Trainer Robbie Griffiths knew early that Halvorsen would prove an above-average horse. The three-year-old recorded his fourth win from 11 starts when successful in Saturday’s VOBIS Gold Dash at Caulfield with Griffiths now raising the bar. “He’s a exciting horse and we knew all along he would be,” Griffiths said…. Read More »
Promising three-year-old Tarwin has continued a rise through the grades with victory in the $300,000 VOBIS 3YO Sires at Caulfield. The gelding was sent out the $2.20 favourite in Saturday’s 1600m race off the back of a convincing win at the same track two weeks earlier. With Beau Mertens aboard,… Read More »
Trainer Bjorn Baker is dreaming big with tough mare Irithea who will be nominated for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap after breaking through for a stakes win at Hawkesbury. The five-year-old was jumped straight to the front by Josh Parr in Saturday’s Group Three Hawkesbury Crown (1300m) and never relinquished… Read More »
Tasmanian trainer Adam Trinder will let the owners celebrate the win of Twitchy Frank at Caulfield before pressing them for a decision on a potential Group One start. A former member of the Darren Weir stable, Twitchy Frank has won two of her four starts since joining Trinder’s team, adding… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick’s support for first-season sire Better Than Ready was repaid when Jagged Edge won the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm. In a tricky three-way photo which had most of the crowd divided, Jagged Edge ($6) beat Deep Sea ($3.40) by a nose with a short half-head to… Read More »
After a few recent runner-up finishes, Ocean Deep has broken through for another win at Caulfield. After winning a midweeker at Caulfield earlier this campaign in December, the four-year-old had notched three seconds from her past five outings, including her past two starts, but wasn’t going to be denied again… Read More »
Trainer Stuart Kendrick’s support for first-season sire Better Than Ready was repaid when Jagged Edge won the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Eagle Farm. In a tricky three-way photo which had most of the crowd divided, Jagged Edge ($6) beat Deep Sea ($3.40) by a nose with a short half-head to… Read More »
Australian mare Viddora has been cleared to start in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong but Zac Purton has lost his mount with Mr Stunning failing a veterinary test. Viddora has been monitored since early this week when she was found to have some lameness in a hind leg… Read More »
One of Queensland’s most famous sets of racing colours could make another appearance in the Group One Queensland Derby after Crafty Spirit’s win at Eagle Farm. Crafty Spirit ($10) made it two wins on end when he won the Sporting Chance Foundation Quality. The gelding races in the same colours… Read More »
Blake Shinn was quick to praise rival jockey Robbie Fradd after Le Juge continued his outstanding Queensland form at Eagle Farm. Le Juge ($2.35) made it six wins and two minor placings since coming to Queensland when he beat Master Zephyr ($61) by a length in the Hoppy’s Handwash Cafe… Read More »
Tough stayer Sir Barnabus earned himself a start in next week’s Gold Coast Cup with his win at Eagle Farm. Jockey MIchael Cahill took Sir Barnabus ($5) to the lead at the 900m and he went on to beat Meteorologist ($34) by three-quarters of a length in the Raelene Boyle… Read More »
Te Rapa headlines New Zealand’s racing on Saturday with the Travis Stakes headlining a quality card of racing. View our tips and bets for Saturday’s Te Rapa meeting in NZ. Race One: 3 Anarchy Race Two: 1 Rainbow Dash Race Three: 7 Operator Race Four: 2 Pinmedown Race Five: 14… Read More »
The starters in the inaugural running of The Showdown have been given the green light by Racing Victoria vets to run in the $1 million race at Caulfield. However three of the two-year-olds will be re-examined on course on Saturday. The Leon and Troy Corstens pair of Free Thrills and… Read More »
Six weeks after combining to win the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile with star filly Mystic Journey, trainer Adam Trinder and jockey Anthony Darmanin will link again in Melbourne to try to win the VOBIS Gold Distaff with Twitchy Frank. Trinder and Darmanin scaled some of the heights of Australian… Read More »
Nature Strip has tuned up for his next Group One assignment with a barrier trial win at Randwick, although things did not quite go to plan. With James McDonald visibly restraining him to sit behind the leaders, Nature Strip threw his head around until his jockey decided against the tactic… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has opted for the combination of ear muffs and winkers in a bid to try to help Sunlight’s younger sibling Sisstar deliver on a long-range target in the inaugural $1 million The Showdown at Caulfield. Sisstar, younger sister to multiple Group One winning stablemate Sunlight, is yet… Read More »
Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has got an extension on the time in which he has to make final submissions on two charges which involve allegations of using a jigger Currie’s lawyers went to the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Friday afternoon seeking a judicial review of a stewards direction in… Read More »
Singapore will host another Friday night meeting at Kranji racecourse in what looks to be another good betting meeting as we head into a big weekend of racing. View our Singapore tips and bets. Race One: 6 Paperback Trooper Race Two: 10 Howl Race Three: 12 Big Hearted Race Four:… Read More »
Speedy Fiery Heights has recovered fully from a tough Sydney trip to be poised to tackle the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm. Fiery Heights was far from disgraced in Sydney where he ran fifth in both the Group Three Maurice McCarten Stakes and Group Three Star Kingdom Stakes… Read More »
Joe Pride considers himself a pretty good judge of horse flesh and has his runners primed for the Hawkesbury feature meeting. But the trainer admits to being challenged last week when he was assessing equestrian horses at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show. “I was a judge at the show and it… Read More »
