Ayrton, joined by nine other top racehorses like Zaaki and Tuvalu, has landed in Perth, Western Australia, amid a heatwave, with temperatures expected to remain above 36 degrees. This arrival precedes their participation in The Pinnacles and follows Ayrton’s challenging run in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Trainers… Read More »
A new Railway Stakes champion will be crowned at Ascot on Saturday and jockey, Michael Poy hopes he can reach the same heights as his father. Poy is the son of former champion jockey, Michael Clarke and is going all out to complete a rare family treble in Perth’s famous mile… Read More »
Trainer Gavin Bedggood will wait as long as possible before making a decision on where he starts Just Folk on Saturday. Bedggood has Just Folk entered in the $1 million The Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday along with the $500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup over the same trip. Kembla Grange had been the… Read More »
Jigsaw will line up for his third run at the Cranbourne Cup meeting when he looks to go back-to-back in the Apache Cat Classic. The Cindy Alderson-trained sprinter finished last on a very wet Cranbourne track on as a three-year-old in 2021 before taking out the Apache Cat Classic (1000m) last year…. Read More »
Short course specialist and one of the favourites for The Warra (1000m) on Saturday, Malkovich should take his place in the $300,000 Kembla Grange sprint provided the track isn’t too wet. Luke Hilton from the Bjorn Baker stable was confident the Kembla Grange track will hold up, with anywhere from 0-6mm of… Read More »
Jockey Daniel Moor has answered the call to head to Perth to ride Forgot You in the opening Group 1 race of The Pinnacles. Moor partnered the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Forgot You to his three wins as a three-year-old before Blake Shinn registered a win on the now five-year-old at Flemington last… Read More »
In a sudden and unforeseen event, Peter Moody and connections are coping with the loss of Invincible Caviar, Black Caviar’s prominent racing offspring, who passed away last week. “She’s gone for an autopsy. She possibly had a heart attack or an aneurysm in the swimming pool on Friday morning.” Trainer… Read More »
The biggest is the G1 Railway Stakes where some Eastern staters currently lead the betting with online bookmakers. Roots ($3.50) was impressive last time in the Hot Danish. She could face Tuvalu ($4.50) off a series of strong WFA credentials in Melbourne. Forgot You ($8) heads across after a win on… Read More »
Ayrton might have missed a place in Saturday’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, but connections still saw enough from the gelding to commit to a trip to Perth for The Pinnacles. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained six-year-old will be part of the eastern-states travelling party who will fly… Read More »
Still buoyant after Magic Time’s breakthrough Group 1 win in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Grahame Begg has revealed another mare with elite ability is about to re-enter his care. Passive Aggressive has returned to work and could be seen back at the races as early as February. The five-year-old daughter of… Read More »
Racing Victoria is contemplating a revision of the rule that restricts international horses’ participation in spring feature races before the Melbourne Cup. The current regulation limits internationals stationed at Werribee for the Spring Carnival to just one Australian race prior to the Melbourne Cup. This rule came into focus following… Read More »
Inglis has released the catalogue for its first live sale of the year with 808 lots to be offered across three days in February. The sale that has spawned the likes of Extreme Choice, I Am Invincible, Choisir, She Will Reign, Yankee Rose, Vow And Declare, Classique Legend and Brazen Beau has… Read More »
The quarantine buddy of Melbourne Cup contestant Lastotchka could run first-up in the Listed Cranbourne Cup. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Golden Crusader has been entered for the $500,000 race over 1600m on Saturday along with the $100,000 Wodonga Cup (1590m) the previous day. Golden Crusader won back-to-back races over 2040m… Read More »
The Chris Waller team is gearing up for a formidable presence in The Gong, drawing on past success in the inaugural running of the event when Mister Sea Wolf claimed victory in 2019. Waller aims to bolster his arsenal for this year’s edition, with particular optimism surrounding Osipenko. Despite encountering… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has been deemed guilty by Racing Victoria stewards for employing inappropriate language towards RV Executive General Manager – Integrity, Jamie Stier. The breach, falling under the provisions of AR228(c), pertains to two telephone conversations Maher had with Stier following the conclusion of the Flemington meeting on Champions… Read More »
To back up against the boys or chase Group 1 honours and $1.5 million in prizemoney? That’s the enviable decision facing the all powerful Grant and Alana Williams stable. Go again next week in the Group 2 WA Guineas (1600m) or take on a race that’s been kind to three-year-olds in… Read More »
Unfortunately for trainer Mitchell Pateman Wednesday was a down day when his talented three-year-old Almighty Class had to be withdrawn from the Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) because of a virus. The Playing God gelding will live to fight another day, but a crushing blow nevertheless for Pateman who had grand… Read More »
Tony Gollan has no hesitation in saying that Nettuno has kept him guessing and despite many threats of ‘the cut’, the four-year-old announced himself as a Queensland Summer Carnival hot prospect with victory in the Swiss Ace Plate. Nettuno ($19) was the lesser stable fancy as far as the market was concerned… Read More »
After jumping on terms with them from the inside alley, rider Tyler Schiller pushed his mount along the rails to be in front after travelling only 100m and put some solid tempo into the 1300m affair. The Turffontein gelding put a massive gap in them in the home straight and held… Read More »
Perseverance has paid off for trainer Grahame Begg who captured the final Group 1 race of the Melbourne Spring Carnival with Magic Time. Begg was looking forward to the Spring Carnival but had his Caulfield Cup hope Nonconformist withdrawn on the eve of the race while his Melbourne Cup Lunar Flare went… Read More »
