With runners at seven different venues across four states on Saturday, Sydney trainers Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald are in for a hectic afternoon, and it will culminate on the other side of the country. The pair have horses competing at Randwick, Wyong and Dubbo in NSW, Pakenham in Victoria,… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable will saddle three hopes at it chases back-to-back victories in the Pakenham Cup. Maher won the 2500m Listed race with Ashrun back in March after the race was not run in 2023 as Racing Victoria tinkered with race dates. But with the Cranbourne Turf Club and Pakenham Racing… Read More »
Harry Coffey is making a hit-and-run trip to the Gold Coast to partner Arabian Summer at the inaugural meeting run under lights. Arabian Summer runs in the GC100 3YO Plate (1000m) on Friday night as a lead-up to the Magic Millions Sunlight 3YO Plate (1100m), also under lights at the Gold Coast… Read More »
It is not often that full relations compete at the same meeting on the same afternoon but siblings Jojo Was A Man and California Grass are set to join that rare club at Randwick. Both by Al Maher out of Jo Jo Girl, the brother and sister will step out in vastly… Read More »
Tricolours Racing and Tulloch Lodge will be out to debunk the theory that lightning doesn’t strike twice with The Playwright in Saturday’s BJ McLachlan Stakes at Eagle Farm. Tricolours won the $300,000 Group 3 in 2022 with The Novelist who, like The Playwright, is by Written By out of a daughter… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood is set to saddle two contenders, Windstorm and Just Folk, in Saturdayâs inaugural $1 million Supernova (1400m) at Pakenham, with both eight-year-old geldings offering unique stories and solid credentials. Windstorm, a former Perth star for owner Bob Peters, is fresh off a carefully tailored preparation. Racing in… Read More »
Global Harmony formerly known as Pagan in Australia, a six-year-old gelding with a tumultuous past, is set to make his Australian racing debut in the Benchmark 84 over 1400m at Pakenham on Saturday. Now trained by Will Hayes in partnership with brothers Ben and JD Hayes, the former Hong Kong… Read More »
Peter Moody has high hopes for Reach The Peak who broke through for his maiden win on the Caulfield Heath. Moody, who trains in partnership with Katherine Coleman, believes the three-year-old, a son of Grunt, could be a potential Derby contender come the middle of next year following his win in the… Read More »
Annabel Neasham is the first to admit she would usually spell a two-year-old after an inglorious debut performance, but she has opted to persist with Usain Boss in the hope he can rebound at Randwick. After convincingly winning a jump out in Victoria, Usain Boss started well in the market for the… Read More »
Godolphin stacked the bases in the opening race at Warwick Farm with four of the seven runners and it proved a prudent move as they came away with the trifecta â all sired by their stallion Street Boss. It was filly Tempted ($2.40 fav) who came out on top, the half-sister… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have called on a set of blinkers for Welwal in his bid to win the inaugural running of The Supernova at Pakenham. The $1 million race over 1400m on Saturday is the second of two ‘slot’ races introduced by Southside Racing, the merged entity of… Read More »
The Mark Walker stable is banking on a change of scenery and a name change bringing out the best of a stable newcomer in the Pakenham Cup. Former Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained King Of The Castle has had a change of name to I’m A Dirty Rascal and runs for the… Read More »
It took Diddle Dumpling nine starts to break her maiden, but with the form out of that race stacking up, trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou are optimistic she can go on with the job. The three-year-old started a short-priced favourite when she comfortably accounted for her eight rivals to score… Read More »
Holy Enchantment has had two goes at winning the Perth Cup (2400m) and on both occasions has come up short of the mark. In 2023 the Stephen Miller-trained gelding finished sixth to Buster Bash and in January he filled seventh position behind Casino Seventeen. Whether Holy Enchantment makes it to a… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will and J D Hayes will saddle two runners in the inaugural running of The Supernova at Pakenham. The Supernova is the second slot race staged by Southside Racing, the merged entity of the Cranbourne Turf Club and the Pakenham Racing Club. The Ciaron Maher-trained Nadal… Read More »
Increased crowds against soft wagering figures were the main talking points from a review of the Melbourne Spring Carnival by Racing Victoria. The peak body in Victoria announced close to 600,000 people had attended race meetings through the Melbourne Spring Carnival which ran from August 31 through until December 1…. Read More »
Five-time Group 1 and The Everest winning jockey Sam Clipperton has announced he’s ridden his last race, stating on social media that it’s time he pursued other goals in life. The 30-year-old has been riding for 15 years, his first ride coming in July 2010 aboard Nine Dragons at Wyong, and… Read More »
Tuesday morning trackwork will determine whether Lady In Pink gets the chance to embark on a Caulfield Cup audition in this Saturday’s $300,000 Pakenham Cup. Co-trainer Troy Corstens is keen to give the last-start Ballarat Cup runner-up one more run this campaign but is conscious of how long she has… Read More »
Sydney autumn carnival preparations have already begun for high-class filly Manaal, who has returned to work with trainer Michael Freedman ahead of another Group 1 bid. The three-year-old was given a light spring, capturing the Furious Stakes (1200m) second-up before Freedman opted to send her to the paddock after she finished… Read More »
The field for Saturday’s $1 million Supernova at Pakenham is nearing completion, with the final four runners for the 1400m slot race announced on Monday. Lindsay Park Racing was first to lock in a contender, selecting the talented Here To Shock for its slot. The galloper is part-owned by Slade… Read More »
