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 »
If A Very Fine Red can repeat her first-up effort from last time in, trainer Mark Newnham expects her to go close to kicking off her latest campaign with a win. The talented mare resumed with a third to Everest contender Mazu in the Fireball Quality (1100m) in March and… Read More »
Gary Portelli admits an outside barrier draw has dealt Fireburn’s Golden Rose chances a crushing blow and if not for her gate, he would have been heading into the Group 1 race supremely confident. With the scratching of Best Of Bordeaux, who instead tackles the Heritage Stakes (1100m), the Golden Slipper heroine… Read More »
Grahame Begg says first thoughts are usually your best which is why Nonconformist is heading to the Underwood Stakes at Sandown. Nonconformist was also an acceptor in the Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night, but after weighing everything up the decision was made to head to Sunday’s Group… Read More »
I’m Thunderstruck is ticking all the boxes for his trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr as he progresses towards his spring goal of the Cox Plate. Next step on that journey is the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown on Sunday as the New Zealand-bred five-year-old aims to go back-to-back at weight-for-age… Read More »
Dual Group winner Jamaea is thriving ahead of her upcoming assignment in the Racing & Sports Golden Pendant, now co-trainer Luke Price just needs the predicted rain to steer clear of Rosehill. While the mare can handle soft conditions, she is less effective in the heavy and should the track tip into… Read More »
Roger James has successfully plundered some of Sydney’s biggest carnival races during his training career and while his spring plans for Queensland Derby winner Pinarello are modest, he hopes to up the ante in the future. Best known for his feats with top mare Silent Achiever, who captured the Group 1… Read More »
Former Singapore champion The Inferno has had mixed luck since relocating to Australia early in 2021. The Cliff Brown-trained galloper won the Group 2 McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley last year before flashing home late to just miss in the Group 1 Moir Stakes over the same course and distance. Things have… Read More »
Kissonallforcheeks will be out to improve on her already impressive eastern states record when she lines up at Moonee Valley. The mare, now in the hands of Nick Ryan at Flemington, is down to run in the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) on Friday night – weather depending. Ryan said the mare would take… Read More »
Tommy Berry says his inside knowledge of Golden Rose favourite In Secret is unlikely to give him an advantage, but the forecast for wet weather in Sydney might. Berry rode In Secret to her last-start win in the Run To The Rose but James Mcdonald will be aboard the Godolphin filly in Saturday’s… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Ferrari Man had given a glimpse of his potential before breaking through for his maiden win at Bendigo. After being winless at his first five starts in NSW, Ferrari Man was sent to the Melbourne stable of Waterhouse and Bott to score at Bendigo on… Read More »
Champion jockey James Mcdonald had no issue collecting five winners at Randwick on Saturday, but he felt almost guilty about his midweek victory aboard Roots at Canterbury. Sent around a $1.45 favourite, the mare lived up to her short quote, easily chasing down Starstruck Barbie despite that horse skipping to a handy lead… Read More »
Group 1 placegetter Best Of Bordeaux has been scratched from the Golden Rose with trainer Kacy Fogden opting not to stretch the colt out in journey. The Golden Slipper runner-up will instead tackle the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) on Saturday’s program, allowing regular rider James Mcdonald to stick with him. McDonald had opted… Read More »
Top Toowoomba trainer Lindsay Hatch has Wham targeting the Weetwood and Sayl due to take his place in the Toowoomba Cup with the stable looking to have its say in the two traditional main feature races of the year at the Clifford Park venue when Toowoomba hosts the Queensland Saturday… Read More »
Trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy have worked hard on trying to contain the exuberance of their talented filly English Riviera has shown on the track. The Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night is the next stop for English Riviera after two solid performances to start her three-year-old year. Tony McEvoy… Read More »
