It wasn’t quite the result the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable was expecting when Extreme Warrior blitzed his rivals at Caulfield. Highly spruiked as a two-year-old, Extreme Choice finally broke through for a maiden win at Echuca on October 1 before taking out the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) on Wednesday. Under the… Read More »
James Mcdonald has described Star Thoroughbreds filly Espiona as “an excitement machine” after her brilliant debut win at a rain-sodden Warwick Farm. By Extreme Choice, the sire of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside, Espiona was tardy out of the gates before improving along the fence to settle fourth in the… Read More »
Having abandoned plans to compete on the spring carnival stage in Melbourne, Michael Costa has zeroed in on the St Leger Stakes as the campaign goal for Grafton Cup winner Purrfect Deal. The Gold Coast trainer was hoping to take the mare to Victoria but was forced to rejig her… Read More »
The Robert Heathcote trained Startantes has received a much sought-after call-up to contest the inaugural running of The Invitation, a new race recently unveiled by Racing NSW carrying prize-money of $2 million. The race, which is for fillies and mares, will be run over 1400m at Randwick on October 23,… Read More »
Duais will be out to break a hoodoo of more than 120 years when she lines up in the Caulfield Cup. The Edward Cummings-trained mare won the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Wednesday as her final lead-up to Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on Saturday. With the Caulfield Cup dating… Read More »
A race day outing has helped Art Cadeau to settle his nerves and trainer Terry Robinson is feeling equally relaxed ahead of the gelding’s upcoming Kosciuszko mission. The ultra-consistent five-year-old has not raced since clinching the Country Championships Final at Randwick in April and will tackle Saturday’s $1.3 million feature… Read More »
The wraps were big and the money came in equal portion to the rain for the unraced filly ESPIONA (Exclusive Choice – Dahooil) at Warwick Farm. And there were large smiles all round when she did the trick, winning on debut with her head on her chest. She had won… Read More »
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable have a contingency plan should Entente not make the final Caulfield Cup field. Entente is also among the final acceptances for the St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick on Saturday, but as number 24 in the Caulfield Cup Order of Entry is in danger of not… Read More »
No horse has won The Everest first-up. Then again, no Australian-trained horse has tried. But that hasn’t stopped two trainers, L es Bridge and Anthony Cummings, from sending their respective charges into the $15 million feature without a race under their belt. International U S Navy Flag contested the 2018… Read More »
The wait is on for three top Sydney based jockeys to see if they will get the green light to ride in Melbourne in the coming weeks. James McDonald, High Bowman and Kerrin McEvoy have all requested entry exemptions with regard to being able to cross from New South Wales… Read More »
Spin The Knife came out of Saturday’s Crown Perth 3YO Classic (1000m) in top order and reaffirmed trainer Luke Fernie’s belief in the Snippetson gelding. Chasing a winning hat trick, Spin The Knife was gunned down in the shadows of the post by the fast-finishing Liwa after recovering from an awkward start…. Read More »
With former Toowoomba trained galloper Incentivise already gathering something of a cult following on the national racing scene after extending his winning sequence to eight straight wins, including two stunning Group 1 successes (in the Makybe Diva and the Turnbull Stakes) since relocating to Victoria, another former Toowoomba based runner… Read More »
Defending champion Twilight Payment is one of 60 horses that remains in contention for the Melbourne Cup after third declarations on Tuesday. The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 2 will be run in front of a crowd this year with the Victorian State Government allowing 10,000 patrons… Read More »
Trainer Anthony Cummings says he believes his Everest runner Libertini has shrugged off the effects of a recent foot problem and will be all ready to go in The Everest on Saturday. “She had sore feet. It (the problem) took a couple of different shapes along the way,” said Cummings,… Read More »
The Melbourne campaign of Emma-Lee and David Browne is slowly drawing to a close, but it has not yet run out of steam. David Browne has been in Melbourne since mid-August with a team of four horses that has seen him produce 18 starters for five winners and around $400,000 in prize money. The… Read More »
Port Louis and Growl will run in the Blue Sapphire Stakes for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is hoping for a change of fortune in the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield. Who can forget the fabulous three-horse race that unfolded on the middle-day of the… Read More »
Adelaide-based trainer Gordon Richards is more than happy for Gytrash to jump out of gate one for this Saturday’s The Everest at Royal Randwick, with his ever-consistent galloper having a second shot at the $15 million race. Finishing third in last year’s running, Gytrash has drawn more suitably this time around, and… Read More »
Trainer Lee Creek has a light preparation in mind for the promising four-year-old who won the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes before running fifth behind Explosive Jack in the Group 1 SA Derby at Morphettville in May. “He had a really good break and he’s come back really well,” Creek said…. Read More »
Tony Sergi couldn’t fault the preparation of his stable star, Island Bay Boy, as the Queanbeyan trainer readies himself and his four-year-old for Saturday’s $1.3m The Kosciuszko at Royal Randwick. “I’ve got him going as good as I can have him for Saturday,” Sergi said. “It’s all up to him… Read More »
The days of running a horse three days before a major Spring Carnival race are rare these days, but Edward Cummings has gone back to yesteryear with Duais. Safely in the Saturday’s Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) field, Duais does not need to win the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Wednesday to cement her place…. Read More »
