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 »
Racing will remain on hold beyond the end of April after the British Horseracing Authority extended its suspension on meetings in Britain. Action ceased on March 18 because of the coronavirus pandemic, with the BHA announcing a halt to all fixtures until at least May 1. The government subsequently introduced… 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 »
France Galop remains hopeful of resuming racing behind closed doors in May. French racing was staged without spectators last month before France Galop announced a suspension of meetings between March 17 and April 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic. While French President Emmanuel Macron has extended the country’s lockdown until… 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 »
Jockey-of-the-moment Tom Marquand has been fined for a breach of the protocols surrounding coronavirus. The visiting English rider won his second Sydney Group One race on Addeybb in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. With racing continuing in the absence of spectators, Marquand celebrated by embracing Addeybb’s groom… Read More »
Veteran jockey Robbie Fradd made the most of a quick visit to the Sunshine Coast, landing a double from his only two rides. The much-travelled South African has been riding as well as ever with 87-1/2 winners this season. Fradd won on Sheezasinga ($3) for trainer Barry Lockwood and See… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth is pretty good. Race One: 1 Galaxy Racer Race Two: 10 Compassion Spirit Race Three: 2 Triumphant Horse Race Four: 1 Happy Good Guys Race Five: 9 Smart… Read More »
