The Robert and Luke Price-trained Our Bellagio Miss is looking to go back-to-back at Royal Randwick this Saturday. She was backed in from $101 to $61 when saluting at Randwick a fortnight ago and the Robert and Luke Price -prepared Our Bellagio Miss will be looking to repeat the dose when she… Read More »
Sydney based trainer Matthew Smith wishes there was more true staying tests for True Marvel. Matthew Smith has sent True Marvel on another trip to Melbourne to contest the Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year’s Day. Unfortunately for Smith he struggles to find races that are long enough for True Marvel… Read More »
Purchased with the hope of winning his local Cranbourne Cup, Gavin Bedggood has lowered his sights with former Godolphin galloperZiegfeld. The former James Cummings -trained gelding joined Bedggood after finishing fourth in the Listed Victoria Cup (2000m) at Caulfield in February but has yet to feature in the money in five starts. Bedggood is hoping that will change on Saturday when… Read More »
The need to change calendars is as good a time as any to pull out the crystal ball and Brad Bishop has taken on the job of trying to find five horses who are not yet Group 1 winners but boast a ratings profile that suggests they have a strong… Read More »
It’s been a driving ambition, prior to branching out solo and before forming a successful co-training partnership with his brother, Dan. The seeds of Ben Pearce ‘s Perth Cup vision was first sown when he worked with Geoff Durrant, father of Adam, a multiple Perth trainer’s champion. Geoff Durrant had Give… Read More »
The King Of The Mountain, $750,000 race which will be contested for the first time at Toowoomba on December 31, has a huge local interest with no less than nine of the twelve big race runners being supplied by Toowoomba based stables, all of whom will be looking to keep… Read More »
There’s nothing like it when a plan comes together. That’s what eventuated for owner and Honeycomb Stud Director Adrian Whittingham and Victorian trainer Michael Kent when Deny Knowledge ($6) led all the way to take out the Group 3 Belle Of The Turf Stakes at Gosford on Wednesday. The Irish import ran… Read More »
Spending time with family and tucking into some Christmas turkey has been beneficial for Craig Newitt with six winners in the space of three days. A double at Geelong on Monday was followed by a treble at Stony Creek on Tuesday before he kept the ball rolling with another winner at Mornington on… Read More »
Trainer Greg Eurell and the large ownership group of Proprietary did not know what to expect when they took the three-year-old to Mornington for his debut race. But Eurell and connections need not have worried as the gelding registered an easy win in the Mornington Car & Tyre Services Plate (1200m) on Wednesday. A pick-up ride for Ethan Brown, Proprietary ($8)… Read More »
Leading owner Bob Peters will be out to end an unusually quiet Ascot racing carnival on a high note in this week’s TABtouch-Perth Cup (2400m). Bob Peters, along with wife Sandra, have won the New Year’s Day feature on 10 previous occasions, including the most recent edition with Midnight Blue…. Read More »
A start in a stakes race at Flemington is on the cards for Crestani when the gelding heads to Moonee Valley for his return run following a short break. The Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on January 14 is in the planning for the Pat Carey -trained galloper if he runs well on Saturday. Crestani is… Read More »
Jockey Robbie Fradd is set to undergo triple bypass surgery in the coming days. The confirmation of this serious health issue has necessitated Fradd backing off from all physical activity until such time as the outcome of his surgery and the long-term prognosis of his rehab and recovery period can… Read More »
Stony Creek would not have been expected to deliver a headline moment on Tuesday but for new trainer Rory Hunter it was a day to remember with his first runner delivered his first win. Prior to Hunter taking over training Soonga, the four-year-old gelding had three starts prior with the best… Read More »
With the scratching of Ausbred Flirt, the Gary Portelli-trained Ruby Tuesday has been a market firmer for the Group 3 Belle Of The Turf at Gosford on Wednesday. Brad Widdup confirmed on Tuesday that Ausbred Flirt will head to the paddock after her second placing at Randwick last Saturday instead… Read More »
Platinum Jubilee’s defeat in the Drinkwise Plate (1100m) at Randwick last Saturday might have been disappointment for those who backed it at $2.80, but co-trainer Adrian Bott isn’t seeing too many negatives out of the second placing to Fire Lane as the two-year-old filly heads to the Gold Coast next… Read More »
You can tell when Ciaron Maher has a soft spot for any of the hundreds of thoroughbreds under his care and Persan is one of those horses. Persan made a welcome return to the winners’ list at Flemington on December 10 taking out the Listed JRA Trophy over 2600 metres in an… Read More »
The Cindy Alderson-trained Jigsaw not only won a second successive stakes race in taking out the Listed Christmas Stakes at Sandown, but also the first 1100-metre race run over a unique course. Races over that distances aren’t usually able to be run at Sandown but a temporary winning post erected 80… Read More »
He didn’t have much luck in the Group 2 Ingham a fortnight ago, but the John O’Shea-prepared Diamil ($8) has made amends taking out the $200,000 Group 3 Summer Cup at Royal Randwick. It was a genuinely run affair with Grandslam setting a hectic tempo in front over the staying test of… Read More »
It was a race that greatly changed complexion over the final furlong, with Mark Newnham mare Zain’s Girl ($6.50) sticking her head out at the right time to resume in fine fashion at Royal Randwick. After the Jarrod Austin-prepared Suprina was in front by upwards of three lengths upon straightening, it set it… Read More »
Ciaron Maher has All-Star Mile aspirations with Nugget after the six-year-old gelding notched his seventh win in 15 starts in the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Sandown. Disappointed that Nugget was balloted out of the Group 2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick on December 10, this victory in return has the Melbourne… Read More »
