New Zealand trainer Graeme Boyd believes Ginga Dude is up to the challenge of setting a new metric weight-carrying record in the Listed Ipswich Cup on Saturday. Ginga Dude will carry topweight of 60 kilograms, 3.5 kilos more than Golden Rhapsody carried in his 1981 victory in the 2150-metre feature…. Read More »
Despite being thrown a couple of curve balls, trainer Bede Murray remains optimistic about the chances of Isle Be Ready at Rosehill on Saturday. Murray entered the gelding for a Benchmark 80 event for three-year-olds but when nominations were published, he instead found Isle Be Ready in a Benchmark 80… Read More »
A last-start heavy track failure from Riva De Lago has his trainer Con Karakatsanis hoping for a firmer surface at Ipswich on Saturday. Riva De Lago is nominated for the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) but Karakatsanis says the weather will determine if the sprinter takes his place. The four-year-old… Read More »
Reuben Percival is a chance of winning back-to-back Stayers Cups at Rosehill after Gai Waterhouse decided to throw a late entry in on Tuesday. Reuben Percival arrived back in Sydney on Monday after finishing fifth in last Saturday’s Group Two Brisbane Cup (2400m). He will be monitored this week before… Read More »
Gazza Guru will front up at Rosehill on Saturday regardless of the track conditions in an important stepping stone to his main winter mission. Trainer Stephen Farley is aiming the honest seven-year-old at next month’s $150,000 Grafton Cup (2350m) and the gelding will try to take out Saturday’s 1900m Benchmark… Read More »
A track gallop in saturated conditions will be the key to consistent mare Blurred Vision ending a 20-month run of outs at Canterbury on Wednesday. Blurred Vision, who drops in class in the Canterbury BMW Handicap (1550m), hasn’t raced on a track rated worse than slow during a 30-start career…. Read More »
Consistent filly Doll In Hi Heels remains a query on heavy ground but her stable believes she is peaking at the right time to qualify for next month’s Rivette Series Final at Flemington. Trained by Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, the daughter of Perfectly Ready has been placed at five… Read More »
The countdown to become the first jockey to ride a century of Brisbane metropolitan winners in a season continues for Chris Munce at Doomben on Wednesday. No jockey has ever ridden 100 winners in a season with former champion Mick Dittman holding the record with 97-1/2 wins, set in 1979-80…. Read More »
Mike Moroney has been down on firepower for this year’s winter carnival but hopes are high his stable can finish on a big note with former New Zealander Shenzhou Steeds. Shenzhou Steeds will make his Queensland return in the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday with Moroney’s former stable rider… Read More »
A spring campaign is being planned for unbeaten filly Elite Elle after she navigated her way to success through thick Mornington fog on Monday. Jockey Damien Oliver said visibility was down to 20 to 30 metres during Monday’s early races but the Shamardal two-year-old filly showed no fear as she… Read More »
Gold Coast apprentice Brad Wallace gave himself a belated birthday present when he posted his first Victorian city win on Mrs Elle at Mornington. The son of trainer John Wallace turned 20 on Sunday and rode a brave race to claim an upset win on the Bevan Laming-trained mare in… Read More »
A wayward finish to the Dalrello Stakes by Destruction did nothing to dent trainer John Thompson’s pride in the two-year-old. Sent out the odds-on favourite in the 1200m Listed race at Doomben on Monday, Destruction led all the way in the hands of Glyn Schofield. But the jockey’s decision to… Read More »
A few years ago Chris Waller went out on a limb and decided to bolster his fledgling Sydney stable with proven stayers from Europe. As he heads towards his second Sydney trainers’ premiership, Waller now finds himself competing with a host of Australians who have latched on to the idea…. Read More »
In-form mare Gai’s Choice will be entered for races in two states as a precaution against a rain-affected track hampering her bid for a maiden stakes win. Trainer David Pfieffer confirmed Gai’s Choice would be nominated for the Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich on Saturday but said he would also… Read More »
Triple Group One winner Sniper’s Bullet is back in training with Tracey Bartley at Wyong ahead of a spring preparation as a nine-year-old. But it is likely Bartley won’t be the one to take him through his campaign with owners Roger and Nerida Atkinson eyeing off races in Melbourne. Two… Read More »
Hopes for a Royal Ascot reunion between Craig Williams and Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden have been dashed because of the jockey’s Japanese commitments. Dunaden is a chance to race on the final day of the Royal Ascot carnival but Williams can’t get a release to take the ride. “Unfortunately for… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Rekindled Interest is making good progress as he prepares for what trainer Jim Conlan believes will be his best campaign yet in the spring. Conlan said the rising five-year-old was in pre-training and would return to his stables on June 25 with a view to resuming in… Read More »
Sans Frontieres is expected to return to racing in August ahead of a tilt at the Melbourne Cup. The Jeremy Noseda-trained six-year-old has been sidelined for more than 18 months with a muscle-related illness and has not raced since winning the Irish St Leger at the Curragh in September 2010…. Read More »
The Randwick public holiday meeting has fallen victim to Sydney’s wet weather leaving Hawkesbury as the sole NSW racing venue. Heavy rain has left surface water on the Randwick track and with rain set to continue visibility and safety are concerns. There has not been as much rain at Hawkesbury… Read More »
Susan Lloyd-Williams is a trailblazer. When she started at the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) in 1979, there was little regard for marketing and few women. Over the next 32 years she would prove to be a pioneer, a wonderful innovator and instrumental in the success of the Melbourne Cup carnival…. Read More »
