South Australian trainer Gordon Richards hopes the euphoria of a Group One win at Flemington can be repeated when Bold Star runs in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. Richards won his first Group One race when Gytrash took out the Lightning Stakes at Flemington last week and admitted he was… Read More »
Tommy Berry has had a win in his appeal against a riding suspension with the Racing NSW Appeal Panel overturning his 15-meeting penalty. The top jockey was outed by stewards for failing to ride out Kentucky Wildcat in a race at Warwick Farm on Inglis Millennium day, a suspension which… Read More »
The Coolmore Classic is a race close to trainer Kris Lees’ heart and he hopes at least two of the stable’s mares can confirm their credentials for the Group One race when they clash at Rosehill. His father and champion trainer, the late Max Lees, had a special affinity with… Read More »
It will be apt if popular sprinter Ringo’s A Rockstar can win the Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on the same day the Silver Slipper is run in Sydney. Ringo’s A Rockstar won seven races when trained by the late Norm ” Whopper” Stephens who died a week short of… Read More »
A year after winning the Hobartville Stakes on The Autumn Sun, Kerrin McEvoy has been tasked with delivering a similar result aboard another of Arrowfield Stud’s stallions-in-waiting. The top jockey will have his first race ride on star colt and Cox Plate runner-up Castelvecchio, who resumes in Saturday’s 1400-metre Group… Read More »
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have numbers on their side in pursuit of a maiden win in the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Maher and Eustace saddle six runners in Saturday’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes over 1200m, three colts – Ideas Man, Rathlin and Tanker – and three fillies… Read More »
Queensland star Alligator Blood has topped the polling for the second edition of the $5 million All-Star Mile which will be raced at Caulfield this year. The top 10 vote getters who have secured spots in the rich race at Caulfield on March 14 were revealed on Thursday, headed by… Read More »
Noted speedster Super Too is likely to have a change of racing pattern when she makes her Brisbane debut at Eagle Farm. Super Too is one of three horses premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has accepted with in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1000m). Glenlogan Park paid $550,000 for the mare at… Read More »
Mark Zahra’s appeal against the severity of a careless riding suspension has been unsuccessful, with the jockey to miss the Australian Guineas meeting. Zahra was banned for careless riding aboard Lightning Stakes winner Gytrash at Flemington last Saturday. He lodged an appeal against the severity of the eight-meeting penalty, hoping… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp believes stable apprentice Madeleine Wishart and stablemates In Your Element and Naval Strike get their chance for a change of luck at Eagle Farm. Wishart will ride In Your Element in the Trump Flooring Handicap (2200m) and Naval Strike in the QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap (1400m) on… Read More »
Native River will not get the chance to win another Cheltenham Gold Cup after being sidelined by a suspensory injury. Winner of the race in 2018, he would have been heading back to the Festival next month aiming to become the first horse since Kauto Star in 2009 to regain… Read More »
Holyfield has lived up to his name with a fighting victory at Sandown to remain unbeaten in two race starts. Named after boxer Evander Holyfield, the two-year-old fought back after being headed in the Sandown straight on Wednesday to win the Ladbrokes Handicap (1400m). The victory continued the success of… Read More »
Mark Zahra has lodged an appeal against the severity of a careless riding suspension which threatens to sideline him for the Australian Guineas meeting at Flemington. Zahra was suspended for eight meetings at Flemington last Saturday after pleading guilty to careless riding aboard Gytrash when winning the Group One Lightning… Read More »
Former smart stakes performer Rich Enuff got his first winner as a sire when promising Plutocrat won on debut at Doomben. Rich Enuff won the Caulfield Guineas Prelude and was second to Shooting To Win in the 2014 Caulfield Guineas when trained by Ken Keys. After a short stint with… Read More »
Three years after finishing second to stablemate Sheidel in the Oakleigh Plate, noted fresh sprinter Faatinah is set for another crack at the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Faatinah will be first-up since November in Saturday’s Oakleigh Plate (1100m) and the multiple stakes winner takes in an enviable fresh record… Read More »
After making the move from New Zealand to set up stables at Cranbourne, training and life partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are transforming their business. Before that shift to Victoria three years ago, Busuttin and Young concentrated on the New Zealand sales looking for stayers with the hope of… Read More »
Shane Nichols is realistic about Streets Of Avalon’s chances of upstaging some established stars in the Futurity Stakes but the trainer is adamant the sprinter-miler has something in his favour. Nichols and connections of Streets Of Avalon are preparing to run the five-year-old on a seven-day back-up in Saturday’s weight-for-age… Read More »
The Victoria Derby remains the race that got away from Shadow Hero and posed more questions than answers. The Group One Spring Champion Stakes winner started favourite in the 2500m-Classic on November 2 but finished fifth in a strung-out field, 10 lengths from the winner Warning. Shadow Hero’s trainer Mark… Read More »
Trainer Barry Baldwin is struggling to get fan favourite The Candy Man ready for the Group One Doncaster Mile. The Candy Man turned in what appeared the poorest run of his career when sixth in the $1 million Magic Millions Trophy (2400m) on January 14. The gelding was diagnosed with… Read More »
Talented Ballistic Boy will miss the Group Two Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill and give trainer Chris Anderson a two-handed assault at Eagle Farm. Australia has a vintage crop of three-year-olds this season and Queensland is no different with Ballistic Boy and stablemate Profit among the best. The pair are raced… Read More »
