A total of 81 horses have been nominated for the fifth edition of the All-Star Mile which will this year be run at Moonee Valley. Entries for the $5 million All Star Mile closed on Wednesday with late nominations, incurring a $2500 fee, can be made until Monday. Once late… Read More »
The countdown to the 2023 Golden Slipper begins in earnest at Rosehill with the return of nominal favourite King’s Gambit in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes. The colt has sat atop Slipper markets since his scintillating win in the Debutant Stakes at Caulfield in October and makes his Sydney debut… Read More »
Michael Freedman is approaching Forbidden Love’s upcoming campaign with cautious optimism, hoping she replicates past seasons by saving her best performances for the autumn. With the exception of her three-year-old year, the mare’s form has tended to dip in the spring, including last preparation when she failed to place in five… Read More »
Let fast horses be fast. That is the realisation trainer Archie Alexander has come to with Starry Legend who will have his second start for the stable in the Listed WJ Adams Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Thursday. Starry Legend was initially prepared by John Sadler, winning four of his… Read More »
A unique Bega Cup hat-trick is looming ominously for the powerful country training partnership of Barbara Joseph, and Paul & Matt Jones this Sunday. The Joseph/Jones combination won the 2021 $80,000 Bega Cheese Bega Cup (1600m) with roughie Mercurial Lad before claiming last year’s Cup with Room Number. The stable will… Read More »
The idea of taking Stafford’s Lad on an interstate trip looms as an appealing prospect for top Perth trainer, Dan Morton. A South Australian campaign is on the cards for Stafford’s Lad with the G2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) viewed as an ideal target. Dan Morton wanted to race Stafford’s Lad in last… Read More »
Renowned trainer of stayers John Sargent expects Outlandos to relish a seven-day back-up into the Listed Australia Day Cup following an eye-catching performance at the Magic Millions carnival. The gelding settled last from a wide draw and motored to the line to get within half a length of winner Sky Lab in the… Read More »
Quality filly Laced Up Heels will be joined by stablemates Wild Belle and Shaddow Fear in an upcoming Melbourne campaign. The $5 million All Star Mile at Moonee Valley on March 18 is the main target for Laced Up Heels , who created a big impression last year. In her maiden… Read More »
A Group 1 campaign for Jacquinot commences at Sandown when he lines up against three-year-olds in the Manfred Stakes. The Group 3 race over 1300m is the kick-off point for the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr -trained colt who have earmarked the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes and Futurity Stakes,… Read More »
Caitlin Jones is hard at work preparing herself both mentally and physically for her upcoming defence of the Saudi Cup International Jockeys Challenge title which she won at the King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh last year. This year’s Saudi Cup International Jockeys Challenge will take place on Friday, February 24…. Read More »
Trainer Damien Batters has the Blue Diamond Prelude in his sights as he prepares to send his emerging two-year-old filly Party For Two to Melbourne for the big Caulfield contest on February 11. Batters, who doubles as stable foreman for the David Vandyke stable, has brought the daughter of Sidestep… Read More »
Two of the country’s current leading racehorses … Zaaki and Alligator Blood … will head towards a Grand Final clash in the $5 million All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley on March 18. While a secured entry into the final field follows one of three routes … prevailing in the popular… Read More »
Skirt The Law, the unbeaten two-year-old filly who slammed her rivals in no uncertain terms in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast last week … will take up the Golden Slipper challenge with the world’s richest two-year-old race now being confirmed as Skirt The Law’s next… Read More »
The Adelaide stable of Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea is still weighing up who will be their representative in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley. Beau Rossa and Ironclad have been entered for the 1200m Group 2 contest on Saturday, but only one of the pair will be making the trip. Whichever horse… Read More »
Nikita Beriman would appear to be well on her way to mastering what we all would like to achieve … a healthy work-life balance. With the relentless, demanding pace of the racing schedule, that option is not readily available to all of those involved in the industry. Rather, it is… Read More »
This Saturday’s Australia Stakes presents a new challenge for Jigsaw, but trainer Cindy Alderson thinks the in-form gelding has earned the right to be issued it. The Manhattan Rain four-year-old will be chasing a fourth win on end in the $350,000 Group 2 and while he is yet to win at… Read More »
Anthony Cummings’ first thought after Kote’s trial win at Randwick on Monday morning was to wait until next month to launch the gelding’s campaign, but the lack of entries for Saturday’s $250,000 Group 2 Expressway Stakes has him reconsidering. The three-year-old was one of just four horses nominated for the… Read More »
When Jamie Kah was in Hong Kong representing Australia in the International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley in early December, the Hong Kong Jockey Club made overtures to Kah, sounding her out about the possibility of her accepting a riding contract to ride in Hong Kong for an extended period… Read More »
Peter Moody has ruled out running I Wish I Win in the All-Star Mile preferring to keep the gelding for sprint races at Flemington. I Wish I Win sits on the third line of betting for the All-Star Mile, but Moody has the Group 1 sprint double of the Lightning Stakes (1000m) and Newmarket Handicap (1200m) in mind for… Read More »
Mark Newnham is keen to see what heights former Hong Kong sprinter Joyful Fortune can reach this preparation now he has the benefit of a local campaign under his belt. The straight track specialist will have his first public hitout of the year in a 900m Randwick barrier trial on Monday following… Read More »
