A strong nine race card has been assembled for Happy Valley on Wednesday night, where the feature race is the Class 3 Hong Kong Club Challenge Cup (1650m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: Deposit $400… Read More »
Caulfield Guineas winner Press Statement is unlikely to run in the star-studded Eskimo Prince Stakes with trainer Chris Waller preferring a 1400-metre race for the colt’s return. Saturday’s 1200m-Group Three sprint for three-year-olds at Randwick attracted 23 entries including Press Statement’s Group One winning stablemates Japonisme and Vanbrugh. Waller said… Read More »
A host of stakes-performed three-year-olds are poised to clash in the Manfred Stakes at Caulfield. The Group Three Manfred (1200m) is one of three stakes races on Saturday’s program along with the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) for two-year-olds and the Listed W J Adams Stakes (1000m). The Manfred Stakes… Read More »
A barrier trial in New Zealand will have a bearing on the autumn carnivals in Sydney and Melbourne. Emirates Stakes winner Turn Me Loose and Rosehill Guineas winner Volkstok’n’barrell will both run over 1200 metres at Avondale on Tuesday ahead of Australian campaigns. Turn Me Loose is scheduled to run… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida’s strike rate in Sydney is impressive and he is looking to keep it that way in the Breeders’ Classic. Miss Cover Girl returns to the scene of her biggest win when she runs in the 1200m-Group Two race for fillies and mares at Randwick on Saturday… Read More »
Hasselhoof comes to Australia with a perfect winning record and ever-growing fan club which numbers his namesake among the faithful. The four-year-old is unbeaten in six starts in New Zealand and will be out to maintain his strike rate in a 1600m-open handicap at Randwick on Saturday. The winner of… Read More »
Jason Warren is still getting a handle on what Puritan’s best distance will be but he has high hopes for the three-year-old during the autumn. Saturday’s Group Three Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield is the planned return race for Puritan who won a barrier trial is easy fashion at Geelong… Read More »
Trainer Mick Price is convinced everything is on track for Tarzino’s Australian Derby campaign despite the colt finishing at the tail of the field in a barrier trial at Geelong. Monday’s trials were switched from the turf to the synthetic track and Victoria Derby winner Tarzino went around at the… Read More »
The Peter Moody-trained Hell Of An Effort will be out to continue an unbeaten start to his career when he runs for the first time in more than a month at Caulfield. Hell Of An Effort won at Geelong on debut in December before heading to town and impressing with… Read More »
Grand Proposal has the distinction of winning the inaugural Highway Handicap and will be out to claim another as her lead-up to the Country Championships. The Neville Layt-trained mare is one of 28 nominations for Saturday’s 1200m-race at Randwick restricted to country horses. After her win on October 17, Grand… Read More »
Trainer Chris Munce will vigorously defend his apprentice Michael Murphy in his appeal against a three-week suspension for a handling offence. The former champion jockey said he would appear for Murphy to fight the ban. Murphy is the up-and-coming apprentice on Queensland’s provincial and country circuit having ridden 28 winners… Read More »
Popular Sydney rails bookmaker Col Tidy has died after a long illness, a day before his 74th birthday. Tidy scaled back his operation several years ago because of ill health and officially retired from the ring in 2011 when his eyesight failed. He had been in the Prince of Wales… Read More »
Boom colt Defcon will have a jockey change when he contests the 2016 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) with Blake Shinn booked to take the ride. Heading to Caulfield on the 13th to ride @SnowdenRacing1 Defcon in Diamond Prelude. Available for rides, pls contact my agent, Bryan Haskins — Blake Shinn… Read More »
Popular Sydney bookmaker Col Tidy has died in Sydney after a long illness. Tidy retired from the betting ring five years ago when his eyesight failed. He was also a well-known owner and breeder with multiple Group One winning sprinter Zeditave and his daughter Ruffles among his best performed horses.
Champion Hong Kong sprinter Aerovelocity has made a winning return in the Group One Centenary Sprint at Sha Tin. The Paul O’Sullivan-trained gelding missed the chance to defend his International Sprint title in December when he was found to be suffering a heart irregularity. The winner of Group One races… Read More »
Much-travelled Gosford sprinter Timeless Prince has claimed his first stakes success, winning the race in the stewards’ room. In a three-way finish to Sunday’s $100,000 Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m), Pillar of Creation ($7) crossed the line just ahead of Timeless Prince ($4) and Mischievous Devil ($21). Paul Hammersley, who… Read More »
Regally bred filly Zamzam is as short as $13 for the Blue Diamond Stakes after her impressive win at Moonee Valley. Trainers David Hayes and Tom Dabernig bypassed the Blue Diamond Previews earlier last week, instead taking her to a lesser race on Friday night. By Redoute’s Choice out of… Read More »
Group One-winning stablemates Complacent and Magic Hurricane will continue their preparations in a barrier trial at Rosehill. The Godolphin pair will get first use of the grass on Monday with the track recovering from a deluge on Saturday which forced the cancellation of the final two races. The 1030m-heat is… Read More »
Extreme Choice will be out to confirm his Blue Diamond favouritism when he makes his return with a new jockey aboard in the Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield. The Inglis Nursery winner will make his second race appearance in Saturday’s 1000m-Group Three race for two-year-olds with Damien Oliver to ride. Glyn… Read More »
A barrier trial win at Randwick has convinced Dibayani’s trainers he will appreciate clockwise racing in Sydney this autumn. Formerly trained in Ireland and Hong Kong, Dibayani raced four times during the 2015 Melbourne spring carnival for trainers David Hayes and Tom Dabernig. A three-time Group One placegetter in Hong… Read More »
