After a disappointing spring campaign, Begood Toya Mother makes his return to racing in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap at Caulfield. Warrnambool horseman Daniel Bowman concocted a plan that would see his Group 1 winner Begood Toya Mother commence his campaign at the tail end of autumn. The campaign kicks… Read More »
The Group 3 Easter Cup at Caulfield on Saturday will be a day of reckoning for imported galloper Constantinople. Arriving from Ireland for the 2019 spring carnival, Constantinople was an eye-catching fourth behind Mer De Glace in that year’s Caulfield Cup. Constantinople followed up running 13th to Vow And Declare… Read More »
Hungry Heart will be striving to follow in the footsteps of star stablemate Verry Elleegant by winning the Vinery Stud Stakes. Frankel filly Hungry Heart will stretch out to a middle-distance for the first time in the Vinery Stud Stakes as she bids to build on her winning momentum. There… Read More »
In this exciting season of first crop sire dominance, its Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice and Capitalist who will be celebrating at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on 6, 7 April. Aided by Stay Inside’s commanding 1.8 length victory in a ‘classic’ $3.5m Longines Golden Slipper Stakes, Extreme Choice is… Read More »
A more mature Favreau will be out to make an Australian Derby statement via a traditional lead-up to the Group One blue riband. Connections of Favreau put their Derby dreams on ice in the spring and trainer John Sargent has been strategically plotting a path to the autumn classic ever… Read More »
Horsemanship, patience and hard work have propelled John O’Shea into sixth place on the Sydney trainers’ premiership and he will be striving to keep his momentum rolling at Rosehill. Having already collected a G1 this autumn with Lion’s Roar in the Randwick Guineas, O’Shea will head into the Tancred Stakes… Read More »
Golden Slipper-winning jockey Tommy Berry has succeeded in having a whip suspension reduced on appeal and will be free to ride at the lucrative Australian Derby meeting. Berry was suspended and fined for breaching the whip rules aboard Rosehill Guineas winner Mo’Unga and was set to be sidelined for the… Read More »
Champion WA mare Arcadia Queen’s racing career appears to be finished with confirmation she has damaged a tendon which will require a lengthy spell. Owner/breeder Bob Peters said on Wednesday night that scans had revealed the damage, and while the injury isn’t sever it would put her racing career in… Read More »
Randwick trainer John Sargent has enjoyed a good season with his two-year-olds and it isn’t over yet. John Sargent has confirmed Four Moves Ahead will continue with her autumn campaign in the G1 Sires’ Produce Stakes on the opening day of The Championships. The youngster was the first filly home… Read More »
The Godolphin team will try to add black type to the name of Sliders when she runs in the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes at Caulfield. With the Sydney Autumn Carnival in full swing and the best two-year-olds looking for black type to add to their potential value, Godolphin has gone… Read More »
Emergency acceptor Biometric has slipped into the field for the Victoria Handicap at Caulfield with stablemate So Si Bon Sydney bound. The scratching of So Si Bon from the Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield has gifted his stablemate Biometric a start in the Group 3 race on Saturday. And NSW-based… Read More »
A filly sparked into form by a training adjustment and another whose star is on the rise will represent Mark Newnham in the Vinery Stud Stakes. There are no aspirations for Miravalle to have a career as a hurdler but the decision to add some jumping to her training regime… Read More »
Transferring through a number of stables, Night’s Watch is now in the care of Andrew Bobbin and will have his first run for the training newcomer in the Easter Cup at Caulfield. Night’s Watch running in the Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday may be the most… Read More »
Champion mare Winx is set to make a return to racing during the Spring Carnival with her sights set on a fifth Cox Plate. Connections of the mare have opted to bypass this years breeding season to target the star mare at a fifth Cox Plate following a lack of… Read More »
An updated directive issued by Racing NSW yesterday covering Covid-19 restrictions reads: ‘On Monday 29 March 2021 Racing NSW directed that any person that was at the Eagle Farm race meeting on 20 March 2021 and the Doomben race meeting on 27 March 2021 or has been in the Greater… Read More »
Snitzel gelding Holstein is shaping as an astute purchase for the Matthew Dunn stable based on his tough debut victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Holstein debuted in the Yarraman Easter Yearlings 2YO Maiden Handicap (1200m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday following two encouraging Rosehill trials. The Matthew Dunn-trained gelding… Read More »
Feature racing awaits Le Gai Soleil this autumn after the mare gave trainer John O’Shea a winning double at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. First up since the spring, Le Gai Soleil produced a convincing success resuming in the Sky Racing Active Benchmark 78 3YO+ Handicap (1400m) at Warwick Farm. Winning… Read More »
Just when it appeared Classique Legend was set to show his true colours in Hong Kong with a scheduled return to racing on Easter Monday, a bleed at trackwork this morning has changed everything for the 2020 The Everest winner. Both trainer Casper Fownes and jockey Zac Purton had been… Read More »
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) is pleased to announce an annual boost of $878,000 in prizemoney for outer thoroughbred regional racetracks from May 2021. The announcement is the third phase of RWWA’s thoroughbred stakes strategy to deliver greater financial returns to owners and trainers. The Carnarvon Race Club’s season… Read More »
VRC Oaks winner Personal could not be in better shape as she chases a second Group 1 victory in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill. Tom Dabernig, who trains Personal in partnership with his cousin Ben Hayes, said Personal was bursting out of her skin ahead of Saturday’s 2000m race… Read More »
