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 »
If Karrakatta Plate conversations are starting to be had, it would come as no surprise if a lot of the talk is centered around trainer Russell Stewart’s top two-year-olds. The Karrakatta Plate is just two months away, but in the space of seven days, Russell Stewart has flexed his muscle with… Read More »
Jaden Lloyd has wasted no time in getting off the mark in Singapore, where he recently secured a riding contract. Lloyd came back a winner aboard the Dan Meagher trained Pacific Beauty in his fourth ride at his first race meeting in Singapore on Sunday, admitting that he needed a… Read More »
It was a big weekend for the Bayliss family. At Randwick on Saturday, Regan Bayliss partnered the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Fully Lit to victory in the $2 million Inglis Millennium, with the colt overcoming the disadvantage of a wide barrier draw (number 14) and a pressurised run… Read More »
Lloyd Kennewell has already done a job for I Am Unstoppable’s original owners, now his attention turns to maximising the colt’s value for some of his new ones. The I Am Invincible three-year-old will have his first start with Widden Stud in the ownership when he contests Saturday’s $1 million Black… Read More »
The path to another tilt at the Queen Elizabeth Stakes for 2022 winner Think It Over is set to begin in another Randwick weight-for-age race the grand campaigner also won two years ago. Trainer Kerry Parker is thrilled with the way his stable star is going in preparation for his first start… Read More »
Sage Duric, the daughter of Caulfield Cup winner Vlad Duric, is one of 11 riders who will officially be inducted as apprentice jockeys on Monday night at Moonee Valley. Duric is one of 11 members of the 2024 intake of Racing Victoria’s Apprentice Jockey Training Program. The 21-year-old is looking… Read More »
Aurora’s Symphony made it three from three in the apple isle when dominant taking out the Group 3 Hobart Cup on Sunday Already a dual Launceston Cup winner, Aurora’s Symphony stepped out at Hobart for the first time and had no issues carrying the big weight. An impressive winner at… Read More »
Legendary trainer Gary White caused a mini boil over in the Listed Thomas Lyons Stakes at Hobart on Sunday when six-year-old Just A Tribute swamped them from last. Last seen finishing third in Bm68 company, Just A Tribute was sent out one of the outsiders and spotted them all a start… Read More »
The Patrick Payne stable continued their hot form at the Tasmanian Summer Carnival with promising filly Wings Of Songs taking out the Listed Strutt Stakes at Hobart on Sunday. Unbeaten in her two previous starts in Tasmania, Wings Of Song was sent out the second elect with the Waterhouse and Bott… Read More »
Matt Smith will target feature sprints in two states with Buenos Noches as he sets his sights on an elusive Group 1 win. The four-year-old will kick off his campaign in the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday as a pipe-opener to a southern state raid on the… Read More »
Ciaron Maher credits the variety of training establishments the stable can utilise in bringing out the best in Bella Nipotina who is on the cusp of starting another campaign. Bella Nipotina is slated to run in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday, kick starting her tenth campaign. The… Read More »
Mr Brightside had to call on all his fighting qualities to land victory in the first Group 1 race of the autumn at Caulfield. The C F Orr Stakes (1400m) on Saturday was turned into a war of attrition with the weight-for-age race run at a brutal tempo. Mr Brightside had… Read More »
Tulloch Lodge has continued its incredible strikerate with two-year-olds, this time plundering the $2 million Inglis Millennium with unassuming colt Fully Lit. The stable has produced 12 individual juvenile winners this season and co-trainer Adrian Bott says Fully Lit will be considered for a start in the Blue Diamond Stakes in… Read More »
Bjorn Baker has labelled Caballus the second-best colt he has trained behind Ozzmosis after the three-year-old overcame a high-class field to win the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick. Bought for $315,000 by syndicators Darby Racing as a tried horse, Caballus continued his perfect record for his new connections, adding Saturday’s Group 3 race… Read More »
Hayasugi will attempt a rare feat when she chases Melbourne’s premier juvenile race at Caulfield. The Clinton Mcdonald-trained two-year-old will head to the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 24 with the Blue Diamond Preview and the Blue Diamond Prelude already secured. No filly has achieved the… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden stable has strengthened their claims on capturing a first Blue Diamond Stakes together with a potential quartet of runners in the Group 1 race at Caulfield. Peter Snowden has won Melbourne’s premier juvenile race on three occasions and will chase a first with his son on February… Read More »
Annabel Neasham will give Castanya every chance to earn her way into the Golden Slipper after the filly took an important step with a sweeping victory in the Listed Lonhro Plate at Randwick. The youngster’s performance franked the form of Slipper second favourite Switzerland, who she finished runner-up to on debut, while… Read More »
