Co-trainer Tom Dabernig acknowledges that entering cult galloper So Si Bon for the Cox Plate is ambitious but if ever he is going to run in the race, this could be the year to do it. “The Cox Plate may not be as strong due to the travel restrictions,” Dabernig… Read More »
Melody Belle’s trainer Jamie Richards is fast becoming an expert on WhatsApp as he prepares Te Akau Racing’s star gallopers remotely from New Zealand. The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented Richards from travelling to Sydney but he is grateful for the foresight of owner David Ellis, who left Melody Belle and… Read More »
Invincible Spirit’s brilliant Group 1-winning son Shalaa returns to Arrowfield next week on a wave of racetrack and sale-ring success that will keep the spotlight on his first-crop Australian runners this season. The good news keeps coming from Shalaa’s first northern hemisphere juveniles. On Tuesday he recorded his 4th individual… Read More »
Australia’s most iconic and watched race day has been bolstered by the VRC with more stakes races added to the program. Melbourne Cup day will now be run with two additional stakes races with the VRC to run the G3 Maribyrnong Plate and the Listed TAB Trophy on the program… Read More »
Star Queensland filly Kisukano will have a change of Spring plans as she continues to have barrier issues. Kisukano was required to trial satisfactory to receive a barrier certificate after receiving an embargo from stewards for being difficult to load however she failed to pass the test. Trainer Michael Nolan… Read More »
Godolphin filly Tiny has earned herself a shot at better races after scoring a fighting win over superbly bred colt Cat D’Oro at Canterbury. The three-year-olds, both having just their second starts, settled down to battle out the finish of Wednesday’s 1100m race with Tiny lifting for Kerrin McEvoy to… Read More »
Former Kiwi three-year-old Wertheimer has kicked off his Australian career in winning style for co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young with an impressive performance at Cranbourne. After the victory, Young said Wertheimer would be set for the Victoria Derby at Flemington. Ridden by champion jockey Damien Oliver, Wertheimer was strongly… Read More »
Trainer Julius Sandhu will use the Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington as a litmus test for his enigmatic stable recruit Trope. Sandhu, who has been training for only two years, is hoping the five-year-old can confirm his belief that he is a genuine Group One sprinter. Sandhu trains… Read More »
He broke his maiden in a $2 million race and another lucrative target beckons for Prime Star if he can measure up against the better three-year-olds this spring. The Richard and Michael Freedman-trained gelding holds a nomination for the Group One Golden Rose and will face a serious test of… Read More »
Victoria Racing Club chairman Neil Wilson is still hoping minimal crowds can attend the Melbourne spring carnival and the club is making plans around this scenario. Wilson said the VRC had been working on a number of contingencies in response to the COVID-19 situation but they had the advantage of… Read More »
The newly former Ken and Kasey Key’s training partnership has recorded it’s first win at Cranbourne on Wednesday. Trainer Ken Key’s has joined forces with his daughter Kasey to create a formidable training partnership and it did not take long to prove fruitful with Clean Acheeva winning the fifth race… Read More »
The horse at the centre of the controversial Randwick scratching last weekend, is scheduled to race at Rosehill this Saturday. Her name is MONTEFILIA (Kermadec-Bana Wu) and last weekend her scratching sent punters and rival trainers to the rule books after Racing NSW stewards tweeted she had been scratched due… Read More »
Kris Lees will have his bases covered for the first Group race of the Sydney season, regardless of whether the forecast rain arrives. The Newcastle horseman, who finished last term as the leading trainer in NSW with 193 winners, has stable mainstay Le Romain and the emerging Special Reward in… Read More »
Shortly after the Rosehill acceptances this morning a scare charged through the camp of Kiwi trainer Jamie Richards. His New Zealand champion MELODY BELLE (Commands-Meleka Belle) came out in a rash. Now, this doesn’t stop them performing but stewards can scratch a horse based on the ugly appearance a rash… Read More »
Three fillies share ‘All In’ Thousand Guineas favouritism at TAB with Hungry Heart, Instant Celebrity and Personal all $11 after nominations were confirmed. The Chris Waller-trained Hungry Heart won the Sweet Embrace Stakes – a lead-up to the Golden Slipper – at Randwick on February 29. The Phillip Stokes-trained Instant… Read More »
Group 1 winners King’s Legacy and Tagaloa, along with the unbeaten Peltzer, have opened $10 ‘All In’ equal favourites at TAB for the Caulfield Guineas on October 10 after the announcement of official nominations. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained King’s Legacy is already a dual Group 1 winner after taking… Read More »
Two up and coming star stayers headline the betting for the 2020 Cox Plate to be staged at Moonee Valley on October 24 with Master Of Wine and Russian Camelot opening $11 ‘All In’ equal favourites at TAB after the announcement of official nominations. Master Of Wine – trained by… Read More »
Connections of Juan Diva will be hoping it’s a case of patience afforded equates to patience rewarded when the lightly-raced mare resumes at Canterbury. Juan Diva was a pre-post favourite for a race at Randwick on Saturday but the task of an outside gate on the heavy-rated track prompted co-trainers… Read More »
Prizemoney for the Schweppes Thousand Guineas was doubled to $1 million in 2019 and that pool has been retained in 2020 despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Market 💰: View the Odds for the Thousand Guineas A total of 238 three-year-old fillies were today entered for the Group 1… Read More »
The Caulfield Guineas is Australia’s premier three-year-old mile and the headline among four Group 1 races on Saturday, 10 October – the opening day of the 2020 Caulfield Cup Carnival. Market 💰: View the Odds for the Caulfield Guineas A total of 264 horses have been nominated for the $2… Read More »
