Villa Verde is showing her trainer all the signs she is primed to bounce back from a winless autumn when she returns to the track at Caulfield on Saturday. The one-time Golden Slipper favourite resumes in a 1000m race against her own age in her first start since finishing among… Read More »
A small field with no noted front-runner and a Group One prize at the end. Saturday’s George Main Stakes at Randwick is shaping as a battle of tactics and Veyron’s trainer Linda Laing is not revealing hers. An on-speed runner, Veyron has the capability to take up the leadership role… Read More »
Sun Central has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after suffering a setback. William Haggas had entered the four-year-old for the November 5 feature after he won Listed races at York and Chester on his last two starts, but he will not be taking up his antipodean engagement. “He… Read More »
A dropped whip forced Nash Rawiller to call on every ounce of his energy and riding skill to win the Newcastle Gold Cup on iron horse Winning Glory on Thursday. “I was throwing everything at him. It was real kitchen sink stuff,” Rawiller said. The David Payne-trained Winning Glory ($16)… Read More »
Stewards will be given greater powers to stand down a licensed person under a new rule introduced by the Australian Racing Board. ARB chief executive Peter McGauran said there were constraints within the rule which restricts stewards to standing down an individual only on reasonable grounds and with sufficient evidence…. Read More »
Gai Waterhouse, due to face stewards’ inquiry over Rockabill’s Spring Stakes withdrawal, was all smiles after Vaquera won the Tibbie Stakes at Newcastle on Thursday. Stewards scratched Rockabill from Wednesday’s Spring Stakes after the senior veterinarian for Racing NSW, Craig Suann, inspected the horse at the trainer’s stable and found… Read More »
Newcastle trainer Darren Smith has been placed on notice by Racing NSW stewards following a stable visit by the integrity unit on Thursday. The integrity officials arrived only hours before Smith was to due start My Last Fling, The Gallows and Ladyinxs in support races at the Newcastle Cup meeting…. Read More »
The Sydney spring carnival got off to a disappointing start for Kelso Wood but he has the horsepower to turn his fortunes around at Randwick on Saturday. The Queensland-based trainer had three runners at Rosehill last weekend and all raced below their best. Into The Red led the Golden Rose… Read More »
The Thousand Guineas credentials of some of Melbourne’s most promising fillies will be put to the test in Saturday’s Prelude at Caulfield. In what John McArdle believes is a wide-open contest, the trainer will have last-start Flemington winner Miracle To Me in the Group Two race over 1400m. Miracle To… Read More »
Murray Baker has had his share of Underwood Stakes success but the New Zealand trainer admits his latest star It’s A Dundeel faces a challenge to gift him a third win in the Group One race. Baker has won the Underwood with The Phantom (1990) and Lion Tamer (2011) and… Read More »
