Trainer Ken Keys will ask jockey Dwayne Dunn to adopt different tactics aboard Presently when they reunite at Caulfield. Presently runs in Saturday’s Group Three Ethereal Stakes (2000m), a lead-up race to the VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington on November 7. Keys has had the Oaks in mind for Presently… Read More »
Group One winner and successful stud horse Rebel Raider has sadly passed away. Rebel Raider was serving a mare when he suffered a heart attack and burst his aorta. The son of Reset won the G1 Victoria Derby and G1 SA Derby for trainer Leon Macdonald. As a sire he… Read More »
NSW Northern Rivers trainer John Shelton has a double shot at another career-defining moment in the $1.3 million Kosciuszko. After winning last year’s inaugural running of the 1200m Everest day support race for country-trained horses with $71 longshot Belflyer, Shelton is returning to Randwick on Saturday armed with two runners…. Read More »
An act of goodwill by jockey Tommy Berry has landed him the plum mount on favourite Happy Clapper in the Group Three Craven Plate at Randwick. Rival Hugh Bowman was due to partner Happy Clapper in a barrier trial last month but broke his finger in a trackwork mishap and… Read More »
Pierata’s trainer Greg Hickman says the $14 million Everest is racing’s equivalent of the Olympic Games and he might just have the horse to win gold. The All Aged Stakes hero was one of the first horses locked in for a slot in Saturday’s 1200-metre The Everest but the groundwork… Read More »
Cory Parish knows upsets can happen in the Caulfield Cup and the jockey is hopeful of another dream result when he rides Qafila in the $5 million handicap. Parish claimed the biggest win of his career in the Caulfield Cup (2400m) two years ago when he steered $51 chance Boom… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable has been granted permission for Racing NSW vets to inspect Neufbosc ahead of the Caulfield Cup. Neufbosc is the second emergency for Saturday’s $5 million Caulfield Cup, but remains in Sydney where he is also an acceptor for the St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick. A… Read More »
Stephen Baster was sitting on the couch at home when he learned that his Caulfield Cup mount The Chosen One had drawn the outside barrier. There were no histrionics, with the jockey taking the news in his stride. Baster rode Barbaricus into third place behind All The Good from the… Read More »
Everything is falling into place for talented young stayer Vow And Declare to make his mark in the $5 million Caulfield Cup. The Danny O’Brien-trained four-year-old is in Saturday’s rich handicap with 52.5kg, he has drawn nicely in the capacity field and has a two-time Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Craig Williams… Read More »
Trainer Robert Heathcote has only one regret about his latest purchase. Heathcote has a reputation for being able to pick up smart horses in private sales and has also been a successful breeder. If barrier trials are any indication two-year-old Rothfire could be the latest to add to his reputation…. Read More »
Promising filly Gotta Kiss can be the first Queensland horse assured of a Magic Millions 2YO Classic start if she stays unbeaten at Eagle Farm. Gotta Kiss won both her barrier trials in impressive fashion before being equally strong in winning the first metropolitan two-year-old of the season at Eagle… Read More »
Smart galloper Crafty Spirit is set to bounce back from an incident that ended his winter carnival when he resumes against open company horses at Eagle Farm. Trainer Dan Bougoure entered Crafty Spirit for the DSS Law Handicap (1200m) and a restricted class race at the weekend. But he elected… Read More »
Chris Waller has decided to run The Lord Mayor in Sydney but the premier trainer will still have a strong hand in the Clayfield Jewellery Handicap at Eagle Farm. Waller had four acceptors for the 1600m race with The Lord Mayor, Another Dollar, Auerbach and Zourkhan. However, The Lord Mayor… Read More »
WA owner Bob Peters looks to have another star in the making after three-year-old Windstorm showed a blistering turn of foot to put pay to his rivals at Ascot. Windstorm, ridden by William Pike, jumped as the $1.45 favourite in the class 3 race on Wednesday and after settling second… Read More »
Having finished a luckless third in 2017 and an agonisingly close second 12 months later, star jockey Ben Melham is warming to his chances of winning the Caulfield Cup for the first time. Melham was third on Johannes Vermeer before going down in a photo finish to Best Solution aboard… Read More »
Trainer Ken Keys has adopted a different spring campaign with Spanish Reef who returned to winning form in the Ladies’ Day Vase at Caulfield. In the past two years Keys has tried winning his hometown Cranbourne Cup with the mare, but this campaign he has altered his sights to the… Read More »
Caulfield Cup favourites Finche and Mer De Glace have drawn out for the $5 million race. The Chris Waller-trained Finche came up with barrier 19 while Japanese runner Mer De Glace drew gate 21. Big Duke will start from the rails in the 2400m handicap at Caulfield on Saturday.
A decision to wait for the Blue Sapphire Stakes with Anaheed has been rewarded for her connections after the filly raced to victory in the Group Three sprint at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Anaheed had been an acceptor in last Saturday’s Group Three Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m) for… Read More »
Godolphin’s stable stalwart Hartnell will take his place as top weight in the $5 million Caulfield Cup with jockey Brad Rawiller to ride. The James Cummings-trained multiple Group One winner Hartnell has 58kg for Saturday’s 2400m handicap which has a field of 18 plus four emergencies. The Gai Waterhouse and… Read More »
Hartnell is set to run in his first Caulfield Cup, with the Godolphin team opting to give the veteran his chance to win the $5 million handicap under top weight of 58kg. The James Cummings-trained Hartnell was paid up for Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Wednesday and the… Read More »
