Trainer Jason Warren is already looking ahead to the rich autumn two-year-old races after the debut win of Palm Angel at Caulfield. The daughter of Starspangledbanner registered an all-the-way victory in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) on Saturday with Warren immediately swinging his thoughts towards the Group 1 Blue Diamond… Read More »
Debutante The Playwright has provided a bright spot in a tough week for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, putting her hat in the ring for a Magic Millions tilt with a game win at Rosehill. The stable lost Breeders’ Plate winner King Kirk in a drowning accident at Randwick on… Read More »
In a 160-to-150-point decision it was eight-times Sydney Champion Jockey James McDonald who defeated the master Ryan Moore to claim the 2024 Longines World’s Best Jockey title. The Australia-based jockey who first won the Longines World’s Best Jockey Award in 2022, was also New Zealand’s four-times Champion Apprentice including twice… Read More »
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 »
