Victoria Derby winner Hitotsu is in the early stages of a preparation that is expected to see the colt run first-up in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained three-year-old is in the leading trainers’ Ballarat stable going through a slow build-up. Eustace said Hitotsu had had three weeks in the paddock following… Read More »
Special K earned himself a potential slice of history, a former American mare continued her winning ways while in the Perth Cup, it was Peters Investments to the fore in another feature. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS:… Read More »
Owner Bob Peters has recorded his tenth win in the Group Two Perth Cup following the win of Midnight Blue. The Grant and Alana trained son of So You Think sat three wide throughout but was able to put a big enough gap on his rivals at the 200m mark… Read More »
Lighthouse has maintained her unbeaten record in Australia with victory in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington. The US-bred mare by Mizzen Mast, had to overcome a difficult passage near the 300m to claim victory in the 1400m contest at her fourth in Australia. Lighthouse commenced her Australian career for Ciaron Maher and David… Read More »
He’d been running around in races like the Villiers and the Goulburn Cup, but the John O’Shea-trained Kirwan’s Lane ($2.90) has relished dropping back in grade by posting back-to-back victories at Randwick in the space of six days. He broke through on the course proper in a Benchmark 88 on Boxing… Read More »
It was her first race start for trainer Kristen Buchanan, but rank outsider Moonshine Lady ($19) hasn’t wasted any time in getting off the mark by leading all the way over 1100m at Randwick Kensington. The six-year-old mare jumped straight to the front for hoop Koby Jennings and never let anything past… Read More »
Tigertiger has continued his rise through the grades by taking out the first feature race of the New Year, the Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington. A maiden when he arrived in Australia after 12 starts in New Zealand, Tigertiger now has five wins to his credit in nine starts for Mornington trainer… Read More »
He was only winning a Newcastle maiden two months ago, but the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Oceanic Flash ($9) now has a Saturday metropolitan win to his name after out-toughing them in the Heineken 3 Handicap over 2400m at Randwick Kensington. The son of Scared Falls held off the… Read More »
Having raced the majority of his career over 1200m, Designer Chef has relished a step up in distance to score at Flemington. Prior to Saturday’s win in the Henry Byron Moore Handicap (1600m), Designer Chef had won six races, all over distances ranging from 1200m to 1300m. On the advice of Craig Williams after riding the gelding… Read More »
He won eight races and over $2.4 million for trainer Gary Portelli, and now Rebel Dane is gifting the Warwick Farm conditioner even further riches in the form of his two-year-old progeny Fireburn ($9). The daughter of the dual Group 1 winner was too strong on the line in the… Read More »
Latizia could join her Ciaron Maher and David Eustace -trained stablemate Coolangatta on the Gold Coast after her debut win at Flemington. The two-year-old daughter of Capitalist took out the opening race of 2022 with her victory in the New Year Sprint (1000m) on Saturday. Ridden by John Allen, Latizia ($3.70) led home Godolphin-owned stablemates Va Via (8.50) by 1-½ lengths with the… Read More »
Samantha Collett will go into the new year full of confidence that her career move from New Zealand to South-East Queensland has now really gained traction. A rider of undoubted talent … a Jockey’s premiership in her home country, three Group 1 wins and a host of stakes race successes… Read More »
Every horse has its story … but Kementari, who will represent Godolphin’s blue army in The Buffering at Doomben on Saturday, can arguably boast a story that is more interesting than most. When the son of Lohnro completed a hat trick of Group wins back in March 2018 (in the… Read More »
Group 1-winning star Trap For Fools’ marvellous racing career will come to a close when he has his 57th and final start in tomorrow’s $400,000 Group 2 TABtouch Perth Cup at Ascot. Now an eight-year-old, the veteran warhorse is on the verge of breaking past $2.3 million in stake earnings… Read More »
Thirty-six years after beginning his race riding career, Larry Cassidy’s appetite for success is undiminished. Fresh off a feature race win aboard Kubrick in the Bernborough on Boxing Day, Cassidy has already followed up with two more winners since then, scoring on Savagol (at the Sunshine Coast on Monday) and… Read More »
There would not be a more consistent galloper racing at Flemington than Tigertiger who is taking a big leap in grade on Saturday. In nine starts since joining the Rob Blacker stable at Mornington from New Zealand, Tigertiger has four wins, four seconds and a third. Admittedly they have been in lesser company than the… Read More »
Imported mare Lighthouse faces her sternest test on Saturday when she steps up to stakes level at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained mare runs in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) looking to stretch her unbeaten sequence in Australia to four. But Lighthouse will meet new conditions on Saturday,… Read More »
He’s been knocking on the door with three seconds from his past four outings, but the Damien Lane-trained Budhwar will get his opportunity to post a well-deserved victory when he contests the Midway Handicap over 1100m at Kensington this Saturday. The Wandjina gelding was only just nutted late on the line… Read More »
There may be a few nursing sore heads from New Year’s Eve celebrations when the first race is run at Flemington on Saturday. Racing Victoria and the Victoria Racing Club have jointly brought forward the start to Saturday’s feature meeting by two hours in a bid to complete the meeting prior to the warmest part of… Read More »
He’s had 15 throws at the Highway stumps for two wins and three placings, and Terry Robinson’s King’s Trust will again have another attempt at the $100,000 event at Randwick Kensington this Saturday. The six-year-old has competed almost exclusively in the race restricted to country-based trainers amassing over $190,000 in earnings… Read More »
