Ben and J D Hayes have come to the realisation that sprinter Nicolini Vito is at his best when his races are spaced. It will be 18 days between runs by the time Nicolini Vito lines up in the Tonks Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Saturday. The Lindsay Park trainers decided to… Read More »
Trainer Trevor Andrews possesses a great record in the Sky Racing WA Guineas and he’s hoping to extend that historical link when All The King’s Men races in the Group 2 feature over 1600m at Ascot on Saturday. Andrews has won the WA Guineas three times with King Saul(2011), Vain… Read More »
Canberra trainer Matt Dale with make the trip to Ballarat with a strong three-horse team while also having runners closer to home at Kembla Grange. The Magic Millions Ballarat 2YO Classic (1000m) on Saturday was the first race to raise Dale’s interest in making the trip interstate where he will start debutant Malaboom. Saturday’s race carries… Read More »
He couldn’t have been more impressive when saluting by over six lengths at the Sunshine Coast on debut, and Golden Boom will be looking to go back-to-back there tomorrow in the Innovative Planning Solutions Three-Year-Old Handicap over 1000m. He won his first two trials by a combined margin of eight lengths,… Read More »
Mark Newnham and Tyler Schiller will be hoping lighting strikes twice when they combine with A Very Fine Red in Saturday’s The Warra (1000m) at Kembla Grange. The $300,000 event will be run seven days after Newnham and Schiller combined to win another race of that value, The Beauford at Newcastle, with King… Read More »
Jockey Fred Kersley is hoping Future Score may be the horse to rejuvenate his career after enduring a tough start to season. Future Score lines up in the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday with Kersley hoping the stars align in a bid to capture another Cup success. Kersley’s career has been littered with… Read More »
‘No hoof, no horse’ is a well-worn saying in racing but one that John Thompson, thankfully, has not had to worry about as much this campaign with his hope in Saturday’s $1 million The Gong, Purple Sector. Bar for a disastrous trip to Melbourne, when he did not appreciate Caulfield, the… Read More »
Michael Gangemi is not certain if Notorious One can buck the odds and win Saturday’s G1 Furphy Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, but it wouldn’t be a shock if he did. Notorious One was no match for Western Empire in last year’s Railway, but certainly wasn’t out of his depth in… Read More »
After watching events unfold at Ascot last weekend, trainer Simon Miller is certain he made the right call to bypass the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) with his stable star, Amelia’s Jewel. The racing pattern against backmarkers validated Simon Miller’s decision, but it was the tight turnaround from the Burgess Queen… Read More »
Racing can be a fickle game. The connections of Ain’Tnodeeldun looked to have a horse of the future after the then three-year-old completed a winning hat-trick with victory at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week. Move forward two years, and Ain’tnodeeldun will be lining up for just his sixth start since that November 2020 outing… Read More »
It has been over 12 months since Crestani last appeared in the winner’s circle, but his trainer Pat Carey believes he can do so at Ballarat. Crestani runs in the Tonks Plate (1200m) on Saturday and will carry 1.5kg under the minimum following the claim for apprentice Alana Kelly. The last success… Read More »
The confirmation by the Hong Kong Jockey Club that Jamie Kah will represent Australia, along with Jye McNeil, in the prestigious Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley on December 7 adds further lustre to the Kahâs already formidable reputation as a race rider. But there is work to be… Read More »
The prospect of a dry Kembla Grange track provides trainer Matt Dale with some heart of a return to form for Mossman Gorge. The Warra over 1000m will be Mossman Gorge’s assignment on Saturday, provided there is not too much rain. The Kembla Grange track was rated a Good 4… Read More »
Fresh from taking out the first edition of the $2 million The Big Dance, Kris Lees has set his sights on another recently-inaugurated race with Rustic Steel. The five-year-old will go around one of the leading fancies in this Saturday’s fourth edition of the $1 million The Gong (1600m) at Kembla… Read More »
Co-trainer Luke Price is the first to admit that Our Bellagio Miss is an inconsistent type and at $23 in the market for the Eleven Eleven Benchmark 78 Handicap (1000m), the bookmakers appear to agree. However, after winning a trial ‘at home’ at Kembla Grange before this first-up outing, Price’s confidence in… Read More »
âDelighted to announce that in conjunction with @BallymoreStabls we have secured high class European G1 winner Alenquer to race in Australia. Heads south next month to aim for the Sydney autumn carnival.â That tweet from Paul Moroney confirmed that trainer Mike Moroney would have the newly purchased Group 1 winner… Read More »
Adelaide trainer Will Clarken is not shy to admit his decision to back-up Ironclad in the G1 $1.5 million Railway Stakes (1600m) is a bold move, but one that is worth taking. The former UK import has been set a big task by Will Clarken after finishing fourth in last Saturday’s Listed… Read More »
Estadio Mestalla is a name Australian racing fans had better get used to and the Irish import had better get used to the place reserved for winners on Australian racetracks judging by his performance at Rosehill on Wednesday. So said champion jockey James Mcdonald, who partnered the son of Galileo Gold… Read More »
Trainer Joshua Julius felt that he had options aplenty after Just Folk was edged out by Bartholomeu Dias on the Listed Furphy Plate over 1800 metres at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day, and he has chosen to go with the richer among them. Julius bypassed last Saturday’s Listed Cranbourne Cup and is… Read More »
Trainer Mike Moroney has a healthy opinion of Tasman Park who kept his record intact with a stylish win at Sandown. But the Flemington-based horseman won’t be rushing Tasman Park to higher company in the short-term after his win in the Thoroughbred Club Australia Handicap (1300m) on Wednesday, preferring to race him through his… Read More »
