Complacent has lost his place at the top of Victoria Derby betting after coming up with one of the widest gates for the classic. The pre-post favourite prior to Wednesday’s draw, Complacent has barrier 16 in the full field of 16 plus two reserves. His Peter Snowden-trained stablemates San Diego… Read More »
Outstanding colt Zoustar will have 10 rivals in Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington as his jockey Jim Cassidy gets a golden chance to win his 100th Group One race. The Coolmore Stud Stakes is the first of four Group One races on Victoria Derby day and has attracted a… Read More »
Group One winner Complacent headlines a full field of 16 plus two emergencies for Saturday’s $1.5 million Victoria Derby at Flemington. The Spring Champion Stakes winner is one of three runners for trainer Peter Snowden along with Norman Robinson stakes runner-up San Diego and Geelong Classic runner-up Tupac Amaru. Group… Read More »
There is hardly a more encouraging phenomenon in racing than an enthusiastic Gai Waterhouse – and at Werribee on Wednesday she was at her passionate best. The object of the Waterhouse ardour was her Melbourne Cup newcomer Tres Blue whose qualities have excited his trainer from the day he arrived… Read More »
He’s won over 2000 races and used to ride for the Royal Family, but Edgar Britt didn’t think he’d celebrate his 100th birthday. “I didn’t expect to ever live to be 100,” Australia’s oldest jockey said of his centenary on Wednesday. He also didn’t expect to be selected as the… Read More »
Racing Victoria will be given greater powers over participants in thoroughbred racing while the state’s racing integrity commissioner will be able to compel witnesses to appear before his inquiries. Racing Victoria will have the power to apply the rules of racing to non-licensed persons – instead of only licensed industry… Read More »
Chris Waller will give Foreteller his chance to win the Melbourne Cup. Since Foreteller’s fourth in Saturday’s Cox Plate, Waller and connections of the dual Group One winner decided the reasons for running outweigh those for not starting. Foreteller will be one of three possible Melbourne Cup starters for Waller…. Read More »
Horses trained by David Hayes dominate Australian nominations for the Hong Kong international raceday. Hayes has seven entries across the four international races – the Hong Kong Sprint, the Hong Kong Mile, the Hong Kong Cup and the Hong Kong Vase. His nominations include Jet Away, the import who will… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote admits there is a doubt over dual Toorak Handicap winner Solzhenitsyn running out the 2000 metres in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. But, in the next breath, Heathcote says that although Solzhenitsyn has never raced over the distance since joining his stable, he and… Read More »
The sight of Complacent bounding off the turf at Flemington on Tuesday morning did nothing to boost the confidence of trainer John O’Shea who is preparing Victoria Derby rival Savvy Nature. The Peter Snowden-trained Complacent has defeated Savvy Nature in the Gloaming Stakes and Spring Champion Stakes in Sydney and… Read More »
Shamus Award’s Cox Plate win has added another dimension to his sire Snitzel, a Group One-winning sprinter. Trainer Gerald Ryan prepared Snitzel for his Oakleigh Plate win and has developed an affinity with his progeny. He will send two juveniles by Snitzel to Rosehill on Saturday – Taraneem and Time… Read More »
The faith Newcastle trainer Dianne Lumsden has always shown in apprentice Serg Lisnyy could be repaid at metropolitan level when they reunite at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Lisnyy is making inroads in Sydney under the guidance of David Payne, the Rosehill trainer who was instrumental in the early development of… Read More »
Glamour colt Zoustar has turned in a track gallop that has trainer Chris Waller confident a reported $20 million offer will not be enough to buy the colt. Considered one of Australia’s hottest stallion prospects, Zoustar left Waller searching for superlatives after the three-year-old’s final serious piece of work heading… Read More »
Game On Dude is the early 8-5 favorite in an impressive field of 12 for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, a race he has failed to win in two previous starts for trainer Bob Baffert. For the second straight year, the gelding will be running on his home track. Game On… Read More »
Freddie Head reports Moonlight Cloud to be as good as ever as she prepares for the Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on December 8. The French trainer believes the five-year-old mare remains in superb shape after she chalked up Group One win No.6 with a scintillating display in… Read More »
Cox Plate-winning apprentice Chad Schofield is on standby to ride Kingdoms in the Melbourne Cup should he qualify with a win in Saturday’s Lexus Stakes at Flemington. Kingdoms survived a protest to win the Listed Tattersall’s Club Cup (2400m) at Randwick last start and O’Shea believes he’ll be a better… Read More »
An English groom caring for Melbourne Cup contender Brown Panther has been sent home for a breach of quarantine protocol at Werribee where the international horses are housed. Leigh Jordon, head of Racing Victoria’s international recruitment, said the incident would not have any impact on Brown Panther running in the… Read More »
Hugh Bowman is buoyant about his chances of a third Victoria Derby win in four years when he rides bargain buy Polanski on Saturday. The Robbie Laing-trained colt was a $4000 yearling and has now banked more than $250,000 prize money with three wins from eight starts including the Group… Read More »
Liam Birchley is counting on the will to win of Missy Longstocking to take her a long way in Saturday’s Coolmore Stud Stakes as the trainer aims for his first Group One success. Missy Longstocking has won eight of her 11 starts and Birchley believes she should almost be unbeaten…. Read More »
John Singleton will look to cover his Melbourne Cup bet on Dear Demi by getting Ironstein into the field via the Lexus Stakes on Saturday. The flamboyant businessman has backed Dear Demi to win upwards of $3 million in the Cup and could have two runners with the winner of… Read More »
