Exciting Perth sprinter Oscar’s Fortune is gearing up for a return to the race track. The Dion Luciani-trained gelding has a planned jump out at Flemington on Friday, his first official appearance ahead of an ambitious Melbourne Spring campaign. Oscar’s Fortune created a big impression in Perth, winning five races… Read More »
Trainer Luke Fernie is ready to aim higher after Man Crush won the Nicopolis Stakes (1200m) at Belmont on Saturday. A Goldfields opportunity is next in waiting for Man Crush who ended a series of Listed minor placings in style. Man Crush took a sit outside the leader Phanta and had… Read More »
New Zealand farm Grangewilliam Stud on Monday announced the death of Melbourne Cup-winning sire Zed. The 22-year-old, who is best-known as the sire of 11-time Group 1 winner and 2021 Melbourne Cup heroine Verry Elleegant, was euthanised after battling a severe case of colic. “He suffered a bout of colic… Read More »
Fresh from recording his first Australian win, Buckaroo is in line to be given the chance to chase a maiden Group 1 victory in this Saturday’s $750,000 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. The 1800-metre weight-for-age event will be run three weeks after Buckaroo took out the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at… Read More »
The Metropolitan favourite Eliyass isn’t completely locked in to lining up in the Group 1 race with his Tulloch Lodge trainers keen to keep all options on the table for now. The import will take the next step in his campaign when he tackles the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes… Read More »
Tony McEvoy was happy with what he saw from Veight, who continued his preparation towards the Manikato Stakes with a Monday morning trial, but his stable star’s appearance was not what had him most excited. The Ballarat trainer and his partner, son Calvin, descended on Cranbourne with a big team of… Read More »
Leviathan owner Colin McKenna is considering a Cox Plate tilt with his rising star, Another Wil, after the five-year-old’s impressive first-up win at Caulfield last month. Currently the favourite for the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), Another Wil is set to race next week before heading to the Toorak. Depending… Read More »
The Hayes family is considering a familiar strategy for their imported stayer Que Tempesta this spring, echoing David Hayes’ successful Metropolitan-Caulfield Cup double with Tawqeet in 2006. Ben Hayes, alongside brothers Will and JD, has set sights on The Metropolitan at Randwick on October 5 as a potential stepping stone… Read More »
=Young trainer Dominic Sutton has only been training six months but is hoping to be one of the contenders during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. With five winners to his name from 47 career starters, Sutton is set to start stable favourite Feroce in the Group 3 Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield… Read More »
The Spring Carnival has lost one of its most exciting three-year-olds before his campaign even started with Espionage to undergo surgery following an accident in training. Managing owner James Harron on Sunday revealed the Zoustar colt injured a leg after and would be sidelined until next year. “After kicking out on… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien gave himself – and Racing Victoria’s chief handicapper David Hegan – something to think about for the next couple of days when he saw two of his Melbourne Cup nominations to fight out the English St Leger in the early hours of Sunday, Australian time. Jan Brueghel stretched his unbeaten… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys said about their mounts in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes. Craig Williams (Mr Brightside): “He’s a sensational horse. The Hayes’ have done a great job with this horse. Will who straps the horse told me he’s in great order. “I was very bullish about… Read More »
Under-rated gelding Encap has shed his tag as a perennial bridesmaid with a gutsy victory in the Group Two Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill to confirm his Golden Eagle credentials. Coming into Saturday, the Gary Portelli-trained four-year-old had won just one race, the Ming Dynasty Quality on the corresponding program 12… Read More »
Mr Brightside has exacted revenged on arch enemy Pride Of Jenni to take Group 1 honours in a thrilling race at Flemington. Having staged a thrilling contest last spring before renewing hostilities in the autumn, Mr Brightside got the upper hand over Pride Of Jenni in the closing stages to claim a… Read More »
Traffic Warden has upstaged some of Sydney’s highest-profile colts to land an outstanding first-up win in The Run To The Rose, giving Godolphin its fourth successive victory in the Golden Rose lead-up. Trainer James Cummings confirmed the three-year-old would join stablemate Broadsiding in the Group 1 before a decision was made on whether… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien is eyeing a Group 1 race during the Melbourne Cup Carnival with impressive Flemington winner Grinzinger Belle. Having her first start since competing in early winter at Caulfield, Grinzinger Belle registered an easy win in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Group 1 Empire… Read More »
Her coat is yet to come through and she isn’t completely wound-up, but Sunshine In Paris has still managed to make a sparkling Everest statement with a dynamite win the Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill. Claiming the scalp of Joliestar, who had been equal favourite for the $20 million showpiece before Saturday,… Read More »
Owner Lloyd Williams has moved a step closer to winning an eighth Melbourne Cup after Irish-bred galloper Point King earned a start in the great race with a fighting win at Flemington. Point King took out the Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) on Saturday to earn a ballot exemption into the… Read More »
A Ringo Starr song … ‘It don’t come easy’ … could well be the theme tune for trainer David McColm’s and a six-year-old gelding he trains when they head to Randwick to contest the $2 million Kosciuszko on October 19. That horse’s name, ironically, is Far Too Easy … a… Read More »
All Grunt’s blistering debut performance at Northam caught trainer Tiarnna Noske somewhat by surprise and she’s keen to see how he follows up at Belmont on Saturday. Tiarnna Noske knows All Grunt has ability, a couple of nice trials were evidence, but for three-year-old to kick off his racing career in the… Read More »
