Ballarat-based Mitchell Freedman has experienced the highs and now the lows of top-level racing as last start Toorak Handicap winner Attrition has been scratched from Saturday’s $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill. Having snared his first Group 1 victory in the 1600-metre feature at Caulfield three weeks ago, Freedman today informed Racing… Read More »
Three weeks after producing Land Legend to plunder the St Leger Stakes, Newmarket trainer James Ferguson is poised to repeat the does with well-backed favourite Canberra Legend in the Rosehill Gold Cup. Like Land Legend, Canberra Legend is a lightly raced four-year-old to southern hemisphere time but as a Listed winner and Group… Read More »
Shinzo does not need to win Saturday’s $2 million Coolmore Stud Stakes to be assured of plenty of fanfare when he is retired to stud. But victory in the 1200-metre Group 1 at Flemington certainly won’t hurt his profile. The Chris Waller-trained colt is a son of four-time Australian champion sire… Read More »
He had the more difficult run in The Everest, but does Private Eye have what it takes to turn the tables on stablemate Think About It in their Giga Kick Stakes rematch? Not even trainer Joe Pride is sure of the answer. “The one part I can’t deny with Think About It is… Read More »
Lindsay Park trainers Ben, Will & Jd Hayes were forced into tinkering with the Victoria Derby program of Apulia after missing an important lead-up at run at Flemington. To get the miles into the legs before Saturday’s Group 1 feature over 2500m at Flemington, Apulia has needed to race in the two… Read More »
Racing NSW Stewards have approved the withdrawal of Toorak Handicap winner Attrition from the Golden Eagle at Rosehill on Saturday. Trainer Mitch Freedman informed Stewards that Attrition had swelling in the right hock, accompanied by lameness. He had ridden Attrition in trackwork on Thursday morning and found it uncomfortable, deeming… Read More »
The Cox Plate came under serious consideration for Kovalica, but his performance in the King Charles III Stakes convinced connections the $10 million Golden Eagle was the right target. The Queensland Derby winner was one of the few horses to make headway from back in the field, coming from last… Read More »
Itâs the 40th Breedersâ Cup World Championship at Santa Anita, and its master trainer Bob Baffert who has Arabian Knight at $3 with Ladbrokes for the $6m Longines Breedersâ Cup Classic. In looking to give Bob Baffert a record five BC Classic successes, Arabian Knight is coming off a wire-to-wire… Read More »
Interpretation is on the verge of gaining a start in the Melbourne Cup after taking out the Group 3 Bendigo Cup on Wednesday. The announcement that Annabel Neasham’s pair of King Frankel and Fancy Man would not be accepting for the Melbourne Cup 2023 and later Hasta La War would be… Read More »
A pair of debutantes dominated betting, but it was the more experienced Runwiththetide who proved superior in the TAB Plate at Randwick’s Kensington track. The Joe Pride-trained Ragga Ragga was backed from $2.40 into $1.75 favouritism off the strength of a recent 5-1/2 length barrier trial win, while there was also strong… Read More »
In-form jockey Mark Zahra will have to perform a bit of magic if he is to guide Ayrton to back-to-back victories from a spell. Victorious in the Caulfield Cup before riding four winners on Cox Plate Day, Zahra has drawn the widest barrier aboard Ayrton in the Group 2 The Damien Oliver… Read More »
Itâs not yet branded a âsire-making race,â but its Hawaii Five Oh or the Japanese âmilerâ Obamburumai who are about to change history in the $10m James Squire Golden Eagle. With both Hawaii Five Oh and Obamburumai being 4yo horses, it was the 5yo gelding and Epsom winner Kolding who… Read More »
The likely Melbourne Cup field has once again undergone a significant adjustment, as prominent trainer Annabel Neasham has officially declared that her two stayers will not be participating in next weeks race. In a report to the stewards, Neasham confirmed on Wednesday that King Frankel and Fancy Man would not… Read More »
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Mostly Cloudy is making a last-ditched effort to find a start in the Melbourne Cup. A place is up for grabs in the Group 1 race over 3200m on Tuesday for the winner of Saturday’s Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington. Just seven horses have accepted for Saturday’s race of which five… Read More »
It is said a change is as good as a holiday and the Chris Waller-trained Shibli has been enjoying a little of both. Down on form and confidence, the gelding was sent to Queensland for a hit-and-run mission last year where he broke a 13-month drought from the winner’s stall with… Read More »
Kerrin McEvoy, the accomplished jockey with three Melbourne Cup victories under his belt, has secured a lightweight ride in this year’s prestigious race. Australian Bloodstock has made the decision to enlist McEvoy as the jockey for Ashrun, a returning stayer who earned his spot in the Melbourne Cup with a… Read More »
The Lindsay Park stable is looking to bounce back after the disappointment of a narrow Cox Plate defeat in the first of three Group 1 races on the opening of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. Mr Brightside was beaten in a deceptive photo finish in the Cox Plate last weekend and the… Read More »
Joseph Pride has issued a stark warning to Think About It’s Giga Kick Stakes rivals, declaring The Everest winner still has a couple of lengths up his sleeve. Pride said that while the horse didn’t need to improve much in terms of fitness, he had made inroads in other areas… Read More »
Japanese trainer Keiji Yoshimura is warming to the chances of Obamburumai in the $10 million Golden Eagle after watching him work at Rosehill with new jockey Josh Parr in the saddle. The lightly raced colt is staying at the Canterbury International Horse Centre but made the trip across town on Wednesday morning for… Read More »
Chris Waller’s hope that Saturday’s $2 million Victoria Derby is run at a ‘genuine tempo’ underlines the champion trainer’s belief in Riff Rocket’s ability to be strong at the end of 2500 metres. The raging Derby favourite was beaten at $1.28 in a sit-sprint Caulfield Classic (2000m) at his most… Read More »
