Cranbourne trainer Natalie Young vividly recalls the disappointment of a narrow loss in her hometown Cup with Sully. The stayer finished second to Octobello in the 2018 Cranbourne Cup after leading into the straight. With the Cranbourne Cup shortened from 2025m to 1600m, Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are considering starting Rich… Read More »
The winning Tatterstalls Club Cup team of Lauri Parker and Jenny Duggan will combine again in this Saturday’s $300,000 The Beauford at Newcastle. It was the biggest win of both Lauri Parker and Jenny Duggan’s career when they teamed up to win the Listed Tatterstalls Club Cup at Randwick with… Read More »
No fatalities in the Melbourne Cup may not mean there will be an immediate relaxation of the stringent protocols that were introduced to make it a safe race. Racing Victoria Chairman Brian Kruger said the team at RV would undertake a thorough review of the impact the protocols had on this year’s Cup with only… Read More »
But looks can be deceiving, dig deeper and you find Raquel Reid is riddled with self-doubt and insecurity. That’s why conquering Sunday’s Tabtouch York Cup with her favourite horse Juicing Carrots was a significant and timely professional milestone. Reid took home bragging rights and $40,600 in prizemoney, but the veteran nine-year-old’s upset… Read More »
Kembla Grange-based trainer Theresa Bateup is in a rich vein of form at present with two wins (25%) and a further five placings (88%) from her past eight runners, and she looks to continue the momentum when she lines up starters at Gosford, Hawkesbury and Kembla Grange this week. Bateup… Read More »
This Saturday marks the third running of the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle racecourse and if the early nominations are anything to go by, it is set to be another stirring contest over the 1300m. Among the hopefuls are Everest fourth placegetter Lost And Running, last year’s winner Sweet… Read More »
Cranbourne will be airborne on Saturday as for the first time the running of the $500,000 Cranbourne Cup will be held as a stand-alone Metropolitan meeting. Having previously been run on a Sunday, this year’s revamped edition will drop in distance from 2025m to 1600m, while also welcoming an inflated… Read More »
By his own lofty standards, Newcastle horseman Kris Lees has had a quiet start to the season but he is hoping to make his presence felt at his hometown’s feature meeting of the year. With star galloper Mugatoo sidelined for the spring, Lees hasn’t had a banner horse to carry… Read More »
Apart from winning a Group 1 race over the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock would like nothing more than to win their hometown Cup. Cranbourne-trained King Magnus went within three-quarters-of-a-length of claiming the Group 1 Cantala Stakes at Flemington on the opening day of Melbourne Cup week and will now get the… Read More »
A long-range plan almost foiled by Sydney’s weather has come to fruition with Team Hawkes snaring a Hot Danish Stakes success with late bloomer Electric Girl. The Hawkes’ only took over the training of Electric Girl at the start of her current campaign and set a goal to get her… Read More »
Gary Portelli has his sights on a second Golden Slipper with Sejardan, who has secured his place in next year’s $5 million race with another impressive performance at Rosehill. Having been put on ice after taking out the Breeders’ Plate on debut almost five weeks ago, the Sebring colt again rose to the… Read More »
James Mcdonald completed riding history at the Melbourne Cup Carnival when Zaaki became his tenth winner of the week at Flemington. His win on the Annabel Neasham-trained galloper in the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) on Saturday gave McDonald the mark bettering the nine winners Brett Prebble registered in 1999 and 2000. It was Prebble who chased McDonald home… Read More »
The decision by emerging apprentice Laura Lafferty to relocate from Melbourne has paid its first major dividend with the 23-year-old breaking through for her maiden Sydney metropolitan success in the Country Classic at Rosehill. Lafferty managed the feat aboard one of the outsiders of the field in $101 chance Real Time… Read More »
Star sprinter Nature Strip may be headed overseas having topped the $16 million mark in prize money with his win in the Group 1 Darley Sprint Classic at Flemington. The star Chris Waller-trained sprinter with a strong Melbourne ownership group, blitzed his rivals down the straight Flemington 1200m course on Saturday to claim a second win… Read More »
Zayydani will forever hold a special place for new Lindsay Park trainers Ben & Jd Hayes after winning a stakes race during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The daughter of Savabeel provided the Hayes brothers with their first win, which also happened to be a Listed race, at Eagle Farm in June, but Zayydani improved on… Read More »
Former Queenslander Amiche has made the perfect start for new trainer Edward Cummings with a determined victory at Rosehill. A half-sister to Cummings’ Group 1 Queensland Oaks winner Duais, Amiche had won four of her nine starts for David Vandyke but could be a handful to deal with and her connections felt she… Read More »
Still basking in the glow of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup win with star mare Verry Elleegant, the Chris Waller stable was back in the winner’s stall in the opening race at Rosehill, albeit it on a smaller scale. Improving young stayer Suppression ($3.90 fav) made it two victories in succession with a grinding… Read More »
Warning and Nash Rawiller have maintained their unbeaten record together with an all-the-way victory at Flemington. Rawiller first teamed with Warning to claim the ATC St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick on October 16 before his success in the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) on Saturday. Sent out the $3.40 favourite, Warning scored by 1-¼… Read More »
Purchased from the Dabernig and Hayes team off the Inglis online auction halfway through the year, the seven-year-old gelding has quickly made a name for himself in the Dale camp and looks set for a big performance in Saturday’s Country Classic at Rosehill. Having had 23 of his 26 starts… Read More »
James Cummings and Godolphin will have dual representation in their bid for a third Group 1 win of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Cascadian and Colette will line up in the ‘Royal Blue’ colours of Godolphin in the Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday, the final Group 1 race of the carnival. Colette gave Cummings… Read More »
