With the Cox Plate dangling as a potential spring goal, trainer Matthew Smith is keen to see how Idle Flyer measures up against some of the best horses in the country when the mare kicks off her campaign in the Winx Stakes at Randwick. A brilliant winner of the Group… Read More »
Group 1 winner Seize The Day is progressing strongly towards his Australian spring campaign after impressing trainer Mark Walker with a 1000-metre jumpout victory at Caulfield Heath on Wednesday. The I Am Invincible colt emerged as one of New Zealand’s leading juveniles last season, winning two of his three starts… Read More »
Superior fitness and a change of tactics helped Rosemont Stud’s Narbold break through at stakes level with an impressive victory in the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Having his eighth start of a campaign that began in May, the Chris Waller-trained five-year-old was ridden closer to the speed than usual… Read More »
Just as Ninja made a statement with his Missile Stakes win two weeks ago, stablemate Apocalyptic will be on a mission to do the same when she launches her campaign in the Toy Show Quality at Randwick. Dominant in the Princess Series as a spring three-year-old, Apocalyptic performed below expectations… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown has had no luck with the barrier draws for Almairac in the past week but has decided to take the punt and head to Adelaide. Almairac drew wide in Sydney last Saturday, wide again at Sandown on Wednesday and has gate 12 of 13 acceptors in The… Read More »
Yellow Jersey will kick off his spring campaign in the Heatherlie Stakes at Caulfield, with trainer Calvin McEvoy revealing the stable has its sights set on the Cox Plate rather than the Caulfield or Melbourne Cups. Speaking on SENTrack & RSN’s Giddy Up with Gareth Hall, McEvoy outlined the plan… Read More »
John Thompson didn’t have a runner in the Rosebud, but the result of the three-year-old feature has given him a timely confidence boost ahead of Screen Icon’s return in the Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick. The Rosebud was taken out by Chilly Girl, who finished a half-length ahead of Screen… Read More »
Trainer Bryan Dais is having the time of his life at present ā¦ and he is looking to extend his stableās enormous run of form into another week when he sends Golden Cross out to contest the $85 000 Murwillumbah Cup on Friday ā¦ a race which comes with a… Read More »
After being forced to cut short the autumn campaign of Ceolwulf, Joe Pride has one very good reason to believe the four-time Group One winner can return to his best this preparation. Spelled after just two runs last time in due to a combination of feet issues and a minor… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has a way of extracting the best from mares as they age. Think Bella Nipotina and PrideĀ OfĀ JenniĀ who did not lose anything as they got older. Tennessee Bound is not in the same league, but she has something on her record those two great mares do not…. Read More »
While the Winx Stakes showdown between Autumn Glow and Sheza Alibi will be the focal point this week, there will be plenty of interest in the Rosehill barrier trials as several more stars ramp up preparations for their returns. Everest hopeful Headwall will step out for his third hit-out in… Read More »
LikeĀ a number ofĀ trainers with a smart young horse, the lure of a big race duringĀ theĀ spring is never far from their minds. Cranbourne-based trainersĀ Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are no different. They already have Golden Slipper winner Guest House aiming high and would like to seeĀ BuggsyĀ tread a path to some… Read More »
The weather and all-important track condition willĀ determineĀ whether Ole Dancer takes her place in a Stakes race at Sandown. The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained mare is down to run in the Group 3 Carlyon Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. The Carlyon Stakes is being run this year at Sandown as its… Read More »
They met a trio of times as three-year-olds, and now Savvy Hallie and Apocalyptic are preparing to square off for the first time as mares in a tantalising Toy Show Quality clash at Randwick. Apocalyptic had the measure of Savvy Hallie in the Furious Stakes (1200m) last spring before the… Read More »
A full field of fourteen runners will face the starter in the $120 000 Leon Macdonald Stakes over 1400m at Morphettville Parks on Saturday with the Will Clarken and Charlotte Sorby trained Cicala and the Henry Dwyer trained Cote Atlantique currently vying for favouritism at odds of $3.70 and $3.80… Read More »
It is rare to find a feature race at Belmont without a last start winner, but that is the case with the $125 000 Listed Idyllic Prince Stakes which will be contested over 1300m on Saturday. It is not hard to find a picket-fence form-line though, with the Daniel Morton… Read More »
Star mares Autumn Glow and Sheza Alibi will headline a high-quality field for Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. The two headline runners have both drawn favourably, with Sheza Alibi to jump from barrier one and Autumn Glow from barrier three in the 14-horse field. Autumn Glow hasn’t… Read More »
Emerging filly Queen’s Gamble has earned a shot at the third leg of the lucrative Princess Series after demolishing a handy field to break her maiden at Warwick Farm. The three-year-old had put the writing on the wall at her past two starts with a second to Silver Shadow Stakes… Read More »
The Ciaron MaherĀ stableĀ requiredĀ allĀ hands onĀ deck with four runners in a race at Sandown and came away with the perfect result. Maher had the first four runners across the line in the Sportsbet Fixed Odds Exotics Plate (1200m) on Wednesday with theĀ FirstĀ Four returning just over $1200 for a $1 unit. With in-form… Read More »
A couple of sharp pieces of trackwork have convinced Adrian Bott to add Reachin’ Out to Tulloch Lodge’s Silver Shadow Stakes arsenal, the filly joining well-performed stablemates Agrarian Girl and By Choice in the opening leg of the four-race Princess Series. Bott said they were looking at a softer first-up… Read More »
