Altar in Golden Slipper doubt
Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation qualified another Golden Slipper runner when Altar won Saturday’s Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill, but trainer Peter Snowden said the filly was not a certain starter.
Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation qualified another Golden Slipper runner when Altar won Saturday’s Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill, but trainer Peter Snowden said the filly was not a certain starter.
The Peter Moody stable remains measured in its view of the unbeaten Cute Emily despite the filly landing a betting plunge at Caulfield.
Superstar Black Caviar claimed her fourth consecutive Group One victory and stretched her winning record to 11 with a crowd-thrilling performance in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
The latest order of entry for the $2m Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) has been released following last weekend’s racing.
Jockey Dean Holland will be out action for up to six weeks after suffering back fractures in a race fall at Sandown.
Victoria’s leading apprentice Jake Noonan looks set to continue on his winning way at Caulfield on Saturday when he has a full book of eight rides.
Kerrin McEvoy will test his fitness for Rosehill Guineas day with at least two barrier trial rides on Friday.
Weather will determine if Chance Bye runs at Rosehill on Saturday but trainer Mick Tubman is full of confidence the filly is ready to return a winner.
Group One winner Pressday has been ruled out of Saturday’s Group One Rosehill Guineas with an elevated temperature.
Co-trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra will persist with jump-and-run tactics with Crystal Lily in another showdown with unbeaten mare Black Caviar in the Group One William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley.
The transition from the playgrounds of the rich and famous to the daily rigours of training racehorses has been a smooth one for New Zealander John Bary.
Cox Plate organisers will have a close eye on Presvis when he runs in the $5 million Dubai Duty Free at Meydan in the early hours of Sunday (AEDT).
With Golden Slipper favourite Sepoy still on target for Saturday week’s $3.5 million showpiece, just who joins him from the Peter Snowden stable will become clearer in the next 48 hours.
David Hayes didn’t mince words when assessing the chances of Extra Zero in Friday’s $170,000 Albury Gold Cup.
Skyline Stakes winner Uate is still a chance of running in Saturday week’s $3.5m AAMI Golden Slipper (1200m).
Trainer Clinton McDonald has put blinkers on Bigelow to sharpen him up for his third-up tilt at the $100,000 Pink Ribbon Cup on his home track at Caulfield on Saturday.
The “autumn from hell” has continued for the Murray and Bjorn Baker stable with another of their stable stars ruled out of the Sydney autumn carnival.
An awkward barrier has slightly dented Peter Snowden’s confidence ahead of Saturday’s Rosehill Guineas in which Derby-bound Retrieve will be the stable’s sole representative.
Premier trainer Robert Heathcote will unleash two of his emerging stars at Doomben on Saturday but has warned punters both may be vulnerable.
Peter Moody says only some sort of “curve ball” could cause the defeat of Black Caviar in the Group One William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.