Leading Perth jockey Chris Parnham is confident Bravo Centurion has the Perth locals covered in Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot, the only query is will that be good enough against quality interstate opposition, headed by Overpass. Bravo Centurion has been brilliant this campaign, reeling off six straight wins… Read More »
Trainer Ciaron Maher has a quartet of stayers engaged in the Zipping Classic as he bids to win the race for a second time. Maher teamed with David Eustace to win the 2400m Group 2 race with Southern France in 2019 when the race was run at Sandown. The last three… Read More »
Mornington trainer Jason Warren is hoping he won’t have the same amount of frustration with Palm Angel that a filly bred on the same cross caused during her racing career. Palm Angel makes her debut in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday, entering the contest a three-time… Read More »
The Mike Moroney and Glen Thompson stable is set to return to Caulfield in search of a Stakes race victory with two horses looking to rebound of disappointing last start efforts. Buffalo River and Run Harry Run line up in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) on Saturday, with both horses dropping back… Read More »
Placement is the key to success as the Richard and Chantelle Jolly stable can attest. Unfortunately, there are occasions when stablemates are forced to face off against each other, such is the case with Deepfloat Diva and Vintage Star in the Winning Edge Presentations Handicap (1000m) on the inner Morphettville Parks track on… Read More »
Content that his decision to bypass The Gong with Xidaki has been a blessing, Peter Snowden is quietly confident the gelding is poised to make his presence felt in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill. Last weekend’s The Gong (1600m) was firmly on Snowden’s radar but after Xidaki took time to recover from… Read More »
A seasoning campaign against some of the country’s top sprinters has laid the foundations for Our Kobison to make his mark over the summer, starting in the Starlight Stakes at Rosehill. The talented galloper had the bar raised to Group company during the spring where he finished a game second to… Read More »
Group 1-winning jockey Michael Dee is in doubt for a packed weekend of racing after being dislodged during Friday morning jumpouts at Flemington. The 27-year-old complained of shoulder pain following the incident and was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital for scans. Dee, currently second in the Victorian metropolitan premiership with… Read More »
Tabcorp has announced it will remove on-course cash facilities at non-major Victorian race meetings starting Sunday, citing evolving customer preferences toward digital wagering. Cash services will still be available at mid-week metro meetings, Saturday meetings, and major provincial and country feature-race days. “As part of evolution, we will be reducing… Read More »
Bravo Centurion is the new kid on the block, raw, exciting and a gelding with x-factor that has shot to prominence with a string of wins since the middle of the year. Luke Fernie’s trajectory in the training ranks has been just as impressive, emerging as one of the hottest young… Read More »
Iron filly London’s Image will get one last chance to score another valuable blacktype win in Saturday’s TABtouch-Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot. Already a blacktype winner in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) earlier this month, London’s Image lines up for the third consecutive week in Saturday’s Listed feature. The… Read More »
The Grahame Begg-trained Nonconformist is set to have his first Victorian start in 13 months when he lines-up at Caulfield. The Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) on Saturday will be Nonconformist’s first start in Victoria since finishing fourth to Alligator Blood in the Group 1 Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield… Read More »
The opportunity to garner some black type for a superbly related filly has drawn Peter Snowden north of the NSW border with I Found You, who will line up in the Listed Mode Stakes at Doomben. An I Am Invincible half-sister to two serving stallions in Deep Field and Shooting To… Read More »
A decade after Estonian Princess was denied a Festival Stakes victory by the barest possible margin, trainer Scott Aspery is hoping his latest stable star Uzziah can go one better. Estonian Princess was beaten a nose by I’m Imposing in the 2014 renewal before going on to run third in The Ingham… Read More »
Jason Warren is planning a trip to Queensland for the Magic Millions Carnival with Freak Of Nature who will kick off his campaign with an outing at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Freak Of Nature was nominated for the Listed Doveton Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday, but after a gallop on… Read More »
A midweek trip to Caulfield to reacquaint himself with Caulfield is expected to give Tamerlane an edge when he races second-up at that track on Saturday. The James Cummings-trained and Godolphin-owned galloper runs in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) second-up on Saturday. A veteran of the ‘Blue Army’ Tamerlane… Read More »
Matt Dale is still debating where to run evergreen sprinter Front Page this weekend, although stablemate and debutant Bombay Boom is a confirmed starter in Sydney. Front Page is an acceptor for the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill and the Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m) at Doomben and Dale… Read More »
When a conversation starts about Rothfire, it seems to bring on a Buffering-like glow in Robert Heathcote and with his stable star set to make a return to racing at Doomben, he is excited to see the now seven-year-old step out. This will be Rothfire’s first race day outing since finishing… Read More »
Gary Colvin is no stranger to Country Championships success, and he hopes to confirm he has unearthed his latest contender when the unbeaten Cambar runs at Rosehill. The Colvin-trained Another One finished second to Art Cadeau in the 2021 Country Championships Final before going one better the next year. He believes Cambar has… Read More »
Victorian jockeys, led by senior rider Damian Lane and supported by the Victorian Jockeys’ Association (VJA), have declared they will no longer ride in unpaid jumpouts from December 1 unless a payment structure is introduced. The decision comes after years of unresolved discussions with Racing Victoria (RV). “This is not… Read More »
