The Ciaron Maher stable has a way of extracting the best from mares as they age. Think Bella Nipotina and Pride Of Jenni who did not lose anything as they got older. Tennessee Bound is not in the same league, but she has something on her record those two great mares do not…. Read More »
While the Winx Stakes showdown between Autumn Glow and Sheza Alibi will be the focal point this week, there will be plenty of interest in the Rosehill barrier trials as several more stars ramp up preparations for their returns. Everest hopeful Headwall will step out for his third hit-out in… Read More »
Like a number of trainers with a smart young horse, the lure of a big race during the spring is never far from their minds. Cranbourne-based trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are no different. They already have Golden Slipper winner Guest House aiming high and would like to see Buggsy tread a path to some… Read More »
The weather and all-important track condition will determine whether Ole Dancer takes her place in a Stakes race at Sandown. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained mare is down to run in the Group 3 Carlyon Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. The Carlyon Stakes is being run this year at Sandown as its… Read More »
They met a trio of times as three-year-olds, and now Savvy Hallie and Apocalyptic are preparing to square off for the first time as mares in a tantalising Toy Show Quality clash at Randwick. Apocalyptic had the measure of Savvy Hallie in the Furious Stakes (1200m) last spring before the… Read More »
A full field of fourteen runners will face the starter in the $120 000 Leon Macdonald Stakes over 1400m at Morphettville Parks on Saturday with the Will Clarken and Charlotte Sorby trained Cicala and the Henry Dwyer trained Cote Atlantique currently vying for favouritism at odds of $3.70 and $3.80… Read More »
It is rare to find a feature race at Belmont without a last start winner, but that is the case with the $125 000 Listed Idyllic Prince Stakes which will be contested over 1300m on Saturday. It is not hard to find a picket-fence form-line though, with the Daniel Morton… Read More »
Star mares Autumn Glow and Sheza Alibi will headline a high-quality field for Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. The two headline runners have both drawn favourably, with Sheza Alibi to jump from barrier one and Autumn Glow from barrier three in the 14-horse field. Autumn Glow hasn’t… Read More »
Emerging filly Queen’s Gamble has earned a shot at the third leg of the lucrative Princess Series after demolishing a handy field to break her maiden at Warwick Farm. The three-year-old had put the writing on the wall at her past two starts with a second to Silver Shadow Stakes… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable required all hands on deck with four runners in a race at Sandown and came away with the perfect result. Maher had the first four runners across the line in the Sportsbet Fixed Odds Exotics Plate (1200m) on Wednesday with the First Four returning just over $1200 for a $1 unit. With in-form… Read More »
A couple of sharp pieces of trackwork have convinced Adrian Bott to add Reachin’ Out to Tulloch Lodge’s Silver Shadow Stakes arsenal, the filly joining well-performed stablemates Agrarian Girl and By Choice in the opening leg of the four-race Princess Series. Bott said they were looking at a softer first-up… Read More »
Lindsay Park expects the drop in weight to suit Beast Mode when he lines up in the Carlyon Stakes at Sandown. In an ideal world, Beast Mode would be scooting around the Moonee Valley circuit chasing victory in the Group 3 Carlyon Stakes. But with the Moonee Valley undergoing a… Read More »
Derby winner Green Spaces isn’t expected to trouble the likes of Autumn Glow in the Winx Stakes, but the race will be an important platform for his spring. The Group 1 fixture represents the entire’s first foray into open company and jockey Rachel King says it’s a crucial transition coming… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. The training partners have endured a tough 12 months with Knight’s Choice who has raced just four times since his 2024 Melbourne Cup victory. Firstly, a bout of strangles ruled the… Read More »
A total of 124 horses have been nominated for the 150th running of the $6 million Caulfield Cup, with 24 Group 1 winners among the entries for the October 17 feature. Champion trainer Chris Waller has the largest representation with 18 nominations, while Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien has entered 15… Read More »
Champion trainer Tony Gollan’s relentless quest for winners, winners and more winners already has his stable with nearly three times the amount of winners ahead of his nearest rival in the Brisbane training ranks … and that is after only two weeks of the new season. For a long time… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club has received 124 nominations for its showpiece race, the Caulfield Cup. The Group 1 handicap which has been boosted to $6 million this year, will be run over 2400m on October 17. Of the 124 entries, there are 32 international entries representing trainers from Ireland, England… Read More »
It is forty-two years since that fateful day on August 18, 1984 when the Fine Cotton ring-in at Eagle Farm was exposed and erupted as a racing scandal that will forever live in infamy. Fine Cotton, of course, was not there. A horse named Bold Personality was substituted in an… Read More »
Precise Star has already shown himself to be a handy recruit to Tony Gollan’s stable with two wins in as many starts since being bought by Queensland connections and transferred there. The former Chris Waller-trained gelding fell short of the mark when racing in Sydney and surrounds, but things have… Read More »
The Tom Dabernig-trained Cavalry Girl is expected to take her place in the Carlyon Stakes in preparation for a Group 1 tilt at Sandown. The Group 3 Carlyon Stakes (1000m) will be run at Sandown on Saturday with the Group 1 Moir Stakes over the same course and distance two… Read More »
