One person not surprised by the second placing of Turnitaround in a stakes race at Caulfield is his trainer Matthew Williams. What did surprise Williams was the $51 about the gelding for his first-up second in the Group Three Victoria Handicap on March 31. Turnitaround returns to Caulfield on Saturday… Read More »
Trapeze Artist has gone from the hunter to the hunted with the three-year-old colt favourite in early markets to claim a third Group One win in the All Aged Stakes. He is at $2.50 with the TAB after his decisive win over Redzel in the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes… Read More »
Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time is one of a number of Lindsay Park big names set to trial at Tatura. Boom Time won last year’s Caulfield Cup under Cory Parish before going on to finish 15th to Rekindling in the Melbourne Cup. He then travelled to Tokyo for the Japan… Read More »
Outstanding first-season sire Spirit of Boom will stand for a Queensland record service fee of $55,000 at Eureka Stud. Spirit of Boom is Australia’s leading first-season sire by winners with 11 individual winners of 16 races from 35 horses to race. He has had four stakes race winners – Ef… Read More »
Trainer Aaron Purcell has slipped back into a quieter lifestyle at Warrnambool after enjoying a hectic six months as the replacement trainer for suspended Ciaron Maher. Since handing back the reins to Maher, Purcell has only had six runners in the ensuing two weeks. On Sunday he won the Terang… Read More »
The new-look Kensington track at Randwick is ready for racing after several barrier trials to test the surface. The inner track at Sydney’s premier course will be used on Wednesday for racing for the first time since November 2014. The Kensington track was rebuilt at the same time the new… Read More »
The much-travelled Highland Reel will return to Australia, this time to stand at Victoria’s Swettenham Stud. Trained in Ireland by Aidan O’Brien, Highland Reel ran third to Winx in the 2015 Cox Plate and won seven Group One races in the United States, Hong Kong and England. He is by… Read More »
Godolphin stalwart Hartnell is among 17 entries for the Group One All Aged Stakes on the final day of Sydney’s autumn carnival. A triple Group One winner and multiple placegetter, Hartnell has not raced since finishing out of the placings in the Australian Cup at Flemington on March 10. Three-year-old… Read More »
Apprentice Stephanie Lacy has had a one-month suspension on a handling charge quashed in another case highlighting delays in appeals in Queensland. She has been riding on a stay since last August. Lacy was outed after riding Kulaba in a race at the Sunshine Coast on July 23 last year…. Read More »
Champion mare Winx could line-up in this years $13 Everest as an alternative to her chasing a fourth Cox Plate. Owners of the mare have invested in a slot with Chris Waller which would enable Winx the ability to take her spot in The Everest Field if they feel it… Read More »
Ben Smith is envisaging another Group One success with El Dorado Dreaming as the anguish of In Her Time’s TJ Smith Stakes run subsides. Smith said the two-year-old filly pulled up well after her giant-killing run in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick on April 7, when the $81… Read More »
With winter approaching, apprentice Tahlia Hope has scored a timely double at Caulfield as she prepares to ride without her country claim. Hope added her first Saturday metropolitan double to a midweek pair at Sandown, giving the 19-year-old her ninth city victory. Both winners, Kapaulenko and Magic Consol, are trained… Read More »
Any stud plans for Trapeze Artist are on hold with the colt to line up in the All Aged Stakes before being set for the $13 million Everest. Owner Bert Vieira has been in talks with breeders but has told trainer Gerald Ryan the focus will be to get Trapeze… Read More »
Leading Queensland sprinter Most Important has trialled brilliantly as he prepares to prove he is up to Group One company. Most Important has been one of Queensland’s most consistent horses having won nine races and $847,000 prize money. The five-year-old hasn’t started since winning the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m)… Read More »
