The Anthony & Sam Freedman trained Artorius joined Chris Waller’s Nature Strip and Home Affairs on a 32-hour flight via Dubai and all three handled the trip well according to their respective trainers. Speaking from Eagle Farm, Chris Waller was pleased with the initial report on his two sprinting stars…. Read More »
Ghaanati, by Deep Impact out of a Danehill mare, is a half-sister to star two-year-old Pride Of Dubai, who won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) in 2015. Just like her brother, Ghaanati is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, and going off… Read More »
Maserartie Bay took out the opening race at Flemington in style after struggling in heavy conditions in the Listed Warrnambool Cup (2350m) prior. Jockey Jamie Kah tracked the leader and top weight Warning throughout the run and took over on the turn to win by 1-3/4 lengths eased down. Stable representative Jack… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller is usually preparing a quality two-year-old in Brisbane at this time of year, but he has unveiled an exciting Pierro colt at Rosehill Gardens in the Bowermans Handicap over 1300m. Osipenko ($14) proved too strong for his rivals in the opening race of the card defeating the more… Read More »
Racing Victoria has released it’s ‘green paper’ for industry consultation that will in turn lead to a blueprint to futureproof the Victorian thoroughbred racing industry. Participants and those with a stake in racing in Victoria will have until early September to lodge submissions before the Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Infrastructure (VTRI)… Read More »
Sydney’s wet weather has resulted in the Richard and Will Freedman stable sending a runner south to Flemington in the hope of finding firmer footing for Love Tap. Both the Rosehill and Flemington tracks are rated in the heavy range on Friday ahead of Saturday’s meetings, but if there is… Read More »
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable are set to unveil a two-year-old Nicconbye in the same race stablemate Argentia scored in on debut. The Anthony and Sam Freedman stable have a good feel for what is required to win a two-year-old straight race at Flemington in early winter. The father-and-son… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg has all but given up hope of getting Cardinal Gem to Brisbane for the later stages of the Winter Carnival. Instead, Begg is likely to remain in Melbourne with the three-year-old who lines up in a heat of the Silver Bowl Series Handicap (1400m) at Flemington on… Read More »
He has won three Golden Slippers, Randwick’s two biggest mile races and enjoyed his share of Derby success, but Tommy Berry is still hunting his maiden victory in an Oaks. The top jockey has captured three Derbys in two countries – a Hong Kong Derby aboard Designs On Rome (2014)… Read More »
Seasoned stayer Alakahan will have an important gear change in the Winter Cup as Richard and Will Freedman bid to coax him back to winning form. The gelding finished fourth in back-to-back Group races during the Sydney autumn carnival but hasn’t figured in three starts since returning from a short let-up…. Read More »
Barbara Saunders thought her shot at Queensland Oaks success might have passed with Rathsallagh’s narrow defeat in 2008. The O’Reilly filly ran a huge race but was forced to settle for second place, just a long neck behind Riva San. Fourteen years on, Saunders and her husband Barry get another shot… Read More »
An outside draw has not helped the chances of Festival Dancer in the Queensland Oaks, but trainer Matthew Smith is hoping a seven-day back-up will. A Group 3 winner over a mile in the spring, Festival Dancer will jump from barrier 18 in Saturday’s Eagle Farm classic and while Smith isn’t rapt with… Read More »
Heart fibrillation does not read well as an excuse for a horse’s poor performance, but it invariably leads to good showing at their next start. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are hoping so when they saddle Commander Harry, who will be joined by Alverdun, in the Mahogany Challenge Handicap (2000m) at… Read More »
Trainer Matthew Williams says it is hard to get a line on Harbour Views as he prepares for his first-up run at Flemington. Harbour Views is set to contest the VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Plate (1400m) in his first outing since a three-run campaign last spring. That campaign saw Harbour Views win… Read More »
Bjorn Baker has decided against stepping Arapaho up in class and distance this weekend, but a sterner test is on the radar if the import can repeat his last-start heroics. Arapaho will take his place in Saturday’s Petaluma Handicap (1800m) after trouncing his rivals by more than 7-1/2 lengths over the same… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani has been impressed with the improvement former French galloper Sous Les Nuages has made as he stretches deeper into his second Australian campaign. Sous Les Nuages runs in the Banjo Patterson Series Plate (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday after pleasing his trainer with his first-up run over a shorter… Read More »
Michael Freedman’s winter carnival plans for Ringmaster have hit a few road blocks but the experienced trainer has managed to navigate them and keep the horse on track for his Group 1 goal. The two-year-old booked his passage north when runner-up in Sydney on debut but since arriving in Brisbane, he… Read More »
A week after celebrating a metropolitan double at Randwick, trainer Brad Widdup will bid to keep his momentum rolling by chasing a consolation win with filly Mum’s The Boss at Rosehill. Widdup originally had designs on a Queensland Oaks start for the Foxwedge three-year-old but when she was going to… Read More »
It is all systems go for the Queensland Oaks favourite Gypsy Goddess on Saturday. The David Vandyke trained daughter of Tarzino will be looking to make it third time lucky in a Group 1 contest and her previous results at the elite level … when third in the Vinery Stakes… Read More »
The Catch, Dubai-bound Michael Costa’s last runner in Australia, gave the young trainer the perfect send-off when he completed a hat trick of wins at Doomben on Wednesday. The future beckons brightly for Costa who will shortly relocate to Dubai where he will take on the privileged challenge of becoming… Read More »
