Bella Nipotina completed a stakes race double for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable at Moonee Valley while also completing a race-to-race quartet for her trainers. After Fast Witness won the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) by a narrow margin, Bella Nipotina had to show her class to claim the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. Those two… Read More »
Untapped filly Zougotcha has put herself in the frame for some serious spring races with a strong win over luckless favourite In Secret in the Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller says the three-year-old is in a similar mould to her sire Zoustar, who he also trained and who was competitive… Read More »
An emotional James Cummings has declared Anamoe the horse to beat in whatever races he contests this spring after his grand return in a cracking renewal of the Group 1 Winx Stakes. In winning the opening major of the spring, the Godolphin glamour became the first Australian entire since Show… Read More »
Jockey Ethan Brown cannot wait for Fast Witness to get onto a firm surface despite a heavy track win at stakes level at Moonee Valley. Having his third race start, Fast Witness took out the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) on Saturday which followed a Cranbourne maiden win on August 4. Fast Witness… Read More »
Rachel King and Bjorn Baker have combined to win the Group 3 Premier’s Cup for the second year in succession, this time with rejuvenated gelding Arapaho. Despite launching his current campaign in April, Arapaho is still finding some suitable marks, claiming the Grafton Cup two starts ago then bouncing back from a… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Dunn has qualified Impasse and Badoosh for The Big Dance after the pair finished one-two in the Murwillumbah Cup. Friday’s 1550m feature at Murwillumbah was a qualifier for The Big Dance, a $2 million race over 1600m at Randwick on Melbourne Cup day. Heats have been run, starting at Goulburn… Read More »
With the good prize money on offer for sprinters in Sydney during the spring, a senior member of the ownership group of Extremely Lucky would like to see the gelding up north. But first there are some races in Melbourne for the Adelaide-trained sprinter with one of those being the… Read More »
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been sidelined through suspension and he will look to strike early when he partners Godolphin filly Va Via at Moonee Valley. Va Via runs in the opening race on Saturday’s card, the Ladbrokes Plate (1200m). Oliver has not ridden since Grand National Hurdle Day at Sandown on… Read More »
Jockey Hugh Bowman has given Lost And Running a big tick after riding the sprinter into second place in a barrier trial at Randwick. The hit-out over 850m on Friday was Lost And Running’s first serious hit-out of the campaign that is aimed at The Everest (1200m) at Randwick on October 15. Lost And… Read More »
Champion hoop Hugh Bowman is predicting untapped filly Willinga Beast to be a major player in the feature fillies’ races this spring, starting in the Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick. Bowman partnered the Kris Lees-trained galloper to her debut win at Canterbury in March then Brenton Avdulla jumped aboard when she… Read More »
Edward Cummings is not going to Randwick expecting Duais to win the Winx Stakes, but he won’t be surprised if she does. Prominent in markets for the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cups, the mare makes her seasonal return in Saturday’s Group 1 race and while the 1400m journey is short of her… Read More »
The Australian Turf Club (ATC) has confirmed that their advanced Weather Tracker information service will kick off this Saturday (August 20) at Randwick and the service will then cover all on-going meetings at Rosehill and Randwick (with immediate effect). The service, as reported on Sky Racing, will be available via… Read More »
The Rowley Mile continues to be a happy hunting ground for Chris Waller with Skyman giving the leading trainer his fourth win in the Hawkesbury feature in the past seven years. Lining up for the first time since taking out the McKell Cup in June, Skyman ($3.90) was well-supported to upset odds-on… Read More »
A patient approach and the decision to forgo winter carnival targets in Brisbane is set to pay dividends for Godolphin and their exciting filly In Secret. A rare yearling purchase for the global operation, which mostly relies on breeding from its own high-quality stock, In Secret has opened favourite against… Read More »
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman is excited to see what level Fangirl can get to this campaign, adamant the best is yet to come. The Chris Waller-trained mare kicks off her four-year-old season in Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on what promises to be one of the better surfaces in… Read More »
Co-trainers Chris and Michael Gangemi are hopeful that their latest stable acquisition can attain Group 1 status in Perth by the end of the year. The Gangemi brothers, who have a successful record in buying tried horses, have acquired Pandemic from James Cummings and Godolphin. The son of 2011 Golden… Read More »
For a young trainer, Matthew Brown seems to have his head screwed on the right way. After a Group 2 win with Prix De Turn as a three-year-old, the temptation would be to aim high as a spring four-year-old and target races like the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne Cup or the… Read More »
It is an early race on the card, and a pretty unassuming Open Handicap at that, but there is no doubt that the performance of the highly rated Go Wandji in that 1350m contest will be the main focus of attention at Doomben on Saturday. A winner of eight of… Read More »
Chris Waller has the bases stacked for the Group 3 Premier’s Cup with his six likely runners accounting for almost half the field and three of the top four places in betting. His promising stayer Lord Ardmore leads the charge as a clear cut $3.20 favourite, ahead of stablemates Francesco Guardi ($7.50) and… Read More »
Two big guns will be back in the saddle soon bringing their own brand of considerable riding expertise to an already top-drawer line-up of jockeys in Australia. Melbourne Cup winning jockey Blake Shinn, who has been based in Hong Kong for the last three seasons, has four rides at Moonee… Read More »
