The way Tena Koutou came through his Aquanita Stakes (2000m) victory has trainer Adam Durrant upbeat about his chances of taking out a feature race double at Belmont Park. Tena Koutou dominated the Aquanita Stakes a fortnight back and enhanced his staying credentials when he surged clear over the final stages… Read More »
Lindhout chases a second Flemington win when she runs in the RMBL Investments Rising Stars Final. With each start that lightly-raced Lindhout has, trainer Enver Jusufovic sees benefit which he hopes can carry the mare to a second successive win at Flemington. Lindhout scored in the Leilani Series Final (1400m) on July… Read More »
A $2 million sprint race will be the jewel in the crown for Sydney’s fillies and mares this spring as one of several initiatives announced by Racing NSW. The 1400m showpiece called ‘The Invitation‘ will be held at Randwick on October 23, a week after the $15 million The Everest…. Read More »
The Jekyll and Hyde of Gary Portelli’s stable, Lord Zoulander constantly leaves his trainer guessing. He cannot be certain which version of Lord Zoulander will turn up at Randwick but trainer Gary Portelli has his fingers crossed that it’s the competitive one. The five-year-old mixes his form and while a… Read More »
Racing NSW has today announced that a new race – “The Invitation”, will be run in October 2021, headlining several enhancements to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. “The Invitation”, carrying prizemoney of $2 million, will be run for fillies and mares over a distance of 1400m at Royal Randwick on… Read More »
Racing in Victoria will continue throughout the states latest COVID lockdown without the presence of crowds and owners. The Victorian Government and Racing Victoria will allow racing to continue throughout the state much like it has during the previous state lockdown, without crowds and owners. Confirmed racing will continue in… Read More »
Raymond Vincent will saddle up Truly Reliable in the Listed Drummond Golf Belmont Classic (2200m). Vincent believes his confidence in Truly Reliable measuring up is warranted following his encouraging third in last fortnight’s Aquanita Stakes. The three-year-old son of Reliable Man finished two lengths shy of Tena Koutou, but Vincent says the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable has a stranglehold on staying races at Flemington which Mick Kent hopes to break. Trainer Mick Kent knows too well the strength of stayer in the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable. Kent has Royal Crown engaged in the Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m) and having been… Read More »
In-form trainer Gary Portelli is spreading his team far and wide this weekend and he hopes to deliver some joy to locked-down punters across the country. Portelli, who had produced 10 winners from his past 50 runners prior to Thursday’s Gosford meeting, will saddle up three horses in Sydney, while Spaceboy flys… Read More »
Tuvalu will be out to improve on his unbeaten record when he returns to racing at Flemington. With wins at Warrnambool and Sandown under the belt before a break, trainer Lindsey Smith says the son of Kermadec was around 90 per cent fit for the K A Morrison Handicap (1400m) on Saturday. Tuvalu recorded… Read More »
Kurt Goldman has floated the concept of introducing dedicated lead-up races to the Kosciuszko to better help trainers trying to showcase their contenders for the $1.3 million feature. The Goulburn-based horseman had two runners in last year’s race, Irish Songs (eighth) and Intuition (tenth). Again his leading hopeful this spring, Irish… Read More »
Having captured a slice of history by winning the inaugural Midway Handicap, trainer Gregory Hickman will attempt to maintain his perfect strikerate with two entries in Saturday’s edition at Randwick. At first glance, his charges present with very different profiles, Get The Idea being a relatively lightly-raced gelding still improving, while Epic… Read More »
Two German imports will race as geldings in their racing returns at Flemington having undergone two rounds of surgery since they last raced. Besides a gelding operation, Schabau runs for the first time since October having had surgery on a bone chip in a fetlock while his Robert Hickmott-trained stablemate Django Freeman has… Read More »
David Payne has always seen potential in juvenile Tympanist, but it took several starts and a lot of perseverance for the horse to justify his opinion. Tympanist was beaten a total of more than 22 lengths in his first three appearances before turning that form on its head with a victory… Read More »
A track rider for the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable is in quarantine after attending a gym later declared a Tier 1 COVID exposure site. The Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra stable face an anxious wait to know whether they can start their accepted runners over the weekend. A track… Read More »
Group One winner Funstar has set a world record price for a horse bought through a digital sale. Prominent Japanese racing identity Katsumi Yoshida has paid $2.7 million for top mare Funstar – a record price for a horse bought through an online auction. The former Chris Waller-trained galloper sold overnight… Read More »
The family of Gr 1 winner FUNSTAR (Adelaide – Starspangled) is one of the very best female lines ever to race in Australia. And last night, Japan’s leading breeder, Katsumi Yoshida purchased her. He forked out $2.7million for the beautiful mare who was not in foal. The price paid is… Read More »
A leading Flemington stable has been caught up in a COVID scare with one of the track work riders attending an exposure site. The Ellerton Zahra stable was shut down overnight after it was reported one of their track work riders attended an exposure site. The track work rider however… Read More »
A gallop between races at Sandown should have Streets Of Avalon near his peak for his Bletchingly Stakes return. Shane Nichols has taken advantage of using Sandown for a gallop between races with his stable star Streets Of Avalon. The multiple Group 1 winner worked over 1000m, with regular jockey Zac… Read More »
Jockey Ben Thompson, who has enjoyed a highly successful season since relocating to Queensland, has had his momentum brought to a resounding halt by the decision of the Victorian Racing Tribunal to suspend him for four months after finding him guilty on two charges relating back to an investigation that… Read More »
