Black Caviar’s son I Am Caviar has put in a less than impressive debut as the short priced favourite at Moe on Tuesday where he finished fifth. I Am Caviar opened at $1.09 with swiftbet before drifting out to $1.30 at jump time and the market was spot on with… Read More »
Michael Kent Jnr has Victoria Derby favourite Cadazio running at Flemington this Saturday but the Cranbourne trainer hopes that on Wednesday one of his stablemates will demand he also be directed towards the $2 million staying Classic. Artzino gets the chance to put himself on a Derby path when he contests the $55,000… Read More »
After going over Passive Aggressive with a fine-tooth comb, Grahame Begg has decided to spell the mare with the view to an autumn campaign. Unbeaten at her first four starts including the Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) at Flemington in June, Passive Aggressive was sent out a short-priced favourite in her return run in the Group… Read More »
You won’t see a more impressive trial win than thay of O’President at Rosehill on Tuesday morning. O’President scored a massive trial win over some quality gallopers including Ingratiating, Fangirl and Masked Crusader. Checkout the win 📺 👇 STATEMENT MADE đź‘Š O'President romps in ahead of Ingratiating, Fangirl, Masked Crusader and… Read More »
Ayrton is ready to resume his eventful career after safely negotiating a Cranbourne trial on Monday morning. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding took part in a 990-metre workout on a Heavy 10 track and although not knocked around by Damian Lane he was still able to win under a… Read More »
Trainer Stephen Miller has put his faith in talented stayer General Grant to help him complete a unique Goldfields treble in the next month. After No Apology won the Coolgardie Cup (1760m) on Sunday, General Grant will carry Miller’s hopes in the Boulder Cup (2100m) and Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m). Miller… Read More »
The man who will inherit one of the most prestigious jobs in horse racing has been confirmed with Racing Victoria on Monday announcing who will allocate the Melbourne Cup weights in the wake of Greg Carpenter’s departure. David Hegan, Carpenter’s long-time deputy, will be promoted to the role of Head… Read More »
The next chapter in Black Caviar’s career as a broodmare will unfold on Tuesday with the second-most-recent foal out of the former champion sprinter to debut at Moe. I Am Caviar, a colt by I Am Invincible, will contest the $27,000 JP Conveyancing Maiden Plate (1000m). The three-year-old, who is… Read More »
The Tony and Maddysen Sears training partnership had mixed fortunes at Doomben on Saturday with their boom three-year-old Steady Ready having to settle for second place on his return to action as a $1.40 favourite before their four-year-old mare Goldeel righted the ship and sent them home with an impressive… Read More »
Trainer Ashley Maley believes Sluice Box could be vulnerable this afternoon in the Coolgardie Tyre Service-Coolgardie Cup (1760m), despite support from punters. With the scratching of pre-race favourite, Savage One, Sluice Box and the Stephen Miller-trained No Apology currently share equalling billing ($3) in Tabtouch markets. Sluice Box resumes first up for… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has teamed with a new jockey manager following the disqualification of Mark Van Triet in July. Rayan Moore, also the Racing Manager for Ballarat-based trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy, has taken over following Van Triet’s disqualification by Racing NSW Stewards for betting on races in NSW that riders he managed rode in. Van Triet is disqualified until December forcing Oliver to find a… Read More »
Champion South African trainer Mike De Kock is slowly building a team of horses in Australia that he hopes one day may race in Dubai. With his son Mathew in a training partnership with Robbie Griffiths at Cranbourne, de Kock was in Melbourne during the week looking over the team. He saw South African galloper Najem… Read More »
The chance to dodge Sydney’s big gun sprinters and test the waters in Melbourne will be enough to lure Mark Newnham south with improving gelding Big Parade. The Group 1 placegetter will resume in the Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on September 23 and if he shows a liking… Read More »
Jye Mcneil recognised the list of top jockeys who had previously been awarded the Scobie Breasley Medal as he became a recipient for the first time in Melbourne on Saturday. At 27-years-of-age, this prize followed McNeil’s first Melbourne Jockeys Premiership last season. From growing up on a dairy farm to… Read More »
Victory in the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June capped a 2021/2022 season where Nature Strip took his tally of wins at the highest level to eight, and for those performances was crowned the Australian Racehorse of the Year for the second time. Capturing The Everest… Read More »
A Group l winner confirmed his spot in the Cox Plate, Sydney produced another horrendously biased track while the Melbourne Spring has taken some level of shape with internationals. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Mr Brightside Dominant… Read More »
The Group 1 Thousand Guineas could be on the agenda for Troach after the Godolphin filly scored a comfortable win at Moonee Valley. The victory in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) on Saturday was the filly’s third from eight starts, coming at her first start in Melbourne. Providing Craig Williams the second leg of a winning double having… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is the mission for Knights Order after he capped a memorable afternoon for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott with a commanding first-up victory in the Chelmsford Stakes. Having his first start since claiming the Sydney Cup in the autumn, the gelding gave the Tulloch Lodge trainers a… Read More »
Having had her resolve tested by the ever-worsening conditions at Randwick, Annabel Neasham admitted to a feeling of relief as Zaaki landed back-to-back wins in the Tramway Stakes. With a number of horses late withdrawals from the meeting as track conditions deteriorated, Neasham was left questioning whether she had made… Read More »
Queensland trainer Robert Heathcote has fond memories of Moonee Valley through the exploits of multiple Group 1 winner Buffering. A five-time winner at The Valley, Buffering also won the Group 3 McEwen Stakes (1000m) in 2011 which 11 years later the trainer was able to claim with Rothfire on Saturday. In a one-two finish… Read More »
