A nine race card has been assembled for Happy Valley this Wednesday night where the feature race is the JRA Cup, a Class Two event over the 1650m. Race One: 6 Starlot Race Two: 3 Zhan Jiang Rocks Race Three: 1 Everbrave Race Four: 8 Aurora Pegasus Race Five: 11… Read More »
Dual Group One-winning New Zealand sprinter The Bostonian is among the horses chasing a spot in The $14 million Everest via the Group Two Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield. The Tony Pike-trained The Bostonian is one of nine acceptors for Saturday’s 1100m Schillaci, with the winner to be offered the slot… Read More »
There will be no repeat of Chris Waller’s clean-sweep of Group One races this weekend with the trainer unrepresented in two of the five top-level events. Waller won all three Group One races at Randwick on Saturday and the Turnbull Stakes at Caulfield. He will have runners in the Caulfield… Read More »
Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan will resist the temptation to take classy mare Outback Barbie south after an impressive trial win at Doomben and keep her for the Queensland summer. Outback Barbie raced in Group One company during the winter and was far from disgraced but Gollan has decided to… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas favourite Dalasan remains in the hunt for the Cox Plate after third acceptances closed for the $5 million weight-for-age race at The Valley. A total of 35 horses remain in contention for the 2040m showpiece on October 26 after third declarations on Tuesday. Dalasan, a $15 chance in… Read More »
A total of 45 horses remain in contention for the Caulfield Cup following the latest round of declarations. Second acceptances were taken on Tuesday for the $5 million Caulfield Cup over 2400m on October 19 with places for a start still up for grabs. The field limit for the race… Read More »
Godolphin-owned filly Flit is a clear-cut favourite for the $1 million Group One Thousand Guineas and jockey Hugh Bowman is confident only bad luck will beat her. Flit is the $2 favourite in a field of nine for Saturday’s 1600m-feature for three-year-old fillies at Caulfield and came up with barrier… Read More »
Cox Plate invitee Danceteria is set to kick off his Australian campaign in the Caulfield Stakes following a pleasing track gallop at Werribee. Danceteria clears quarantine on Saturday to run in the 2000m weight-for-age race later that afternoon ahead of the 2019 Cox Plate. The gelding’s English-based French trainer David… Read More »
Connections of Night’s Watch hope the decision to bypass the Turnbull Stakes with the gelding will be rewarded with a Group One win in the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield. The Chris Waller-trained Night’s Watch was taken to Caulfield early on Tuesday morning and turned in a sharp gallop over 1000m… Read More »
Dalasan has eased as Caulfield Guineas favourite after a wide draw but his Hall of Fame trainer Leon Macdonald remains confident the colt can still get the job done in the $2 million race. A field of 16 plus three emergencies has been declared for Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas (1600m) for… Read More »
Weight-for-age star Avilius has continued preparations for his next assignment in the Caulfield Stakes with a solo gallop at the venue of the Group One race. The James Cummings-trained Avilius has won his only two previous Caulfield races in February this year, the Carlyon Cup and Peter Young Stakes, and… Read More »
Star jockey James McDonald is confident Kubrick has what it takes to emulate his sire Shooting To Win in the Group One Caulfield Guineas. McDonald has won two Caulfield Guineas, his first aboard Shooting To Win for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden five years ago and the other a year… Read More »
Star Japanese mare Lys Gracieux will be given the opportunity to gain experience at The Valley before she runs in the Cox Plate. Sharing favouritism for the $5 million Cox Plate at $5 with Godolphin’s Avilius, Lys Gracieux will be taken to The Valley for a gallop and a look… Read More »
Star Godolphin sprinter Osborne Bulls will miss the remainder of the Spring Racing Carnival after pulling up lame in Saturday’s Premiere Stakes. Trainer James Cummings has opted to pull the pin on Osborne Bulls’ Spring campaign after Osborne Bulls continued to display lameness in the off foreleg following his run… Read More »
Jockey Tegan Harrison looks likely to avoid surgery after being injured in a fall at Doomben but could still be sidelined for up to three months. Harrison was one of four jockeys involved in a chain reaction fall on Monday. The other three Michael Cahill, Brad Stewart and Jake Bayliss… Read More »
Dalasan is an easing favourite for the Group One Caulfield Guineas after drawing the second-widest barrier in the field of 16 plus three emergencies. To be ridden by Hugh Bowman, the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Dalasan has moved from $2.40 to $2.90 for Saturday’s 1600m-race. Queenslander Alligator Blood, who… Read More »
The favourites for the 2019 Caulfield Guineas have all drawn wide barriers for the feature race on Saturday. The short priced favourite for the race Dalasan has drawn barrier eighteen with second favourite Alligator Blood to jump from thirteen and third favourite Kubrick to start from barrier seventeen. Market 💰:… Read More »
Favourite Flit has drawn barrier two in the Group One Thousand Guineas at Caulfield with Hugh Bowman to ride. The Godolphin filly remains at $2 in Thousand Guineas odds with her James Cummings-trained stablemate Tenley to start from seven for Kerrin McEvoy. Another Godolphin filly, Lyre from the Anthony Freedman… Read More »
Trainer Adam Trinder has confirmed Mystic Journey will press on to the $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley after her fifth placing in the Turnbull Stakes. Mystic Journey was tested over 2000m for the first time in Saturday’s Turnbull at Flemington and came from back in the field to… Read More »
After finishing a close second behind Kolding in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick last Saturday, Te Akau Shark will now begin preparations for the Cox Plate. Te Akau Shark’s owner David Ellis confirmed the news that he would head to the Cox Plate 2019 after pulling up well from his… Read More »
