Racing Victoria vets will need to again check over Ideas Man before he is allowed to start in The Showdown at Caulfield. All 20 horses need to be inspected and passed fit by RV vets before taking their place in Saturday’s $855,000 The Showdown for two-year-olds. RV vets completed 14… Read More »
Australian Derby plans for Get The Idea had to be aborted, so trainer John Sargent has redirected the lightly raced stayer towards the Group Three Frank Packer Plate. Get The Idea was an acceptor for the Group One Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on April 4 but was scratched by… Read More »
The way White Moss has come through her Sapphire Stakes victory has paved the way for trainer Jason Coyle to run the mare for the third consecutive week in the All Aged Stakes. White Moss won the Group Two Sapphire (1200m) at Randwick last Saturday for the second-straight year having… Read More »
Trainer Shane Nichols is banking on a truly run Bel Esprit Stakes and a jockey change to bring out the best in Tahitian Dancer at Caulfield. Damien Oliver regains the seat in Saturday’s Listed 1100m race after Tahitian Dancer had her first run back from a spell in Adelaide earlier… Read More »
The final day of Sydney autumn carnival at Randwick could also close out the racing career of dual Group One winner In Her Time. The seven-year-old, who will contest the Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, is due to go under the hammer at next month’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale. There… Read More »
ALL AGED STAKES 1400m, $480,000, weight-for-age at Randwick HISTORY * Before 2004 run over 1600m * First run in 1866 when won by Falcon * Outstanding winners include: Tim Whiffler (1870-71), Carbine (1889-90), Wakeful (1902), Chatham (1934), Peter Pan (1935), Ajax (1938-39-40), Bernborough (1946), San Domenico (1952), Tulloch (1958), Lord… Read More »
Tough mare Benfica Princess’s consistent form has earned her an extra year of racing before heading to the breeding barn. Trainer Kelly Doughty has placed Benfica Princess to perfection and she has won nine races including a victory at Eagle Farm over 1840m last month. However, she gets a chance… Read More »
The juvenile triple crown is still alive for jockey Hugh Bowman who is confident King’s Legacy has what it takes to deliver him the final leg of the series. With different horses and trainers taking out the Golden Slipper (1200m) and Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Bowman is the only one… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan is considering splitting Get Stuck In and Silvera as he uses the Doomben meeting to assess the winter aspirations of some of his top horses. The premier Brisbane trainer, who has already trained 103 winners this season, looks to dominate Saturday’s meeting after accepting with 15 horses…. Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths was looking at having multiple runners contest the second running of The Showdown at Caulfield. The $855,000 race for two-year-olds on Saturday was a target Griffiths had picked out for four of his juveniles. Attracting a field of 16 plus four emergencies, Griffiths has one two-year-old safely… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable has announced a bold plan to run star juvenile Away Game against the older fillies and mares with a light weight in the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide. Two-year-old Away Game has already had a memorable season with four wins from seven starts having… Read More »
Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn’s logistical skills will be fully tested in the next week as his team races in widespread regions under different coronavirus restrictions. Dunn will have at least 20 runners at up to eight different tracks on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He has nominated horses at the… Read More »
Consistent Coastal Prince’s liking for the 1600m trip at Doomben has given him a chance in open company. Coastal Prince’s last four starts have been at Doomben over 1600m where he has recorded a win, second, third and a fourth. He will meet a strong field in the Bernborough Ascot… Read More »
Champion 2YO Filly of Australia main contender, AWAY GAME, has proven such an iron horse since she started racing, that trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace are raising the stakes. She is set to take on open company at Gr 1 level. Not 2YOs this time, but high quality fillies… Read More »
Alligator Blood’s trainer David Vandyke has made an announcement regarding the horses second sample which confirmed the prohibited substance altrenogest in the swab taken from Alligator Blood after he won the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast Vandyke said in a statement that the positive swab and inquiry… Read More »
Group One winning-colt Exceedance will not race on as a four-year-old and will stand at Vinery Stud. Vinery general manager Peter Orton said the decision to retire the Coolmore Stud Stakes winner was made after discussions with the Hawkes Racing training team. “Quite apart from the uncertainty surrounding racing, the… Read More »
Trainer Mark Newnham has a late-season stakes race in his sights for filly Panna Cotta after the juvenile resumed from a spell with a maiden win at Randwick. Panna Cotta stepped out for her second career start in Wednesday’s Hyland Race Colours Plate (1100m) for two-year-old fillies on Randwick’s Kensington… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Sarah Zschoke has been looking forward to the day lightly raced sprinter Eduardo returns to the race track. That day is Saturday in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield, a race the sprinter finished third in 12 months ago. Niggling ailments that neither Zschoke or rider… Read More »
Two-year-olds from the Ciaron Maher Racing team have been to the fore in a host of feature races this season but a juvenile Group One win has so far eluded the stable. Holyfield gets the chance to change that in Saturday’s Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick, the fourth of five… Read More »
Trainer Matt Cumani does not know what he has done to continually to have poor barrier draws for his runners. Cumani has two starters in Saturday’s $855,000 feature, The Showdown, at Caulfield and again cannot believe his bad luck. Last-start Echuca winner Khoekhoe has gate 10 with Coup De Tonnerre,… Read More »
