Fresh from a Canonbury Stakes victory that rocketed Hidrix to Golden Slipper favouritism, Chris Waller will put another trio of two-year-olds to the test at Randwick. Fireball and Defensemen will step out in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m), a race the champion trainer is yet to win, while Campione D’Italia will make his debut… Read More »
Victorian visitor Johnich has opened favourite for Fridayâs $150,000 Tasmanian Derby in Hobart, with Lachlan Neindorf booked to ride the Dundeel gelding. Prepared by Jason Warren, the three-year-old is coming off a last-start second over 2000 metres at Flemington behind Our Chief and is one of three middle-distance runners the… Read More »
Can Hell burn off the opposition on Saturday? That will be the task facing the very speedy Tony Gollan trained five-year-old gelding when he takes his place in an Open Handicap over 1200m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The son of Hellbent won in typical fashion two runs back in… Read More »
Connections of beautifully bred filly Scintillation are in two-minds about whether to run her from a wide draw in the Lonhro Plate or wait for a softer midweek assignment. By super sire I Am Invincible out of multiple stakes winner Minhaaj, the youngster has twice trialled nicely in preparation for… Read More »
Apprentice jockey Jai Williams has announced his arrival on the metropolitan scene in Queensland in such an emphatic fashion that it might have enthusiasts searching the record books. When last has an apprentice ridden four wjnners in town at two consecutive metropolitan meetings would be the question? Whatever the answer,… Read More »
Kaye Jay has come a long way since his first competitive effort under the care of Clayton Douglas. Now Douglas is contemplating setting Kaye Jay for the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville in May after the gelding’s maiden win at Sandown. Having his second race start, Kaye Jay ($5) scored a… Read More »
The longer distance fillies’ features await new kid on the block Feminino after she broke her maiden with a determined win at Warwick Farm. Co-trainer Adrian Bott admitted he thought she might have needed further than the 1400-metres of Wednesday’s Arrowfield Graduates Handicap, but Feminino’s ($4.40) stamina was on display as… Read More »
Press Link is back in business and is taking up from pretty much where he left off in Australia ⊠but it has been a while. Press Linkâs win at Eagle Farm on Saturday came not only in his first run in thirteen-and-a-half months, but also in his first run… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable is looking for a smoother autumn campaign with Tom Kitten than the one that confronted them in the spring. Throughout the spring, Tom Kitten was playing catch-up after being a scratching at the barriers in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last August. That was Tom Kitten’s first… Read More »
The Chris and Corey Munce training partnership has already sent out forty-one metropolitan winners in the current season which has only just passed the halfway mark. The fact that is six more metropolitan winners than they managed throughout the whole of last season underlines the steepness of the stableâs upward… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable is confident the Blue Diamond Stakes aspirations of two-year-old Eurocanto are back on track. The Ben, Will and J D Hayes-trained two-year-old was sent back to the trials after being withdrawn from the Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) at Caulfield on January 24. Eurocanto played up in the gates that… Read More »
Where’s The Circus goes in search of another big Inglis payday in this Saturday’s Inglis Millennium and the bargain buy’s connections aren’t the only ones with fingers crossed for another win. Less than 24 hours after the $2 million race restricted to Inglis graduates is run at Randwick, the Paul Murray-trained… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Think About It has died after suffering complications following colic surgery. Proven Thoroughbreds confirmed the Australian-bred gelding was euthanised after his condition deteriorated at Randwick Equine Centre. The seven-year-old was one of the standout sprinters of his generation, rising rapidly through the ranks during a remarkable… Read More »
An eight racecard is to be run at Sandown on the Hillside circuit on Wednesday. The track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is out 6 metres the entire course. Expecting the track to be play fair and tempo/talent to be the determining factor as to how races… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas has Group 1 autumn aspirations with Top Reward who will kick off his campaign in a Stakes race at Caulfield. The Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) on Saturday will see the return of the son of Shamus Award who raced twice during the spring before being sent for a… Read More »
Multiple Group 1 winner Jimmysstar will have a light autumn in preparation for a spring campaign aimed at The Everest. The Ciaron Maher-trained galloper will kick off in Melbourne with the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield before venturing north where he will contest the Group 1 TJ Smith (1200m)… Read More »
John O’Shea admits Napoleonic will have his work cut out for him when he lines up in the Group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The son of late sire Wootton Basset announced himself as one of the better colts of his generation with a 4-ÂŒ length romp in… Read More »
Queensland jockey Luke Tarrant has been remanded in custody after being refused bail on a series of serious criminal charges. Tarrant appeared before the Caloundra Magistrates Court last week, where he was charged with three counts of robbery while armed under sections 411(1) and 411(2) of the Queensland Criminal Code…. Read More »
Racing was conducted at Caulfield on Saturday on a Good 4 surface and while a number of races were run at controlled tempos early, the meeting still produced several performances that stood well clear of standard Saturday fare. Importantly, this looks a card that will continue to throw up winners… Read More »
Guest House, along with stablemate Big Sky, is playing a key role in comparisons with other precocious Mick Price-trained colts, but it is a youngster Price did not even prepare that he continues to be reminded of. Price said the son of Home Affairs shares similarities with 2005 Golden Slipper… Read More »
