Crowd favourite Fangirl is already a three-time Group One winner, but trainer Chris Waller believes she is only just entering her peak power period. While capturing the Vinery Stud Stakes against her own age as a three-year-old, Fangirl spent much of her four-year-old season playing second fiddle to star colt Anamoe. She… Read More »
Applications are open for the Thoroughbred Breeders Australia flagship âFash Trackâ program that sees some 90% of trainees now with thoroughbred careers. âWalking around the Magic Millions sales a few weeks ago it was great to see so many of our past trainees working for farms,â said Tom Reilly, the… Read More »
While sprinting rivals gear up for the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington, I Wish I Win quietly prepares at Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman’s Pakenham base. The five-year-old gelding, last seen placing second in The Everest at Randwick, aims for peak condition to tackle the lucrative slot race again in… Read More »
Ben Pearce was an admirer of Sinful Living’s return fourth to Golden Vale and predicts the filly will be even better for her next clash at Pinjarra on Saturday. Costing a modest $10,000 as a yearling for an all-girl syndicate, Sinful Living can pinch her biggest payday in the Magic Millions… Read More »
Well-related Tulloch Lodge filly Chateau Miraval has got her career off to a flying start with a nail-biting win at Randwick’s Kensington track in a race that has had a dramatic postscript. Chateau Miraval narrowly held out fellow Yulong-owned juvenile Growing Empire in a driving finish before a heart-in-mouth moment… Read More »
An upset winner of the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes in the spring, Navajo Peak is on a mission to prove it was no fluke, starting in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. The David Payne-trained gelding is among a final field of 10 for Saturday’s 1400-metre feature, the race attracting a high-class… Read More »
Autumn, as it is in spring, is a time when connections of mares dream big. It is the time when a Stakes race win can add a little extra to the value of a potential broodmare. Ballarat trainer Andrew Noblet has the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill next month… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher stable is in no rush to get Jimmysstar to the big league despite the former New Zealand galloper holding an All-Star Mile wildcard. As part of his program to the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on March 16, Jimmysstar is set to run in the Listed The Elms Handicap… Read More »
Lucy Yeomans has been associated with many a good horse and is not going to get overawed at the thought of winning her first Group 1 race. In a training partnership with Lloyd Kennewell, the pair will saddle up I Am Unstoppable in the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Yeomans was… Read More »
Itâs the $20m Saudi Cup on Saturday 24 February, and the Longines Breedersâ Cup Classic winner White Abarrio who tops the likely field for the event at King Abdulaziz Racecourse. Unveiled by the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Cup looks a re-match of the Breedersâ Cup Classic with… Read More »
Adam Hyeronimus has taken a philosophical outlook after being replaced as the rider of Storm Boy and is already excited about the prospect of upsetting the glamour colt in next month’s Golden Slipper. The Sydney jockey, who is a stable rider for Storm Boy’s trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, was advised… Read More »
Gai Waterhouse said she “felt embarrassed for the Board” following a meeting between the Australian Turf Club and its members over the proposal to sell Rosehill racecourse. ATC chairman Peter McGauran delivered a brief of the club’s plans at a members’ forum on Tuesday night where Waterhouse made it clear… Read More »
Learning To Fly returns to the races for the first time since her Golden Slipper mishap and trainer Annabel Neasham won’t be making excuses on the score of fitness. The three-year-old is among the star attractions for the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, looking to make up… Read More »
For William Pike, it’s not just another day at the races, it’s Quokka Day. It’s Perth’s richest race and now worth an extra million after the $4 million inaugural edition last year. With the race profile and prizemoney on offer there is no shortage of incentive and motive for Pike… Read More »
Sara Ryan has Group One ambitions for Big Dance winner Attractable, who will resume in Saturday’s Group 2 Apollo Stakes, with the stable’s banner horse set to target another, even richer Randwick Mile feature- the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). The five-year-old was in career best form and then some over… Read More »
Feature race options remain on the table for Wolfgang, but his performance up the straight at Flemington will determine which path he takes. The Lloyd Kennewell and Lucy Yeomans-trained two-year-old is down to run in the Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday. That performance up the straight will determine… Read More »
Part-owner Bill Hutchison has announced the retirement of the gallant stayer Right You Are due to a re-occurrence of a suspensory ligament injury. The news was shared on social media, revealing that the talented horse will now enjoy retirement at breeder Steve Merriman’s farm. Initially trained by Darren Weir, Right… Read More »
Modern technology has kept New Zealand-based trainer Mark Walker up to date with how star mare Imperatriz has been progressing, however there is nothing like seeing her in the flesh. Walker arrived in Melbourne on Sunday afternoon and headed straight to Cranbourne to check on the mare before she travelled to Moonee… Read More »
It’s been a challenging journey for jockey Barend Vorster, who marks a year since his last ride at Morphettville’s meeting. Battling concussion and neck issues, Vorster reflects on what feels like an eternity since he last graced the saddle. “It feels like a lifetime,” Vorster told Racing.com, expressing the frustration… Read More »
Oopy MacGillivray and Dan Clarken’s The Map soared to victory in the JRA Plate at Morphettville, igniting dreams of Melbourne Cup glory after a missed opportunity last year. The mare’s upcoming races include the Lord Reims Stakes and Adelaide Cup, with hopes of securing a Cup berth via events like… Read More »
