The Everest contender Snapdancer has been ruled out of next weekends $15m sprint after an injury setback. Slot holder Inglis announced that Snapedancer would not line-up in the Everest field on Monday afternoon. There has been no decision as to which horse will race in Inglis’ slot in the race… Read More »
Ben Hayes concedes Mr Brightside got a ‘reality check’ in the Underwood Stakes, but it has not been enough to prompt he and his co-trainer JD Hayes to deviate from a path towards the Cox Plate. The way the five-year-old has trained on since his 2-3/4-length fifth placing in the 1800-metre… Read More »
Trainer Dan O’Sullivan says he is keeping to his normal pattern as he prepares Berkeley Square for the 2022 Caulfield Guineas. O’Sullivan is chasing his first Group 1 win and will saddle the second favourite in Saturday’s contest for three-year-olds. With a long history in racing, O’Sullivan does not allow his… Read More »
Classy mare Forbidden Love will have a crucial barrier trial on Tuesday to determine whether she can reignite her spring carnival campaign. The triple Group 1 winner has not raced since turning in her second below par run of the preparation when midfield in the Winx Stakes in August. Unable… Read More »
Disappointed at losing Aft Cabin from the Caulfield Guineas, Godolphin and James Cummings have a ready replacement in Golden Mile. James Cummings and Godolphin looked to have an exceptional hand in the Caulfield Guineas but will now just have one representative in the stallion making race. Aft Cabin was ruled out of Saturday’s… Read More »
A dead heat was the result in the Epsom, Zougotcha confirmed her status as the best 3YO filly in Sydney while a barrier trial was what happened in the Turnbull. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Ellsberg/Top Ranked… Read More »
He wasn’t able to replicate his heroics on the same program three years ago, but Chris Waller still came away with two of the three Group 1 races at Randwick on Epsom Handicap day. In 2019, Waller made a clean sweep of the three feature races, winning the Metropolitan (2400m) with… Read More »
It may have been one of the smallest Epsom Handicap fields in recent memory, but it has produced one of the most thrilling finishes in the 157-year history of the Group 1 race. At the end of the famous Randwick mile, the judge took several, agonising minutes to examine the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has worked their magic with Smokin’ Romans who landed his first Group 1 win and, in the process, leapt to the top of Caulfield Cup markets. Smokin’ Romans won the Pakenham Cup towards the end of his last preparation, but this campaign has risen to a new… Read More »
The past 12 months have been a period of ‘firsts’ for trainer Chris Waller and he has achieved another one with Zougotcha’s stunning win in the Flight Stakes. Having claimed his first Melbourne Cup with Verry Elleegant and first international major with Nature Strip at Royal Ascot, the champion horseman has now prepared… Read More »
Giga Kick has kept his record intact and provided Clayton Douglas with his biggest success in two years of training with a fighting win at Flemington. A former jumps jockey with two wins in Australia’s longest race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase, Douglas has a team in work at Mornington. Douglas… Read More »
The strength of being the first foal of the entire Godolphin crop born two years ago proved pivotal when Zulfiqar fought off a determined challenge to score on debut. The win in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) on Saturday gave Godolphin and trainer James Cummings their second win in the past three… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas favourite Aft Cabin has been ruled out of the stallion making race for three-year-olds after a bleeding attack following trackwork. Godolphin Australia Managing Director Vix Cox delivered the news on Saturday which requires Aft Cabin to stand out of racing for a mandatory three months. Aft Cabin had been favourite for next Saturday’s 1600m contest but has been… Read More »
Jockey Andrew Mallyon is due to take one ride at the Gold Coast on Saturday as he continues to push forward along a carefully managed path back to his full book riding capacity … and hopefully a not too distance date with a Group 1 assignment … after returning to… Read More »
At the corresponding Flemington meeting 12 months ago, Odeum started a Melbourne Spring Carnival campaign that her connections had high hopes for. After finishing 11th in the Group 2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes (1410m), Odeum was not sighted again for the Carnival. Move forward 12 months, and Odeum returns in the same race with her… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody is banking on a dry track bringing out an improved showing from Brereton. Peter Moody has assembled a strong arsenal of quality three-year-olds and is looking to Brereton landing a stakes race win at Flemington. Already a winner down the Flemington straight, Brereton runs in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) on… Read More »
Nature dictates that Zulfiqar should be one of Godolphin’s most forward two-year-olds so it should not surprise that he will make his debut in one of the first two-year-old races of the season The son of Exceed And Excel will be one of two representatives for James Cummings in Saturday’s… Read More »
Trainer Ed Cummings did not lay eyes on stable star Duais for a couple of days and believes in that short time the mare has improved her condition. Duais is in Melbourne to begin her Melbourne Spring Carnival campaign in earnest in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Group… Read More »
How he negotiates the Kalgoorlie track for the first time rather than fitness will threaten General Grant’s chances of winning Saturday’s $150,000 XXXX-Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m), according to trainer Stephen Miller. Miller remains optimistic General Grant can bounce back from a minor setback and get his campaign back on track following… Read More »
Even with all of the prestige he has brought to Australian racing with Takeover Target, Joe Janiak has never been an attention seeker, so it was no surprise then that you could have walked right past him without noticing his presence as he sat relaxing at a table, enjoying a… Read More »
