Trainer Wendy Kelly gave only two words of advice to jockey Craig Newitt before he rode Bells Of Troy in the Hilton Nicholas Handicap at Flemington. And they proved vital. “All I told Craig was `don’t panic’,” Kelly said. “If he had, I don’t think we would have got there.”… Read More »
The world’s fastest horse got faster at Flemington on Saturday as Black Caviar produced one of the most spectacular performances of her celebrated career. In her first run in eight months, and her first since her career was threatened by injury, the champion mare maintained her unbeaten record with her… Read More »
The world’s fastest horse got faster at Flemington on Saturday as Black Caviar produced one of the most spectacular performances of her celebrated career. In her first run in eight months, and her first since her career was threatened by injury, the champion mare maintained her unbeaten record with her… Read More »
A narrow victory by Boys On Tour at Doomben prompted leading jockey Michael Cahill to declare the performance wasn’t a true indication of how well the four-year-old is racing. The gelding only had a short neck to spare over Cash ‘n’ Style in Saturday’s Burton and Ryan Property Agents Handicap… Read More »
Prominent owner-breeder George Altomonte had a day to savour at Rosehill with Bennetta cementing her carnival prospects with victory in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes. Earlier on Saturday, Overreach rocketed into Golden Slipper favouritism when she won the Widden Stakes (1100m) in a cakewalk. Starting at $4, Bennetta gave… Read More »
Trainer Gary Portelli’s already high opinion of the unbeaten Rebel Dane has been revised upwards following the colt’s come-from-behind win in the Royal Sovereign Stakes at Rosehill. After a slow start to the Group Two race, Rebel Dane ($3.10) came out last of the nine runners and that’s where he… Read More »
Stephen Baster couldn’t have asked for a better way to re-establish himself in Melbourne, scoring a stakes double at Flemington on Saturday. The Group One-winning jockey rode in Singapore last year but suddenly had his licence there terminated last month which forced him to head home to Melbourne. He rode… Read More »
Champion sprinter Black Caviar has made a triumphant return with a commanding victory in the race renamed in her honour at Flemington. Commencing what is expected to be her final campaign, the six-year-old is now undefeated in 23 starts following the all-the-way win under regular jockey Luke Nolen in the… Read More »
A Vanity Stakes win to Alzora at Flemington was all the more special for trainer David Hayes as it came on a day when his late father was remembered. The Flemington meeting on Saturday also featured the running of the Group Three CS Hayes Stakes, named in honour of the… Read More »
Overreach has displaced Villa Verde as the Golden Slipper favourite following a dominant display in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill. Villa Verde beat the Gai Waterhouse-trained filly in the Debutants Stakes last spring but Overreach showed she was more at home in Sydney when she led all the way to… Read More »
Anthony Cummings’ Golden Slipper hopes have been boosted by the win of Never Can Tell at Rosehill with the colt upsetting the highly touted Whittington in the Canonbury Stakes. The winner of his debut in October, Never Can Tell ($8.50) wore away at the $2 favourite to prevail by half… Read More »
Steps In Time has started her autumn campaign the same way she did a year ago by winning the Group Two Breeders Classic. The John O’Shea-trained mare was sent out at $2.60 in Saturday’s 1200m race at Rosehill and led all the way, holding off favourite and 2012 third placegetter… Read More »
The build-up trainer Mick Price planned for Dany The Fox has come together perfectly – all that remains is to deliver the final blow. Price constructed a long-range program aimed at building Dany The Fox’s rating to a level that would gain him entry into Victoria’s rich country cups circuit… Read More »
Talented filly Casquets put herself in the mix for next weekend’s $1 million Blue Diamond with a hard-fought win in the Listed Talindert Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Ridden by Stephen Baster who notched his first city victory since his sudden return from Singapore, the Mark Kavanagh-trained Casquets defied a… Read More »
There are plenty of scratchings at Flemington today on Lightning Stakes day but luckily none in the feature race which is already a small field. The biggest scratchings are Royal Haunt out of the CS Hayes Stakes and the heavily backed Indulgence in the Talindert Stakes. Black Caviar Lightning Stakes… Read More »
With the meeting at Rosehill almost upon us we take a look at the scratchings in all eight races on Light Fingers Stakes day which includes one scratching in the feature race itself. Light Fingers Stakes day Form Guide Race 1 (Might And Power Handicap): Race 2 (Thoroughbred Breeders Classic):… Read More »
The feature race in Sydney today is the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes which will be raced at Rosehill racecourse. We take a look at each of the runners in the field with the current favourite being the Grahame Begg trained Bennetta. 1. Driefontein Preview: Perhaps the best backed runner in the Light… Read More »
With the running of the Lightning Stakes today we take a look at each of the runners including the great mare herself and give our thoughts on the chances of each runner who more or less will be running for second. View the runner by runner review of the Lightning… Read More »
A return trip to Royal Ascot has emerged as an option for the horse that can’t be beaten as she begins her final campaign at Flemington on Saturday. Black Caviar, the highest-ranked thoroughbred racing anywhere in the world, has her 23rd start in a race she has won twice before… Read More »
Pierro has had a searching hit-out in a 1200m barrier trial ahead of his return to racing in a couple of weeks. His lightly-raced Gai Waterhouse-trained stablemate Landing led the field up in the 1200m trial at Warwick Farm with Pierro closing to within three-quarters of a length under Mark… Read More »
