Adelaide trainer Stuart Gower hopes Mongolian Marshal can be a player during the spring and would like to see the gelding back at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week. Mongolian Marshal took out Saturday’s Listed VRC/CRV Winter Championship Series Final (1600m) and Gower would like to aim the former New Zealand gelding at… Read More »
Jockey Billy Egan believes Foxy Frida could be up to winning a better race over a longer trip following her fighting win at Flemington. Foxy Frida scored back-to-back wins at Flemington when she claimed the Rivette Series Final (1400m) on Saturday. The Andrew Noblet-trained filly was successful over 1410m on June… Read More »
The inaugural running of the Midway Handicap has been taken out by the Greg Hickman-trained Our Bellagio Miss. Greg Hickman feared the Midway Handicap was setting up so well for Our Bellagio Miss that something was sure to go awry but he need not have worried as the mare outclassed her rivals… Read More »
Jockey Ben Melham has been the beneficiary of the forced absence of Craig Williams at Flemington. Williams was stood down from riding at Flemington during the week by Racing Victoria’s Health Officer having ridden at the Eagle Farm meeting in Brisbane last Saturday. The Greater Brisbane area was declared a ‘red zone’… Read More »
Grand Promenade has continued the recent domination of the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable in staying races at Flemington. At the past four meetings at headquarters, Maher and Eustace-trained horses have taken out the longer distance race on the program, all a part of the Banjo Paterson Series. Heart… Read More »
The disappointment of a last-place finish at Sandown by Seiners Express has been erased with victory his comfortable win at Flemington. A perfect ground saving ride by Harry Coffey has landed Seiners Express victory in the Silver Bowl Series Final at Flemington. The victory turned around the fortunes of the connections of… Read More »
A stable favourite of Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra has broken through for her maiden victory at Flemington. A two-year-old daughter of Zoustar, Jagar was lining up for her fourth start in Saturday’s Next Generation Sprinters Series final (1200m). Pouncing on the lead inside the final 200m, Jagar ($9), under Damian Lane, raced to a… Read More »
Ramornie Handicap ambitions might not come to fruition for Hellenism this year but a shot at The Kosciuszko is on the cards after her determined Highway Handicap victory at Rosehill. While trainer Aiden St Vincent has not ruled out backing up the five-year-old in Wednesday’s feature Grafton sprint, the decision is likely… Read More »
The Chris Waller-trained Tycoonist has ended a frustrating run of minor placings, leading throughout to score an overdue win at Rosehill. The $2.15 favourite had finished in the minors at his past three starts but under his 60kg top weight, he got the job done on Saturday, staving off the late… Read More »
Adam Durrant says if Tena Koutou keeps progressing, he’s a top chance of claiming the Aquanita Stakes (2000m) at Belmont Park on Saturday. The Blackfriars gelding is chasing a winning hatrick in the Aquanita Stakes after recording strong mile victories at Kalgoorlie and Pinjarra. Durrant feels Tena Koutou, closely related… Read More »
A feature race win at the Sunshine Coast would be the icing on the cake for Tony Gollan as he closes out another successful winter carnival in Queensland. The leading trainer’s highlight was a Group 1 victory with Vega One in the Kingsford-Smith Cup, that horse narrowly missing a second major when… Read More »
With two big guns sidelined for the year – and possibly longer – Tony Gollan is hoping some less-heralded stable runners can close out the winter carnival on a winning note at Caloundra on Saturday. Gollan has the fillies Glitter Strip and The Actuary in the Winx Guineas, while Snitch is out to complete the… Read More »
The massive ten race meeting at Ipswich lasted two races more than the meeting did at Kilcoy yesterday but, ultimately, for the second day in a row, a meeting in Queensland was abandoned with Ipswich only going as far as race four. Trainer Michael Nolan, who won one of the… Read More »
Best known as the trainer of two-time Group One winner and Cox Plate runner-up Castelvecchio, Richard Litt has tasted the highs that racing can offer. He also knows they don’t last forever. With Castelvecchio now enjoying a new chapter at stud, Litt has reverted to his bread and butter – tried… Read More »
The decision to help out a friend has led to Brett Lazzarini’s second coming as a trainer, more than 25 years after he walked away from the sport. Lazzarini did his apprenticeship under Dr Geoff Chapman and Tony Wildman during the late 1970s and early 1980s before taking out a licence in… Read More »
An awkward draw at a recent Flemington meeting has caused a rethink to the program of recent longshot winner Romancer. Instead of being aimed at Saturday’s VRC/CRV Winter Championship Final (1600m), Grahame Begg and connections elected to concentrate on the Listed All Victorian Sprint Series Final (1200m). Romancer won a heat of… Read More »
Matt Dunn is confident Magic Ruler has more strings to his bow than simply being a mudlark, but he is happy to wait to have that theory confirmed. The three-year-old has won two of his past three starts on heavy tracks and is set to get similar conditions in the Ranvet Handicap… Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable is hoping a recent victory has given Token Spirit the confidence to score again at Flemington. Token Spirit lines up in the Mahogany Challenge Final (2500m) on Saturday, the final of a series of middle distance and staying races for three-year-olds. Having… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is looking beyond a late season race at Flemington with two-year-old Mennea. Engaged in the Next Generation Sprinters Series Final on Saturday, Mennea will be joined by stablemate The Art Of Flying in the 1200m sprint. Eustace handed a strong tip for Mennea,… Read More »
Simon Zahra is hoping a swing in the weights will favour Odeon in the VRC/CRV Winter Championship Final at Flemington. The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable have had a single goal for Odeon this preparation, a Listed race at Flemington. That race comes around on Saturday, the VRC/CRV Winter… Read More »
