Satin Shoes’ trainer Clarry Conners is one of many hoping to take advantage of the absence of Australia’s two best sprinters this spring. The mare pleased him in an exhibition gallop between races at Warwick Farm on Saturday and will kick-start her campaign in the Listed Starlight Stakes at Rosehill… Read More »
Golden Slipper runner-up Snitzerland will make a cameo appearance in Sydney on Saturday before heading to Melbourne to continue her spring campaign. The filly runs in the San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on the back of a barrier trial win last week over All Too Hard, the younger half… Read More »
Gai’s Choice certainly won’t be the highest profile horse on show at Randwick on Monday morning but that’s not to say her trainer doesn’t have Group One ambitions for her this spring. The David Pfieffer-trained mare will step out in an 820m heat at the star-studded trial session on her… Read More »
A Cups campaign is not on the agenda for Australian Derby winner Ethiopia, at least not this spring. Trainer Pat Carey will instead take a patient approach with the four-year-old who claimed Sydney’s classic feature at just his fourth start. “Any horse that can put on a performance like he… Read More »
Melbourne spring carnival plans for Queenslander Carry Me Bluey have been shelved but trainer Norm Hilton still has high aspirations in the coming weeks for stablemate Bold Glance. Carry Me Bluey suffered a minor leg injury which forced Hilton to scratch him from the Doomben meeting on August 4. “He… Read More »
Apprentice Ben Vassallo celebrated his first Saturday metropolitan victory when Hardbreak Hotel ran out a surprise winner at Warwick Farm. The six-year-old has a good record fresh but trainer Guy Walter admitted he could not envisage him winning against a crack field of sprinters in the Warwick Farm 100 (1100m)…. Read More »
In a stable known for producing young up-and-comers, seven-year-old Pinwheel is a rarity but also a star as he demonstrated with his Group Three win in the Missile Stakes. Trained at Saturday’s race venue, Warwick Farm, by Peter Snowden for Sheikh Mohammed, Pinwheel gave his rivals a lesson in the… Read More »
Pat Hyland’s approach to training might qualify him as a control freak – but he insists he is a selective one. The 70-year-old former jockey justified his methods at Flemington on Saturday when Shanghai Warrior won the $150,000 Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m), predicting his new stable star is… Read More »
Spring carnival plans for Double Image hang in the balance after his shock defeat at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Apprentice Anthony Allen expressed concern about the galloping action of Double Image, the $1.70 favourite, after he failed to beat a rival home in the Uniform Management Services Handicap (1000m). “He… Read More »
Blake Spriggs made the most of his only Warwick Farm ride on Saturday and in the process denied fellow apprentice Jason Collett a winning return to Sydney racing. Spriggs piloted the Mick Hood-trained Al’s Gold to a long-head win over Thumbtacks in the KARI Aboriginal Resources Inc. Handicap (1600m). “I… Read More »
Leading trainer Rob Heathcote won’t be tempted to extend Fire Up Fifi’s campaign despite her runaway Eagle Farm win on Saturday. Fire Up Fifi, the $4.20 favourite, won her fourth race this campaign when she won the Madison Cleaning Services Handicap (1800m) by 2-1/2 lengths but Heathcote confirmed he will… Read More »
Comeback mare New Beginning gave trainer John Thompson an added sense of satisfaction with her victory at Warwick Farm on Saturday at her first start following her recovery from a tendon injury. Thompson, who trains for Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm, sent the mare out in the colours of Tinkler’s father… Read More »
A breakthrough win doubled as a farewell gift for apprentice jockey Harry Kasim when guided African Pulse to victory at Flemington on Saturday. Kasim, 26, gave a capable display to land his first Australian winner aboard the Mike Moroney-trained sprinter – and a few hours later went home to pack… Read More »
She’s A Fox stamped herself as a serious Golden Rose contender with another emphatic victory at Warwick Farm on Saturday. The Anthony Cummings-trained filly firmed to $9 with TAB Sportsbet for the $1 million Golden Rose (1400m) on September 15 after dismantling a small field in the Listed Rosebud (1200m)…. Read More »
Promising stayer Kelinni avoided trouble in a messy race at Warwick Farm to give jockey Glyn Schofield a better result on an odds-on favourite than he had at his first attempt on Saturday. Schofield’s mount Norzita ($1.90) was well beaten in Saturday’s opening event but Kelinni ($1.60) ran out an… Read More »
Favourite backers were left lamenting after the opening race at Warwick Farm on Saturday but the Patinack Farm team was looking to the future with optimism after the narrow win of Longport. The Bart Cummings-trained Norzita was heavily-backed in the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1400m), opening at $2.70 before starting… Read More »
A rare off-season raid by one of Sydney’s most astute trainers paid handsome dividends when Delzera stole a fillies and mares race from under the noses of the locals at Flemington. Guy Walter is a regular visitor to Melbourne’s spring carnivals where he has raced many of his top-line runners… Read More »
One reputation dissolved with barely a trace and another grew from almost nothing as Mottled won the Anthony Fitzpatrick and Biagio Lombardo Handicap on Saturday. The outsider of the five-horse field at $12, Mottled created a strong impression, racing away to a 2-3/4 length win over the $1.65 favourite Mulaazem… Read More »
An air of confidence has been tempered with a note of caution by Peter Moody in his assessment of Saturday’s Aurie’s Star Handicap favourite Golden Archer. Moody has no doubt Golden Archer deserves to be favourite for the Group Three sprint, but the prospect of a heavy track has taken… Read More »
A plan for Pronto Pronto to take Sydney race experience into the $1 million Golden Rose will see the promising colt step out at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Mornington trainer Jason Warren believes Pronto Pronto has Group One ability and the Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on September 15 is… Read More »
