Kristy Banks thought she would never ride competitively again after suffering a devastating fall in a race which left her paralysed from the waist down. The jockey was involved in a fall at Toowoomba on New Year’s Eve which left the 31-year-old with a broken T12 vertebra and a rod… Read More »
Barry Pang has had some amazing luck with his horses at Caulfield. But after coming up with barrier 21 for his Caulfield Cup favourite Glencadam Gold, he is feeling like it ran out 25 years ago. Pang has had plenty to cheer about so far with Glencadam Gold who has… Read More »
Glencadam Gold is an easing favourite for Saturday’s Caulfield Cup after drawing a wide barrier for the 2400m feature. The Gai Waterhouse-trained European import was eased from $3.70 to $4 by the TAB after coming up with barrier 21 in the draw which included the 18-horse field plus the four… Read More »
Christophe Lemaire could get the chance to win a second Melbourne Cup with trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre naming him as the possible pilot for Herbert Power Stakes winner Shahwardi. Stablemate Americain will be ridden by Gerald Mosse who also partners the 2010 winner in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. Lemaire was a… Read More »
Frankel will remain the top rated horse of all time whether he rounds off his career with his 14th win in 14 starts or loses in the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Form bible Timeform rates Henry Cecil’s star a stone (6kg) better than Champion Stakes second favourite Cirrus… Read More »
Disqualified jockey Danny Nikolic has failed in his bid to win a stay of proceedings against a two-year ban imposed earlier this month for threatening Victoria’s chief racing steward. Nikolic had asked the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) to lift the disqualification and allow him to ride at… Read More »
Melbourne’s premier trainer Peter Moody has laid it down to the Caulfield Cup favourite Glencadam Gold, declaring the Sydney stayer won’t get things his own way in Saturday’s Group One feature. With a hint of old-fashioned, inter-city rivalry, Moody suggested Glencadam Gold may have had it easy in his recent… Read More »
Queensland trainer Ben Ahrens will have a final roll of the dice at getting Spechenka to the Melbourne Cup when he brings the stayer to Sydney for a Listed race this weekend. Ahrens has targeted the Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m) at Randwick as a possible way of getting the stayer… Read More »
A filly from the same family as Black Caviar will create plenty of interest in the Debutants Stakes at Caulfield on Wednesday. Scandiva makes her debut in the 1000m event on Thousand Guineas Day and her trainer Anthony Cummings says the youngster has her share of natural talent. The two-year-old… Read More »
Alcopop and Moudre have secured the final two places in the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup. When the final field was declared on Tuesday, there was no surprises among the 18 horses to face the starter in the Group One race. Alcopop earned his berth after making a timely return to… Read More »
Victoria Derby nomination Fiveandahalfstar will join trainer Anthony Cummings’ spring carnival team in Melbourne so long as he can break maiden ranks at Canterbury on Wednesday. Fiveandahalfstar was also nominated for Saturday’s Norman Robinson Stakes at Caulfield but Cummings has kept the three-year-old in Sydney to run in the Australian… Read More »
Group One placegetter Hot Snitzel heads a trio of Gerald Ryan-trained stakes winners at Randwick on Saturday looking to be part of the stable’s second wave of attack on the Melbourne spring carnival. Ryan has already enjoyed a successful carnival led by star filly Snitzerland, the Golden Slipper runner-up who… Read More »
South Australian trainer Phillip Stokes has counted off a number of factors in his filly Maybe Discreet’s favour in Wednesday’s $500,000 Group One Thousand Guineas at Caulfield. Stokes cites an even field, a better barrier and a liking for Caulfield. And he says Maybe Discreet could be in even superior… Read More »
Leading trainer Leon Corstens says Damien Oliver will be “busting his boiler” to win on the $500,000 Thousand Guineas second favourite Commanding Jewel at Caulfield on Wednesday. Oliver has been dumped from two major rides in the wake of allegations he bet on a rival horse in a race in… Read More »
The chances of an overseas-trained runner competing in next week’s Cox Plate are fading with Afsare a notable absentee from Tuesday’s Werribee trackwork session. Afsare has been closely monitored since filling appeared in his off foreleg after galloping last week. The Luca Cumani-trained galloper was able to work on Monday… Read More »
The addition of a new piece of gear in trackwork has been given a raceday endorsement for Caulfield Cup mare Secret Admirer. Working in winkers for the first time on Tuesday, Secret Admirer worked over 1000m and was asked to extend from the 600m of the gallop. “The last furlong… Read More »
Joshua Tree is unlikely to use his well-earned entry into the Breeders’ Cup after his second victory in the Canadian International on Sunday evening. The Group One at Woodbine forms part of the “Win And You’re In” series for the American jamboree next month, but trainer Marco Botti would rather… Read More »
Frankel will have to overcome his biggest test in the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday if he is to retire unbeaten in 14 races, the racing manager for owner Prince Khalid Abdullah says. Teddy Grimthorpe was speaking after the latest forfeit stage left just seven rivals to oppose the… Read More »
Richard Hughes has become just the second jockey in Britain to ride seven winners on a program in a remarkable afternoon at Windsor. Hughes, who virtually sealed the champion jockey title with his efforts, emulated Frankie Dettori’s famous feat at Ascot in 1996 just a year after threatening to quit… Read More »
Ironstein will not be an acceptor for the Caulfield Cup, removing one obstacle for the committee of the Melbourne Racing Club which will have to decide the final two places in the 18-horse field. Alcopop, Moudre, Sabrage and Tanby are among horses jostling for positions in the field which will… Read More »
