Bart Cummings once said patience is the cheapest thing in racing, but most people don’t use it. In deference to the iconic trainer, it’s an accusation you can’t level at Eric Cain. Cain’s patience as a horse owner has certainly been tested, but he stuck at it and now, along… Read More »
Missing a run in a Group 1 contest may provide Godolphin galloper Pericles a long overdue return to the winner’s enclosure at Moonee Valley. Pericles is down to contest the So You Think Stakes (1500m) on Saturday, a new race at The Valley to compensate for the Group 2 Feehan Stakes… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes saw a glimpse of the potential Arkansaw Kid had before he was gelded. Arkansaw Kid won two of his 13 starts as a colt and resumed at Caulfield last month to win at his first outing as a gelding. The… Read More »
An undefeated filly and an improving import will comprise Tommy Berry’s two feature race rides for leading trainer Chris Waller at Randwick, with the hoop confident both can play major roles. Berry will partner the resuming Lazzaro in Saturday’s Furious Stakes (1200m) before reacquainting himself with six-year-old Buckaroo in the Group 2… Read More »
After watching Giga Kick run past Private Eye in a recent barrier trial and space him by almost four lengths, the latter’s trainer Joe Pride turned away utterly satisfied. The hitout was never about the finishing result for his laidback sprinter, it was only ever about the start. “The only thing you… Read More »
A campaign for Sergeant Major with a view to gaining a start in the Caulfield Guineas will be kick-started at Moonee Valley. The former New Zealand three-year-old will have his first start for the Ciaron Maher stable in the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Sergeant Major was purchased by a large… Read More »
Everyone enjoys a winter holiday in the sun and racehorses appear to be no different. A case in point is the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained I Wish I Win who runs first-up in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The contrast between I Wish I Win’s… Read More »
It’s official! Racing Queensland has confirmed that racing will resume at Eagle Farm on September 14. The track had been out of commission since a meeting was abandoned there following a race fall on July 20, with jockeys taking a strong stance and refusing to ride at the city venue… Read More »
Put it in the bin, wipe it from your memory. That’s the only takeout Dan Morton can give after Saloon Bar’s underwhelming last-start effort in the Listed Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m). Morton left Belmont Park perplexed after Saloon Bar was well beaten, finishing eighth of nine and ten lengths from Searchin’ Roc’s…. Read More »
Trainer Mitchell Freedman would like to right the wrongs of last year’s Feehan Stakes with Attrition and has a circle around this year’s contest. But first, Freedman has the So You Think Stakes (1500m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday in his sights for Attrition. The So You Think Stakes replaces the Group… Read More »
Two imports poised to make their respective Australian debuts for Tulloch Lodge at Randwick add an element of intrigue to the Chelmsford Stakes meeting, as much for their trainers as for punters. Former US galloper Royal Patronage lines up for the stable in the Tramway Stakes (1400m) while the Yulong Investments-owned… Read More »
Remarque will be bidding to become the second horse in the past 25 years to win the Concorde Stakes in consecutive years. Top gallopers Giga Kick and Bella Nipotina dominate Concorde Stakes markets, but rival jockey Tommy Berry believes defending titleholder Remarque can spoil the party. The Hawkes Racing speedster was a brilliant winner… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes hope to get one back on a rival Cranbourne stable when Stoli Bolli lines up in a Stakes race at Moonee Valley. Stoli Bolli chased home the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Daggers at Moonee Valley on August 24 and in the Listed… Read More »
Coleman will be racing for much more than the $450,000 winner’s purse when he resumes in Saturday’s Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Victory would elevate the three-year-old further up the list of most valuable stud prospects in the country. He already has appeal, being a Group 3-winning son of boom young… Read More »
The Philip Stokes trained Neodium will be looking to claim a slice of Birdsville Cup racing history by becoming only the fourth horse to win back-to-back editions of the Cup after Monee Lane, Snedden, and Brashleigh when he lines up for big Birdsville feature race on Saturday. Monee Lane was… Read More »
Godolphin has a wealth of lofty targets in the mixing pot for VRC Oaks winner Zardozi, but a win in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick is first on the agenda. The mare will line up for her second run of the spring in Saturday’s feature mile after returning with an… Read More »
The younger brother of Group 1 winner Smokin’ Romans is bound for Adelaide in search of his first city victory. Flamin’ Romans runs in the Sportsbet Handicap (1950m) on the Morphettville Parks tracks on Saturday, his third try at success on a city course. Like his brother Smokin’ Romans, Flamin’ Romans… Read More »
Whether Sir Lucan lines up in the $250,000 Wyong Cup or a staying feature at Randwick remains up in the air, but either way, co-trainer Adrian Bott is predicting a much-improved second-up performance. The on-pace gelding resumed with a sound sixth behind stablemate Eliyass in the Premier’s Cup (2000m) at Rosehill last month,… Read More »
Two $1 million slot races have been added to provincial programs as Southside Racing builds the profiles of their upcoming Cup meetings. Southside Racing incorporates the Cranbourne and Pakenham racecourses, and each track will host a $1 million slot race on their Cup Day programs. Both races will be for… Read More »
While the filly stamped herself among the best of her generation in the autumn to win the Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes, Michael Freedman knew it was her race return that would prove if she could go on with the job in the spring. Many a top juvenile has failed… Read More »
