Who Dares has finally lived up to the lofty expectations placed on him winning a Stakes race at Flemington. The Listed Straight Six (1200m) on Saturday fell the way of the heavily supported gelding, prepared at Mornington by Pat Carey and Harris Walker. Sent out the $3.30 favourite under Patrick Moloney, Who… Read More »
A relieved Luke Pepper will press on to the Queensland winter carnival with renewed confidence after an underdone Opal Ridge maintained her perfect home track record with a classy victory in the Ortensia Stakes at Scone. Pepper admitted to some pre-race anxiety given Opal Ridge hadn’t raced since November, but he banked… Read More »
The Chris Waller stable doesn’t expect to see the best of juvenile filly Lazzura until at least the spring, so her effort to bank a black-type success in the Woodlands Stakes at Scone has been a happy bonus. A $500,000 Magic Millions purchase, the daughter of Snitzel scored an impressive debut win… Read More »
Grahame Begg had plans of taking last start Stakes winner Maharba to the Wagga Town Plate, a race the sprinter’s owner Gary Towzell would have cherished. But success in the Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington, combined with a wide draw for the Wagga Town Plate, saw Maharba scratched and saved for… Read More »
Lindsay Park galloper Port Guillaume has already had a spin around in Australia’s most iconic race, the Melbourne Cup. The now Ben, Will J d Hayes -trained galloper finished 21st in the 2021 Cup behind Verry Elleegant and nowadays he’s a stayer in lesser ranks while also competing over jumps. Port Guillaume is down to… Read More »
Even if Banana Queen did not race again, Nick Wakim would have been happy with his purchase at last week’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale. But, while she is fit, well and in work with Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou , Wakim figures he may as well race her on, which is why she… Read More »
Itâs the Al Shaqab Lockinge with Ladies Day at Newbury, and in celebrating the new Hong Kong Garden itâs also the partnership with the HKJC World Pool. To mark World Poolâs increased presence, Newbury will be celebrating the very best of Hong Kong, from music to culinary delights, and a… Read More »
The performance of in-form three-year-old Kintyre at Doomben will be pivotal in determining his next start with trainer Gary Portelli refusing to rule out a Queensland Derby bid. The half-brother to 2022 Golden Slipper winner Fireburn will be shooting for his third successive victory in Saturday’s Rough Habit Plate (2000m), having captured Group… Read More »
A failed stint in Hong Kong and a couple of injury setbacks kept Coastwatch sidelined for almost two years, but his new trainers are optimistic the Group 1 placegetter is on the verge of resurrecting his form. Coastwatch won two Group races during his three-year-old season and placed in the 202 Golden… Read More »
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has forged a significant link with US racing. The Group 2 Belmont Gold Cup in New York, set for June, now offers a ballot-free exemption into the prestigious Melbourne Cup in November. The Belmont Gold Cup, covering the same 3200-meter distance as the Melbourne Cup,… Read More »
Gold Trip has run his last race with the Melbourne Cup winner to be a banner resident at Australia’s newest stud farm. The son of Outstrip, who also won a Turnbull Stakes at Group 1 level, will join the roster at Lovatsville, the operation that has taken over Leneva Park Stud…. Read More »
Russell Stewart says Golden Kathleen can playing a starring role at Belmont on Saturday and end her two-year-old season in the same winning manner as she started in Bunbury in February. What will go a long way to helping Russell Stewart realise his plans will be the absence of boom juvenile… Read More »
The Lindsay Park team has decided to split their two-year-olds from a race at Flemington with one heading interstate for a contest at Scone. Impressive Warrnambool debut winner La Pleine Lune heads to Scone on Friday to contest the Inglis 2YO Challenge (1200m) while Ben, Will and J D Hayes will rely… Read More »
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 »
