Botany may not be one of the big names in the Peter Moody stable, but the mare does hold a special place within the yard. The daughter of American Pharoah, a $150,000 buy, was one of the first yearlings Moody purchased when he returned to training ranks. A Bairnsdale maiden winner on… Read More »
Winter find Cross Talk will face an important career test when he extends to 1600 metres for the first time in the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the gelding has won three of his four starts this preparation, culminating in a breakthrough stakes… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable would like short course racing at Moonee Valley every week. Track specialist Yulong Command returns to racing in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. Yulong Command has six wins from 19 starts with five of those victories coming at The Valley, and from seven starts… Read More »
Mo’Unga will bid to join an illustrious group of horses to have claimed back-to-back wins in the Winx Stakes when he resumes in a star-studded renewal of the Group 1 opener. A final field of 11 was declared on Wednesday highlighted by seven Group 1 winners, including two of last season’s… Read More »
The team associated with Winx has used the week leading up to the race named in her honour to provide an update on her condition as she nears the final stages of her pregnancy. Just days out from the running of the $750,000 Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick,… Read More »
Classique Legend is two weeks away from his first barrier trial and trainer Les Bridge says the hitout will be a crucial spring marker. The star sprinter and 2020 Everest winner has not raced since finishing fifth to Nature Strip in the $15 million showpiece last year after suffering a suspensory injury in… Read More »
Punters and racing industry participants will have access to live weather, wind and track information under a new digital service hosted by the Australian Turf Club and sports and racing technology experts tripleSdata. The ATC Weather Tracker provides wind speed and direction, rainfall, humidity and air temperatures – updated live… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable will keep a watch on the weather and track conditions before deciding if Philosopher will take his place at Cranbourne. The lightly raced son of Zoustar is scheduled to have his first run back following a wind operation in the De Bortoli Wines Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday, the… Read More »
Forgot You will return to his favourite track to kick-start his latest campaign and in the process edge towards a start in the Cox Plate. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young trained galloper will run over 1500m at The Valley on Saturday in a Four-Year-Olds and Over Handicap and in the process attempt… Read More »
A three-year-old by Northern Hemisphere timing but eligible in Australia as a four-year-old, Light Infantry will now set course for Sydney with trainer David Simcock noting the $7.5 million Golden Eagle as the next stop after finishing second to Inspiral in the Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois (1600m) at Deauville… Read More »
As she was coming through the ranks and making a go at training full time, Stephanie Bakranich was hopeful of landing a good horse to give her fledging career a kick along. Enter Nerodio. The Playing God gelding fortuitously walked into Stephanie Bakranich’s stable three years ago and since then… Read More »
The stable of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott could count their morning’s work at the Warwick Farm trials as well worthwhile after training the first three over the line in the opening heat, then In The Congo notched another trial win towards a likely Golden Eagle campaign. Should In The Congo… Read More »
You could throw a blanket over the first four, but the Chris Waller trained colt Manzoice ($11) found a way to salute in only his second race start at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The Almanzor progeny was too strong at the finish for the Michael Freedman prepared Backrower ($4.80) by a half head, with the… Read More »
Injury has restricted German import Django Freedman to just six starts in Australia since his arrival in the spring of 2019. For the connections of Django Freeman, it has been a hard slog. The German-bred import arrived to much fanfare on the eve of the 2019 Melbourne Spring Carnival but injury has robbed the… Read More »
Trainer Cliff Brown says former Singapore galloper The Inferno looks like a woolly bear but is also looking forward to the spring prospects of the sprinter. The Inferno won at his second start after relocating from Singapore last year in the Group 2 McEwen Stakes at The Valley which, this year named the Chautauqua Stakes,… Read More »
“We’ll see how he performs on Saturday. There is another Listed race he can go to in three weeks, but, if he were to win on Saturday and win impressively, we might have to aim up a little bit.” That was co-trainer Matt Hoysted talking about Uncommon James prior to… Read More »
Mr Brightside has announced himself as a spring contender with a dogged first-up victory at Caulfield. The Ben and J D Hayes-trained galloper took out the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) on Saturday to land his first win in weight-for-age company. Mr Brightside provided the Hayes brothers with their… Read More »
The Doncaster winner returned with a bang, a Queenslander stamped his Group l potential while at Rosehill, bias wreaked havoc, again. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Mr Brightside Wins PB Lawrence Doncaster Mile winner Mr Brightside returned… Read More »
He put the writing on the wall with a dominant three length victory at Kensington on debut and the John O’Shea prepared Zoukerino ($6.50) has taken the next step by winning the Listed Rosebud for three-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens at just his second race outing. The Snitzel colt powered to the… Read More »
Archie Alexander will be in the good books at home with his wife Annie sharing in the ownership of Caulfield winner Bound For Home. Trainer Archie Alexander conceded he was being a little arrogant when he decided to set Bound For Home for an early season three-year-old stakes race. But his plan… Read More »
