Irish import Bear Story made a spectacular debut for trainer Neil Dyer, breaking the course record in the Chief Minister’s Cup at Fannie Bay on July 13. Under jockey Noel Callow, the horse clocked an impressive 1:33.95 for the 1600-meter race. Ladbrokes now lists Bear Story as the $2.40 favourite… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Middle Earth is likely to lose his tag after a disappointing run in the The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes where he finished 91 lengths off the winner Goliath. Prior to the race Middle Earth shared the head of 2024 Melbourne Cup odds with… Read More »
Melbourne Cup 2024 favourite Circle Of Fire is set to start off his campaign with a jump-out at Cranbourne on Monday. The Ciaron Maher-trained stayer has not been sighted since winning the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on April 13, a week after securing the Group 2 Chairman’s… Read More »
Kris Lees is lukewarm on embarking upon another Melbourne Cup campaign with Tancred Stakes winner Kalapour, although he will keep his options open for now. The gelding reached a career peak during the autumn with his Group 1 triumph before finishing third behind Circle Of Fire and Athabascan in the Sydney Cup. That… Read More »
Jockey Blake Shinn had some reservations about Recommendation running a strong 1200m, but the sprinter ticked that box with victory at Caulfield. A seven-length romp in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield a fortnight earlier saw Recommendation sent out the $1.40 bookmakers favourite in the Group 3 Bletchingly… Read More »
With a racing business built primarily on Darley homebreds, Godolphin’s participation at the Magic Millions carnival has been almost exclusively restricted to wild card qualifiers. Outside of notable exception Exhilarates, the winner of the 2019 Magic Millions Classic, trainer James Cummings hasn’t been flush with options for the Gold Coast features…. Read More »
A strong ride on iron mare One Aye at Randwick has delivered Reece Jones his fourth win in the space of a week and the young hoop is focused on continuing that momentum into the new season. Jones was part of the emerging group of apprentices coming through the Sydney ranks last… Read More »
While not in the ownership of Herbert Park and no longer involved in the Tony Noonan stable, former Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mick Robbins would have enjoyed the filly’s win at Caulfield. Robbins was celebrating his 94th birthday on Saturday and Noonan sent out a special birthday wish to the former trainer… Read More »
James Cummings will give brilliant Randwick winner Tarpaulin an opportunity to chime into the early carnival races, nominating a Golden Rose lead-up as the colt’s immediate target. Starting a $1.80 betting app favourite, the youngster demolished his rivals in Saturday’s Ranvet Handicap (1100m), cruising to the front at the top of the… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable have some ambitious plans for Public Attention after his debut win at Caulfield. The Written Tycoon colt took out the MRC Chairman’s Club Handicap (1200m) on Saturday to follow the victory of former stablemate Ourboros in the race 12 months ago. Ourboros… Read More »
A four-kilogram claiming apprentice, who has won one race in her twenty career rides thus far, has been entrusted with a leading role at Longreach on Saturday where national attention will be focussed on that grand old stager Fab’s Cowboy as the winner of fifty-four races (a modern-day record), and… Read More »
The Aiden O’Brien race favourite Auguste Rodin spearheads Coolmore’s three-strong challenge on the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes at Ascot. Priced as the $2.25 race favourite with Ladbrokes, and again with Ryan Moore in the saddle, he’s coming off a Âľ length victory in the Prince Of Wales’s… Read More »
The finale of the Gold Coast Turf Club Trainer Premiership will bring added value to the season ending meeting at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The stables of the seasoned three-time Premiership winner Toby Edmonds and the up-and-coming Adam Campton, who is only completing his second full season as a… Read More »
Gold Coast based trainer Jay Bellamy will bring Five Star Vixen to the metropolitan meeting at Doomben on Saturday with the Headwater filly having earned her latest crack at city competition after racking up three successive wins on the Gold Coast Poly Track surface. Bellamy doesn’t come to town often… Read More »
The Sydney Jockeys’ Premiership race that promised so much is effectively over two meetings out from the final curtain with Nash Rawiller a late withdrawal from Saturday’s Randwick meeting. Racing NSW stewards on Friday announced that Rawiller would not be fit to take his place at the meeting where his rides… Read More »
Phillip Stokes is set to kick-start a long campaign for Comanche Miss that he hopes may lead to a Group 1 in late spring. The MRC Chairman’s Club Handicap (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday will see Comanche Miss line up for only the second time with the long-term aim being… Read More »
Several Group 1 winners took their first serious steps of their Spring Carnival campaigns at Warwick Farm on Friday morning, but it was a horse yet to win at the highest level who turned most heads. Schwarz was a dashing winner of the 900-metre open trial that included Australian Guineas hero… Read More »
Having ended her most recent campaign with a hat-trick of wins in Brisbane, Bubba’s Bay is being given another opportunity to prove her wares in the tougher Sydney arena. Trainer Kris Lees says the four-year-old has returned a more furnished horse this preparation and he is keen to see how… Read More »
Less is more when it comes to the training regime of in-form Canberra mare One Aye , who is preparing to line up for her14th campaign run at Randwick. The six-year-old kicked off her current preparation at Moruya in December and has raced at least once a month since, highlighted by… Read More »
A few extra days but considerably more prize money has led trainer John Moloney electing to run Dictionary at Caulfield. Dictionary was also down to run at Sandown on Wednesday, but with $175,000 and a further $30,000 in bonus money of offer, the VOBIS Gold Stayers (2400m) on Saturday was a more… Read More »
