Horse Racing News

• Heathcote says Sepoy thrown in at weights

  Sepoy may be the best three-year-old in the country but trainer Rob Heathcote still hopes to find a chink in the star colt’s armour in the Group Two Caulfield Sprint on Saturday.

   
• Drunken Sailor up for Caulfield Cup stoush

  The Caulfield Cup is renowned as a rough-and-tumble, knock-’em-down battle.

   
• Sepoy primed for Caulfield sprint

  Champion colt Sepoy is set for another showdown with Buffering in the Group Two Caulfield Sprint.

   
• Perfect Punch on proven route to Derby

  Perfect Punch is on a similar path towards the Victoria Derby as former stablemate Rebel Raider with connections eyeing a similar result.

   
• Shewan closer to Melbourne Cup start

  Robert Smerdon-trained Shewan has jumped up the qualifying order for the Melbourne Cup after being penalised 1.5kg for winning the Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield.

   
• Jimmy Choux ready for Valley gallop

  New Zealand weight-for-age star Jimmy Choux has arrived in top order for the Group One Cox Plate and will have his first look at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning.

   
• Leon Macdonald has faith in Speed

  Southern Speed’s recent form and the defection of some high profile runners have given trainer Leon Macdonald confidence in the mare going into Saturday’s Caulfield Cup.

   
• Bliss Street to peak for Thousand Guineas

  West Australian trainer Dan Morton may have had his confidence dented when Bliss Street was beaten last start but he remains optimistic about the filly’s chances in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield.

   
• Melbourne Cup starts on line at Randwick

  Gai Waterhouse’s Melbourne Cup stocks could easily skyrocket on the back of results in two states on Saturday.

   
• Frankel to prove he really is the best

  Frankel has been rated the best horse in the world and on Saturday at Ascot he will bid to rubber stamp that ranking and make it nine wins out of nine starts in the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

   
• Beaveroo to show class at Cessnock

  Apprentice Serg Lisnyy may be a virtual unknown for now, but trainer Stephen Schofield has the utmost confidence in the young rider ahead of Beaveroo’s return to racing at Cessnock on Monday.

   
• Kerrin McEvoy to ride Shootoff in Caulfield Cup

  In little more than a week Kerrin McEvoy has claimed Group One wins on short priced favourites but he is looking to snare the Caulfield Cup on an outsider.

   
• Zero Rock aims for inter after setback

  A minor setback has forced trainer Kelso Wood to abandon Melbourne spring hopes for Group One placegetter Zero Rock.

   
• Uate to return at Randwick on Saturday

  Stakes winning colt Uate makes a belated start to his spring campaign at Randwick on Saturday with added fitness on his side.

   
• French challenger to run at Geelong

  A new French challenger will follow the lead of last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Americain when he runs in the Group Three Geelong Cup.

   
• Randwick distance test for Crafty Irna

  Ron Quinton will give Crafty Irna one last chance to prove 2400 metres is within her capabilities in Saturday’s City Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick.

   
• Little Surfer Girl wins 2011 Angst Stakes

  A shot at the Group One Myer Classic in Melbourne beckons for well-bred mare Little Surfer Girl following a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Angst Stakes at Rosehill.

   
• Kim Craft dedicates win to father

  Kim Craft looks certain to head to Sydney with Lucky Dubai after the sprinter ended the stable’s city drought at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

   
• Group One next for Hinemoa after win

  Mike Moroney’s belief that lightly raced six-year-old Hinemoa is a Group One class mare could be tested as early as the end of the month in the Myer Classic at Flemington.

   
• Teardrop Rock wins at Rosehill

  Nathan Berry was happy to fill in for his twin brother Tommy on Teardrop Rock at Rosehill and repaid trainer Gai Waterhouse with a winning ride on the mare.