Australian Horse Racing News

• Miss Octopussy back to best

  Classy mare Miss Octopussy has made a timely return to winning form ahead of next month’s Group One The Goodwood in Adelaide.

   
• Emancipation Stakes goes to Sworn to Secrecy

  Former Kiwi filly Sworn to Secrecy had a little reminder of home with a victory in the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes (1600m) at Randwick today.

   
• Manhattan Maid earns Adelaide trip

  Promising filly Manhattan Maid has earned an interstate stakes assignment after scoring a stylish win at Caulfield.

   
• Stradbroke Handicap option for Red Tracer

  Talented filly Red Tracer could be Stradbroke Handicap bound with Chris Waller to consider the Brisbane Group One option following her win in the James H B Carr Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

   
• Presvis primed for Hong Kong

  Luca Cumani is praying his top-class performer Presvis gets the breaks in the Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Easter Monday.

   
• Shootoff goes bang in Frank Packer Plate

  The Graeme Rogerson-trained Shootoff revelled in the heavy conditions to win the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) effortlessly.

   
• Red Tracer swims in the Carr Stakes

  The baby of the Chris Waller stable, Red Tracer, may be looking for Group 1 success in the coming weeks following her gutsy win in the Listed James H B Carr Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

   
• 23/4/2011 Randwick Race scratchings – Sydney Cup day

  There have been some very important scratchings at Randwick today including scratchings in the Champagne Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Sydney Cup. View the full list of Randwick Scratchings on Sydney Cup day.

   
• Sydney Cup Day Preview – Dreams of a Houston Win

  The Sydney autumn carnival finishes for another year with Saturday’s Sydney Cup Day.

   
• Dunlop pleased with Snow Fairy

  Snow Fairy will shortly re-enter her training regime with trainer Ed Dunlop pondering a plethora of Group One options.

   
• Kerrin McEvoy to end carnival on a high

  Kerrin McEvoy can end a dream autumn on a high if Helmet confirms his favouritism in the Group One Champagne Stakes on Saturday.

   
• Sydney Cup day to end Autumn carnival

  The autumn carnival comes to a close on Saturday with the bumper Sydney Cup meeting featuring four Group One races.

   
• Needs Further needs prize money

  The motivating factor behind racing Needs Further in Saturday’s Group Three Frank Packer Plate at Randwick is to boost his spring carnival credentials.

   
• Fanjura aiming for second Easter Cup

  rainer Lee Freedman says imported galloper Fanjura is ready to revisit a past glory and win his second Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield.

   
• Anthony Cummings has eyes on the prize

  Horses at the opposite ends of their careers will be out to enhance trainer Anthony Cummings’s reputation as a carnival giant killer at Randwick on Saturday.

   
• Zedi Knight in right gate

  Trainer Brendan McCarthy says Zedi Knight’s favourable barrier will be a real asset as he tries to maintain his unbeaten record over 1400 metres in Saturday’s Group Three Victoria Handicap at Caulfield.

   
• Chris Waller strength in All-Aged

  Chris Waller has nine runners in Group One races on Saturday but believes his stable is still building as a carnival force.

   
• Grahame Begg hoping to make noise with All Silent

  A Queen Elizabeth Stakes field devoid of a genuine weight-for-age star has Grahame Begg growing in confidence about closing out the Sydney autumn carnival in the same way he started it.

   
• Shamoline’s Easter Resurrection

  Shamoline Warrior looks well placed to break through for his first race victory in eighteen months when he contests Saturday’s $125,000 Group 3 Easter Cup at Caulfield.

   
• Shane Scriven outed for five months

  Veteran Queensland jockey Shane Scriven has been handed a career-threatening five-month ban for stealing an apprentice’s whip during a race at Ipswich last week.