Kyneton trainer Neil Dyer is eagerly anticipating the upcoming Darwin Cup (2000m) on August 8, an event that holds immense sentimental value to him, having secured victory three times in the past. However, this year, uncertainty clouds his participation with one or possibly two runners. Among his hopefuls, Mohican Heights,… Read More »
Having put the disappointment of Fireburn’s controversial Queensland Oaks scratching behind him, Gary Portelli is looking to the spring with renewed enthusiasm. The filly was a short-priced favourite for the Oaks after sweeping to victory in The Roses, but two days out from her grand final, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission veterinarians… Read More »
A jump-out at Casterton will determine whether Flying Mascot will have the addition of blinkers when she has her next race start at Flemington. Trainer Tom Dabernig was disheartened with Flying Mascot’s first-up performance in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on July 8 and has called for a jump-out in headgear on… Read More »
Class rose to the top in Melbourne’s final Stakes race of the 2022-23 season with Godolphin galloper Ingratiating scoring at Caulfield. Showing considerable improvement from his first-up in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield a fortnight earlier, Ingratiating stamped his authority in the straight. Ridden by Blake Shinn, Ingratiating… Read More »
Zac Lloyd has shot to the front in the race for the Sydney apprentices’ title, booting home a trio of winners at Rosehill to overtake rival Dylan Gibbons with just two meetings of the season remaining. Gibbons went into Saturday’s 10-race card with a two-win lead but after two of his mounts… Read More »
Zac Lloyd has played a starring role at the penultimate Sydney Saturday meeting of the season, taking out the feature race on Victorian Barbie’s Fox as part of a winning treble that has vaulted him to the lead in the apprentices’ premiership. The young rider was relieved to get the verdict on… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody may have to go and raise the bar with Mollynickers after the filly registered a comfortable win at Caulfield. Mollynickers took out the VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) on Saturday to give Moody successive wins in the race for two-year-olds. Boogie Dancer won the corresponding race last year and later in the Spring… Read More »
Tim Clark has celebrated a significant career milestone with his 1500th winner and fittingly he has achieved the feat aboard the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Taormina. Clark has a long record of success for Tulloch Lodge and is their go-to rider in Sydney, but says he only became mindful he… Read More »
Ourbooros may have saved himself from a gelding operation with his hard-fought win at Caulfield. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained two-year-old landed his first win at career start number four when successful in the Quayclean Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. Price spoke pre-race of the possibility of sending Ouroboros to be gelded if again beaten… Read More »
It was a dream start in the riding career of Sarah Field, with her first ride resulting in a winner. The win came at Donald over 1002m on Friday, leading throughout on the Ciaron Maher/David Eustace trained Field Of Flutes, with the gelding living up to his name, running the… Read More »
Trainer Archie Alexander is looking to Teewaters repeating the victory he recorded in a staying race at Caulfield a year ago. Teewaters is back for a second shot at the VOBIS Gold Stayers (2400m) on Saturday, a race he won last year with Craig Williams in the saddle. This year Declan Bates takes over, and while he… Read More »
Racing geldings doesn’t exactly fit the brief for Newgate’s stallions syndicate, but the in-form Resonator is at least providing his high-profile connections with a lively winter sidebar. The son of Brazen Beau was cut midway through his two-year-old season and no longer a stud prospect, he was offered for sale on… Read More »
A change of scenery can be a tonic for an older gelding, and trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are banking on that formula to spark He’s Our Bonneval back to winning form. The rising seven-year-old has been racing consistently but hasn’t got his head in front since scoring at his Australian… Read More »
A bigger, more muscular Gangitano is set to make his return ahead of a spring campaign at Caulfield. The Amy and Ash Yargi-trained two-year-old resumes in the Quayclean Handicap (1200m) on Saturday after two runs earlier in the season, both at Stakes level. Gangitano ran third on debut in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable of Ben and J D Hayes is again looking forward to seeing Nicolini Vito racing around a bend. After a first-up performance down the straight at Flemington on July 1 in which Nicolini Vito finished fifth, the gelding returns to Caulfield on Saturday to run in… Read More »
One of South Australia’s top trainers, Garret Lynch, will be facing a 3-and-a-half-month suspension following the conclusion of a Racing Appeals Tribunal hearing. Currently ranked second on the SA Trainers’ Premiership with an impressive 45 wins for the season, Lynch had appealed against his original nine-month disqualification, which was partially… Read More »
The leading stables are beginning to roll out their spring carnival big guns and Melbourne Cup fancy Goldman is among the first of the stars to hit the trial track this week. The up-and-coming stayer is unbeaten in three Australian starts and shares early favouritism for Australia’s most famous race, alongside… Read More »
A restricted race for VOBIS Silver horses at Caulfield attracted the attention of trainer Grahame Begg after the promising debut of Inexorable. Begg set his sights on the VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) on Saturday after Inexorable ran home gamely when second on the Ballarat synthetic track over 1100m on June 27. Inexorable chased home Piastri who goes around… Read More »
Phil Warren and the close group of friends he races the progeny of Kamuniak with have become accustomed to being involved on Bletchingly Stakes Day, which will be run at Caulfield this Saturday. They enjoyed a fairytale ride with Streets Of Avalon, who has been a staple of recent Bletchingly Stakes,… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Gottabesavvy will return to a staying trip at Caulfield. The consistent three-year-old will compete over 2400m when he runs in the MRC Membership First Renewal Edward Bode Handicap on Saturday. Gottabesavvy has raced only once at a similar trip previously, beating just two to the… Read More »
