Trainer Annabel Neasham has withdrawn Zaaki from the George Main Stakes at Randwick, confirming her stable star will run in Melbourne. Neasham confirmed the scratching in a tweet stating that Zaaki would instead wait a week to run in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Sandown in a weeks time. “Zaaki… Read More »
After finishing last in a Cox Plate qualifier at Moonee Valley, Maddie Raymond immediately set about revising spring plans for Earlswood. Out the window went a start in the Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on October 22 and into focus came the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), run a week earlier. Earlswood will take the next step… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable hope the forecast rain does not eventuate before the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. Sinawann will represent the father-and-son training team in the Group 1 1400m handicap on Saturday, but a significantly wet track may see the former Irish galloper remain at hope. Up… Read More »
Touted as the budding star of the sprinting ranks, Mazu will face his moment of truth when he takes on Nature Strip, Eduardo and co in an enthralling edition of The Shorts. Gelded after he won the Brian Crowley Stakes last year, the four-year-old went to another level in the… Read More »
With a preparation that has gone like clockwork combined with the benefits of a steady, patient approach, Anamoe will get every chance to reaffirm his status as Sydney’s latest weight-for-age star at Randwick. The Godolphin four-year-old signalled his spring intentions with a brilliant first-up win in the Winx Stakes and… Read More »
Proscenium Arch and Bonheur will attempt to give Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young a second win in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young know what it takes to win the Thousand Guineas Prelude with a filly at double figure odds. Acting scored as a $21 chance in the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable hope stablemates Lethal Thoughts and Sir Bailey can establish their Group 1 credentials at Caulfield. The three-year-olds are set to line up in the Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on Saturday with a view to contesting the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 8. Lethal… Read More »
Dual Group 1 winner Snapdancer has become the sixth horse confirmed for a start in the $15 million The Everest after being locked in by slot holders Inglis. The last-start Memsie Stakes winner will be the first Everest runner for leading trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace and Maher is thrilled to… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are treating the Naturalism Stakes as a miniâGrand Final for promising galloper Uncle Bryn. The Group 3 race over 2000m at Caulfield on Saturday provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 15. Busuttin and Young breathed a sigh of relief when… Read More »
James McDonald is treating Zaaki as a target for Godolphin star Anamoe and a chance for everyone to work out where the two headline acts stand as Everest Carnival begins at Royal Randwick on Saturday. But he also knows he’ll have a target on his back when he reunites with… Read More »
Up-and-coming import Old Flame will be on trial for a Group 1 start when he heads to Newcastle for the Cameron Handicap. In his second Australian preparation, the entire resumed with a gutsy win at Rosehill last month when he wore down Purple Sector in the final bounds. Co-trainer Peter Snowden expects… Read More »
A long and cold winter has taken its toll on talented galloper Argentia who is finally ready to make her racetrack return at Caulfield. The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained mare contests the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, her first outing since May. Argentia had been pencilled in to start her… Read More »
The mind games have begun as the big guns of the sprinting ranks prepare to clash. Eduardo’s trainer Joe Pride generally enjoys lighting the fuse ahead of any showdown between his top speedster and arch-rival Nature Strip, but this time around, Chris Waller has beaten him to the punch. Two of the… Read More »
James McDonald has made an early commitment to a ride in this yearâs Melbourne Cup. He will partner the Marcel Weiss trained international raider Loft in the big show on November 1. Loft is co-owned by Ozzie Kheir, meaning that the victorious Melbourne Cup winning owner/jockey partnership from last yearâs… Read More »
Only a significantly wet track may thwart the third attempt of I Am Superman contesting the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden stable has been trying for three years to get I Am Superman into the 1400m Group 1 handicap. In the past two years things have conspired… Read More »
Again, itâs the royal blue of Godolphin that opens the Sydney Everest Carnival, and its Anamoe whoâs the $2.10 Ladbrokes favourite for the Fijutsu General George Main Stakes. Already launching the Sydney Spring with a âworkableâ 1½ length victory in the Winx Stakes, Anamoe was first up from a 19… Read More »
Racing Victoria has approached the Federal Government with a raft of proposals designed to provide a solution to the chronic ⌠some would say critical ⌠staff shortage facing the racing industry. It is not just in Victoria of course. On-going advertisements looking for people to fill a variety of… Read More »
The richest thoroughbred race ever held in Western Australia will run during an action-packed weekend this autumn. The launch of slot racing in WA features The Quokka at Ascot Racecourse, offering total prize money of $4 million. The race is a key part of The Western Trilogy series, which brings… Read More »
Leading Western Australian owner Bob Peters was left counting the costs of the meeting at Flemington last Saturday. Disappointing efforts by the Peters owned trio of Regal Power, Stageman and Western Empire ⌠by their standards ⌠promoted Peters to pull the plug on their Spring Carnival campaigns with the… Read More »
Dundeel four-year-old Willinga Rufio has stamped his class at Warwick Farm with a scintillating frontrunning display to open his spring campaign. Controlling the Acrobat@Coolmore Handicap (1600m) throughout, Willinga Rufio ($1.95 fav) took his record to three wins from four starts, rated expertly by Tyler Schiller to cruise to a 2-3/4 length win… Read More »
