Track conditions are likely to play an important role for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained runners in Melbourne’s first Group 1 race of the season. Price and Kent will saddle I’m ThunderstruckĀ and IllationĀ in theĀ MemsieĀ Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, the official opening of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The… Read More »
Chris Waller is renowned for his patient approach with horses, particularly juveniles, and he is hoping his squad of promising three-year-olds can show the benefits of it this spring. BasquiatĀ and ConquerorĀ are two of the emerging young colts Waller is keen to test with both set to tackle the Group 3… Read More »
As reported in the Herald Sun and on Racenet, the fall on the sand trail section at Cranborne racecourse in the early hours of the morning of August 30, 2019, and the subsequent death of jockey Mikaela Claridge from the critical head injuries she suffered in the incident, is set… Read More »
Expect the annual āfor and againstā arguments to start revving up once again as the list of international runners to contest feature races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival begins to take shape. Paul Bloodworth, Racing Victoriaās General Manager of International and Racing operations has suggested to Racing.com that the Melbourne… Read More »
The former, well known, much travelled and exceptionally successful jockey Greg Ryan will be honoured on September 11, on Dubbo Cup Day, with the inaugural presentation of the Greg Ryan Medal to the most successful jockey at that meeting. Points accumulated on a 3-2-1 basis over all races, will decide… Read More »
Lightly raced four-year-oldĀ IllationĀ is likely to sneak into the final field for theĀ MemsieĀ Stakes at Caulfield. The Mick Price andĀ Michael Kent Jnr-trained galloper is 19thĀ in the order of entry into Saturday’s 1400m Group 1 contest that has a field limit of 16, plus four emergencies. There were 20 nominations for the race… Read More »
Startantes, who has been named as one of the Champion Three-year-Old Filly category finalists for the upcoming Australian Horse Of the Year Awards for the 2021/22 season, will be one of three runners, along with Prince of Boom and Rothfire, that trainer Robert Heathcote will send south to embark on… Read More »
Maddie RaymondĀ made the long journey from Warrnambool to give imported galloperĀ EarlswoodĀ a look at Caulfield but is not sold on the idea of runningĀ first-upĀ in theĀ MemsieĀ Stakes. EarlswoodĀ is among 20 nominations for theĀ 1400mĀ Group 1 race on Saturday, but Raymond said she may delay theĀ horsesĀ return a week and run in the Group 2 Feehan… Read More »
Geraldine’s JewelĀ will return to the track where she won on debut in a bid to stretch her latest campaign to four straight wins. The now six-year-old runs in the Fierce Impact ā MadeĀ ForĀ You Mare at Sandown on Wednesday in a bid to remain unbeaten for her latest trainerĀ Maddie Raymond. After… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained Gold Trip hasnāt quite established a love affair with Australian racing yet ā¦ but, overall, Maher is happy with the way the French import is progressing. The six-year-old entireās last two runs overseas resulted in two successive placed finishes in Group 1 company… Read More »
The John Gosden trained Trawlerman, who won the prestigious Ebor Handicap under a class ride by Frankie Dettori at York on Saturday, could be a late entry for the 2022 Melbourne Cup. Leigh Jordon, the Victoria Racing Clubās Executive General Manager of racing, who attended the York Festival, suggested to… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dougall has confirmed that his stable star Go Wandji, who suffered a rare defeat at Doomben on Saturday, will now head to the paddock where he will be given a long spell. āHeāll have a nice spell now,ā said Dougall. āHe will miss the summer ā¦ we are… Read More »
The new Australian racing season is just a few weeks old but to round the ‘old’ one, the finalists for the Australian Racehorse of the Year across seven categories have been released. The awards take into account performances on Australian tracks as well as international efforts by Australian-trained horses during… Read More »
DuaisĀ has satisfied both Edward CummingsĀ and stewards that she is over the issue that forced her out of Saturday’s Winx Stakes and is poised to resume in this weekend’s $1 million Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The five-year-old took part in a 1000-metre trial at Hawkesbury, in which she was given… Read More »
Verry Elleegant may have finished last in a field of eight in her French debut at Deauville, but part-owner Brae Sokolski isn’t prepared to “throw the baby out with the bath water” and instead giving the 11-time Group 1 winner another run in September. The Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet… Read More »
Alligator BloodĀ is now free to compete in Melbourne over spring after Racing Victoria stewards on Monday approved a transfer of ownership with industry giant Gerry Harvey now the major owner. RV earlier this month followed the lead of Racing New South Wales stewards when it banned the Gai Waterhouse and… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant has failed to fire in her french debut running last in the small field. Verry Elleegant was sent out as favourite in the G1 Prix Jean Romanet in France but failed to run on from the back of the field when they started to quicken,… Read More »
Annabel NeashamĀ has had a few second thoughts about her decision not to aim ZaakiĀ at the Winx Stakes first-up, but she is equally satisfied it was for the right reasons. Neasham has opted to tread a patient path with Zaaki this spring and follow a similar template to last year when… Read More »
Two of the Anthony and Sam FreedmanĀ could kick off their spring campaigns in lesser races at Caulfield. Blue Diamond Stakes winner DaumierĀ is being earmarked for the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) on Saturday while stablemate ArgentiaĀ could start-off in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m). Both were taken to The Valley… Read More »
A star colt returned with a bang, a WA sprinter stamped Group l potentials while at The Valley, there was an upset in the McKenzie. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Anamoe Brilliant In Winx Star four year… Read More »
