Luke Pepper believes the best is still ahead for dual stakes winner Opal Ridge, who will be chasing her second feature race win at Scone in as many years when she resumes in the Ortensia Stakes. The talented mare was triumphant in the Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) on the corresponding program… Read More »
Smart sprinter Shadows Of Love will earn a fitting reward for consistency if she can break through for her first black-type success in the Dark Jewel Classic at Scone. The mare has managed a top-three finish in eight of her nine runs this season, highlighted by four wins, and trainer Kim… Read More »
Private Eye has never raced at Doomben, but Joe Pride is banking on the track giving his charge an advantage over favourite I Wish I Win when they clash in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000. A backmarker with a devastating finish, I Wish I Win is an even-money fancy for Saturday’s Group 1 race,… Read More »
Former Hong Kong galloper Joyful Fortune is set to renew acquaintances with the Flemington straight in his first run for the Ciaron Maher stable. Joyful Fortune was unbeaten in two starts on the Flemington straight when prepared by Sydney conditioner Mark Newnham. With Newnham now based in Hong Kong, Joyful Fortune will… Read More »
Attractable has been keeping trainer Sara Ryan on her toes in the lead-up to the Scone Cup and when he is causing mischief on the training track, it usually equates to a bold race day performance. “He’s very much a confidence horse. He thrives off being confident and happy and you know… Read More »
The self-proclaimed little bogan from the Bool with the bargain battler $5000 horse is chasing the dream of a Melbourne Cup start at Flemington. Patrick Ryan Jnr and his stayer Ferago head to the Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) in search of a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at… Read More »
To breed one Melbourne Cup runner is an achievement, but to have two in the same race from the one family is something not many can boast. But that’s the dream Gail Temperton and Stan Alexander are hoping to realise this year and Samuel Langhorne can take a giant step towards… Read More »
Returning from a five-week injury-enforced break, Jason Collett has landed straight back in the winner’s circle with a hard-fought victory aboard the Annabel Neasham-trained Wild Gypsy. Collett had been sidelined since suffering multiple rib fractures in a race fall at Kembla Grange last month and Wednesday’s Randwick-Kensington meeting was his first… Read More »
Country-trained gelding Body Bob is the rank outsider of the Doomben 10,000 field but that matters little to his jockey Danny Beasley. Beasley, who has held a dual trainer-jockey licence for the past eight months, has announced this week he will be retiring from the saddle at the end of June…. Read More »
Wayne Hawkes has heaped praise on jockey Jordan Childs for his handling of Husk in her maiden victory at Sandown. Husk was having her first run of the campaign in the Sportsbet Fast Form Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday, but more importantly her first start in Melbourne. The Hawkes Racing-trained two-year-old had been… Read More »
Grahame Begg is hoping the decision to bypass a run on a heavy track at the Sunshine Coast will pay a dividend at Doomben. Begg has debut Caulfield Heath winner Rich Dottie engaged in the Group 2 Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) on Saturday. Rich Dottie was down to run in the… Read More »
Two youngsters from the Richard and Will Freedman stable will be shooting to join an illustrious Woodlands Stakes honour roll. Adding valuable black-type to their resumes will be the mission for stablemates Graceful Artist and Zoubaby when the pair head to Scone for the Listed Woodlands Stakes. Mindful that both fillies are… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable will attempt to short-circuit the exhaustive process of gaining a Melbourne Cup start at Flemington on Saturday. The Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) offers the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in November. Since being offered as a ballot exemption… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 7 Viva A La Race Two: 1 I Can Race Three: 2 Gallant Waking Race Four: 4 Master Of Luck Race Five: 4 Glory Cloud Race Six: 3 Ma… Read More »
Perth’s precocious talent, Bustling, will continue his Australian career under Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr and Melbourne’s leading co-trainers are confident he will live up to his $2 million price tag. After his two-year-old heroics in Perth, Bustling will step into Price and Kent’s Caulfield base stacked with confidence… Read More »
Co-trainer Troy Corstens headed to a recent Caulfield meeting confident The Astrologist was in the right order to come away with a victory. But after beating only one runner home, Corstens left that meeting disappointed and with the realisation The Astrologist is below his best nowadays on races around a turn…. Read More »
The Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock stable will unveil their third starter of former US champion galloper Arrogate at Sandown. Sacredarro makes his debut in the Thoroughbred Club of Australia Plate (1600m) on Wednesday and follows Stormy Grey and Ariana Blue as the third member of the Arrogate Stock to run under… Read More »
Much was made of I Wish I Win drawing barrier one in The Everest last year and the star sprinter will need to overcome the same potential issue in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m). The five-year-old gelding has only been seen once since then, beaten a neck in the Group… Read More »
Trainer Trevor Andrews was singing the praises of Street Band and backed his colt to reach Ascot carnival status after an impressive return victory on Saturday. Leaving Areduet in his wake, Street Band closed strongly to win the Morley Market Growers Plate (1000m) by 1 ÂŒ lengths with Lucky I Am… Read More »
An eight-year-old who is a sixty-two race veteran shouldnât be doing things like this … should he? The turnaround in form of At Witz End has been nothing short of remarkable since the son of Epaulette changed stables and relocated to trainer Daniel Bowen just a couple of months ago… Read More »
