It’s Me, the short-priced favourite for the $1.3 million The Kosciuszko, will need to pass a veterinary examination before she is cleared to take her place. Trainer Brett Cavanough advised Racing NSW stewards the mare was scoped on Wednesday afternoon after developing a cough following a swim in the equine… Read More »
It took a long-range plan to come to fruition for Albury-based trainer Mitchell Beer to get a Kosciuszko runner and he couldn’t be happier with how Redouble has prepared for the $1.3 million race. Since moving to Albury from Victoria, Beer has had three main goals in mind – to… Read More »
Mornington Cup winner Aktau has been scratched from Saturday’s Caulfield Cup after suffering from a tendon injury. The Michael Moroney-trained gelding is expected to be out for up to 6 months after scans revealed a small hole in his tendon. The scratching means that first emergency Raheen House will now… Read More »
Chris Waller takes a powerful trio into the Caulfield Cup, a race which has amazingly eluded Australia’s premier trainer. The race has proven to be somewhat of a jinx for Waller as from 20 starters in the Caulfield Cup his best results have been two fifths. Waller will be represented… Read More »
It was only a three-horse field but it produced one of the great spectacles of the year when little separated a trio of colts in the Group Three Blue Sapphire Stakes. In a slogging finish to the 1200 metre race, there was only a neck between first and third and… Read More »
Grahame Begg has no regrets about turning his back on a start in the Caulfield Cup for Coongy Cup winner Nonconformist. Nonconformist was being aimed at the Group One feature until a few weeks ago when he had a hiccup and Begg decided to pull the plug on the race…. Read More »
Boom Godolphin colt Hanseatic will not be able to race for at least three months after bleeding in the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield. The Anthony and Sam Freedman trained Godolphin owned Hanseatic will miss the remainder of the spring carnival after bleeding from both nostrils in the feature at… Read More »
Anthony Cummings is preparing to saddle up his first Everest runner and he figures his famous father Bart would approve of the innovative race concept. While the late Bart Cummings is legendary for his record in one of Australia’s most traditional races, the Melbourne Cup, Anthony Cummings says he also… Read More »
Well-performed northern hemisphere galloper Wichita’s future is in doubt after he sustained a serious leg injury at the Werribee International Horse Centre. The Aidan O’Brien-trained four-year-old suffered a fracture to his right hind leg on Wednesday, which was detected after he had completed his trackwork and returned to his box…. Read More »
With $1.3 million in prize money on offer for the Kosciuszko, it’s not just the lucky sweepstake winners who are preparing for a big payday. Andrew Clout, a member of the A S C T racing syndicate which own 10 per cent in the Cody Morgan-trained Anethole, says it is… Read More »
They have been coming down for a couple of years now to plunder our spoils but everyone seems to like the Irish jocks when they get here. Robbie Dolan, Tom Sherry have waved their flag here in recent months and now Ellen Hennessy! The girl who grew up on the… Read More »
There has been mixed fortunes for the fancied runners at the all-important barrier draw for The Everest, which has taken place atop Sydney Tower against a spectacular city skyline backdrop. Classique Legend retained his place at the top of markets at $4.50 after coming up with barrier six at Tuesday… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher and Eustace stable will be among a handful of trainers trying to get the last spot in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. The Maher and Eustace stable have Al Galayel run in the Coongy Cup where he is favourite and if he wins he will get an automatic start… Read More »
Scone trainer Brett Cavanough is delighted with how stable stars It’s Me and Fender have worked in the lead up to their assault on the $1.3 million Kosciuszko at Randwick. It’s Me and Fender were snapped up quickly by sweepstake winners last month and both horses have been given a… Read More »
Matt Cumani will take a special interest in the Coongy Cup as he is hoping the winner will be a horse who won’t back up in the Caulfield Cup. As it stands, Cumani’s imported galloper San Huberto is on the cusp of getting into the Caulfield Cup field, which will… Read More »
Champion mare Winx has tragically lost her first foal, a filly by super sire I Am Invincible. Trainer Chris Waller issued a statement on Tuesday on behalf of Winx’s ownership group, who have been devastated by the news. “It is with great sadness that the Kepitis, Tighe and Treweeke families… Read More »
Co-trainer David Eustace is not treating the Group Three Blue Sapphire Stakes as a track gallop for Anders despite the flying colt having only two other horses as opposition. Eustace said he was approaching the race at Caulfield on Wednesday with confidence but he respected the other two runners, Hanseatic… Read More »
Chris Waller’s Nature Strip and Haut Brion Her have had their final hitouts for The Everest as dawn broke at Rosehill Gardens. Nature Strip’s jockey James McDonald believes the horse is right near his peak for the $15 million Everest and he doesn’t mind the fact he has drifted in… Read More »
Farnan is out of the $15 million The Everest with the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Dollar For Dollar announced as his replacement. The McEvoy stable confirmed Dollar For Dollar as a late inclusion into the exclusive Everest field, replacing Farnan in the slot held by Aquis. Market 💰: View the… Read More »
As they line up for the $1.3million Kosciuszko at Randwick on Saturday, an eerily familiar but oddly never seen before set of silks will be worn by jockey Sam Clipperton. And he will ride INTUITION (Street Cry-Radar) in the race, a big horse trained by Kurt Goldman. The silks, as… Read More »
