Trainer Mike Moroney will use The Country Discovery to kick-start the latest campaign of Bermadez. The $500,000 race over 1100m at Geelong on Friday will the shortest race that Bermadez has contested in his 18-start career that has netted the gelding six wins. Bermadez start his career in a blaze of glory winning on debut at Geelong over 1250m… Read More »
Several members of the team associated with Verry Elleegant will race her brother, who was sold in Sydney on Tuesday as part of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The son of Zed and Opulence was knocked down for $260,000 to a group including prominent owners Brae Sokolski and Ozzie Kheir…. Read More »
Trainer Neville Parnham is optimistic Demolish can overturn a run of close finishes and gain the elusive upper hand in Saturday’s Schweppes WATC Derby (2400m) at Ascot. Demolish is bursting to win a feature race after three consecutive second placings including the past two behind Another Chino in the J.C.Roberts… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams has been given the all-clear to resume race riding. Williams announced on social media on Tuesday that he will make his return at the Sandown meeting on Easter Monday, April 10. The jockey has been sidelined following a fall at Flemington on March 11 that… Read More »
The weather and resulting track conditions will play a big part on whether Hezashocka runs in Melbourne or Sydney on the weekend. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Hezashocka is an acceptor for the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday while he also holds a nomination in the Group 3 Easter… Read More »
A day after a half-sister to Learning To Fly topped the opening session at this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Tom Magnier revealed that Coolmore’s valuable daughter of Justify was unlikely to race again this year. Learning To Fly suffered a leg injury in a scrimmage in last month’s Golden Slipper, which… Read More »
It has been billed as a match race for the ages and Queen Elizabeth Stakes joint favourites Anamoe and Dubai Honour will be even hard to separate out of the machine. The barrier draw for the rich 2000m contest took place in the Winx stand at Royal Randwick on Tuesday morning with Godolphin’s… Read More »
The availability of English’s first foal and a half-sister to Learning To Fly ensured a bidding frenzy midway through Monday’s opening day of this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The I Am Invincible colt who was the result of English’s first trip to the breeding barn readjusted the mark for the highest-priced… Read More »
Luke Fernie, trainer of impressive Perth Stakes winner (1100m) Ripcord, isn’t about to concede the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) to exciting filly, Live To Tell. The Simon Miller-trained Live To Tell is a raging $1.80 Tabtouch Fixed Odds favourite after scoring a staggering Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) victory on Saturday. Live… Read More »
It is Easter and that means it is the Easter Cup and the Victoria Handicap but not this year at Caulfield. The G3 Easter Cup (2100m) has some G1 standard horses engaged. White Marlin ($6) holds a prominent place in the early Melbourne Cup betting and is here for Tulloch Lodge…. Read More »
It may only be the beginning of April but it was as far back as November last year that Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott had White Marlin’s path to the 2023 Melbourne Cup laid out. Undefeated in five starts, including three runs in Australia since arriving from Ireland in early 2022,… Read More »
The abandonment of today’s Yarra Valley meeting due to issues with the track has left racing participants and punters frustrated. The announcement was made by Racing Victoria (RV) after stewards identified sections of the track near the 400m, 600m, and 800m marks that were significantly heavier than the rest of… Read More »
A brother to Russian Revolution was one of the star performers in the early part of this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, which commenced in Sydney on Monday. The Newgate Farm-prepared colt by Snitzel out of the Stravinsky mare Ballet D’amour was bought by James Harron for $1.4 million. Not only is… Read More »
Australian jockey Jamie Kah’s road to recovery has been given a positive update by champion trainer Peter Moody, who recently spoke with the star jockey about her progress following a serious race-fall last month. Moody told RSN 927’s Racing Pulse that he had a quick chat with Kah and was… Read More »
Trainer Kerry Parker says that Hope In Your Heart’s eye-catcher on a heavy track to finish fourth in the Doncaster Mile last Saturday hasn’t taken the shine of the mare’s demeanour as a short back-up into the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) is firmly the plan. Hope In… Read More »
If races are as good as the TJ from Saturday, then Day 2 of The Championships at Randwick will be spectacular. And we have so much international flavour on show. The G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at that Championship distance pits Australia’s best WFA horse Anamoe ($2.50) against a real quality… Read More »
Trainer Julius Sandhu has confirmed that Port Philip is set to compete in the Group 3 Easter Cup at Sandown, following a victorious run in the Yarra Valley Cup. Since joining Sandhu’s stable last year, the former Irish stayer has secured five wins in nine starts. Reflecting on Port Philip’s… Read More »
As the countdown to the $1.5 million Group 1 All-Aged Stakes (1400m) on April 15 continues, dual Group 1 winner Jacquinot is gearing up for the big race, with jockey James McDonald stepping in for a trial ride at Randwick. McDonald replaces Damian Lane, who is set to begin a… Read More »
Ed Cummings will monitor Arts over the coming days before deciding whether she backs-up in the ATC Australian Oaks following her scintillating win in the Adrian Knox Stakes at Randwick. The Xtravagant filly unleashed a withering finish to come from back in the field and street her rivals in Saturday’s Group 3… Read More »
Right You Are didn’t get a chance to test his Australian Cup credentials, but David Eustace is eyeing a consolation victory this Saturday at Sandown. The rejuvenated gelding will be one of two runners for Eustace and his training partner Ciaron Maher in the $200,000 Easter Cup. The six-year-old missed the… Read More »
