It will forever remain a remarkable moment in racing history … the day when Tears I Cry won the 2007 Emirates Stakes at odds of 100-1. It was a significant result in many ways as it was both trainer Ciaron Maher’s and jockey Nikita Beriman’s first Group 1 win …… Read More »
A lack of suitable options in the second half of the season for Vow And Declare is a key factor in the 2019 Melbourne Cup winner being set to make an appearance at Caulfield this Saturday. The seven-year-old $6 million earner is one of 13 nominations for the $750,000 Group 2… Read More »
Carbine Club Stakes (1400m) winner Minsk Moment will look for more blacktype success in next month’s $1.5 million TABtouch-Gold Rush. The four-year-old made a winning start for new trainer Adam Durrant in Saturday’s $125,000 feature and emerged as a key contender for the main event on the final day of the… Read More »
Amelia’s Jewel’s maiden Group 1 assignment is less than a fortnight away, but Simon Miller has already identified a likely target race for the superstar Western Australian filly when she does head east. The Ascot trainer has his sights set on Melbourne’s $5 million All-Star Mile (1600m). Amelia’s Jewel on… Read More »
Local trainer Symon Wilde could have as many as three starters in Australia’s longest flat race, the Jericho Cup at Warrnambool. First run in 2018, Wilde won the 4600m contest that carries $300,000 in prize money with Count Zero in 2020 who is set to line up again on Sunday along with… Read More »
Read the latest racing updates and information out of Western Australia for their race meetings on Saturday, November 19th, 2022. 1 – Colin Webster The army of well-wishers who were searching out veteran trainer Colin Webster after the brilliant win of Trix Of The Trade in the G1 Furphy Railway Stakes… Read More »
Talented three-year-old Angry Skies will be given a shot at a large end of spring pot of gold when he runs at Caulfield on Saturday. The Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) has come on the radar of Lindsay Park trainers Ben & Jd Hayes after Angry Skies indicated he was not yet ready… Read More »
After winning million dollar The Hunter last weekend, Vilana has impressed Godolphin’s traveling assistant Nacim Delmi on how the four-year-old has settled in since making the trip to Perth and a is highly likely to be a starter in the $1.5 million Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. “I’m very… Read More »
It took Riodini more than two years to break his duck in Australia but now that he has, trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are hoping he can keep his momentum rolling into the summer. The former Kiwi, who arrived in Sydney in the spring of 2020, posted a third-up victory in Saturday’s… Read More »
Talented four-year-old Trix Of The Trade has handed 84 year-old trainer Colin Webster his first Group 1 when taking out Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes at Ascot. An emotional win for all involved, Trix Of The Trade continued the great record of four-year-olds in the feature, much to his trainer’s… Read More »
Le Palmier’s best asset is his speed and trainer Tony Gollan’s plan to make full use of it has reaped dividends with the speedster running his rivals ragged in the Swiss Ace Plate at the Sunshine Coast. The short course specialist started at $9.50 and led throughout to defeat stablemate… Read More »
The big query around Ballarat Cup day was the weather, with the track improving back into the good range on race morning before a deluge struck, downgrading the surface to a soft 7. Jockeys were keen to get as far away from the inside fence as possible the later the… Read More »
The last time Riodini won a race, the COVID-19 pandemic was yet to sweep the world, but the former New Zealander has finally got an Australian success on the board, taking out the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange. The six-year-old had not saluted since December, 2019 when he claimed… Read More »
Backed into favouritism late, the punters were keen on Bankers Choice who looked well placed after running sixth, beaten 3.4 lengths by Zaaki in the Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington last start. A Group 3 winner in New Zealand, Bankers Choice had run eight times in Australia and… Read More »
Apprentice Zac Lloyd has celebrated one of the most significant wins of his fledgling career with victory aboard Athelric in the $300,000 The Warra at Kembla Grange. One of the feature races on Saturday’s stand-alone Kembla program, The Warra attracted a handy field but it was the Godolphin four-year-old who… Read More »
Direct has been a model of consistency over his now 15 start career, rarely missing a place and promising plenty after running third in the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes behind star colt Home Affairs. He’s now starting to deliver on that foundation, recording his third win from as many… Read More »
A colt by Zoustar, he’d shown ability at the jump outs but didn’t show a lot of gate speed which was on show at Ballarat in the Magic Millions 2yo Classic, getting back to last in the field but unleashing a powerful last 600m to win softly on the line… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is under no illusion how difficult it will be to win tomorrow afternoon’s Furphy-Railway Stakes (1600m) with stable veteran Yonkers. The gelding will get his third crack at Group 1 level in the famous Ascot mile, having contested the Australian Cup (2000m) and Doomben Cup (2200m)… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody has been fined on a charge of conduct detrimental to the interests of racing. An audio message to the owners of a horse trained by Peter Moody has landed him in hot water following a Racing Victoria stewards’ inquiry. RV stewards charged Moody with conduct detrimental to the interests of… Read More »
Craig Williams has landed in Singapore and takes the ride on the Tim Fitzsimmons-trained $5 favourite Mr Black Back in Saturday’s Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup over 2000 metres. Meticulous in his planning – demonstrably so in nabbing big race successes in Melbourne and Sydney over the last two months – his… Read More »
