Peter and Paul Snowden will saddle up their stable star at Randwick on Saturday but he won’t be racing for prize money. Caulfield Guineas winner Shooting To Win will be one of four Group One winners taking part in exhibition gallops on the Australia Day Cup program. Golden Rose hero… Read More »
He may not be fully wound up for his return but trainer John Moloney is expecting a forward run from Stingray at Moonee Valley. The three-year-old makes his reappearnce off a 15 week break in the Schweppes Handicap (1000m), a benchmark 70 race on Saturday. It’s a big drop in… Read More »
If the Australia Stakes was run anywhere but Moonee Valley, It Is Written would be staying at home. But given the gelding’s affinity with the unique circuit, trainer Robbie Griffiths is happy to roll the dice and give the six-year-old another shot in the Group Two sprint. It Is Written’s… Read More »
Suggestions Endless Shadow’s win on Magic Millions day was a fluke have made her trainer Peter Hulbert laugh. Endless Shadow gave the popular Hulbert one of his biggest wins when she won the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares Quality in impressive fashion two weeks ago. She will be among the… Read More »
Wendy Kelly is on a learning curve with promising three-year-old Fast Cash this preparation. The trainer is looking at this campaign as a chance to test the waters with the gelding to discover what distances, and even tracks, he is best suited to. Fast Cash finished strongly first-up to win… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge is renowned for its `bone and muscle’ approach but it is patience which has underpinned the build up for its two stakes runners at Randwick on Saturday. The legendary TJ Smith was known for keeping his horses hard-fit, a philosophy continued by his daughter Gai Waterhouse. But it… Read More »
A Melbourne campaign is possible for well-bred filly Egyptian Melody if she races well on Saturday. Egyptian Melody will be having her first start in the Racing Retro Two Year Old (1110m) at Doomben. The filly has not trialled officially but has had a jump out in the lead up… Read More »
Trainer Michael Hibbs is hoping the unbeaten Turf Crusher can take the next step when he makes his Melbourne debut at Moonee Valley. After a debut victory at Bairnsdale last month, Cranbourne based Hibbs headed to Adelaide with Turf Crusher for victory on January 3. Now its off to Moonee… Read More »
Boom country apprentice Matt McGillivray had to overcome a wide trip and a deceptive photo finish before landing his first Brisbane winner on Wednesday. McGillivray got home on Board Director ($3) by a nose to Umgeni ($10) in the Teddy Bears Picnic Hcp (1110m) at Doomben. He was Queensland’s leading… Read More »
For most people, Wednesday’s Warwick Farm card was just another midweek Sydney meeting. For Tommy Berry, it was a little more significant. Berry turned 24 on Wednesday, his first birthday since the death last April of his twin brother and fellow jockey Nathan from the rare Norse syndrome. The day… Read More »
Regarded as one of the most promising young riders in the state, apprentice Samantha Clenton proved on Wednesday she had the mental toughness to match her talent. Clenton made an inauspicious start to the day when she finished a luckless second aboard Artibai in the TAB Rewards Handicap. The horse,… Read More »
In more bad news for Peter Moody, the trainer will have to front Racing NSW stewards over one of his horses testing positive to ibuprofen on two occasions. Moody is one of three Melbourne trainers under investigation by Victorian officials into elevated levels of cobalt found in horses which raced… Read More »
The next clash between the world’s three highest-ranked sprinters will be in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. The world’s best racehorses for 2014 have been released with the sprinters’ category dominated by Australian horses. Lankan Rupee and Terravista were crowned equal top sprinters with an international rating of 123, one… Read More »
In-form sprinter The Quarterback gets a chance to press his claims for a Newmarket Handicap start when he chases a second Listed win at Sandown on Australia Day. The Robbie Griffiths-trained gelding broke through for his first Listed win in the Kensington Stakes on January 10, his second victory from… Read More »
A stakes victory for connections of Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist is high on Brenton Avdulla’s agenda as he looks to build momentum heading into the autumn carnival. Avdulla will team up with Protectionist’s new trainer Kris Lees and the horse’s owners, Australian Bloodstock, when he rides Oriental Lady in the… Read More »
Australia’s representative Hardline has drawn worse than midfield in New Zealand’s richest race, the $1 million Karaka Million at Ellerslie. The sales-related race for two-year-olds on Sunday has a capacity field of 14 plus three emergencies with the Liam Birchley-trained Hardline to start from barrier 11. Favourite Maritimo, from the… Read More »
The same horse with the same rider are back to defend their Australia Stakes titles but this time with a different trainer. Richie’s Vibe won the 1200m Group Two race at Moonee Valley with Damien Oliver aboard last year when prepared by Tony Vasil. On Saturday the gelding fronts up… Read More »
Three-year-old Shaf will be racing for a trip to Dubai when he lines-up at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig trained colt is one of four gallopers tentatively booked for a trip to the United Arab Emirates, but only one is guaranteed. Hayes said Tashbeeh had… Read More »
The predicted heavy rain for Brisbane late this week has trainer Liam Birchley split on how it will impact on his two top chances on Saturday. Birchley will fly out of Brisbane on Saturday morning to saddle Hardline in the Karaka Million at Ellerslie, New Zealand on Sunday. However, he… Read More »
Pioneering female rider and trainer Joanna Morgan plans to stay in racing in some capacity after announcing she is to give up her licence. She is hoping to go out on a high with her last runner, Duchess Andorra, in the snow at St Moritz next month. Morgan, 61, broke… Read More »
