Leviathan owner Colin McKenna is considering a Cox Plate tilt with his rising star, Another Wil, after the five-year-old’s impressive first-up win at Caulfield last month. Currently the favourite for the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), Another Wil is set to race next week before heading to the Toorak. Depending… Read More »
The Hayes family is considering a familiar strategy for their imported stayer Que Tempesta this spring, echoing David Hayes’ successful Metropolitan-Caulfield Cup double with Tawqeet in 2006. Ben Hayes, alongside brothers Will and JD, has set sights on The Metropolitan at Randwick on October 5 as a potential stepping stone… Read More »
=Young trainer Dominic Sutton has only been training six months but is hoping to be one of the contenders during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. With five winners to his name from 47 career starters, Sutton is set to start stable favourite Feroce in the Group 3 Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield… Read More »
The Spring Carnival has lost one of its most exciting three-year-olds before his campaign even started with Espionage to undergo surgery following an accident in training. Managing owner James Harron on Sunday revealed the Zoustar colt injured a leg after and would be sidelined until next year. “After kicking out on… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien gave himself â and Racing Victoria’s chief handicapper David Hegan â something to think about for the next couple of days when he saw two of his Melbourne Cup nominations to fight out the English St Leger in the early hours of Sunday, Australian time. Jan Brueghel stretched his unbeaten… Read More »
Read what each of the jockeys said about their mounts in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes. Craig Williams (Mr Brightside):Â âHeâs a sensational horse. The Hayesâ have done a great job with this horse. Will who straps the horse told me heâs in great order. âI was very bullish about… Read More »
Under-rated gelding Encap has shed his tag as a perennial bridesmaid with a gutsy victory in the Group Two Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill to confirm his Golden Eagle credentials. Coming into Saturday, the Gary Portelli-trained four-year-old had won just one race, the Ming Dynasty Quality on the corresponding program 12… Read More »
Mr Brightside has exacted revenged on arch enemy Pride Of Jenni to take Group 1 honours in a thrilling race at Flemington. Having staged a thrilling contest last spring before renewing hostilities in the autumn, Mr Brightside got the upper hand over Pride Of Jenni in the closing stages to claim a… Read More »
Traffic Warden has upstaged some of Sydney’s highest-profile colts to land an outstanding first-up win in The Run To The Rose, giving Godolphin its fourth successive victory in the Golden Rose lead-up. Trainer James Cummings confirmed the three-year-old would join stablemate Broadsiding in the Group 1 before a decision was made on whether… Read More »
Trainer Danny O’Brien is eyeing a Group 1 race during the Melbourne Cup Carnival with impressive Flemington winner Grinzinger Belle. Having her first start since competing in early winter at Caulfield, Grinzinger Belle registered an easy win in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Group 1 Empire… Read More »
Her coat is yet to come through and she isn’t completely wound-up, but Sunshine In Paris has still managed to make a sparkling Everest statement with a dynamite win the Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill. Claiming the scalp of Joliestar, who had been equal favourite for the $20 million showpiece before Saturday,… Read More »
Owner Lloyd Williams has moved a step closer to winning an eighth Melbourne Cup after Irish-bred galloper Point King earned a start in the great race with a fighting win at Flemington. Point King took out the Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) on Saturday to earn a ballot exemption into the… Read More »
A Ringo Starr song … âIt donât come easyâ … could well be the theme tune for trainer David McColmâs and a six-year-old gelding he trains when they head to Randwick to contest the $2 million Kosciuszko on October 19. That horseâs name, ironically, is Far Too Easy … a… Read More »
All Gruntâs blistering debut performance at Northam caught trainer Tiarnna Noske somewhat by surprise and sheâs keen to see how he follows up at Belmont on Saturday. Tiarnna Noske knows All Grunt has ability, a couple of nice trials were evidence, but for three-year-old to kick off his racing career in the… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is chasing a Golden Ticket into the Melbourne Cup with two of their stayers at Flemington. Interpretation and Berkshire Breeze contest the Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday with victory providing a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 5. The Archer… Read More »
Star jockey Jamie Kah will appear before the Victorian Racing Tribunal on Thursday to contest a charge related to her ride on Letâsfacethemusic in the McNeil Stakes on Memsie Stakes day. Kah is accused under AR129(2) of not giving the horse every opportunity for the best possible finish. Representing Kah,… Read More »
Trainer Tony Gollan will instruct Blake Shinn to keep Antino busy behind the barriers in a bid to get the gelding to begin better than he has in recent starts. Shinn reunites with Antino in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday, having not ridden the gelding since… Read More »
Adrian Bott has issued an ominous warning to Storm Boy’s Run To The Rose rivals, declaring the hulking colt has improved from his slashing first-up win and is expected to continue to improve as he stretches into the spring. The high-profile three-year-old gave nothing else a chance when dominating from… Read More »
Bonny mare Sunshine In Paris endured a mixed bag of fortunes last spring and her trainers are hoping for a case of second time lucky as she again heads down an Everest route. The five-year-old posted a brilliant first-up win in the 2023 Sheraco Stakes to earn selection for an Everest… Read More »
At Witz End has secured a place in the $2 million Kosciuszko lineup at Randwick on October 19 … a reward that is as deserving as it would have highly unlikely at the start of the year. The fact that trainer Daniel Bowen has worked wonders with the now nine-year-old… Read More »
