Jockey Steven Parnham is determined to win the WAROA-Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m) with Demolish and says the gelding is primed for a return to racing after a top barrier trial. A first-up win in the $125,000 Belmont Guineas will help soothe autumn frustration when he fronted up and competed against… Read More »
Bunbury trainer Michael Lane is confident Rusty Dreams can live up to market expectations and land a maiden feature win in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The promising daughter of Universal Ruler is on a mission to exact revenge and go one better after a close second to… Read More »
Talented mare Bright Diamond will finally make her Victorian debut in Saturday’s Country Achiever Wayne Nichols (1100m) at Flemington. The six-year-old most recently raced at Belmont last July and will be having her first run for Pakenham trainer John Leek Jnr on Saturday. Bright Diamond built up a credible record of five… Read More »
William Pike’s bid for a record-breaking fifth Belmont Guineas (1600m) will rest with Upper Limits on Saturday and he’s relishing the opportunity to partner the Jeremy Easthope gelding. Pike said Upper Limit’s previous run for third in the Raconteur Stakes (1400m) when he stormed home from the back of the… Read More »
Brett Lazzarini is the first to admit juvenile Steel Blaze is far from the finished product. But that is exactly what excites him as the horse prepares to lay another career foundation at Rosehill on Saturday. By Japanese Group 1 winner Real Steel out of ATC Australian Oaks and Sydney Cup placegetter… Read More »
As the managing owner of untapped colt Steparty, Greg Baldwin hasn’t been short on for advice in the last couple of weeks. The Artie Schiller two-year-old created a huge impression with a 3-1/2-length Flemington win on June 10, which followed a soft debut victory at Ballarat, initiating a flood of… Read More »
The combination that took out the Warrnambool Cup are expected to reunite in their attempt to win a race at Flemington, provided there is rain leading up to the event. Rolls, trainer Maddie Raymond and jockey Harry Grace took out the Listed Warrnambool Cup (2350m) last month and will continue their association in the Murray Cox… Read More »
Matt Dunn will saddle up his first Highway Handicap runner in almost three years and he is hoping he can land an immediate blow with unbeaten three-year-old Goomeri. Once regarded as the ‘King of the Highways’ due to his prolific strikerate, Dunn hasn’t been permitted to have runners in the country-restricted… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are still trying to ascertain what is the best trip for their imported galloper Brayden Star. Having won over 1994m in the UK at his last start before shipping to Australia, Brayden Star has won over 1500m at Cranbourne and most recently over 1600m at Sandown. But Brayden… Read More »
Who would have thought Party For One would be racing for three successive wins when she started her campaign with the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr yard. But after wins over 1400m at Flemington on May 13 and June 3, Party For One is back at Flemington on Saturday to contest the Bruce Gadsden… Read More »
Fresh from training half of the 10-race program at Randwick, Bjorn Baker will bid to keep his momentum rolling this weekend, albeit with a much smaller contingent of runners. Baker took seven horses to headquarters last Saturday and came away with five wins and a close third and while he was… Read More »
After a sturdy course proper gallop at Ascot on Wednesday, Peter Snowden expressed confidence in Cannonball’s readiness for next week’s Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes (1000m). The son of Capitalist impressed during his solo workout, the same day rival Aussie horse, Coolangatta, also conducted an Ascot reconnaissance. Snowden has been… Read More »
Benaud has been consistently competitive against some of Australia’s best horses, but remarkably his only win is in a maiden at Nowra. Group placed in the Gloaming Stakes at just his second start and runner-up to Hitotsu in the 2022 ATC Australian Derby, Benaud has run boldly against the likes of Anamoe,… Read More »
In preparation for the upcoming Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, star jockey James McDonald has given Australian filly Coolangatta his tick of approval after a significant track work on Wednesday. McDonald, who rode last year’s King’s Stand Stakes victor, Nature Strip, partnered the promising three-year-old in an… Read More »
The depth in Sydney’s apprentice ranks has again been underlined with one of the newer kids on the block, Jett Stanley, posting a midweek double to move within three wins of outriding his full claim. Indentured to Annabel Neasham, Stanley opened his account aboard Kapunda for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace in… Read More »
New Zealand apprentice Wiremu Pinn joked his mount Born Hustler would have won by 10 lengths had he still been able to claim 3kg in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Pinn had his claim reduced from 3kg to 2kg for Wednesday’s meeting at Sandown after an audit of his New Zealand wins showed he… Read More »
Last start winner and early favourite Shaiyhar is not guaranteed to be a starter in the staying race at Flemington on Saturday. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young -trained galloper is among acceptors for the Murray Cox Handicap (2540m), but Busuttin said he was not sure whether to start the stayer. Shaiyhar recorded an impressive win over 2000m at Flemington… Read More »
The Mike Moroney stable has Spring Carnival aspirations with Coeur Volante after the filly broke through for her maiden win at Sandown. The Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield in mid-November has been touted as the possible target for the filly after her win in the Ladbroke It! Handicap (1300m) on Wednesday. Settling second-last… Read More »
Berdibek might be rising ten, but John O’Shea says his forms points to him being a superior horse to 12 months ago and expects him to give the Listed Ipswich Cup a mighty shake. O’Shea has replicated the path Berdibek followed to Ipswich last year, coming through the Hawkesbury and Scone Cups… Read More »
Winning the Group Three Cameron Handicap has been a blessing and a curse for Wild Chap, providing his connections with their biggest success but also attracting the scrutiny of handicappers. The six-year-old went into the Newcastle feature with a benchmark of 79 and after accounting for the small six-horse field,… Read More »
