Trainer Julius Sandhu has his quality three-year-old Lofty Strike back in work with two of Victoria’s big sprints races on his radar. The Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield in February and the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington are high on Sandhu’s agenda. After going through his two-year-old year undefeated which culminated in his… Read More »
Peter and Paul Snowden are gearing up to have one of their strongest ever representations in the Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast with a multitude of two-year-olds on target for the $2 million race. The father and son training partners have three of the top five fancies in early… Read More »
With a start locked away for Sunsource on the Gold Coast, trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are able to set the right campaign to suit the two-year-old. As part of that campaign to the Gold Coast next month, Sunsource will have a jump-out going right-handed over 1000m at Cranbourne on Monday, opposed to four… Read More »
Blake Shinn has been hit with a $2000 fine and a 12-meeting suspension after Racing Victoria stewards upheld a protest at Flemington. Stewards lodged their own protest after Invincible Caviar and My Yankee Girl could not be separated at the end of the Festive Season Sprint (1200m) on Saturday. On reviewing the film prior to correct weight, Blake… Read More »
A quick back-up and perfectly timed, rails-hugging ride by apprentice Zac Lloyd has proven the right formula for Superium to get back in the winner’s stall. After doing his best work late when fifth to Sky Command in the Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) last weekend, the six-year-old relished a distance… Read More »
Ashford Street has provided trainer Ken Elford with his most important victory with a stakes victory at Flemington. While the win was nice, the race Elford would most like to capture is his hometown sprint during the Warrnambool May Carnival. Ashford Street provided Elford with his first Flemington success when taking… Read More »
Ridden patiently at the rear of the field and ‘turning it on’ at the top of the straight is a trait now common with Kovalica as the three-year-old gelding notched his fourth win in five starts in the Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (2100m). Traditionally a lead-up to the Group 1… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer Persan has registered his first win in more than 18 months with an all-the-way win at Flemington. An emerging stayer through 2020, Persan eventually ran fifth in that year’s Melbourne Cup and returned the following March to win first-up at Moonee Valley. But the stayer had been in… Read More »
There have been moments during the past 12 months when Jenny Duggan feared she would never ride again. But after months of soul searching and various medical treatments, the courageous jockey has celebrated a special victory at Randwick, sooling home Our Bellagio Miss to land her first metropolitan win of… Read More »
Renowned for his patient approach with two-year-olds, Chris Waller has been happy to let Lazzago find her way to the races pre-Christmas, labelling her as one of the best youngsters on his books this season. Sydney’s dominant trainer has won most of the major races on the calendar but having… Read More »
âIn Breaking Barriers we examine the most pressing issues of our time and take inspiration from what is being done around the world to overcome barriers to the advancement of racing.â In this the 39th Asian Racing Conference âwe look to the future of racing, identifying the major roadblocks that… Read More »
Punters like to talk about value bets … even better they like to find them. Jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor answered that call … big time … in the last week but, unfortunately for them, most punters were caught napping as Wilson-Taylor piloted two long shots … Tick Tock Queen ($71) on… Read More »
Top trainer Simon Miller is aiming for a new milestone victory to follow up his first Group 1 win at the recent Northerly Stakes when his stable star Amelia’s Jewel represents TABtouch in Western Australia’s first thoroughbred slot race. Simon Miller said he was thrilled to partner with TABtouch for the inaugural… Read More »
Unbeaten Cotel will be giving away both age and experience when she heads to Flemington for the first time on Saturday. The daughter of Charge Forward will be out to build on her perfect start to her racing career when she runs in the G H Mumm (1100m) at Flemington. Cotel… Read More »
For one reason or another, not all horses adjust to the concrete jungle of Hong Kong. Lindsay Park trainers Ben and Jd Hayes have recently been the beneficiary of horses leaving Hong Kong for the wide-open green spaces at Euroa in northern Victoria. Ben Hayes said the stable gets horses from Hong Kong for a variety of reasons…. Read More »
Queensland-based jockey Andrew Mallyon will fly-in to partner regular mount Halvorsen at Flemington. Mallyon knocked back the opportunity of at least four rides at Eagle Farm on Saturday to continue his association with Halvorsen in the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington. Halvorsen will lump 60kg on Saturday and give 6kg to his seven rivals on Saturday, but Mallyon said on… Read More »
The undefeated Golden Boom has been marked up as a short-priced $1.95 favourite for Saturdayâs Gold Edition Plate, a Listed race for three-year-olds at Eagle Farm, on the back of his two facile wins to date in which he strolled to easy and impressive victories … the first coming by… Read More »
Alpha One will launch his latest campaign in a benchmark race at Randwick but as the saying goes, ‘it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish’. And if co-trainer Peter Snowden is correct in his assessment, the three-year-old could end up in Group 1 company. While the stable has taken a… Read More »
Will Freedman isn’t expecting On The Lead to turn the tables on up-and-coming mare I Am Me when the pair clash again at Randwick, but a significant difference in the handicaps has at least piqued his interest. On The Lead was beaten less than two lengths when runner-up to I Am Me over… Read More »
Steinem is favourite to take out Saturday’s G2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot and co-trainer David Eustace backs his Victorian mare to get the job done. A daughter of Frankel, Steinem continues her Perth campaign after an impressive third behind boom filly Amelia’s Jewel in last fortnight’s G1 Northerly… Read More »
