James Cummings says the decision to scratch Tarpaulin from the Vain Stakes at Caulfield in preference for a Sydney assignment has been made with the colt’s future in mind. The Godolphin three-year-old looked well placed in Melbourne, however, Cummings opted to keep him in Sydney for the Listed Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill… Read More »
Lightly raced Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly Madrina is no stranger to travel. Having raced in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane in her five starts to date, Madrina will tick off a run in Melbourne when she contests the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. In those five… Read More »
A 3am wakeup call while on holiday is not normally the ideal start to a day. But for Mornington trainer Jerome Hunter he was willing to make the sacrifice to watch Wonder Boy in his debut win at Flemington and on Saturday the gelding steps out for the second time in the… Read More »
Pinstriped has been a good money spinner for trainer Enver Jusufovic and connections and now it may be the time the gelding can go to another level. Now a six-year-old, Pinstriped has won six times in his 21 starts and collected just shy of $1.2 million in prize money, and Jusufovic believes… Read More »
Boasting a profile not dissimilar to the one his sire Exceedance took into his three-year-old season, Brave One is being given an opportunity to lay an important spring marker in The Rosebud. A strong winner of his only start as a late-season juvenile at Randwick in June, Brave One has been freshened… Read More »
The state of the Rosehill track will determine whether both start, but a pair of Chris Waller-trained three-year-olds who were among last year’s benchmark yearlings could clash this Saturday. Autumn Glow and Imperial Force, the highest-priced filly and colt from last year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, are acceptors for the… Read More »
Jockey Harry Coffey has made a triumphant return to racing after a two-month absence due to a wrist injury. Since his comeback on August 10, the 28-year-old has quickly regained his form, riding five winners in just a few days and earning high praise from leading trainers. Tony McEvoy, a… Read More »
It might just be a barrier trial, but Kerrin Mcevoy expects Celestial Legend’s first public appearance of the season to provide an important guide to his spring program. The Doncaster Mile hero will step out in a tantalising 850 metre heat at Randwick on Friday which also showcases 2022 Everest winner… Read More »
Mr Brightside reinjected some class onto the PB Lawrence Stakes honour roll the past two years. The 1400-metre Group 2 was the unofficial launch of the weight-for-age feature-race season, counting Lord, Tobin Bronze, Tauto, Sydeston, Mahogany and Apache Cat as winners, but was also the launching pad to spring stardom… Read More »
Queensland’s top trainer, Tony Gollan, is in the process of expanding his stable’s already significant footprint, confirming the establishment of a second training base at the Gold Coast. This stable expansion is seen as a natural progression by Gollan, who has won eleven straight Brisbane Trainers’ Premierships. “We’ll have roughly… Read More »
Asfoora’s journey across the globe has been one captured and enjoyed by many, but few more so than Chenelle Ellis. The Ballarat-based groom and trackrider has spent countless hours on the ground with the six-year-old since travelling halfway across the world and couldn’t be prouder of the Henry Dwyer-trained mare, who… Read More »
Scobie Breasley Medal winning jockey Blake Shinn holds out high hopes for Freight Train after his first-up win at Sandown. Shinn was reunited with the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr trained galloper in the Stow Storage Solutions Handicap (1600m) on Wednesday, having ridden the gelding in the first two starts of… Read More »
Trainer Jeremy Easthope is looking forward to saddling Upper Limits and believes he’s primed to turn the tables in the $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1650m) at Belmont on Saturday. Upper Limits ran second to hot commodity Triple Jay in the Jockey Celebration Day Stakes (1400m) two weeks ago, but Jeremy Easthope says he… Read More »
Michael Hawkes has labelled Black Caviar’s nephew Theblade as “the real deal” following the colt’s stunning debut win on Randwick’s Kensington track. Out of the champion’s unraced half-sister Brigite, a full relation to Team Hawkes’ former top galloper turned successful sire All Too Hard, Theblade made a mess of his rivals,… Read More »
Trainer Stephen Brown rarely lets his emotion spill out, but the Seymour-based horseman almost allowed them to bubble over when My Brothers Keeper scored at Sandown. My Brothers Keeper provided Brown’s son Stephen junior with his first metropolitan winner when they took out the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (2100m) on Wednesday. The victory… Read More »
Three-year-old Getafix is expected to take his place in the opening race at Rosehill, a week after being scratched from an assignment at Randwick for which he was one of the leading fancies. John O’Shea confirmed the gelding had a setback leading into last week’s race and while it was minor enough… Read More »
Untapped colt Gatsby’s will be the first of Chris Waller’s high-profile three-year-olds to kick off their season and the champion trainer is expecting him to stamp his class. The son of Snitzel will resume in The Rosebud (1100m) on Saturday after underlining his promise at his initial campaign, scoring an impressive… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben Will and JD Hayes is looking to add another PB Lawrence Stakes trophy to their ever-expanding cabinet. Ben and JD combined two years ago to win the 1400m race before Will joined the team when Mr Brightside made it back-to-back victories in the Group 2… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has set his sights on the Toorak Handicap for his talented galloper Holymanz this spring. After a pleasing first-up effort, finishing sixth behind Gentleman Roy at Flemington, Holymanz is now nominated for the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Assistant trainer Jack Turnbull revealed that… Read More »
Unbeaten Tasmanian filly Geegees Mistruth is set to tackle her toughest challenge yet in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Owned and bred by the Geard family, the daughter of Wordsmith has already made her mark in Tasmania, but this will be her first big test… Read More »
