With confirmation Lord Of Biscay will line up in the Tamworth Cup, Kris Lees is looking to a pair of talented three-year-olds to headline his Anzac Day team at Randwick. Provincial-Midway Championships Final winner Lord Of Biscay is an early favourite for Saturday’s First Australian Imperial Force Handicap (1500m), but… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani knows Deal Done Fast has the ability to be a Stakes winner, but first the Ballarat conditioner just wants to get a win on the board with the colt. Both may come at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m), provided Deal Done Fast can improve… Read More »
Fresh from his maiden success in Hong Kong on Wednesday night, Ethan Brown has confirmed he will be on a fly-in, fly-out mission when he returns to Australia to take the ride on the Ciaron Maher trained Jimmysstar in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup May 30 at Eagle Farm…. Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will have dual representation as it looks to win a feature sprint race in Adelaide together for the first time. Ameena and Point Barrow will line up for the father-and-son training team in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The race has… Read More »
Annabel and Rob Archibald’s five-strong squad for the main race at Randwick on Anzac Day could be reduced to three with the training partners set to split their runners between Sydney and Tamworth. Both Hellsing and Formal Display are acceptors for the First Australian Imperial Force Handicap (1500m) on Saturday,… Read More »
Sheza Alibi’s owner Fred Noffke has turned down an offer exceeding $6 million for the emerging star, as confidence grows around her future potential. The Queensland grazier revealed he declined the approach, believing the multiple Group 1-winning filly could go on to rival the prizemoney achievements of champion mare Winx…. Read More »
The Tony Gollan trained Antino will attract a lot of attention at Eagle Farm on Saturday … and not just because of his good looks. There is no question Antino is a striking looking son of Redwood with a glittering overall form-line to match … thirteen wins from thirty-two starts,… Read More »
Few two-year-olds in recent memory have had a juvenile season as busy as Away Game did six years ago, so it’s not surprising the now-broodmare’s daughter, Lady Catalina, has had a much more sedate start to her career. Away Game raced eight times at two for four wins, including the… Read More »
Ethan Brown wasn’t hanging about. In fact, it took Brown just three rides to secure his first win at his first meeting in Hong Kong when he partnered Shooting To Top to victory for trainer Cody Mo in a Class 4 Handicap over 1650m. Brown, who showed he was a… Read More »
Todd Pollard may be in the early days of running a stable in his own name but after just a few months in, the numbers are already growing. Scrumptious is a recent acquisition to the team of the former assistant trainer to Annabel and one who could be handy going… Read More »
Taree trainer Glen Milligan has been suspended for two months, with a further two months held over, following a Racing NSW stewards’ inquiry into a series of social media posts. The inquiry found that Milligan had published Facebook posts across several days containing what stewards described as “improper comments that… Read More »
There would be few horses in training able to boast a pair of Golden Slipper winners as parents, so Tulloch Lodge trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott were understandably rapt to get a win on the board with beautifully bred filly Loera. By 2016 Slipper winner Capitalist out of 2013… Read More »
Distance, distance and more distance is what trainer Liam Howley has been searching for with three-year-old Valiant Sun. The longest race restricted to three-year-olds in Victoria will be run on Saturday, the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington, with Valiant Sun taking up the challenge. Valiant Sun will line… Read More »
Tom Charlton is looking for a positive return from Queensland Derby winner Maison Louis at Randwick as connections consider another trip north this winter. Twelve months ago, the son of Super Seth progressed from winning a Goulburn maiden at his second start to taking out the Group 1 Derby at… Read More »
Ash Morgan has given Private Harry his tick of approval as he prepares to reunite with the Group One winner in the Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm next month. Morgan put the four-year-old through his paces in an exhibition gallop at Canterbury on Wednesday, Private Harry covering the 1000m in… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable are backing on a return to Morphettville being a winning formula for Benedetta. The last time Benedetta raced at Adelaide’s premier course, the mare took out The Goodwood at Group 1 level in May 2024. That was when Benedetta was trained by Jason Warren and it provided Jamie Melham with a sought-after Group 1 win in… Read More »
Emma-Lee and David Browne say a win by Just Kick in Adelaide would be timely with an important thoroughbred sale coming up. Just Kick is chasing her maiden victory when she heads to the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The filly in winless in eight starts… Read More »
Royal Ascot-bound mare Charm Stone will have to overcome a difficult barrier after drawing wide in her attempt to claim consecutive wins in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained five-year-old has been allocated gate 15 in a capacity field of… Read More »
West Australian breeders are set to gain an exciting new stallion this spring, with high-class Wootton Bassett import Royal Patronage (Fr) joining the roster at Darling View Thoroughbreds. An elite son of the late champion sire Wootton Bassett, Royal Patronage was a standout juvenile in Europe when trained by Mark… Read More »
A good barrier draw is an important commodity, especially on a tight turning track. So, for Lindsay Park it was a no-brainer to scratch Plymouth from the Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) last Saturday, even though the race offered the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m)… Read More »
