Trainer Darren McAuliffe hopes to use tomorrow’s Quayclean Handicap (1500m) as a springboard to blacktype races for talented mare Chollima. The daughter of Starspangledbanner heads into tomorrow’s event third-up, following a luckless third behind Watch Me Rock last start. Chollima has been a model of consistency in her 11 starts to date,… Read More »
Star jockey Chris Parnham says he’s looking forward being back aboard unbeaten galloper Wind And The Lion in tomorrow’s TABtouch-Placid Ark Prelude (1000m) at Ascot. The son of Written By won by three lengths on debut at Belmont in July, where he beat Arduet and Scenic George. Parnham rode Wind… Read More »
It’s great to be back at the Breeders’ Cup and Del Mar,” said Irish trainer Aiden O’Brien “and we’ve made no secret that City of Troy will go forward” in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. “Everything is done ahead of his run, so we’ll leave it up to Ryan to… Read More »
Chris Waller reckons Atishu would not be out of place in the ‘Fashions on the Field’ during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Ahead of the first of two potential runs during Cup week, Waller said Atishu was dappled up and ready to run at Flemington, a carnival the now seven-year-old has performed… Read More »
The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin stable is banking on a call to target a shorter Group 1 race for three-year-olds with Bittercreek will pay off on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. After scoring at Moonee Valley last Saturday in the Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes, Bittercreek showed… Read More »
Geelong Cup winner Onesmoothoperator is under close scrutiny ahead of the 2024 Melbourne Cup after failing a veterinary inspection on Friday due to a heel cut. The Brian Ellison-trained import had surged into Cup contention following his Geelong Cup performance, but now awaits a second Racing Victoria veterinary examination on… Read More »
The Victoria Derby holds a special place for Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young who will saddle Keeneland in the Group 1 contest at Flemington. Wind the clock back to 2011, Busuttin and Young made the trip over from New Zealand with Sangster to claim the Derby, providing the pair with their first… Read More »
It doesn’t boast black-type status, but the final race on the Golden Eagle program will be an important one for connections of up-and-coming gelding Bullets High. The four-year-old returned with an emphatic first-up victory over 1400m at Warwick Farm, building on the promise he had shown last season when he… Read More »
The lightly raced Craig and proven performer Veight headline a squad of four Victorian-trained horses descending on the Golden Eagle in a bid to the take the $10 million prize interstate for the third time in six years. While the first two renewals were captured by the locally trained Kolding (2019) and… Read More »
There is only one jockey the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable would call on when heading to Adelaide for a race. Former South African based Callan Murray will team with his ‘mate’ de Kock when Written Royalty runs in the Bet In The Shed at Morphettville Handicap (1200m) at Morphettville on… Read More »
Having been under a Melbourne Cup cloud because of a change in his gait, Interpretation has been given the all-clear to start following a second veterinary inspection. Interpretation underwent a physical veterinary inspection on Thursday and was not passed as suitable to start in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at… Read More »
Top Melbourne Cup 2024 contender Interpretation will undergo a second veterinary examination on Friday after failing to pass an initial check. Racing Victoria announced the update on Thursday evening following the assessment of 17 out of the 29 horses still vying for a spot in the Melbourne Cup field. These… Read More »
Chris Waller, James Mcdonald and Coolmore have already teamed up to win a Coolmore Stud Stakes with a son of I Am Invincible and this Saturday they will look to do likewise with a son of Australia’s only other active multiple champion stallion award winner. The powerful team, who won the… Read More »
There is no doubting the ability I Am Velvet possesses, and trainer Phillip Stokes is convinced the filly has overcome her wayward tendencies. I Am Velvet is set to have her first start at Flemington when she runs in the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) on Saturday which Stokes hopes will lead… Read More »
Hot on the scent of Japanese raider Obamburumai taking out the $10m James Squire Golden Eagle last year, its Ascoli Piceno who is the $4.60 favourite with betting agencies. With a host of new-age million-dollar races seeking Group 1 status, it’s the Group 1 winning Ascoli Piceno who elevates the… Read More »
Right from the day Nick Ryan and his stepfather Jeff Gordon outlaid $380,000 for Red Aces at a yearling sale, the Group 1 Victoria Derby has been the dream. That dream could become reality when Red Aces lines up in the blue riband event for three-year-olds over 2500m at Flemington on Saturday. Red… Read More »
Boasting a form reference around one of the high-flying horses of the spring, Hinged is again drawing in punters as she looks to shed her bridesmaid tag in the Rosehill Gold Cup. The prolific placegetter, whose last win came 32 months ago in the 2022 Surround Stakes, is a steady $4.80… Read More »
A dash of equine psychology combined with an overdue inside draw is the hoped-for key to Private Eye flipping his form and erasing Joe Pride’s unhappy memories of last year’s Russell Balding Stakes. Private Eye hasn’t been far away in three campaign runs, including a last start sixth from a wide… Read More »
From the time Rey Magnerio entered the Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable for a spring campaign, circles had been placed around two races during the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. The first of those comes up on Saturday, the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) with the second, the… Read More »
Melbourne Cup 2024 hopeful Brayden Star has been sidelined, officially ruling him out of Tuesday’s race at Flemington. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained horse was positioned 26th in the Melbourne Cup order of entry, needing several withdrawals to secure a spot before the final acceptances on Saturday afternoon. “The… Read More »
