Trainer Gerald Ryan has outlined his desire for a trip to the UK next year with his smart three-year-old Rubick. Rubick made a winning return to racing when successful in the Schillaci Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Supplying Kerrin McEvoy with a treble in successive races, Rubick ($4.60) scored… Read More »
Cheap buy Hot Snippety is set to join stablemate Syn City on a lightning trip to Melbourne for the $250,000 Inglis Banner on WS Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley after her win at Doomben on Saturday. Hot Snippety ($3.80) raced like a mature galloper to score an easy win… Read More »
It’s usually no surprise when Gai Waterhouse trains winners of early season two-year-old races but Pierrette caught punters off guard at Randwick. The Waterhouse-trained Vancouver won last week’s Breeders’ Plate as one of the favourites but Pierrette was sent out at $18 in Saturday’s 2YO Plate (1000m). Apprentice Winona Costin… Read More »
Last season’s champion two-year-old Earthquake has returned to form with a convincing win in the Thoroughbred Club Stakes at Caulfield. The Godolphin filly, a winner of the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield over 1200m in February, lumped 59kg to victory under Kerrin McEvoy. Starting the $2.15 favourite, Earthquake scored by… Read More »
Mark Riley rates Of The Brave as potentially the best horse he has trained after the colt made a winning start to his career in the Debutant Stakes at Caulfield. Of The Brave mustered speed from his inside draw in Saturday’s Listed 1000m race for two-year-olds to take up the… Read More »
Hong Kong-based jockey Zac Purton has ventured to Werribee to partner his spring Cups hope Admire Rakti in a familiarisation gallop. Purton is in Melbourne to ride Sacred Falls in the Caulfield Stakes and took the opportunity to get acquainted with the Japanese stayer who lines up in next Saturday’s… Read More »
Leading French jockey Olivier Peslier and major owners the Wertheimer brothers have brought their association to an amicable end after more than a decade. Peslier has ridden as retained rider for the Wertheimers for 12 years, with the exploits of the wonder mare Goldikova the undoubted highlight of the partnership…. Read More »
Saturday’s feature race at Caulfield is the Caulfield Guineas at Group 1 level which looks to be a fantastic betting race with the favourite in the odds being Rich Enuff at $2.70 and continues to firm in the market. We take a look at each of the lead up races (in no… Read More »
A nine race card will be run at Singapore tonight in what looks to be a decent night of racing before we get stuck into the Group 1’s at Caulfield and Randwick tomorrow. Special Offer: $501 BONUS BET – Sportsbet Special Offer 2: $250 BONUS BET – Ladbrokes Special Offer… Read More »
Hong Kong star Dan Excel’s Cox Plate campaign is over with trainer John Moore scratching him from his planned lead-up race at Caulfield on Saturday. A Group One winner in Hong Kong and Singapore, Dan Excel was taken out of Saturday’s Listed Weekend Hussler Stakes on Friday because of a… Read More »
Jockey Chris Symons is excited at the prospect of riding the Marco Botti-trained Renew in the Group Two Herbert Power Stakes. The Dansili five-year-old makes his Australian debut in the 2400-metre race at Caulfield on Saturday and needs to win to earn a start in the Caulfield Cup. Symons has… Read More »
THE TOORAK HANDICAP – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW HISTORY: First run in 1881 when won by Josephine. Before 1972 run over one mile (1600m) except for 1931-35 inclusive when run over 8-1/2 furlongs (1700m) and in 1891 when run over nine furlongs (1800m). Between 1940-43 run at Flemington. Group… Read More »
Ever-confident Glen Boss is not giving the Caulfield Guineas to the favourite Rich Enuff. Boss rode God’s Own to win the 2007 Guineas and he believes Chivalry will benefit from a genuinely run 1600m and a deep draw on Saturday. Chivalry made a winning return following a spell when successful… Read More »
The absence of Catkins from the Angst Stakes is a boost to the chances of New Zealand mare Neena Rock who is in Australia on a black-type mission. Even though the Chris Waller-trained Catkins was beaten by Arabian Gold in the Golden Pendant, Neena Rock’s trainer John Sargent was pleased… Read More »
Brad Rawiller had watch Trust In A Gust’s maiden Group One win from the sidelines but is back aboard for what he believes is another winnable feature in the Toorak Handicap. The heavyweight jockey was ruled out of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes in which Trust In A Gust carried… Read More »
Dissident is looming as Peter Moody’s best chance to win the Cox Plate. But the three-time Group One winner faces a serious examination of his credentials for the $3 million race when contests Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes. “This is probably the best field that has been assembled for the entire spring… Read More »
Almost everything about the way Sweynesse races says he will be strong enough at a middle distance to deliver a Group One win for Godolphin in the Spring Champion Stakes. But one half of a pedigree page that throws some doubt on his stamina will ensure an unblemished spring campaign… Read More »
David Hayes admits to getting it wrong with Zululand’s Caulfield Guineas campaign, leaving the trainer to rely on a gear switch to revive the colt’s chances in the $1 million race. Hayes trained Palace Reign and St Covet to Guineas wins and he is hoping the use of blinkers on… Read More »
It has been a decade since Kathy O’Hara won the Sydney apprentices’ premiership. Thanks to some jockeys’ room camaraderie and Winona Costin’s flying start to the new racing season, O’Hara could be an influential figure in another title. Costin is an early frontrunner in the apprentices’ race and O’Hara will… Read More »
The double-figure odds being offered about the Anthony Cummings-trained High Above in Saturday’s Thousand Guineas might just be an omen. The Sydney trainer has captured three feature races in the southern capital, each time with an unfancied horse. Fiveandahalfstar was a $41 chance when he won the Victoria Derby while… Read More »
