Short-priced favourite Alizee has duly won the Group Two Missile Stakes but not quite as easily as might have been expected. Sent out at $1.30 in Saturday’s five-horse field, Alizee strode to the lead rounding the turn and looked to be cruising to a comprehensive victory in the 1200m-race. Invincible… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy doubts Vinland will be a major spring player despite recording a convincing victory at Flemington. McEvoy said the heavy track conditions in Saturday’s VRC Member Emma Duffy Handicap had suited Vinland, but the first sign of a firm track will see the gelding head to the paddock…. Read More »
Crowd favourite Jungle Edge has been banned from racing for three months after bleeding from both nostrils at Flemington today. The Mick Bell trained Jungle Edge has been handed a three month ban from racing after vets reported the horse bled from both nostrils following his run at Flemington. Jungle… Read More »
Caloundra trainer David Vandyke had a warning for his spring carnival rivals after his unbeaten gelding Alligator Blood scored a runaway win at Doomben. Alligator Blood ($4.20) made it three wins from three starts when he raced away to beat Scathing ($4) by three lengths in the AQWA Construction Handicap… Read More »
Spring plans are still to be decided for promising three-year-old Heirborn who has remained unbeaten from two starts with a hard-fought victory at Flemington. The Anthony Freedman-trained gelding raced to a convincing win in a 1300m maiden on debut at Bendigo late last month before getting home by a head… Read More »
Well-bred but slow maturing three-year-old Subedar has translated his winning provincial form to Rosehill with a strong victory over 1400 metres. Subedar is by four-time Group One winner Sepoy out of Virage de Fortune who fetched a then-record $3.4 million in 2007 for a horse sold at public auction in… Read More »
Rockhampton galloper The Tax Accountant achieved a series of firsts with his exciting win in the Country Highway Plate at Doomben. The Tax Accountant ($2.70) charged home off a fast early pace to catch the leader Bobby Axelrod ($12) at the 150m mark and go on to record a 2-1/4… Read More »
Apprentice Teo Nugent is quickly rising through the ranks and has recorded a milestone victory aboard Jinda at Flemington. The win on the Chris and Pat Hyland-trained stayer in Saturday’s VRC Member Paul Barnard Handicap was the apprentice’s 20th metropolitan, reducing Nugent’s city claim to 2kg. Backed from $31 to… Read More »
Mackay trainer John Manzelmann’s decision to put some stayers on the float to Brisbane to accompany his runner in a Highway race paid off when one of them caused a huge upset at Doomben. Calypso Bay ($81) stormed home late to beat Harper’s Choice ($10) by a neck with a… Read More »
Group One winning Australian jockey Jamie Kah has hit out at the British racing industry calling it ‘backwards’ in regards to the opportunities for female jockeys. Kah is in England to ride in the Shergar Cup in Hayley Turner’s Girls team but when she spoke to the British media she… Read More »
Trainer Tim Martin has been disqualified for six months on an improper action charge relating to the purchase of a filly. Racing NSW stewards found that Martin, who pleaded guilty to the charge on Friday, failed to pay New Zealand Bloodstock all funds received from shareholders who bought a 55… Read More »
Champion English horse Roaring Lion has returned to New Zealand’s Cambridge Stud to continue his recovery from two colic surgeries. Roaring Lion, a four-time Group One winner and champion three-year-old of 2018, was sent to New Zealand to serve the southern hemisphere breeding season but developed colic immediately after leaving… Read More »
One trainer not unhappy with the cold snap and associated rain sweeping Victoria is Tony McEvoy who has a number of quality contenders engaged at Flemington. The track is already in the soft range for Saturday’s meeting and with rain forecast for race-day, it may deteriorate. McEvoy sees the conditions… Read More »
Group One handicaps figure in trainer Danny O’Brien’s spring plans for Iconoclasm who will press his claims for those lofty targets in Melbourne’s first stakes race of the season at Flemington. Iconoclasm races for the first time in two months in Saturday’s Group Three Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m). The horse… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Steve Tregea is hoping for a change of luck at Doomben after spending more time than he wanted at the veterinary clinic this week. Tregea is coming off one of his best seasons with his “Three Musketeers”, Bergerac, Niccanova and Prioritise all performing well in top company. Bergerac… Read More »
After making an immediate impression at his first start during the final week of his juvenile season, Heirborn is favoured to take another step up in his city debut at Flemington. Heirborn strode to a 3-3/4-length victory in a 1300m-maiden against older horses at Bendigo on July 28 and runs… Read More »
Tough stayer Exoteric can justify the decision to race him for another season by winning at Doomben. Exoteric will have a sharp drop in class when he tackles Saturday’s TAB Open Handicap (2200m). Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller has won about 40 middle distance and staying races in Queensland since… Read More »
Jockey Tim Clark has laid down the challenge to Dawn Passage to convert his abundant promise into racetrack results, starting with the first three-year-old stakes race of the Sydney season. The Tulloch Lodge-trained colt resumes in the Listed Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday and it will be no walk… Read More »
Ballarat trainer Mitchell Freedman has been handed the task of rejuvenating the career of Bassett. The recently turned seven-year-old runs for the first time for Freedman in Saturday’s VRC Member Brenda Nugent Handicap (1000m) at Flemington. Bassett started his career with Peter Moody before being transferred to Mick Price’s stable… Read More »
Trainer Ian Williams has ruled out sending Magic Circle back to Australia for a second shot at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November. The seven-year-old, who was unplaced as second favourite last year, is set to be seen next in the Listed Chester Stakes on August 31. Finishing third… Read More »
