The Wayne Seelin-trained Apache Belle will be out to atone some recent runner-up finishes when she contests the Randwick Midway this Sunday. She has been knocking on the door of late with three seconds from her past four outings, but the Wayne Seelin-trained Apache Belle will be aiming to get back… Read More »
Unbeaten mare Marabi will be given her chance at adding ‘black type’ to her record when she runs in the Christmas Stakes at Caulfield. In a reshaping of the summer sprints over December and January, the Boxing Day feature will this year be run over 1100m having been staged over 1200m… Read More »
Victorian jockey Dean Yendall has been taken to hospital following a fall at Terang on Monday. Dean Yendall was aboard Saintly Rose in the Terang Co-Op Fillies and Mares Maiden Plate (1600m) on Monday when the horse overreacted and shifted sharply towards the inside rail in front of the field… Read More »
Racing Victoria has announced a new $500,000 sprint race that will highlight the inaugural Good Friday race meeting at Sale. The Country Discovery over 1100m will form part of a $1.4 million race day which will rotate through country venues of Victoria on an annual basis while also supporting the Good Friday Appeal. The… Read More »
The juvenile season is still in its infancy, but trainer Gary Portelli is confident he has a genuine contender for the Golden Slipper in unbeaten colt Sejardan. The youngster was given a break after securing his place in the world’s richest two-year-old race when he followed a debut win in… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani is hoping to cement a start in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with Cover Star on Boxing Day. However, Cumani is unsure just where the daughter of Star Witness will run with options at Caulfield, Geelong and Randwick. Cover Star made an impressive debut failing narrowly in the Magic Millions 2YO… Read More »
A star media personality calls time, a filly stamped her Oaks credentials while a three year old filly put her claims on the table for the Magic Millions Guineas in a big way. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY… Read More »
Kerrin Mcevoy has ended his year on a high with a trifecta of wins at Randwick, highlighted by the feature race aboard the Chris Waller-trained Oscar Zulu. The three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey plans to take a short break over the Christmas period and Saturday’s Randwick meeting was his last of… Read More »
Trainer Mathew Ellerton will be able to have a few extra celebratory drinks after High ‘N’ Dry scored at Flemington. Ellerton was not on course to witness High ‘N’ Dry win the #Lovethehorse Trophy (1600m) on Saturday, instead he was marrying long-time partner Leah. The ceremony commenced an hour before High ‘N’ Dry crossed the… Read More »
Traditionally run in June as a lead-up to the wintertime Group 1 Queensland Derby, bringing forward the Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (2100m) by six months to December has suited trainer David Vandyke to springboard Gypsy Goddess towards the fillies version, the Group 1 Queensland Oaks over 2400 metres. Ridden by Stephanie… Read More »
Flemington trainer Nick Ryan has praised his farrier John Bunting after Not To Be Mist scored a last stride win on his home track. Not To Be Mist suffered a crack in one of his front hooves after running poorly in the “greys” race at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day. That was all forgotten when Not To Be… Read More »
Second Slip has proven a profitable acquisition for his connections landing his sixth win of the year with a fighting victory at Flemington. Prepared at Morphettville by Will Clarken, Second Slip arrived in Adelaide late last year after 12 starts in New Zealand, for two wins, and after Saturday’s win in the Kennedy Handicap (1400m) he has… Read More »
The humid Sydney weather might have been a new experience for European import Huetor, but it had no impact on his performance with the exciting stayer posting another win. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained gelding remains undefeated in three Australian starts after digging deep to chase down Lord Ardmore in Saturday’s… Read More »
Michael Poy made the most of a race devoid of speed with a well-judged front running ride aboard Skelm at Flemington. Taken to the front leaving the straight in the Schweppervescence Handicap on Saturday, Skelm ran out the 2600m journey comfortably to record a soft win. Quickening the pace from the 800m mark, Skelm ($4.80) registered… Read More »
Chris Waller saddled up five of the nine runners in the ATC Thanks John Williams Handicap and two of the least fancied fought out the finish. Toomuchtobear ($10) overhauled stablemate Sur La Mer ($10) by a short neck with the Richard Litt-trained Black Duke ($11) another short head away third in… Read More »
Rebel Dane was a success story for Gary Portelli as a racehorse, and he is proving just as handy an influence on the stable as a stallion. Portelli has had two runners by the dual Group 1 victor and both are winners – Rebel Shadow, who scored at Canterbury in… Read More »
Phillip Stokes says it is unfortunate that he will line up two horses in the same race at Flemington. Savannah Cloud, a last start winner at The Valley, and the unlucky Way To Go Paula are set to line up in the Myer Giftorium Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. A son of Savabeel, Savannah Cloud has been a model… Read More »
Having assembled a strong stable of gallopers, Gary Portelli is confident his five engaged runners are all more than capable of seriously threatening in their respective contests at Randwick on Saturday. Perhaps Portelli’s most exciting hope for the weekend appears in the first event of the day as Fireburn contests the two-year-old… Read More »
Jamie Richards is set to join the training ranks in Hong Kong while Singapore-based Mark Walker is returning to New Zealand after 11 years. Walker is set to return to New Zealand early next year while Richards is expected to depart for Hong Kong in May to prepare for the opening of the new… Read More »
A big weight holds no concerns for in-form trainer Ashley Maley ahead of All Day Session’s bid for a sixth career victory at Ascot on Saturday. The four-year-old carries 61kg in the TBWA Stallion Tender Scheme Trophy (1200m), but Maley says the well backed gelding has the class to overcome… Read More »
