A class program has been assembled for Churchill Downs on Saturday with the first day of the Breeders Cup seeing some crack youngsters assembled. Race One: 5 Enthrall Race Two: 6 Captain Von Trapp Race Three: 1 Casses Story Race Four: 2 Improbable Race Five: 1 Strike Silver Race Six:… Read More »
A host of prized colts will be running for much more than the $1 million purse in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington. Victory in Saturday’s Group One sprint for three-year-olds, which has become an important stallion-making race, would significantly enhance any of the nine colts’ future value. But there… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Steve O’Dea has had Group One runners before but none with the ability of Sesar and the potential to be better than he is now. The colt runs in Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington as a leading chance and victory would make him the first Queensland-trained horse… Read More »
John Sadler’s association with Sircconi has been short but so far fruitful and goes to another level in the Group One Kennedy Mile at Flemington. Sircconi made his way to Sadler’s Caulfield stable when the property his former trainer Peter Morgan was operating from was put on the market. That… Read More »
Charlie Fellowes would prefer not to run A Prince Of Arran in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington. But the English trainer concedes he has no other option as he tries to secure a 2018 Melbourne Cup start for the stayer. A Prince Of Arran is 28th in the latest ballot… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price will rely on Group One-winning filly Seabrook and replacement jockey Michael Dee to represent his stable on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington. The winner of the Champagne Stakes at Randwick in April, Seabrook is one of four three-year-olds in Saturday’s Group One… Read More »
As the overseer of Peter Moody’s satellite stable in Sydney, Clare Cunningham worked with some serious racehorses. She was there during the heady days of Black Caviar’s unbeaten run, a time she appreciates more now she’s a trainer in her own right. “When I worked for Peter we had Saturday… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Redkirk Warrior has won a jump-out at Flemington, putting him on track for the VRC Sprint Classic. Redkirk Warrior is a straight-track specialist having won two Newmarket Handicaps and a Lightning Stakes at Group One level at Flemington. The sprinter has been aimed at Saturday week’s… Read More »
Trainer Chris Waller will order a blood test to determine whether Patrick Erin is fit to run in the Lexus Stakes in a last-ditch effort to qualify for the Melbourne Cup. Patrick Erin was scratched from Wednesday’s Bendigo Cup because of a mildly elevated temperature. The winner of the Group… Read More »
European trainers John Gosden and Aidan O’Brien have watched their charges work in sodden conditions at Churchill Downs. Plenty of rain has hit the Louisville circuit where Gosden is set to saddle dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable in the Breeders’ Cup Turf and Roaring Lion in the… Read More »
Winx has come through her historic Cox Plate win with flying colours and will now get the chance to enjoy a break in the paddock before any decision is made on her racing future. The champion won a record fourth Cox Plate on Saturday at Moonee Valley, stretching her unbeaten… Read More »
One-timeĀ Melbourne CupĀ favourite Kings Will Dream is expected to survive after suffering from a pelvic fracture during the 2018 Cox Plate. Kings Will Dream was taken to aĀ Ballarat Veterinary Clinic after suffering from aĀ pelvic fracture and a ruptured a blood vessel during the Cox Plate. Managing owner Brad Spicer said on… Read More »
Sydney trainers Chris Waller and the partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are well and truly caught up in the spring carnival in Melbourne but will each welcome potential contenders for next year after buying at the Tattersalls tried horses sale at Newmarket in England. Victorian trainers Mike Moroney… Read More »
Red Verdon will undergo a veterinary examination before final acceptances for the Melbourne Cup 2018 after missing a trackwork session at Werribee with a bruised heel. Racing Victoria stewards said in a statement the bruising was detected before Red Verdon was supposed to gallop on Thursday morning. It resulted in… Read More »
Encryption has at least one thing over his rivals as he prepares for the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes. As the winner of the Group Two Danehill Stakes in September, the Godolphin-owned colt is the only horse in Saturday’s field of 10 three-year-olds to have won on the straight course… Read More »
EMPIRE ROSE STAKES * The Empire Rose Stakes is a Group One, $500,000 weight-for-age race * It is run at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse over 1600m by fillies and mares only HISTORY * Formerly known as the Myer Classic, the race is named after champion mare Empire Rose who completed the… Read More »
Mornington-based Shane Nichols is looking forward to I Am A Star’s attempt at creating another piece of history in the Group One Empire Rose Stakes. I Am A Star became the first three-year-old to win the Group One race restricted to fillies and mares and two years later is aiming… Read More »
Long Leaf’s family features a host of classy sprinters and connections of the talented colt believe a decision to save him for the stallion-making Coolmore Stud Stakes can be rewarded at Flemington. “We’ve come to the conclusion we think he’s a really good fresh sprinter,” co-trainer Ben Hayes said. Long… Read More »
Sydney trainer Mark Newnham has every reason to approach the Melbourne Cup carnival with confidence, having hand-picked three horses he believes are going to be suited by the spacious Flemington track. Newnham recently trained his first Group One winner when Maid Of Heaven beat Victoria Derby contender Aramayo to win… Read More »
Unraced two-year-olds are largely unknown quantities but Stuart Kendrick should have a deeper knowledge than most of his first starters at Doomben. The trainer, who runs Embattled in the juvenile colts and geldings race and Cabochon Lil in the fillies division, has links to the respective families of both. He… Read More »
