Nature Strip has taken the first formal step in his Everest campaign with a Rosehill barrier trial win. Chris Waller has given Nature Strip the thumbs up after the top sprinter cruised around Rosehill to open his Everest preparations with an effortless barrier trial win. In his first public appearance… Read More »
New Zealand galloper Aegon has taken no harm from what turned out to be longer than expected travel to Melbourne to run at Caulfield. Aegon and his Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained stablemate The Chosen One were delayed on the tarmac in New Zealand ahead of their departure. The Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday will be Aegon’s debut in… Read More »
One way or another, the Listed Goldmarket, which will be run at the Gold Coast over 1200m on Friday, will be all about Alligator Blood. The high profile, well performed son of All Too Hard resumes after a ten month break from race action at the track which produced his… Read More »
Jason Collett has bought up an early double on Wednesday’s Randwick-Kensington card with two impressive maiden victories. The first race of the day saw the Matthew Dunn-trained Rocklily lead all the way for a dominant 1.87 length victory. The daughter of Exceed and Excel was narrowly edged out a fortnight ago at… Read More »
Damien Oliver has a healthy opinion of Godolphin colt Vilana who has broken through for his maiden victory at Sandown. Headed by main rival in betting Frontman in the straight, Vilana fought back to claim the Ladbrokes Punter Assist Plate (1200m) on Wednesday in a tight photo. Pushed forward early by Oliver, Vilana, the $3.60 favourite, registered… Read More »
Trainer Andrew Noblet had to turn away from watching his mare Ghodeleine early in the straight prior to her victory at Sandown. Having been unlucky in her previous outings at The Valley and Flemington, Noblet was watching history repeat in the Ladbrokes Easy Form Handicap (2100m) on Wednesday. Luckily for Noblet, jockey Ben Melham persevered on Ghodeleine and… Read More »
Four-year-old Majestic Shot is ready to win as she returns in the ATC’s Most Winning Owner Godolphin Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. The daughter of Shooting To Win finished second in the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes last campaign, and will face an easier task she when kicks off in Benchmark 78 company… Read More »
Brad Parnham is back on Samizdat in the Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m) after the Chris and Michael Gangemi-trained six-year-old came from the clouds to score a brilliant first-up win two weeks ago. In-form hoop Clint Johnston-Porter rode Samizdat in the Belmont Newmarket (1200m) when he swept home wide to run over the… Read More »
Phillip Stokes will allow the campaign of Instant Celebrity to unfold after the mare has her first-up run at Caulfield. Trainer Phillip Stokes has chosen the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) on Saturday to start Instant Celebrity in which may lead the mare to Sydney for the $2 million The Invitational (1400m) at Randwick in… Read More »
Top jockey Tommy Berry has been rubbed out for a month for his part in a race day fall at Randwick that resulted in fellow rider Brenton Avdulla being hospitalised. Avdulla’s mount Xtremetime clipped the heels of Berry’s horse Jamaea (fourth) near the 100m in Saturday’s Silver Shadow Stakes and fell heavily, dislodging… Read More »
Trainer David Brideoake is happy to go to the well once again with Red Can Man as he chases a Group 1 victory with the former Perth galloper. Red Can Man will be lining up for his sixth start for Brideoake when he runs in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, the official opening of the… Read More »
Champion mare Winx will visit Pierro in the upcoming breeding season. Having lost her first foal and being given a year off from breeding, Winx is set to visit Coolmore stallion Pierro in the upcoming breeding season. The ownership group of the four-time Cox Plate winning mare announced their decision in a statement on Wednesday. Winx, who strung… Read More »
Punters are unlikely to see Cox Plate favourite Zaaki again until he lines up in Saturday week’s Group Two Tramway Stakes. Cox Plate favourite Zaaki will finalise his spring preparations with a jump out at Warwick Farm on Thursday ahead of the Group Two Tramway Stakes (1400m) next Saturday. The… Read More »
Trainer David Jolly is sticking with the recipe that won Behemoth the opening Group 1 race of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival last year. Behemoth won the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield second-up, coming off a win in the Group 3 Spring Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville two weeks prior. Jolly even followed last year’s… Read More »
Only one of the two high-class New Zealand mares trained by Jamie Richards will line up at Caulfield. Probabeel is set to run in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) on Saturday while Avantage, also entered in the Cockram along with the Group 1 Memsie Stakes, is set to remain in New Zealand for the early weight-for-age… Read More »
Andrew Noblet would like to see a little more rain before starting Ghodeleine at Sandown. The seven-year-old daughter of Monaco Consul runs in the Ladbrokes Easy Form Handicap (2100m) on Wednesday having scored over 1600m at the track three starts previously. Noblet said the mare had been unlucky in her two most recent outings, finishing fourth at The… Read More »
Trainer Darren McAuliffe has given his boom sprinter Clairvoyance a positive update as she recovers from a career-threatening leg injury and illness. Clairvoyance had surgery in May and her future racing prospects looked slim after she sustained a baffling leg injury at Darreen McAuliffe’s Baldivis stables In an accident that left… Read More »
Peter Robl’s in-form gelding Finally Realise will be on a quick back up on Wednesday after a narrow defeat at Kensington just last week. After narrowly missing out on a third win last week, Peter Robl will back up Finally Realise on Wednesday at Randwick-Kensington. The four-year-old will line up in the… Read More »
Liam Loughlin is daring to dream big and is toying with a WA Guineas (1600m) plan if Elite Fighter continues to blossom for Perth trainer, Holly Taylor. O’Loughlin believes Elite Fighter underlined his credentials and lived up to high expectations when he charged home to score an impressive Pinjarra maiden win…. Read More »
A pair of promising fillies from the Lee and Cherie Curtis stable will commence their respective spring campaigns at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday. The Rosehill-based partnership will start the day off with Achira in the 1st Crop Calyx Foals Handicap (1300m) who was an impressive trial winner at Rosehill two weeks ago…. Read More »
