Life is never dull where Alligator Blood is concerned. The top-tier performer won his second Group 1 in his last four starts when he outgunned the mighty Zaaki is a testing stride for stride battle for much of the Sandown straight, while also having enough in hand to see off… Read More »
A flying second place by Mo’unga, who snared stable companion Zaaki in the finals strides to gain a runner-up finish in the Group 1 Underwood stakes behind Alligator Blood on Saturday, rated as a tremendous run, but the post-race fallout was not as satisfying for Mo’unga’s jockey Hugh Bowman. The… Read More »
Fresh from their Underwood Stakes win with Alligator Blood, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will chase further Victorian Group 1 success in this Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes with Knights Order. The imported stayer will press his Caulfield Cup claims in the 2000-metre set-weights-and-penalties event at Flemington. The Turnbull Stakes will be Knights… Read More »
It was hard to imagine I Wish I Win being more impressive than his four-length Caulfield romp at his Australian debut in Sunday’s $175,000 Testa Rossa Stakes, but the former Kiwi gelding pulled it off. The Peter Moody-trained rising star came from what seemed like an impossible position to win the… Read More »
The Cox Plate picture was somewhat turned on its head at Sandown on Sunday with Alligator Blood showing tremendous fight to lead throughout and claim the Underwood Stakes (1800m), with the reputation of a couple of key chances at the crossroads. Read on for the 2022 Underwood Stakes Post Race… Read More »
The Cox Plate has a new major player after Alligator Blood dented the reputation of some of Australian racing’s biggest names and enhanced his own in the process at Sandown on Sunday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott -trained gelding logged a third career Group 1 success when he led all the… Read More »
The early stages of Waltz On By’s career was plagued by bad luck, but the regally-bred filly had something go her way in Sunday’s $175,000 Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Sandown. The Peter Moody-trained filly got the nod in one of the finishes of the season to date, prevailing a… Read More »
Former New Zealander Wolverine will be Kris Lees’ sole runner in the Group 1 Flight Stakes with the trainer opting not to stretch Willinga Best out to a mile. The latter led and tired when fifth to Zougotcha in the Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) last start and while she wasn’t disgraced,… Read More »
Jacquinot confirmed his promise with a Group l win, sustained speed from Coolangatta came to the fore at The Valley while an Australian jockey has been booked for Verry Elleegant in the Arc. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY… Read More »
Surf Dancer has given Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott pause for thought with his comprehensive first-up win in the Group 2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. As the winner of the South Grafton Cup in July, the six-year-old is qualified for the $2 million Big Dance at Randwick on Melbourne… Read More »
Jacquinot has rocketed into contention for a slot in the $15 million Everest after unleashing a withering finish to upstage Sydney’s best three-year-olds in the Group 1 Golden Rose. In doing so, he became the first Victorian-trained horse since Toorak Toff in 2010 to win the coveted race and while the… Read More »
Jamie Kah was the Queen of Mornington on Saturday landing an almost perfect afternoon with five winners for the day. With bookings in six of the eight races, Kah missed aboard former South African galloper Najem Suhail which finished sixth as the $3 favourite in the Ibuild Group Handicap (1000m). With wins on Wee Nessy, Mrs… Read More »
High-class mare Nimalee has put herself in pole position to chase another Group 1 win in next week’s Epsom Handicap with a gritty victory in the Racing & Sports Golden Pendant at Rosehill. Jockey Regan Bayliss opted to go forward from an outside gate and Nimalee camped at the flank of leader… Read More »
A mid-year trip to Darwin may just be the catalyst for the turnaround in fortunes for Holster who registered a second city victory on Saturday. After leading throughout at Sandown on September 14, the Amy and Ash Yargi-trained galloper again led throughout to take out the Penang Turf Club Trophy (2000m)… Read More »
Mr Brightside continues to tick all the right boxes for trainers Ben and J D Hayes with the hope he will tick another at Sandown. The Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) on Sunday is a mini ‘Cox Plate’ with most of the main players for that Group 1 contest down to run on Sunday. The one… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have proven the doubters wrong with Coolangatta holding on to claim the Group 1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley. Lining up for just her sixth start in Friday night’s 1000m dash, Coolangatta was tackling the Moonee Valley lights for the first time along with more seasoned, older… Read More »
Tijuana has claimed a second stakes victory by riding the speed to claim the Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley. The win on Friday night in the Group 2 race for three-year-olds over 1600m confirmed Tijuana’s spring credentials and set him up for a start in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October… Read More »
Blake Shinn has always regarded Moonee Valley as one of his favourite tracks but was at a loss to know when the last time he had ridden a winner under lights at the track. He rectified that situation on Friday night when he guided Sydney visitor Queen Of The Ball to an… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is working towards having his first Melbourne Cup runner with a race at Mornington an integral part of that plan. Harmysian heads to the Listed RM Ansett Classic (2400m) on Saturday with Douglas hoping a win will lead to the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) at Caulfield… Read More »
The Russell Stewart-trained pair Swear To God and Street Parade will be out to enhance their Pinnacles credentials in respective assignments at Belmont tomorrow. Both three-year-olds made big impressions in their juvenile campaigns, with Street Parade placed in the Listed Perth Stakes (1100m), while Swear To God won two of his… Read More »
