Linebacker has delivered on his potential in the Randwick Guineas, upstaging star colt Broadsiding to give his co-trainer Tom Charlton his first Group 1 victory. The James Cummings-trained Broadsiding was the $1.60 favourite to land his fourth Group 1 win in Saturday’s 1600m feature for three-year-olds but jockey Zac Lloyd was able to… Read More »
Godolphin galloper Tom Kitten has finally delivered on the big stage taking out the Group 1 All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington. Tom Kitten showed his potential as two-year-old winning the Listed Fernhill Stakes (1600m) two autumn’s ago, while the following spring, as a three-year-old, he came out to win the Group… Read More »
Victorian Tentyris has upstaged some of Sydney’s highest-profile colts in the Todman Stakes as the Blue Diamond form continues to stack up leading into the $5 million Golden Slipper. Just 35 minutes after Tempted took out the Reisling Stakes (1200m) following her seventh in the Blue Diamond, Tentyris, who was runner-up in… Read More »
Trainer Matt Laurie will look north to Sydney for the remainder of the autumn after Vinrock registered an impressive win at Flemington. Jumping straight from a maiden win over 1200m at Pakenham on February 20, Vinrock led throughout to claim the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday…. Read More »
Champion jockey James McDonald has given Tempted a glowing Golden Slipper endorsement after partnering the James Cummings-trained filly to a strong win in the Group 2 Reisling Stakes at Randwick. A daughter of Street Boss out of the mare Calliope, Tempted had been narrowly beaten in the Widden Stakes at… Read More »
Western Australia’s iron horse London’s Image has taken Ryan Hill on a whirlwind ride in the past couple of months and the journey is not quite over for the pair. There’s a Group 2 race over the mile at Flemington on Saturday to take in and later, a crack at… Read More »
That’s the confident call from Karnup trainer Donna Riordan who says Triple Missile can put an end to a long losing drought in Bunbury’s main sprint race. Triple Missile is on a 15-race winless streak and hasn’t saluted the judge since scoring at Swan Hill for previous trainer, Lindsey Smith, three years… Read More »
A temperature spike in the lead up to the Australian Guineas forced Another Prophet to stay at home, but luckily for the Ciaron Maher stable another race has presented. Another Prophet had drawn barrier 16 in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington last week, but Maher’s assistant trainer… Read More »
The Lindsay Park training team would be excused for feeling rueful about missing the $1 million Australian Guineas with Evaporate, but Ben Hayes remains comfortable with the program he and his brothers mapped out for the gelding. The son of Per Incanto will chase an even bigger payday in Saturday’s inaugural The… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg is relying on the same formula that landed Maharba a straight track victory at Flemington during Melbourne Cup. That success came in the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m), but on Saturday Maharba is chasing one of Australia’s big sprint handicaps, the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap over the same… Read More »
Godolphin is looking to Tom Kitten turning the tables on Mr Brightside in the All-Star Mile at Flemington. Godolphin trainer James Cummings is of the belief Tom Kitten could be in for the preparation of his life this campaign. Tom Kitten heads to the Group 1 All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on… Read More »
Former Singapore trainer Tim Fitzsimmons hopes to follow the lead of fellow trainer Dan Meagher by landing a winner with his second runner in Australia. Meagher produced a winner at Sandown on Wednesday with his second starter after relocating from Singapore at the end of last year. While Meagher is now… Read More »
With the form out of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes already standing up this year, trainer Gary Portelli is keeping all options on the table for his high-class mare Kimochi. Kimochi scored an overdue Group 1 success in the Victorian feature last spring, defeating Another Wil, who has subsequently claimed the… Read More »
Left with more questions than answers after the Hobartville Stakes, Linebacker’s trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton are focusing on the three-year-old’s pleasing work at home as the best guide to his Randwick Guineas prospects. Following a solid first-up performance in the Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m), Linebacker turned in a head-scratching effort… Read More »
It shapes as a big ask, but Misty Bazeley is not discounting that she can add a Bunbury Cup trophy to her CV and match the exploits of her partner in the trainer’s honour roll. Aaron Bazeley was the toast of the family after Burger Time’s upset victory six years ago,… Read More »
It has been almost a year since Ayrton last raced, but after a long and steady build-up the gelding is set to run at Flemington. Ayrton lines up in the Group 3 Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) on Saturday having not raced since finishing seventh in last year’s edition of the All-Star… Read More »
Sterling Alexiou is under no illusions about the task facing Dream Side in the Reisling Stakes at Randwick, but remains adamant the filly is over the odds. Dream Side will be part of a two-pronged Reisling Stakes (1200m) assault for the stable along with Perle De Chocolate, both fillies regarded as… Read More »
The eminent juvenile form lines from Melbourne and Sydney are set to collide when the minor placegetters from the Blue Diamond Stakes and the top three locals in Golden Slipper betting clash at Randwick. Victorians Tentyris and Tycoon Star, who finished second and third respectively in Victoria’s two-year-old showpiece, will take… Read More »
Growing Empire will need to live up to the lofty expectations placed on him by the Ciaron Maher stable if he is to win the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. The three-year-old has been lumbered with 55.5kg in the Group 1 1200m sprint on Saturday, more weight than recent three-year-olds have carried to… Read More »
James Cummings says Broadsiding is “humming” as the brilliant colt seeks to extend his generational dominance in the Group One Randwick Guineas. Already a three-time winner at the highest level, Broadsiding proved he had returned in top order with a scintillating win in the Hobartville Stakes (1400m). Cummings reported the three-year-old had… Read More »
