Ginger Baker’s outstanding winter campaign could even get better when he chases a maiden Listed victory in the Furphy-Farnley Stakes (1400m) at Belmont Park on Saturday. Ginger Baker has won four races this preparation, including the $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) last-start, inspiring trainer Vernon Brockman to test him at stakes level… Read More »
It does not take jockey Blake Shinn long to get an affinity with a horse. After one ride on Queensland sprinter Rothfire, Shinn could feel the quality the gelding possesses. Rothfire is back in Melbourne for a second Spring Carnival campaign and is looking to start it the way he did 12 months ago with victory in the… Read More »
Twenty years ago, trainer Dermot Weld changed the landscape of the Melbourne Cup forever when he won the countryâs signature race with his international raider Vintage Crop who was ridden by fellow Irishman Mick Kinane. It was the first success of a European trained runner in the race and, while… Read More »
Anthony and Sam Freedman will have a two-pronged attack in a Stakes race at Moonee Valley as they go about trying to topple brilliant filly Charm Stone. De Sonic Boom and Right To Party are set to tackle Charm Stone in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Both fillies will be having… Read More »
Unbeaten at Moonee Valley, Forgot You may be the forgotten horse in the Feehan Stakes. That is what his trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are banking on when the now five-year-old entire runs in the Group 2 weight-for-age contest over 1600m on Saturday. Forgot You won three races at The Valley as a… Read More »
Joe Pride says it will be “handlebars down” when Cinderella Days bids to rebound from a first-up defeat in Saturday’s Group 2 Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill. The mare took a trail when fourth to Parisal in the Toy Show Quality (1100m) and while she was only beaten 2-1/2 lengths, Pride felt she didn’t… Read More »
Godolphin and its predecessors have a stunning record in The Run To The Rose and powerful colt Cylinder is a well backed odds-on favourite to continue that dominance this year. Sheikh Mohammed’s operation has won the Golden Rose lead-up five times since its takeover of the Ingham family-owned Crown Lodge, the… Read More »
Kalgoorlie trainer Paul Rowe has been pleasantly surprised by how well Californication has gone and he’s excited to see what more he can produce in the future. Paul Rowe didn’t have lofty expectations for Californication, but after a flying start to his career he now harbours high ambitions for the progressive… Read More »
The David Vandyke stable is seldom without a good horse in its ranks and, while it is still relatively early days in the racing career of the lightly raced four-year-old Beast Mode, there will be plenty of people monitoring the progress of this son of Better Than Ready moving forward… Read More »
When the connections of Steparty needed to find a replacement rider for Dean Yendall, it was an easy decision to head in the direction of John Allen. Yendall suffered a fracture to a collarbone when dislodged behind the barriers at the Colac jump-outs last week and has been forced to forego the ride on Steparty in the Listed… Read More »
The Blue Diamond Stakes might have been the race that got away, but co-trainer Paul Snowden is confident Don Corleone can make amends this spring. The blue-blooded colt had to settle for the minor prize in two Group 1s as a juvenile, finishing a luckless second in the Melbourne feature then… Read More »
Even with the retirement this week of outstanding sprinter Eduardo, Joe Pride is assembling a strong team for the spring and untapped colt Ceolwulf might just put his hand up to join it. Despite having relatively small numbers in work, Pride consistently produces top performers with exciting sprinter Think About It and Everest… Read More »
Canberra will host an invitation race with local charities and community groups to benefit from the 12-horse event. On Saturday, November 25, the Canberra Community Chest â a 1400-metre open handicap â will be run at Canberra Racecourse. The race will be worth $250,000 with $200,000 of that to paid… Read More »
Coolmore has confirmed that internationally acclaimed jockey Ryan Moore will return to Australia to reunite with Shinzo in the Group 1 Golden Rose. Moore will replace the injured James Mcdonald, who revealed on Tuesday that doctors had ruled him out of riding for a month due to a fractured foot which he… Read More »
Imperatriz provided trainer Mark Walker with an important Group 1 victory and the trainer is looking for the mare to provide the stable with another special victory at Moonee Valley. The success of Imperatriz in the William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley in March was Walker’s first Group 1 win in Melbourne and he… Read More »
Simon Wells has strapped his fair share of horses, Group 1 winners Pippie and Ferlax included, but Saturday will present a new experience. Clayton Douglas’s foreman will be responsible for stable star Giga Kick when he resumes in the $300,000 Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1000m) at The Valley. Wells has been called… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable often err on the side of ambition rather than caution when they have a good horse in their stable. Globe fits that bill after being unbeaten in his only four appearances to date and on Saturday he faces his toughest test when he heads… Read More »
Ten Metropolitan Premierships in a row ⊠the last when coming home 74.5 winners clear of his nearest rival, has already written Tony Gollanâs absolute, long-standing dominance of the Brisbane trainer ranks into the record books in a manner which is emphasized and rubber-stamped with each passing year. While his… Read More »
Chris Waller will have up to seventeen runners at Rosehill, five of them Group 1 winners, but it is one horse that has him especially excited. When asked to nominate the galloper he is most looking forward to seeing on Saturday, Waller didn’t hesitate to name Kovalica, who has the Epsom… Read More »
Michael Freedman believes multiple Group winner Queen Of The Ball is in career-best shape but has cautioned firm tracks remain the key to her spring. The daughter of I Am Invincible will line up in the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday after a fighting second to Parisal first-up in… Read More »
