Simon Miller has celebrated his first Group 1 victory as a trainer courtesy of stable star Amelia’s Jewel taking out the Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Amelia’s Jewel was supported into favouritism late and the surge in support was justified as she surged to a one length victory over a… Read More »
James McDonald’s anticipated visit to Western Australia has reaped immediate dividends with his first ever ride at Ascot racecourse yielding a winner. Here to ride race favourite Cascadian in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes, James McDonald got his first look at the track when partnering Street Parade in the Furphy Plate… Read More »
Tony Gollan described Garibaldi’s win in the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben as not the most spectacular of his five wins in the race but one that was as special as any of them. Garibaldi ($2.90 fav) was a $475,000 purchase at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in… Read More »
In the middle of relocating his training operation from the ACT to Goulburn, Matthew Dale has found time to train a metropolitan winner with Cavalier Charles scoring a determined victory at Rosehill. Given the logistical challenges involved in moving an entire stable, including his string of horses, Dale wasn’t able… Read More »
Scoring a third win in his last four starts, seven-year-old gelding Kissinger won the Listed Pakenham Cup on Saturday with Damien Oliver aboard. Evergreen Oliver won his first Pakenham Cup back in 1996 and with Kissinger ($3.70 fav) winning the 2022 edition, his tally of victories in the $300,000 feature moves to… Read More »
Kathy O’Hara has declared Felix Majestic a horse of the future after he claimed the scalp of odds-on favourite Garza Blanca, stopping the clock just half a second outside track record time. Garza Blanca, from the powerful Ciaron Maher and David Eustace yard, was sent out a $1.70 favourite after smashing the 1200m course… Read More »
By his own admission, Jason Collett was slow out of the boxes this season but he has been making up for lost time, his win aboard Secret Glamour at Rosehill his eleventh from his past 38 rides. After booting home just four winners in the opening three months of the… Read More »
After finishing last in a field of ten at Moonee Valley last start, Invincible Caviar put that disappointment behind her to score at Pakenham and notch her third win in five starts. The wider spaces of the Pakenham and a patiently timed ride by Luke Nolen saw the four-year-old daughter of champion… Read More »
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Black Caviar’s daughter Invincible Caviar has scored an impressive city win at Pakenham. Invincible Caviar was sent out a short-priced favourite last month but struggled racing inside horses on the tight-turning circuit at Moonee Valley and dropped back through the field to run last. Invincible Caviar has now taken her… Read More »
This time last year Bob Peters and his powerful cerise and white army could do no wrong and were all conquering. They dominated the Ascot carnival with an historical clean-sweep of WA’s three Group 1s. Western Empire set the ball rolling by winning the Railway Stakes. Graceful Girl finished ahead… Read More »
Respected trainer Peter Snowden regards lightly-raced filly Tashi as a horse with black-type ability and he is keen to see how she handles her latest test at Rosehill. The daughter of Sebring rises to Saturday grade in the Acy Securities Handicap (1200m) off the back a solid start to her racing career,… Read More »
Hefty handicaps and wide gates will be the order of the day for Joe Pride when stablemates Brutality and Titanium Power clash at Rosehill. Brutality has been dealt a double whammy with top weight of 64.5kg and the outside barrier in Saturday’s Furphy Handicap (1400m), while Titanium Power fared marginally better with 60.5kg… Read More »
Warwick Farm based trainer Jarrod Austin is hoping lightning can strike twice with Looks Like Elvis at Pakenham. The eight-year-old, who is creeping close to the $1 million mark in prize money, runs in the VOBIS Gold Bullion (1400m) on Saturday, looking to repeat his victory in the same race from 12 months earlier…. Read More »
James Cummings would have loved for Cascadian to have raced at Ascot ahead of Saturday’s Northerly Stakes, but he is hoping his inexperience is offset by his tendency to spark up for a first interstate assignment. The imported galloper is favourite for Saturday’s 1800-metre weight-for-age Group 1, which will be his first… Read More »
Warrnambool galloper Kissinger is set to have his first shot at a stakes race when he makes the trip to Pakenham. The Lindsey Smith-trained galloper is set to line up in the Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) on Saturday coming off victories in two of his past three starts. Kissinger scored at benchmark 70 level at… Read More »
There was hardly a dry eye at Ascot two weeks ago when Trix Of The Trade scored an emotional victory in the Railway Stakes (1600m) at Perth racing headquarters. There are wins in sport and then there are wins, some have that unique and sentimental edge to them. This Railway… Read More »
The past eight months have been tough for Vassilator and his trainer Lisa Jones. A Caulfield Guineas runner-up for co-owner and former trainer Colin Little, Vassilator has overcome an ulcer to an eye and a severe case of tying-up that had his new trainer concerned for the horse’s welfare. After a break and showing positive signs on… Read More »
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have a small representation heading to Pakenham but are looking forward to learning more about the horses they have competing there. The pair has three imports running, all lining up for their second Australian starts, with the expectation they will run forward races. Spanish Kiss and Brayden Star run… Read More »
Undefeated three-year-old Chinny Boom will head into unchartered territory at Doomben when she extends to 1200 metres for the first time in the Listed Mode Stakes. The star filly, who hails from North Queensland, has raced five times, highlighted by an 1100m win at Mackay in September and a blistering… Read More »
