Horse Racing News

• Speedy Malabo after four from six

  Remember Eric “The Eel” Moussambani, Equatorial Guinea’s answer to Eddie The Eagle at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games?

   
• Wagga to be a picnic for punters

  Betting on picnic races with horses ridden by amateur riders is not the normal domain of most punters.

   
• 30/9/2011 Moonee Valley night race scratchings

  With the recent rain around Melbourne and Sunday’s Turnball Stakes meeting being run on the same weekend as tonight’s Manikato Stakes there have been quite a few scratchings, we list a race by race overview of which horses that wont be running tonight.

   
• Zabeelionaire chasing Stutt Stakes

  The prestige attached to a Group Two race has swayed trainer Leon Corstens to start exciting young staying prospect Zabeelionaire in the Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley.

   
• December in Turnbull regardless of weather

  Mark Kavanagh says the rain is not going to stop Caulfield Cup favourite December Draw from running in Sunday’s Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.

   
• Birchley represented in two states

  Trainer Liam Birchley always has an eye to the future but the present is causing him the most concern with runners in two states on Saturday.

   
• Brideoake’s strong hand in Ansett Classic

  Mornington trainer David Brideoake will launch a strong two-pronged attack on Saturday’s RM Ansett Classic on his home track with mudlark Dance With Her and dry tracker I’m Jake.

   
• Spechenka chasing Cup dream in Metrop

  A Cups campaign will go on the line for Queensland stayer Spechenka when he takes his place in Saturday’s Group One Metropolitan at Randwick.

   
• Dowager Queen to make up for star’s loss

  Victory by Dowager Queen in the Flight Stakes would go a long way to easing Max Whitby’s disappointment at losing Scarlett Lady for the spring.

   
• Kulgrinda’s chance to prove herself

  Peter Moody’s belief that lightly-raced mare Kulgrinda is a genuine Group One sprinter will be put to the test in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley.

   
• Key gear change for Rekindled Alliance

  Superbly-bred colt Rekindled Alliance will wear blinkers for the first time as trainer Paul Messara looks for an edge over his Spring Champion Stakes rivals.

   
• Kyria set to back up trial win

  Kyria will be out to back up an impressive barrier trial performance when she lines up in Sydney’s first juvenile race of the season at Randwick on Saturday.

   
• Gai’s three-pronged attack on Epsom

  King Lionheart could easily have been sold 18 months ago. Instead, the in-form gelding will now lead a three-pronged Tulloch Lodge assault in what could be a record-equalling Epsom Handicap success for champion trainer Gai Waterhouse on Saturday.

   
• Stafford excited about first Brisbane starter

  Rockhampton trainer David Stafford is hopeful of striking the jackpot with his first ever Brisbane runner at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

   
• Scenic Blast prepares for Caviar clash

  Multiple Group One winner Scenic Blast has returned from the United States and is set to take on champion Black Caviar this spring.

   
• Hidden Warrior out to emulate Defiant Dame

  Hidden Warrior will be out to emulate the deeds of his half-sister Defiant Dame by winning one of the first two-year-old races of the Sydney season at Randwick on Saturday.

   
• Black And Bent’s mission up to owners

  Trainer Robert Smerdon will let the owners decide the crucial weekend mission for Melbourne Cup aspirant and champion jumper Black And Bent.

   
• Chase The Rainbow to come from the back at Valley

  Trainer Rick Hore-Lacy will persist with a backmarker racing pattern with Chase The Rainbow in the Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley.

   
• Christian Reith chasing breakthrough Epsom win

  An agonisingly narrow defeat in the 1998 Epsom Handicap has fuelled jockey Christian Reith’s desire to go one better in the time-honoured Randwick mile this Saturday.

   
• Pane In The Glass set to take Flight Stakes

  Race tempo has played against Pane In The Glass on two occasions this campaign but trainer John Thompson is confident the filly’s time will come when it matters most on her home track this Saturday.